STICKS AND STONES FLY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18988, 13 April 1936, Page 11

STICKS AND STONES FLY

DUBLIN PACTIONS CLASH REBELLION ANNIVERSARY HOSTILITY TO REDS (Elec. Tel. Copyriuht—United Press Assn.) (Peed. April 13, 2.40 p.m.) DUBLIN, April 12. One hundred persons were injured in disturbances when onlookers came into conflict with the Irish Republican Army's commemoration of the dead in the Faster rebellion of 1916 by a procession of members of the Republican congress and Communists to the Glasiievin cemetery. The Communist section, all the way along the route, ran a gauntlet of cheers, boohs and shouts of: "Down with Communism!'" Stones were thrown and sticks were frequently brandished among the spectators. Blows were often exchanged and many people showed bleeding laces as a result. The police once drew their batons and charged to prevent an extension of the trouble. At one point the crowd rushed the procession and seized and tore np copies of a newspaper. At the cemetery stones were again hurled, especiallyaimed at Mr. W. Gallacher, the Communist member of the House of Commons for Fife, who. however, escaped injury. Several persons were roughly handled, including Mr. George (lilmore. a prominent, Republican. The old Dublin brigade, which fought in the rebellion, held :i commemoration during the morning without incident.