UNREST IN IRELAND
CONSPIRACY AGAINST ORDER GOVERNMENT TAKES ACTION. Pr«ea Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, November 17. “ There is no doubt that a conspiracy has been formed to subvert order in the Free State,” said President Cosgrave when introducing a Bill in the Dail Eiroann giving the Government drastic powers. He declared it was evident that there was some centre from which instructions were issued to carry out raids ou a certain day, when the telegraph wires were cut and trees felled to block tho roads. The conspiracy had to be countered without delay. REPUBLICAN LEADERS ARRESTED. LONDON, November 17. (Received November 18, at 9.45 a.m.) The Free State struck a. dramatic blow at the Republicans in arresting General Bofin ana other I.R.A. leader!: —Sydney ‘ Sun ’ Cable. [The Free State arrested on April 7, 1925, the “ Irish De Wet,” General Bofin, an ex-British officer, who had evaded capture since 1923, when he proclaimed a miniature republic at Roscommon in the mountains. He married during tho siege on his stronghold, spent his honeymoon in a cave, and escaped through the cordon with his bride. The Free State, authorities subsequently released Bofin.]
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Evening Star, Issue 19409, 18 November 1926, Page 5
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188UNREST IN IRELAND Evening Star, Issue 19409, 18 November 1926, Page 5
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