DUBLIN RIOTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9587, 3 September 1913, Page 5

DUBLIN RIOTS.

OPINION OF POLICE TACTICS. (Bt Elktbic Tiligraph—Coptbiqht.) (Pib pßiflS Association.) LONDON, Sept, 2. " Tho Daily Chronicle's Dublin oorroepondent alleges tliat tho police used unnecessary violence. A little tact might have prevented the disturbances. Tho baton charges were reprisals for what had occurred on Saturday, and some of tho police, ho declares, lost their heads and tornpers. Mr Ilannel Booth say# that, at the time of Lorkin's arrest, Snckville street was filled with promenaders. "Afterwards," he says, "the most brutal constabulary ever let loose upon a peaceful assembly rushed up and down the street like men possessed, kicking their prostrate victims. It was, apparently, a settled part, of the l>olioe programme. None resisted, there were no attempts at rescue, and no abuse of tho police," Most of the respectable people crawled away with bleeding head*. > Tho Daily Mail says that tho police erred on the side of brutality, and deliberately waited for runaways and clubbed them a* they ran. Tlie photographs show this distinctly. (London Time®.—Sydney Sun Special.) LONDON. Sept. 2. The conduct of the police during tho Dublin riots is warmly supported bv the Unionist newspapers and the Irish Nationalist Independent press, but, tho Freeman's Journal demands an enquiry.

Tho opinions of tho citizens of Dublin are unanimous that tho police acted throughout with discretion, courage, and splendid devotion to duty. The streets were packed both with peaceable and furious citizens, and when tho police charged the rioters took refuge amongst the innocent. It. was impossible under the circumstances for the police to avoid hitting the wrong man. (London Times.—Sydney Sun Special.) Received September 3, 9 a.m. Proofs are evident that the eniployersof Dublin aro combining airainst. Larkin's union, holding that, this is no ordinary agitation, but a challenge to society, which must, be suppressed with a strong hand. •»

Ijarkin told his follower* that any man starving while thero was food and clothing in the shops was a "damned idiot." A number of firms dismissed all his followers from their staffs, and their example is certain to be followed in the city and tho country. vs-v

LONDON, Sept, 2.

The debate on.tlie riots at the Manchester Labour Congress*"Was noisy and excited. A number of tho delegate* abstained from attending a civic reception as a demonstration against tlie so-called "butchery of workers."

Mr Smillie supported a resolution pledging all tho delegates to boycott tho reception. The motion was defeated . Mr Tillctt characterised the Government as "a bloody Government." If, ho said, the massacre in Dublin were to continue, tho workers must, havo tho right, to use firearms.

Mr Stnnton advocated a general strike as a reply to tho Dublin affair. A deputation from tho Dublin Trades Council meets the Congress to-day.

Received September 3, 9.50 a.m. LONDON. Sept. 2. Tho police near Jacob and Son's biscuit factory (which has locked out many workers) were fiercely stoned for two and a half hours. They constantly charged the crowd, which also attempted to rip up the tramlines in several places. The disorders continued till midnight. Tho total casualties in connection with tho riots, aro 740.