IRISH DISORDERS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 31, 1 November 1920, Page 5

IRISH DISORDERS

CYCLIST PATROL AMBUSHED IN SLIGO

BY 100 ENTRENCHED MEN

(By Telesraph-Press Aaaooiation-Ctpyriitfit (Rco. November 1, 0.35 a.m.) London, October 31. Details of the affair at Grange Sligo s'kow that a patiol of nine were cycling when a hundred disguised men, lying in ambush three- hundred yards along the hillside concealed in trenches, with loopholed walls, opened lire at twanty-fivo yards, using British sorviee rilles, and shot two constables dead. Sergeant Warry ordered the survivors to take cover and roturn the fire, and then fell 6hbt through tho heart. The police opened fire at the hidden enemy, 6ome of whom were wounded. An expanding bullet hit Constable' Keown in # the throat. Constable Clerk was twice wounded. The fire was directed at a little group in the' rear, and' on the ilank,. and as tho men fell, tho enemy drew nearer. Out of tho nine, three are dead and three are wounded. Ten of the assailants wore khaki uniforms and trench helmets.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

LECTURER DETAINED . A STRANGE CASE. I - (Rec. October 31, midnight.) London, October 31. . Viscount Bryco's sister-in-law, Mrs. Ann Bryce, who has been staying at Glengarift', is interesting herself in -the Government policy regarding reprisals, and accepted an invitation to lecture at Ton-y-pnndy on Ireland. On arriving" at Holyhead an officer ordered her to a cabin where there were several soldiers, and told her she was to be eearohed. Her dispatch oase was opened and an officer took the notes intended for tho speech. Alter Iw.iiijf starched Mrs. Bryce asked by Whose orders she was arrested, Sir Hamar Greenwood's or General Macready's.. The officer replied that ho could not tell, and refused to produce a warrant or evidence of power to arrest. Mrs..Bryce was sent back to Kingston and transferred to Bridewell, Dublin, in military custody: Four hours later a castle official told her she was released, as no charge would bo made against her. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. • POLICY IF REPRISALS CONDEMNED'BY MR. ASQUITH.' (Rec. October 31, 5.5 p.m.) London, October 30. In a speech at Leicester, Mr. Asquith - referrinjr to Ireland, said he was amazed and ashamed at the lethargy and indifference of the British people regarding, reprisnls. The only hops for Ireland was complete "unrestricted self-govern-ment.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.