THE BELFAST RIOTS.
PRIESTS AS POLICE. United Press Association —Cop/rigl t LONDON, August i 4. Priests at Belfast assumed police duties and made themselves with the magistrates responsible for peace. The rioters’ attacks on the police m Falls’ ro,ad were identical with those upon alleged blackleg oarters and socalled military and constabulary protecting them. ... Orangemen and Unionists at Belfast have appealed to their sympathisers to avoid saying anything likely to lead to disorder. • SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT. Received August 15, 9.54 p.m. . LONDON, August 15. The conference at Belfast to arrange a settlement of the strike troubles is progressing satisfactorily. MR. GRAYSON’S ATTITUDE, Received August 15, 11.28 p.m. LONDON, August 15. Mr. Grayson in a letter to the Times says bis speech at Huddersfield was misreported. Referring to the terrible incident's at Belfast lie remarked that the fight was most unequal. since one side had military training, ball cartridge, Gatlings, and bayonets, while on the other there were only broken bottles. His statement was a very different thing to that attributed to him.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2160, 16 August 1907, Page 2
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172THE BELFAST RIOTS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2160, 16 August 1907, Page 2
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