POSITION IN IRELAND

Evening Star, Issue 18050, 18 August 1922, Page 4

POSITION IN IRELAND

REBELS STILL ACTIVE. PROGRAMME OP SABOTAGE. LOUTH HARBOR MINED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, August 17. Mr Collins declares that operations in tho South of Ireland will be completed in a fortnight, so far as tho military situation is concerned, and the new Parliament can meet any time.

An alarming act of sabotage is reported from Tralee (County Kerry, S.W. coast). Rebels captured a train ,and ordered the driver to evacuate the crew and start the train going at full speed. Tho driver, fireman, and inspector all refused to obey, although revolvers were held at their heads. An ex-railwayman among tho rebels.then started tho train. A shunter near Tralee turned tho train, which had then attained great speed, into a siding, averting a great disaster in Tralee, where the line traverses congested, areas.

Rebels seized G-reeuorc, on Carlingford Lough, County Louth (north of Dublin), and have sown mines in the harbor, but they declare that they will not interfere with the daily channel ferry steamship service from Holyhead. Tho rebels aro massed at points commanding the harbor, and have placed machine guns in position with a view to preventing the Free Stators from landing. Eight armed men waylaid two hank managers from Ballinamore, County Cavan (inland from County Louth), who wore going to branches at Swanlinbar, and robbed them of £2,000. Another bank manager passed the spot a few minutes previously. Two hundred rebels attacked** the Nationals at Bundoran, a Donegal watering place on tho N.W. coast. The holidaymakers fled terror-stricken. Reinforcements are proceeding to tho garrison’s aid. —A. and N.Z. Cable.* 1 " MR GRIFFITH’S BURIAL. LONDON, August 17. Sorrowing people travelled from all parts of the country to Dublin to pay their last respects to the late Mr Griffith. Never before has there been seen such a demonstration in Ireland. The ceremonies began with Requiem High Mass in Die cathedral. The coffin was draped in a green. white, and yellow flag. The Archbishop of Dublin pronounced final absolution. Then the coffin was homo by Mr Collins (wearing a conmander-in-chiof’s green ■and gold braided uniform), members of the Cabinet, and other army officers, to the hearse. At the graveside in Glasncvin Cemetery the ‘Last Post’ was sounded, and the great crowd knelt in silent prayer. Mr Cosgrove (Acting Chairman of the Provisional Government) said l : “Mr Griffith, having signed the treaty, had no dishonest reservations, but a fixed determination to deal fairly with the British as they had dealt fairly with us.”—A. and N.Z. Cable. GUERRILLA WARFARE. DE VALERA LEADS REBELS. DUNDALK’S CLEARANCE EXPECTED LONDON, August 17. (Received August 18, at 10.50 a.m.) The ‘Daily Mail’ .states that Do Valera has now been definitely appointed com-mander-in-chief of the rebels. Realising the impossibility of success in a pitched battle, he is heading his men for Cork Hills, with the intention of waging intensified guerrilla warfare on a largo scale. They recently raided the stables of farms for light horses, >vhich they are employing as cavalry. > The Drogheda district has been completely cleared of rebels, and it is expected that Dundalk will bo relieved in a few days.—A. and N.Z. Cable. A Free State aeroplane flew over Dundalk, and scattered leaflets threatening severe penalties in the event of damage to public buildings.—Reuter.