THE IRISH CRISIS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12062, 26 May 1920, Page 5

THE IRISH CRISIS.

United Press Association— By Eleo trie Telegraph—Copyright.

LONDON, May 24. The latest development in the Irish situation is the refusal of the Irish railway men to work trains conveying Government munitions, military stores or Sinn prisoneis. *1 ncj have ba-ed their refusal on the British rui Iwa y m cn's refusal not to Tiancllo ni i ' ni I ; • > ii i; lor Boliuid, tile ll isn railway men declaring that they have an equal right to prcvcnt_ .the distnbution ol‘ iniuvl ! which be used to KiM Irishmen. Thus far soldiers have boon employed as stevedores .to unload the ships which the dockers have refused lo handle, but it is expec 1 ed that the signalmen and other Irish railwayureu will strike if military engineers are used to drive the trains. ‘Much will depend on whether the executive of the National Union of P.ailwaymen will approve of the action of the Irishmen. So far Mr Thomas’ reply has not been received. When the railwaymen refused to carry the Sinn Fein prisoners to Sligo, a military lorry was used, but felled trees and stone barricades blocked all the roads around Ballinamore. and the lorry only reached Sligo with the greatest difficulty. Km ..