ONE FIERCE CLASH.

Northern Advocate, 14 August 1933, Page 5

ONE FIERCE CLASH.

QUICKLY QUELLED. , . _ POLICE COB DONS FORMED. - (Received 11 a.m.V ;. 'y. rDUBLIN, August 13. Shortly' after noon uniformed BiiVcyV-yy Shirts made their first appearance inV'.y the streets, in spite of the ban against-. them. . When six emerged from their" headquarters,. they were immediately ; attacked by large crowds. • The Blue .Shirts, ware -unarmed, but fought fiercely. Civic Guards rushed to their assistance and, drawing their, batons, fought back the crowds and encircled the -Blue Shirts, - who • were badly cut on their faces and escorting them to the headquarters, y By noon all was quiet. An armoured car with the turret closed and sold?.. ~., iers by r the machine guns was patrol- .- ling in the vicinity of the Cenotaph. .... As citizens were leaving Mass the . police flung cordons -across, all ... ap-,. proaches to the Cenotaph and . qnes-. . tioned all pedestrians seeking.to pass. The police formed long .lines', in the principal streets at. 11 o'clock, concentrating in O’Connell Street, Leinster Lawn and Stephen Green, where Hie Blue Shirts planned to assemble.f.'G V. The opening of cinemas and publicor houses helped to lessen the crowd in.?V the streets, and in the afternoon, no i- 1 Blue Shirts were visible.. . General..:, o’Duffy, the leader, left his homey for - - unknown destination. Rain damped ‘ the hopes of the sightseers and the police guard at the. Cenotaph was-dis-persed at 4 o ’clock when the memorial closed.

It had just been surrounded by ex- , - pectant journalists and photographers, ... ( - but the relatives of Messrs Griffiths. . . and Collins, despite their possession of _ permits, absented themselves. .Small, , groups prayed at graves in.-the Glasnevin Cemetery, but for the. first time. L' since Mr Arthur Collins’ deathL'ho bugles were sounded, nor were wreaths.. J ' laid on the Cenotaph, .. V “We shall be masters in' Ireland in”' three years, ’ ’ declared General O ’Duffy to a representative of the Path? '~ v “ Soir. ’ ’ We do not want polities or polltieians, but a disciplined, well-gdvern- ; ' ed country,.when we hopelfq pjpait_> Northern Ireland to join iis. This evolution is inevitable.’-’- •

CALM AFTER STORM. - COMMUNIST ELEMENT. GOVERNMENT PRECAUTIONS.: V S (Received 11 a.m.) DUBLIN, August Id. Apart from the noon incident, Dublin, facing an imposing display of force, spent the day practically in complete calm. The citizens were evidently astonished at the completeness, of the Government’s precautions, which Were evidently as much against the Coin-; munists as the Blue Shirts. r

General O ’Duffy is of opinion that: the. - former were chiefly responsible for they.'A Government’s action, as they have beeiv assembling in Dublin for the past few days with the object of causing mischief. He described the banning of tlie ..... parade as a mere incident which would not affect the progress of the National Guard under constitutional lines. Asked whether the present develop--" meiits would be awkward for the Guard,' General O’Duffy replied: “They will'.. also ho awkward for .the.. Government. If today’s Dublin pajade 'is 111eg.M,Aviir the projected Blue Blurt gathering throughout the Free State n,ext Sunday be legal?” ’ General O’Duffy added: “If the Nat- 1 ional Guard is banned, every member must be arrested without diserimina-• tion and tried under martial law. Hugo •- internment camps capable of holding:'" tens of thousands must be erected. All"' 3 ” who deplore coercion will rally to 'oilVAy* movement. “The Government’s mobilisation of A the Army, and the recruitment of - a,y now squad in order to protect Minis- "? tors reveal its popularity. I challenge ' the Ministers to produce a scrap of ■ secret or other information reflecting on tlie National Guard’s integrity.” • ...