IRELAND

Southland Times, Issue 19510, 9 May 1922, Page 5

IRELAND

FRUITS OF THE TRUCE UNWONTED PLACIDITY IN THE SOUTH FURTHER TROUBLE AT BELFAST. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, May 7. The first fruits of the truce appear to be: (1) placidity throughout the South of Ireland which is joyfully welcomed by the unfortunate, nerve-jarred country-folk, who for months past have lived in terror and distress; (21 release of all military prisoners by both sides; (3) the evacuation of Dublin port dock offices. The latter is particularly welcomed because their occupation caused suspension of trade and unemployment to thousands of labourers and paralysed the port. There was a recurrence of trouble in Belfast to-day after a fortnight's peace. Armed men took men outside a house near Port Adwen and shot them dead. Another was sniped at in the street. Two men were tarred and feathered and turned adrift in the street naked. The body of an unidentified man was found on the public road at Gortin, County Tyrone. He had been dead at least a day. Possibly he came from another part of the country. He had a wound in the heart and a label on the left wrist reading: “Beware of the Irish Republican Army. Convicted spy.” The man was apparently named Aaron. Letters found on the body suggest that he lived at Kensington Gardens, London.