POLICE CHARGE

Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1932, Page 5

POLICE CHARGE

SCENE IN DUBLIN ANTI-BRITISH RIOT CHECKED. \ (United Press Association —By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, November 11. Strange scenes in the streets of Dublin late at night followed an antiArinis’tice Day meeting at College Green. A crowd of young men, who were stated to be Republicans, paraded the streets, snatching poppies dram pnssers-hy. They also stopped tramcars anid omnibuses, and boarded them for j the same purpose. A crowd in Westmoreland Street, seeing there were reinforcements of the police who were about to draw their batons, fled.

Another crowd collected in P.earce Street, outside of a shop where poppies were on sale. They flung stones and smashed the windows. The Civic Guards charged the crowd, and two men were injured. There were ambulances busy till midnight treating the minor casualties. There were. many shouts of "Up with the Republic 1 Down with the Empire I” *• A Union Jack was burned on the platform at a meeting organised by the League Against Imperialism. Leaders of the Republican' Army attended, and advised people to tear down the English flag, or, if necessary, shoot it down.

THE AIM OF MR DE VALERA. FREE STATE SELF-SUPPORTING. LONDON, November 11. With the object of increasing the production of wheat in Ireland, the Free State Government has introduced a Bill which provides for a subsidy of about 3/6 per cwt. The subsidy is part of Mr de Valera’s policy to compensate the farmers for-loss of British cattle trade. _He. has stated that he hopes that within a few years the Irish Free State will be self-supporting as regards wheat cereals. In the meantime Mr de Valera announced that the Government is continuing the cattle bounties

MORE DISORDERLY 1 SCENES. (Received this day at 10.16 a.m.) LONDON, November 11. A scuffle followed the burning of a Union Jack after two uiundred youths, wearing the tricolour, marched through the principal streets of Dublin. Several ■attempts were made to snatch poppies and one youth, grabbing’ a poppy from a wonran7'"wa3 -ba-dly - mauled oy anangry crowd. ) Police, ex-serviceman and others chased the gang of poppy .snatchers who took refuge in the promisee of the distributive workers’ union, wherein they were besieged. The crowd rushed the building, and furniture was damaged. The police cleared the premises. ' Further fighting occurred in the street, tramcar windows being sma-hed. Communists, carrying a red banner attempted hr ice to place a- .three cornered black wreath,/inscribed, “From peace victims to war victims,” on the Cenotaph at Southampton, but a police cordon prevented the attempts.