OUTRAGE IN LONDON

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 96, 17 January 1921, Page 5

OUTRAGE IN LONDON

ATTRIBUTED TO SINN FEINERS ATTEMPT TO BURN AN OIL DEPOT SHOTS FIRED AT POLICE By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. (Rec. January 16, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 15. Three constables frustrated a care-fully-planned attempt to set fire to the Vacuum Oil Company’s depot at Wandsworth, a suburb of London, in which were 60,600 barrels, containing 2,500,000 gallons of oil. Three men were seen loitering at midnight on Friday in the •vicinity of the depot. When challenged they fired several shoffi with revolvers, but did not injure the police. A dozen other men had scaled the wall of the depot by means of a rope-ladder. These ran out on hearing the shots. The police pursued them, but all escaped except Wilfred Kenny, a clerk, who was charged with attempted murder and arson. The police found im the depot a large quantity of cotton waste ready for setting alight. Oil was also leaking from a dozen barrels in which holes had been pierced. It is believed that Sinn Feiners were responsible for the affair. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

KING’S COUNSEL SHOT AT DUBLIN

PRESIDENT OF OUT-OF-WORK FUND COMMITTEE. London, January 14.

Mr. William M'Grat’ih, a leading King’s. Counsel, was shot at his Dublin home, and died later. The outrage is mysterious. Mr. M'GraVh had taken no part in politics. Mr. M'Grath, who was president of the Out-of-Work Fund Committee, said before his death that he had to turn down many claims, and if he should die these people would be responsible.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DUG-OUTS AND ARMS DISCOVERED POLICE ■OFFICERS AMBUSHED. London, January 13. A. patrol at Blarney, noticing a woman running across a field and drop an object, investigated, and found a Lewis gun. Further investigations disclosed a number of dug-outs, containing a quantity of arms, ammunition, and milivary equipment. Ambushers near Limerick killed two police sergeants and wounded two con-stables.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

WOMAN ARMOURED AND ARMED. (Roc. January 17, 0.45 a.m.) London, January 16. The woman at Blarney -wore steel body armour under her blouse. She was also In possession of a service revolver and automatic pistol. Both were loaded. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ATTACKS ON "POLICE BARRACKS

(Rec. January 17, 0.45 a.m.) London, January 16

There was a four hours’ fierce fight with rifles and bombs at the police barracks at Hospital, County Limerick. It ended in the repulse of the assailants.

Numerous assailants in each case were beaten off in three attacks on police barracks, namely Dundrum, Annacarty, and Limerick Junction, Police were ambushed near Ballymahon (Longford). Two were wounded. Relief parties have been sent.—Aus.-N.Z.-Cable Assn. POLICE OFFICERS WOUNDED. (Rec. January 17, 0.45 a.m.) London, January 16. The military .made sixty arrests in Southern Armagh. • Sergeant Mailiff and Constable Ryan, while returning to" barracks after attending a football match in Cork, were shot and dangerously wounded. Their assailants are unknown.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE ATTACKED TROOP TRAIN FIVE ASSAILANTS KILLED. CRec. January 17, 0.45 a.m.) London, January 16. Five attackers on the troop train at West Donegal were killed and a number wounded. Several explosions were arranged, but instead of the train being derailed where the rebels were entrenched, on overlooking ground, the driver continued until the troops reached a spot above the assailants. The latter were then compelled to quit their trenches and fight at a disadvantage.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. O’CALLAGHAnYTIEAV? AMERICA TALES OF ATROCITIES BY BLACK AND TANS.

Washington, January 15.

The State Department and the Labour Department have finally agreed to the deportation of David O’Callaghan, tffie Mayor of Cork, who will be compelled to leave as soon as a steamer is available. In the meantime O’Callaghan is testifying before the Commission of Ono Hundred, which is receiving tales of alleged tortures inflicted on women and children by the Black and Tans, and also other atrocities.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

GIVEN THE STATUS OF A SAILOR (Rec. January 16. 11.40 p.m.) Washington, January 15.

Ignoring the State Department’s order for the deportation of O’Callaghaji and despite the official announcement that agreement had been reached, Mr. W. B. Wilson, Secretary of Labour, has ordered O’Callaghan to be given the status of a sailor, with permission to land and to re-ship. The Under-Secretary of Stalo (Mr. N. H. Davis) has announced that an immediate investigation will be made into the incident, which amounts to open war between, the State and Labour De-partments.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. INTIMIDATION IN CORK A good deal has been said about outrages alleged to have been committed by the military in Ireland, especially by the Black and Tans, but according to the Cork correspondent of an American paper it is not the Crown forces who are feared by the people. Writing to his paper some weeks ago, the correspondent said: “Here in Cork Sinn Fein miles the roost; t.he British courts are deserted; Sinn Fein courts sit openly and regularly. If •Sinn Fein means happiness Cork should •be Paradise. Instead it is pugatory, where suffering souls dare not ask one another for help lest their sufferings increase. Nowhere in Ireland is there observable more dread, more intimidation,' more despair, than here. The place swarms with spies, beggars, and barelegged women and children. Mannix’s portrait with autograph saying ’’Let Ireland await her opportunity and seize it,’ mocks the misery from shop windows. Do Valera, at the safe distance of three thousand miles, urges from bill-boards: ‘Buy Bonds''of the Irish Republic.’ Trench-hclmetcd soldiers with fixed bayonets patrol the streets. ‘ It is not they whom the people fear, nor the Black and Tans, as they call the most hated of the Royal Irish Constabulary. It is their own Sons of Liberty, a few in fantastic stockings, kilts, slouch halo, all of bright green, with yellow brown mantles, and a multitude in plain clothes with no distinguishing marks.”