“BETRAYED.”

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10508, 11 February 1928, Page 9

“BETRAYED.”

CLAIM BY SOUTHKILN IRISH J.OVALiSTS. MEMORIAL OF A E00i..” TERRIBLE STORIES OF OUTRAGES. ,0 niteil Press Assn. —Copyright) (X./.. and Au-r. Press Assn, tend Sun ) (Received Eeb. P _ 10..'{A p.m ) I.ONIMI.V rfd,. :). Nine Irishmen, who desire to remain anonymous, becui-i- publicity would endanger then- lives, recounted to liie .Southern Irish Loyalists’ K«bet Association tlietr siitiermgs due to tin' treaty. I lu-y e.npua.sised '.eat Die British Gov umm-n: hid betrayed ihem by dtaslkniK curLadi-ig compensation awarded, entailing the ruin ■P liti/nlreux. t A promin ni 1;- 1 i-1 111 man s-nal he uad I teen Innaet on, am) twice and kidnapped once. He rebuilt at a cost ol I'ioDO, tor which purpose the )• roe State granted him -CurJO, and the Irish Grants Committee I'loOl), which did not- enable hint to lurnish. t'or ibis reason lie had to leave the house as a. “memorial of a fool who believed in the pledges of a British Cabinet AJinis.ter.”

Another staled that he had ins house burned down, and that two soms, age;! 14 and 19. were shot dead iu the presence of their mother. He escaped to England. His cattle u ‘‘re sold, ami his horses went unshod, and the pa si u res were flooded by Republicans, who murderously hunted Inm to the mountains. He managed eventually to take his family overseas. The committee award-

's! him L'i ()0o ami paid .'lO p,or eeru "l that amount.

A business mail asserted that the Republicans had fired volleys through Ills door and windows anti t limited him throughout the country? A paviiiciit ol i'2iV>o d.d not coinpensaie him tor the 10-s oi his business, which was v.torrh C'lOb venrly. A Tipperary farmer said that.,, because lie helped fugitives to escape, the I! epid'liea us wrecked Ins motor ear. shot dead two companions, robbed bis bouse and turned the iainlly 1,111 • -i"le his can le. ■ t urnitlire and kidnapped his son. A Republican court ordered him to pay Cl 100 rnmpen. sal ion. lie borrowed t'i 1.000 to go -met, lor i mends. The committee awarded him I'fjOTlO and naid C212-V

field Alnrsluii AVilson's brother asserted that the committee had cut down his claim lor i'dboO to COOd!..