IRISH UNREST

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11163, 20 March 1922, Page 5

IRISH UNREST

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REPUBLICAN PATROL BADLY MAULED. DE VALERA AND CIVIL WAR. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received March 19, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, March IS. A large crowd came in conflict with a Republican patrol of five men in Cork, and badly mauled them. Tho patrol was obliged to use arms. A man named Morgan was killed and ancitbr r wounded. One policeman was wounded. The crowd wa3 eventually dispersed. A BELLICOSE SPEECH IRISH SOLDIERY MAY FIGHT. The Republican army celebrated St. Patrick’s Day by holding military evolutions, including the trooping of the tricolour Sinn Fein flag in Dublin. Religious services with sermons in Erse (Irish language) were held in the churches of all denominations throughout the country. Do Valera, who was accompanied hy ,an armed guard in motor-cars, speaking at Garrick to seven hundred members cf the Republican army and two thousand others, said: —“If the treaty is not rejected it will mean civil war. The Irish soldiery may fight for independence over tho dead bodies of the soldiers of tho Government set up hy treaty supporters.” SHOOTING IN BELFAST TWO MEN SHOT DEAD. Two men were shot dead in Be-fast while proceeding to work. A woman was killed by a bomb explosion. BRITAIN WARNED EMPIRE MAY LOSE SOUTHFRN IRELAND. The “Irish Bulletin” warns Britain in the following terms: —".‘lf it is a fact that six battalions of British troops are to be uscxl in Ulster under Field-Marshal Wilson in his capacity as civil head of the Northern police, Southern Ireland will he quickly lost to the Empire, for the siipple reason that it will regard the treaty as fundamentally broken.” A DANGEROUS SITUATION THREE BRIDGES BLOWN UP. FURTHER BOMB-THROWING IN ( BELFAST. (Received March 19, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 18. A dangerous situation is arising on the .Ulster frontier. Three bridges on the Fermanagh side of the border were blown up, and the road from Clones to Cavan cut. The Irish Republican troops are gathering in stronger force on the borders of Monqghan and Tyrone, and many houses and halls have been commandeered. The Free State Government commandeered Castle Blayney, . which has been the Republican barracks. Tho Republicans retaliated, and commandeered the hotel where they are quartered. The town is now divided into two armed camps. Another bomb was thrown in Belfast at a tramcar. One man was killed and three injured.