IRISH ARMY REVOLT

Hokitika Guardian, 11 March 1924, Page 2

IRISH ARMY REVOLT

OFFICER’S At TION CONDEMNED. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. LONDON, March 10. Die gravity of tho schism in the ranks the Irish National Army is cniphtisisei by a statement by General Mutually addressed to the A.riny, condemning the attempt by two officers to involve the arm* in a challenge to the authority of lie Government. He says it is an outrageous departure from the spirit of il:_* Army, which will not be tolerated iiv the officers and men u'iTb cherish its honour.

Tobin and others apparently complain the latest demohiked list includes too many officers who participated in tho Anglo-Irish struggle. The situation in the country is obscure, although it is known trouble occurred at Templemore, Gmnianstown, (‘laremorris. There is great activity in Dublin Barracks, special precautions being taken, the guards i.i mg doubled, and leave being cancelled. President Cosgrove and others speaking at a meeting of ten thousand people in Dublin in siippmi of the Government Candidate at a bye-elect ion, found t almost impossible to make themselves I.card, so great was the di.sotder catise 1 Itv shouting and booing ol tho Republican and Labourite interrupter?. A ] anie was narrowly averted when a shut was fired into the neighbourhood of file meeting. Mr Cos-grave declared t In' interrupters were trying to bring t-be English back, but the English would tic 1 come back. R 1 IT.IN AND AMMUNITION TAKEN. | Rei’tkks Thi.kohams.] ■Received this day at H a.m.) LONDON. A larch 10. Ollieevs at Roscommon on Saturday night procured ail nlles and amtnuni lion in the barrack-, taking (lit' rilles from the men and removing them in cniimamloereil motor cars. .Johnson, Chairman of the Insh Labour Party, in n spieeli, deelareil they would resist an . at tempi at a military dii tutorship

and insist on niainiaiiiing civil control of tlm military authorities. CRISIS EXTENDING. LONDON, March 10. The Irish military cri-t- is ■ -n lmg ;iud is i’Ojiun!oil Us possevssi‘i J x m 111 1 :i» v and civil im tart a nee. It is reported the disappearance oi arms and ammunition from various military centres is oan.-iug alarm. It is pointed out that the Republicans still possess quantities of hidden arm Tobin is still free. Interviewed, lie stated that, he wrote the letter on liehalf m' Ins old comrades in the AngloIrish war. ami lie Imped, despite the seriousness ut tlm crisis, there would 1.-- i.o untoward developments. General Alulcahy states that Tobin and Dalton attempted to involve the ment’s aifikoiTty. I his is an outrage!,:- departure from the army’s spirit, and would not 1m tolerated hy olfieei.- and limn cherishing the army’s honour, who would continue their duty with th 1 ’ former watchfid spirit. Speakers at political meetings refer to the danger of declaring a military dictatorship which must be resisted. The mutineers though an army service are not masters of civil power.