UPHEAVAL IN IRELAND.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160710, 24 July 1920, Page 3

UPHEAVAL IN IRELAND.

SERIOUS RIOTINuv LONDON, July 22. / A mob wrecked the Falls Road post office. The police fired on the crowd, wounding soldiers and several civilians. A hundred raiders overpowered the garrison (ten marines) at Howes Strand coastguard station, after an hour’s fighting. They stole rifles and ammunition. One of the raiders was killed. A sharp exchange of shots occurred. between masked men and some police, who were going to Ballina Barracks. A sergeant was shot dead and a constable , dangerously wounded. Sir Hamar Greenweed stated that it was estimated that two millions sterling worth of property was destroyed by Sinn Fexners in Ireland in 1910-20. All steps were being taken to ascertain the whereabouts of General Lucas, but without success up to the present. POLICE WRECK TUAM. INCENSED AT COLD BLOODED MURDER. LONDON, July 23. The Archbishop of Tuam wrote General Macßeady urging an investigation into the wrecking of the town. General Macßeady promised to communicate with the proper authorities. He added; The police were doubtless incensed at the coldblooded murder of comrades. Such crimes could not be perpetrated without the tacit consent and connivance of a large section of the population. Retaliation, however, could never serve as a remedy for crime. DOMINION HOME RULE. LLOYD GEORGE WILLING TO GRANT IT. LONDON, July 23. The Daily Chronicle states that Mr Lloyd George, replying to a deputation from the Trade\Union Congress regarding Ireland, expressed his willingness to confer any form of Government within the Empire which was acceptable to the people as a whole. He asked what assurance could he given that Dominion Home Rule would be accepted by South-west Ireland, apart from Ulster. The Labour members’ version of Mr Lloyd George’s reply to the deputation caused a sensation in the lobbies. Mr Thomas stated that the Premier is willing to grant Dominion Home Rule, with safeguards for Ulster, provided the Trade Union leaders use their influence to arrange between Mr Lloyd George and the Sinn Fein leaders to discuss a truce and details of a new Home Rule Bill. MORE RIOTING IN BELFAST. LONDON, July 22. There was a serious development during the Belfast riots, when a mob invaded a distillery with a view to inciting the workers to strike. Order was only restored after the arrival of .a Lewis gun detachment. Stone-throwing is continuous in the streets, and looting is prevalent. Thousands of windows have been smashed. Firing occurred in the shipyard. A crowd armed with picks endeavoured to enter* but were repulsed by troops, suffering several casualties. Three more were killed in Belfast in the evening, including a priest. A Dublin communique states: Fifteen eviilians attacked two military officers returning to Bnnistymen Barracks. Shots were fired, killing one and wounding several, but the officers were unhurt. ANOTHER LIST OP OUTRAGES. LONDON, July 22. The Belfast looters directed their attention principally to the hotels and licensed grocers. A young married woman was killed last nifeht. She was carrying her baby and going to visit a dying friend. The ringing of the curfew is being enforced at Cork. Troops in motor lorries, with searchlights, are patrolling the streets. Sixty arrests have been made. A motor car containing a Sinn Fein volunteer prisoner, accused of theft, was attacked by military motor cyclists at Oldcastle, County Meath. Shots were exchanged, a volunteer being killed and four soldiers wounded.