TURMOIL IN IRELAND

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18151, 24 January 1921, Page 5

TURMOIL IN IRELAND

A SENSATIONAL ENCOUNTER POLICE AND AMBUSHERS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 21. A sensational encounter between the police and some ambushers took place'at Tolka Bridge, Dublin. Information was received in the morning that an ambush was being prepared, and motor lorries with the auxiliary police and an armoured car rushed to the scene. The ambushers, who had loopholed the wall of the bridge, were surprised, and fled into the fields. The police pursued them, firing. One rebel was dangerously wounded, and is not expected to recover. Six arrests were made. Bombs were discovered behind the wall, and revolvers were found in the possession of the prisoners. Several hundred troops werb stationed 300 yards frpm the bridge, and two lorry loads of police recruits arrived at Tolka Bridge just after the ambushers had been dispersed.—A. and N.Z. Cable. OUTRAGES AGAINST POLICE. SERIES OF MURDERS. LONDON, January 21. Head-constable Larkin and Sergeant Moxham were ambushed while cycling at Ballincpllig (County Cork). The sergeant was shot dead off his bicycle, but the constable escaped. O’Sullivan, a constabulary officer, was shot dead in. the street at Listowel, Kerry, while .-walking with his son, aged five years. Thomas Lawless, formerly an ex-Irish Guardsman, was shot dead in bed at Marlborough. It is alleged that his murderer was in uniform.—A. and N.Z. Cable. MILITARY ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTH. LONDON, January 21. There is great military activity in South Tipperary. Dozens of arrests have been made, and roads have been trenched in several districts in order to hamper the forces of the Crown, which are compelled to fill up trenches as they go along.- The military are accompanied' bv hostages and female searchers.—A. and N. Cable. DISTRICT COUNCIL ARRESTED. LONDON, January 21. The police and auxiliaries raided the board room of the Macroom (Cork) District Council, and, arrested all the councillors and the county surveyors and deputy-sur-veyors. All but five were subsequently released.—A. and N.Z. Cable. ARRESTS AT CORK. „ LONDON, January 21. ’"Following on the official reprisals at Cork, tho military arrested 23 persons, including Mr Crawford, a Unionist, who is chairman of the technical schools, and in whose brewery bombs were found.—A and N.Z. Cable. RELATIVE OF DR MANNIX ARRESTED. LONDON, January 22. (Received Jan. 23, at 5.5 p.m.) The military arrested Father T. Mannix, of Ballyhea. He is a relative of Archbishop Mannix.—A. and N.Z. Cable. SPEECH BY SIR HAMAR GREENWOOD. CONFIDENT OF THE OUTCOME. LONDON, January 23. (Received Jan. 24, at 1.50 a.m.) Sir Hamar Greenwood, addressing the Auxiliaries at Dublin, said their duty was to prevent crime with the view of freeing Ireland from terrorism, assassins, and a small, misguided minority. He urged the necessity of discipline worthy of a great cause. They were up against some dirty fighters. Moreover,- soma, politicians' in Ireland and England were insulting them. They had opposed the army in war time, and had championed the conscientious objectors and every shirker in the Empire. He was sure the Crown forces were breaking up the awful terror which had nearly ruined Ireland but which would soon bo a happier Ireland, developing her great destiny as a partner in the Commonwealth of the Empire.—A. and N.Z, Cable. A NEW YEAR MESSAGE. DE VALERA’S MANIFESTO. LONDON, January 23. (Received Jan. 24, at 1.50 a.m.) Mr De Valera, in a manifesto, emphasises Ireland’s undying desire for. independence. He is confident of final success. “With calm deliberation,” he adds, “let ua face the New Year. The Republic is ready to endure whatever is necessary to win the priceless boon of a permanent peace.”—A. and N.Z. Cable. >•