IRELAND

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 21 March 1921, Page 5

IRELAND

ARCHBISHOP BOURNE'S PASTORAL PROTEST FROM LONDON' CATHOLICS (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Asse-ciawun) LONDON, .March 11). Sin-i Keiners organised a meeting of London Catholics who unanimously protested against Archbishop Bourne's > pastoral letter of February, and do j clared that no eccelesiastical dictation ! uu political matters would be toleral-j ed A copv of the resolution is to be, forwarded to the Pope with an o.xprcs-j sion of the meeting's devoted filial ai | fectiou. , . , ' Mr W. McCarthy, the chairman de-j scribed the pastoral as grossly unfair and cowardly, and added that while the meeting was prepare-.! to follow .Koine as regards religion t hey j looked to the president of the In-di Republic for their politics. |

A REIGN OF TERROR HEAVY TOLL OF CIVILIANS LONDON, Match 1!). Sinn Fein raids in Dublin upon post offices and other plan's for money, or attacks upon military, continue daily, iiiid almost hourly, resulting in a reign of terror. Sinn Foiners last night bombed two motor lorries, carrying soldie.-s, in Frederick-street. Ihe soldiers saw the intention, and shot one man in the act- of »browing a bomb and escaped danger. The soldiers then fired a vollev, killing two civilians and a vouth, but it is not yet known whether tlie'v wviv among the attackers. Several were also arrested. I he, usual thing is that civilians suffer more Sum .Foiners or soldiers in* these affairs. Dublin Castle announces that 1/ civilians were incidentally killed or wounded in recent attacks, compared with 2-5 soldiers and police in the same episodes. The authorities appeal to the public to bring pressure to bear upon Michael Collins, Charles Burgess, and Richard Mulcahcy, who are responsible for the Dublin outrages on the ground that they are futile in results and callous in disregard for public safety LONDON 7 , March 20. Three bombs were thrown at a military lorry in Dublin on Saturday night. Two exploded, killing two sol diers and wounding an officer and five others. The fire was returned.. and three civilians were wounded. The curfew order has been extended from eight o'clock in the evening to five in the morning. Republicans at Upton, County Cork, attacked a military party numbering thirty. Seven soldiers, one policeman, and seven rapublj cans wore killed. Military reinforcements arrived, and a running cross-country fight ensued, Another military party was ambushed at Dungarvan, and fighting lasted six hours, one soldier and several republicans being killed. A police patrol was ambushed at Cnstledown-Roche. Constable. Elton was killed.