TURMOIL IN IRELAND

Otago Witness, Issue 3489, 25 January 1921, Page 28

TURMOIL IN IRELAND

The following appeared in our Second Edition last wee.l- :

disturbances in cork. LONDON, January 16. The disturbances began as the crowd were leaving the football match. 1 rcnn 4.30 o’clock armed police parties m motor lorries were breaking up groups in tno principal streets. Shortly before 5 e rebels attacked Sergeant Mailift and Constable Rvan; thereupon police reinforcements rushed up, and riotous scenes loilowed. The firing lasted for several hours. A Customs officer named 1 ring was walking homeward with his sister, when he received a bullet in his head, an instantly. Two women and four civilian men were among the wounded. January 1/. A large body of men attacked tne police station in the centre of Cork city early on Monday morning. Rifle and revolver fire was continued for halt an hour. When reinforcements arrived in armoured cars and lorries they found that the attackers had departed. A HOUSE TO HOUSE SEARCH. LONDON, January 17. An area in Dublin on the north bank of the Liffey, over half a mile square and densely populated, containing the principal markets of the city, was completely isolated yesterday, movement inward or outward being forbidden until the military had completed a house-to-house searcn, which is expected to last three days. Troops were posted with machine guns at sand-bagged windows at many strategic points. AN EXTENSIVE CAPTURE. LONDON, January 13. The military patrolling at Timoleague surprised a large party of civilians who were preparing an ambush and captured 25 after an exchange of shots. STATEMENT BY DE VALERA. LONDON, January 17. Mr Do Valera, writing to the Lord Mayor of Dublin in support of a proposal to form an Irish White Cross to relieve suffering in the reprisals areas, compares Ireland’s present situation to the tune when conscription threatened her. “We must act,” he says, “ as a united, disciplined people, to meet the present threat to our existence.” THE WANDSWORTH PLOT. LONDON, January 17. Scotland Yard officers carried out an extensive raid in London on Sunday night, and detained six Sinn Feiners, who are suspected in connection with the Wandsworth Oil Works plot. One of the six men arrested in connection with the Wandsworth arson outrage is believed to be the virtual leader of the Sinn Fein terrorist gang in London. The arrests were effected dramatically during the early hours of the morning at two places in the south-west of London. The police possess papers which they allege show" that the men are associated with the movement. AN EXTRAORDINARY EPISODE. LONDON, January 17. There was an extraordinary occurrence at Dundalk, when Hakenjos, a jeweller, was robbed of hundreds of pounds’ worth of jewels. He w’as awakened at midnight by six armed men, who said they had been sent by Dublin Castle to search his house and business premises for arms. Hakenjos, not doubting their bona fides, showed the men over his house. The leader then said that Hakenjos must accompany them to his shop. Here Hakenjos opened the safe. The leader congratulated him on no arms being discovered, but said he would inspect the basement while the jewels were being replaced. On returning they apologised profusely, and the men left. Hakenjos only discovered this morning that he had been robbed of every valuable by men acting on a bogus warrant. MR ESMONDE MAROONED. SYDNEY, January 13. As Mr Esmonde continues firm in his determination not to subscribe to the oath of allegiance, he is now marooned and guarded by the Customs officials aboard the Makura, which is placed out of commission down the harbour. So far no steps have been taken to test the position legally, and there are i.o present indications that he intends to depart from Australia by the outgoing Union boat, which he has the option of doing. MELBOURNE, January 18. Mr A. Poynton has announced that he has further considered the case of Mr Esmonde, and has decided, in view of information which he has just obtained, to refuse t-o permit him to land in Australia, even if he took the oath of allegiance.