IN IRELAND.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 June 1921, Page 2

IN IRELAND.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION, j MANSIONS WIPED OUT. LONDON, June 25. j Five line mansions overlooking i i valley of inishannon were burnt at the , same time. A large force of armed men later .•adc a twenty minifies’ attack on the .uishannon police barracks, without iutiiciing any casualties. SOLDIERS INFURIATED. AT KILLING OF HORSES. LONDON, June 25- j There is no doubt as to the authorship of the train derailing outrage j Dundalk. A band of Armed rebels, ;; during the morning seized a party of : .corkers on the line and imprisoned j them in huts. Taking the tools they , tore up the rails, an then awaited thi j troops in the ,train. A mine was laid : just-before the train passed, and 15 j signal fires were counted on a moun- - tain. These evidently were lit with the i purpose of communicating the .location ! of the train. Those exploding the ;j mine ,however, failed to explode it at . j the riglffc moment, or otherwise many J-i more Hussars would have been As it was the engine , pimped tho g a PJg"; The front carriages were saved, ' 15 otlTer' iVere smashed ' up and flung down a steep embank- > ment. A second explosion*knocked the j. tender off the rails. The bottom of the T embankment was filled up with appall- . ing wreckage with cries of some maimed soldiers. The screams of mutilated horses were heartrending. Soldiers from th e front of the train rushed up to help, while tlie others sought for . the train wreckers. Two civilians were seen running away. They were killed. ; They are still unidentified. A third j •ivilian was wounded. Meanwhile the scene of wreckage was terrible in the extreme, as every now and then there was. a pistol shot as a horse was put out of agony, though some of them back amid the wreckage were kicking violently. The soldiers were almost as ‘ infuriated at the horses agonies as at # the death of their comrades. One was j a polo pony, called Tich, which was the , regiment’s mascot, and it was terribly > maimed, but the soldiers refused fib- ,-j shoot it until a last effort was made tj> save the animal. Fifty horses weiy j thus killed, in addition to 30 killed in the accident. Though telegraph wire£~ ; in the vicinity were cut, tor prevent the soldiers getting help,. nevertheless doctors and ambulances quickly arrived. LLOYD GEORGE’S APPEAL. TO DE VALERA. A • '(Received This Day at 8 a.m.) , LONDON, June 25 -. Hon. Lloyd George has written to -. De Vaiera that Government arc-deep-lv anxious to assure that the appeal for reconciliation of Ireland V not made in vain. Government feel R j is incumbent upon them to umk| j final appeal in the spurt of KJgJ , words, for a conference between sentatives of the Government .andj .South and North of Ireland. “I mvrto. vour chosen lender of the great ma]o-j r ity in Southern Ireland, firstly to at-Y tend a conference in London .in com r; :< pany with Sir James Craig, to to the utmost, the possibility of a ; settlement. Secondly to bring any colleagues vou select. Government will f i Mve a safe conduct to alf chosen iM participate in the conference. We make | [he invitation with a fervent desire j to end the ruinous conflict which for] centuries has divided Ireland and emM bittern! relations with the peoples of- . these Islands, whose co-operation would j moan so much for the Empire and hu inanity. We ask you to meet us as) we will meet you, in the spirit of: ■jconciliation which His Majesty apr j.. pealed for." . j A similar letter was sent to Sir .7. Crain. '• ’