TROUBLE IN IRELAND.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15748, 13 February 1922, Page 3

TROUBLE IN IRELAND.

COWARDLY MURDERS

THE KIDNAPPED MEN.

,Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Australian and NZ. Cable Association.! LONDON, Feb. 10.

Four armed robbers shot dead Lieut. Mogan Brown, of a well-known military family, while lie was motoring back from a hank at Kildare with £SOO. The assassins shot the lieutenant near the barracks. He fell on the footpath, and the assassins entered and coerced the driver at the point of tho revolver and drove away. Later they left the car. The Republican police are assisting the Irish Constabulary to scour Kildare, in search of the murderers. Five Sinn Feiners murdered Thomas Sadler, a loyalist, at Butler’s Bridge, Cavan, in tiie presence of his wife and sons. Sadler lifted a tool to defend himself, and was riddled with bullets. The raiders then ransacked the house.

A party of Ulster special police were ambushed by 30 armed men at Claudy, on the Tyronne frontier. One constable was killed.

LONDON, Feb. 11

While a party of special constables was waiting on the platform of Clovnes station for the arrival of a Belfast train, intending to proceed to Inniskillen, a party of I.R. A., armed with rifles and machine guns, entered the platform and opened fire, killing four constables and wounding and taking prisoners the others. The outrage created intense excitement in Belfast. Mr. Collins telegraphed to Mr. Lloyd George, protesting against Ulster constables mobilising for action against “our people in the north-east area under cover of British troops.” Mr. Lloyd George replied : “You must hear in mind the serious raids from Southern Ireland on Northern Ireland. The. Northern Government is not merely entitled to, hut is in duty hound to take every step to prevent a repetition of sucli outrages, so long as it is purely a defensive and protective action. You must seo that recent events justify such action.”

Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Churchill saw Mr. Griffith in the afternoon and impressed upon him tho gravity of the situation.

Mr. Griffith replied that the kidnapped persons were safe. He was sure the Provisional Government would be able to get them gradually released. He was going to Dublin to-night in order to do everything to hasten their release. The authorities in Derry emphatically deny that a scaffold was erected and a hangman brought to the prison for the execution of Sinn Feiners. No arrangements were made.

Sir J. Craig sent a message to Ulster: “I was in close touch with the British Government throughout yesterday and to-day. I was assured that vigorous action is being taken hv the British Government and am hopeful of securing the early release of the kidnapped persons. Meantime I received a guarantee of their safety. If Government action fails, I will carry out my own plans. Meanwhile I ask for a continuation of tho splendid restraint our people have shown under unparalleled provocation, which created a feeling of ardent admiration in Britain.” The Irish Provisional Government has decreed a general amnesty to all members of the navy and army and police who committed acts of hostility against the Irish people. FAILURE TO SECURE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES. SERIOUS SITUATION ON THE BORDER. (Received Feb. 13, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 12. The failure of Messrs Collins and Griffiths to secure the release of the kidnapped Ulster hostages shows that the 1.11. A. are not completely under tlieir control. It is stated that their hostages will he held until Ulster releases the team of footballers, including officers of the 1.11. A. who were arrested while motoring to a match at Deny, because they were carrying revolvers. Sir J. Craig states that a time limit has been fixed for the release of the hostages. Reports from Belfast indicate that something akin to civil war already exists along the Ulster frontier. Armed guards belonging to opposing camps hold different border towns, challenging all traffic, f The Colonial Office announces that immediate steps are being taken to release prisoners guilty of offences committed in Britain from Irish political motives prior to the truce of July 11th. The cases of those concerned in offences since the truce will receive individual consideration. THE CORK RAILWAYS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.! (Received February 13. 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, February 11. The taking over of the control of lines by Cork railway-men was done quietly." with nothing in the shape of disturbances. Great crowds watched the. initiation of the new regime. (Received February 13, 12.15 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 12. Cork railwavnieii have decided to resume work on the terms agreed upon at the recent conference. RELEASE OF PRISONERS DEMANDED. RAID ON POLICE BARRACKS. MURDER OF AN INSPECTOR. .’Australian and N.Z Cable Association.! (Received February 13. 10.55 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 12. A largo Irish demonstration in Trafalgar Square demanded the release of 180 Irish prisoners still in gaol, on the ground that their retention is at variance with the spirit of the Irish agreenient. Thirty armed men raided Castle Tslapd police barracks. They locked up the police, and secured a quantity of arms and munitions. Inspector Kenny, R.1.C., while walking with his young son at Clonmakilty, was shot dead, and his son was dangerously wounded. Do Valera addressed an open air demonstration in Snckvillo street, Dublin, inaugurating a campaign against Free Staters. He declared that almost, every line of the treaty denied Ireland sovereignty'. Irish republicans felt themselves no more hound by that agreement than had the Nationalists of a previous generation felt bound by the Act of Union. MURDER IN BELFAST. WOMAN SHOPKEEPER. SHOT DEAD. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received February 13, nopn.) LONDON, Feb. 12. Three armed youths entered a shop at Belfast, and demanded money. On being refused they shot Mrs Page, the shopkeeper, dead. Details of the attack at Clones show that the specials were hopelessly outnumbered. Their return fire, however, killed Thomas Fitzpatrick, reputed to bo a, notable Sinn Fein commander. .