LAWLESS IRELAND

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 35, 5 November 1919, Page 7

LAWLESS IRELAND

SINN FEIN VENDETTA ON POLICE

ARMED RAIDS AND SHOOTING

By TolouraDh-Preis Assocletton-Copyrieht London, November 1. Masle.'d men raided the police barracks at Ballivor, Vvcstmeath, and surprised and killed the sentry, then seized five rides, two revolvers, and a considerable amount <,f ammunition. They escaped, and no arrests followed.

There was n stirring night encounter at an isolated police barracks near Navan, County Meath. Shots were fired through the windows of the barracks, and u sergeant and two constables immediately vclurned the fire. A long exchange of shots ensued, and ultimately the attackers were beaten off. The sergeant was shot in the head and ribs, but continued to fight in spite of his wounds, until the raiders made off in a motor-ear. Tt is feared that the sergeant will lose an eye. Ko arrests were made. The raids occurred simultaneously. Other accounts from Ballivor state that the constabulary put up a gallant defence, and the tiring lasted twenty minutes. "When a constable, described as a sentry, was killed, the raiders, who were in superior force, overpowered tho remainder of the defenders and sacked the barrack?.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DENUNCIATION BYJHEBKAN ADMIRAL ' SINK FEIN'S PKO-GERMANISM. Washington, November !?. The Irish National Bureau protests against a magazine article by Admiral Sims'charging the Sinn Feiners as being openly pro-German during the iynr. The Bureau declares that Admiral Sims is iuferentinily insulting American citizens by accusing vlicm of being allies of America's enemy. He asserts that tho Sinn Feineis prolonged the war owing to die .•ssistaneo given to German spies and agents who landed on tho Irish coast. The Sinn Feiners attacked the

jjii'ls who- kept' company with Americans, ami bloody fights were common. Admiral Kims slates that owing to Sinn Fein intrigues the situation in Ireland became so dangerous; that it was necessary to dispatch American officers to tho ontlyinjj naval stations in Ireland. This weakened the American licet.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. NEW PROPOSALS HOME RULE London, November 1. The "Manchester Guardian" understands that the committee ret up under tho chairmanship of Mr. W. H. Lony. has decided in favour of a Parliament for all Ireland, any county having the right to vote itself out, such counties to form an excluded area with its.own governing authority. The Irish Government and she Government of the excluded a.rea should be under an authority nomitnted by the Lord Lieutenant and tho Irish Privy Council. The Parliament would have approximately the status of a llominio:), except as to Customs, which would lx> under the nominated' all-Ireland authoritv.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aisu. IRISH RACK CONVENTION IN MELBOURNE. Melbourne, November •]> Tiio Irish Race- Convention, attended by two thousand delegates from tire various . States, and New Zealand, resolvrd in favour of Home Rule for Ireland and the establishment of a fund in Australia and New Zealand to help tho people ol Ireland 1.0 press to u successful issue their claim for self-detormimtion.—Press Assn. (lice. Nuvomber ■), 11.15 p.m.) Sydney, November I. Mr. T. .T. Ryan, tho Queensland exI'remier, presi< : ed at the Irish Race Convention. ! • Archbishop Mannix, in his opening speech, said that they were there for the declared and definite purpose—to support Ireland'?: claim as expressed at the last general election in Ireland, and to .support her chosen leader De Valera. Thev were there not to dictate, but to support Ireland's claim to live her own uifo.aml .-hope her own destiny without fintsi&e interference.—Press Assn,