IRISH AFFAIRS.

Grey River Argus, 27 May 1922, Page 5

IRISH AFFAIRS.

WHAT COALITION MEANS. NOT REPUBLICAN MOVE. ULSTER TAKES MEAN AD\ ANTAGE. ‘ \ and N. Z. Gable Association! LONDON, May 25. Ihe London “D:idy Express ’ ’ do •dares that it is in ;; position to st 1 . that Mr Collins and M r G rifilths are du lermined to stand by the Irish Treat? 1 hey >ay that .dr th* \ nlera in signing the Irish ag'eemcnt, has accutitu I the Irish Treaty. The Sinn Pein leaders (deck res t!.t paper; say that they are confront ' l , by a ddh. ult situation, and they should y e perm.tte<i to .-airy out the obligations of th* treaty in lheir own wav. y I h'ey say: ‘‘We :re faced by serious disorders, and the South of Ireland has found the way of ending them without fighting. That is to our credit. The agreement with Mr Du Valera i; not a triumph for hi,, party, but for ours. The Northerners in l ister arc taking advantage *ot‘ a flight of refugees to Engl: nd to embarrass our position.” BELFAST BOMBARDMENT. IN CATHOLIC QUA RTER. (Received .May 26. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. May 26. A battle is raging today in the B l fast West End, which is isolated from the other parts of the city by the fierceness of the tiring. Tranis are suspended on the Balls Road route, (which is the Catholic quarter of Belfast). An Ulster ‘‘special ’ constable, named Murphy, was shot dead near the Balls Road, where Sinn Feitiers massed in very great numbers. Three others were killed. DAY LONG BATTLE IN BELFAST. -MORE BRITISH SOLDIERY ARRIVE (Received May 26, 5.3 > p.m.) LONDON. May 26. lighting continued all day long in the balls Road district. A Belfast gang invaded a shop and shot John Rankin, an assistant. An old man named Tri ford w: s shot on the ground that he had four sons in the Constabulary. Telford's hands were held while some murderers tired 15 shots into his bodv in the presence ot his little grand- , daughter. Eighteen Protestants and seven Roman Catholics were taken to the hospital, the majority being wounded bv splinters from Sinn Pein bombs. An Irish Republican - soldier named larruliy was sentenced to live years at. Belfast today. He said he was a .*d dier of the Irish Republic. Il* l would not recognise the court. The Warwickshire Regiment has reinforced the military at Belfast. A curfew is being enforced t ;.i <m-..h--out the six Ulster counties betweet 11 o’clock at. night ; nd six o’clock in the morning.