BITTERNESS RETURNS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 March 1924, Page 5

BITTERNESS RETURNS.

MORE TROUBLE IN IRELAND

DISLOYALTY IN ARMY.

ANGER SHOWN AT DUBLIN. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright Received March 10. 9.30 p.m. London, March 10. The gravity of the schism in the ranks of the Irish National Army is temphasised by a statement by General Mulcahy, who addressed the army, condemning the attempt by officers to involve the army in a challenge to the authority of the Government. He characterised their action as an outrageous departure from the spirit of the army, which would not be tolerated by officers and mtfh who cherish its honour.

Major-General Tobin, one of the leaders of the mutiny in the army, and other* apparently complain that the latest demobilised list includes too many officers who participated in the Anglo-Irish struggle. The situation in the country is obscure, although it is known that there is trouble at Templemore, Gormanstown, and Claremorris. There is great activity at the Dublin barracks. Special precautions are being taken, the guards being doubled, and leave cancelled. Mr. Cosgrove and other (speakers, at a meeting of ten thousand people in Dublin in support of the Gov eminent candidate at a by-election, found it almost impossible to make themselves heard, so great was the disorder caused by the shouting and booing of Republican and Labourite interruptions. A panic was narrowly averted when a shot was fired in the neighbourhood of the meeting. Mr. Cosgrove declared the interrupters were trying to bring the English back, but the English would not come back.

Officers at Roscommon on Saturday night procured all rifles and ammunition in the barracks, taking the rifles from the men and removing them in commandeered motor cars.

Mr. Johnson, chairman of the Irish Labour Party, in a speech, declared they would resist any attempt at military dictatorship and insist on maintaining civil control of th e military authorities.