THE DUBLIN RIOT

Evening Star, Issue 17311, 26 March 1920, Page 4

THE DUBLIN RIOT

QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Imperial News Service. LONDON, March 24. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr T. P. O'Connor regarding the fracas in Dublin on Monday last, Mr J. I. Macpberson (Chief Secretary for Ireland) stated that Dublin was quiet. A military court of inquiry would be held. There was no evidence that the deaths of civilians were due to the military. Replying to Lieutenant-commander J. N. Kcnworthy, Mr Macpherson said he had no information that, an armored car had turned out and. used a machine gun. Mr J. M'Veigh pointed outs that the military commander at Cork stated that he wao, unaware of the murder when he went- to Lord Mayor Mac Curtain's house, thus contradicting Mr Macpherson's statement in the House of Commons on Monday that the military went to the house in order to trace the murderers. Mr Macpherson replied that he was asked to justify the action of the military,' and he did so in the only possible inferential way, believing his statement to be true. " - LORD MAYOR'S FUNERAL. Australk.ii and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, March 22. The remains of Mr Mac Curtain (Lord Mayor of Cork) were buried at St. Feinbarr's Cemetery. .in Cork. Fifteen thousand citizens and S.COO Volunteers attended the funeral; also the Lord Mayor of Dublin and mayors and- councillors from Watcrford, Kilkenny, and Limerick. The Catholic Archbishop of Cork presided at the requiem mass. LONDON, March 23. The soldiers resented the orchestra at the theatre refusing to play the National Anthem. Thereupon they sang it, and went into the streets, where they smashed shop windows with their belts. A crowd of' about 1,000 persons rsscinbled. The soldiers, after . entering Portobello Barracks, reappeared, and fired two volleys, causing some fatalities. The crowd took panic, but reassembled later. The soldiers again reappeared, when a further 10 shots were fired, and an oxsoldier was wounded. Several persons were trampled underfoot. All armored car then emerged from the barracks, and fired 50 rounds, adding i-o the panic, but there were no casualties. March 24. Another account of the disturbance at Dublin states th?.t 400 soldiers paraded in the principal streets cf Dublin during the evening, singing and jostling the passers-by. They broke a. number of windows, and tihe rowdiness culminated in a conflict at Portobello Bridge.