NO ARRESTS MADE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 76, 23 December 1919, Page 7

NO ARRESTS MADE

POWERFUL MILITARY BOMBS USED. (Eai. December 22. 8.30 p.m.) London, December 19. Four of IV bombs were of military pattern, •''uc'uding the familiar Mills bomb, tnwther with several crudely' home-mi'lo ones. A number of undischarged 'wni'bs were found behind tho farm-cart and in the field near by. The attackers were apparently armed with revolvers, the sound of rifle shots coming only from the military. All tho attackers "escaped across the fields in tho direction of Dublin. They wcro chased by the escorts, but no arrests wero made, though the searchers wero augmented by many soldiers and constabulary, who were' hurriedly summoned.

The thoroughness of the preparations is shown by the fact that the arrival of Lord French was signalled from an observation post up a free. The torn walls and miniature shell-holes in the roadway recalled scenes in France. The polico promptly barricaded the street from sightseers mid souvenir hunters.—Aus.X'.Z. Cable Assn. the Viceroy not hurt STATEMENT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY. London, December 19. Lord French had just arrived from tho West of .Ireland, and was driving from Ashtown Station to Dublin Castle when the assassin fired. It is officially announced that Viscount French is unhurt. Ashtown is a suburban villago on tho northern outskirts of Phoenix Pari;, in a desolate district. A gang of fifteen to twenty assassins was hiding in the fields by the roadside when Lord French's motor-car appeared. The mounted escort was some distance dchind, but was summoned by a woman who was driving Lord French's baggage. Hearing shots, she quickly drove back, and the escort galloped up and found the assassins decamping across the fields in tho direction of Dublin City. None was arrested. Lord French had a miraculous escape. Three bullets penetrated the motor-car, and bullets also shattered the car following Lord French's, wounding the driver. Tho escort's fire only brcught down and killed one of tho running men, upon whom a lx>mb and two loaded revolvers wero found.

The Chief Secretary for Ireland announced in tho Houso of Commons that four bombs were thrown a>! Lord French from behind ft hedgo in Phoenix Park. Tho military eseurt fired, killing one of tho attackers wlio was in the road. Ho had two revolvers in his possession. A bullet wounded a detective in tho hand while ho was attempting to fire a. revolver. "unSre also wounded a constable on duty at crossroads in tho vicinity. The murderers, after rapid shooting c<wippd The country vould bs glad that Lord French was uninjured— (cheersV-and would extend its sympathy to tho n.'»n who wore wounded and killed in (li«cl>n-?ing their duty. (Cheers.)— Aus.-N.Z- Cable Assn.

SILENCE OFTHfi CHURCH . COMMENT OF "IRISH TIMES." London, December 10. Tlin "Iri«h Times," discussing the lawlessness, comments on ,io tragic silence o r the Clinch.' It claims that hundreds of thousands 'of Catholics desire guidance. The religious fervour of the country is remarkable, and was probably never greater; yet the personal power of th" elergv was never lower. The Dublin correspondent of "the Times" reports that many citizens aro resnonding to an appeal to servo as special constables. It is understood that the enrolments satisfy the Government. Michael Blanehlield, a, school teacher, was fnurd murdered at Nohaval, County Cork, with '.wo bullet wounds in his ibiicfc.—J US.-N.K. Cablo Assn. DEAN OF DUBLIN'S CONDEMNATION OK THE ATTACK. London, December 21. Dr .T n Wa'sh. Dean of Dublin, in a lel'ter r" ! 'd "\ the Dublin churches severely condemns the attempted assassination* r-f l.«rd Frencr. which he says recalls (he Phoenix Park murders, wlv.cn brmHil about a system <£ < oereive government Ihr 'ilr of which all m.HI hope and waj will I never reeiir.-Aus.o,./,. Cable* Assr

NEWSPAPER PLANT WRECKED tltec Deceml '». rlduisM) London, December 22 Forty Sinn Feincrs raided the. office of the newspaper "Irish Independent ami hiolre up Hi* machinery, their actum was a protest against the publication nl an article calli'mr S'nn Pernors savage aasassius."-Aiw.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.