RIOTS IN BELFAST
Rival Political Factions
REVOLVERS FREELY USED
(Received 17, 12.55 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 1(5.
The “Daily .Mail's” Bellast correspondent says; “Revolvers were freely used in fierce street lighting between rival political factions. Two persons were sent to hospital with serious bullet wounds, while 20 were injured by stones.
Police detachments constantly made baton charges. Scores of windows were smashed and traffic was brought to a standstill. A grocery store was looted. The rioters used pinked motor ears as entrenchments. IRISH CITIZENS’ ARMY Plans for Re-establishment (Received 17, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON. Sept. 16. The “Sunday Times” Dublin correspondent says that a new menace is developing in the plans to re-establish the Irish Citizens’ Army, which is affiliated with Labour. It fought against the British in 1916, tho leader, James Connolly, being wounded and subsequently executed. The army was formed in 1913 to assist the formation of a workers’ republic. The aims are to re-establish the order, combat Fascism, and secure a Socialist republic. The rules permit the use of arms to realise their goal.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 235, 17 September 1934, Page 7
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