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THE NENAGH OUTRAGE SINN FEIN THREATS AND HUNGER STRRIKE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, April 10. Tho second of the (threo constables who were ambushed and' shot at Nenagh (Tipperary) has succumbed, and tho third is dying. The Sinn Feiners threaten to prevent 'tho export of foods to Ebgland, especially butter and bacon, which arc becoming scarco in Ireland. Over a hundred Sinn Feiners in Mountjoy Prison aro hunger-ttriking. It is reported that several aro crying. "NOT A BED~6<FrOS!ES." VICEROY ON HIS POSITION. LONDON, April 10. Tho Chicago "Tribune's" representative interviewed Lord French, wno denied that h© stated to tho "Daily Express" "that he was "fed up" and anxious to resign. What h© actually said was ithat the Viceroy's position was not a bed of roses. Ho would not object to relinquishing 'tho job, but ho was not resigning before tho end of tho year. A rebellion was unlikely, and could not bo successful. The Government was contain to retain command of the situation.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10562, 13 April 1920, Page 6
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