A DIRECT CHALLENGE
GOVERNMENT'S STATEMENT
ONLY IRISH FORCES USED,
LONDON, 28th June.
The Provisional Government has issued a statement dealing with the action taken to protect and secure the Irish people against further molestation or interference with their liberty. It says: "Against a direct challenge to its authority, the Government has ordered the army to take action."
The manifesto deolares that on Saturday last two Dublin firms received demandß in the name of the leader of the irregularl forces to pay certain moneys by Tuesday. . Forty-eight hours later the Government received news of a raid by the same forces on a motor garage, and -arrested the culprits. Then came the kidnapping of Major-General O'Connell. The manifesto concludes : "None but Irish forces, with the co-operation of the citizens, are engaged in putting, down tile disorderly elements who are attempting to tyrannise the people and defy their will."
Mr. Collins sent an ultimatum to Rory O'Connor, giving him an hour in which to surrender Major-General O'Qonnell, who was kidnapped as a hostage.
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 152, 30 June 1922, Page 7
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170A DIRECT CHALLENGE Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 152, 30 June 1922, Page 7
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