IRISH GUARDS

Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1933, Page 6

IRISH GUARDS

CROWD ATTACKS BLUE SHIRTS

RESCUE BY ..CIVIC, GUARDS

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(Received tliis day at 1,33 p.m.)

DUBLIN, August 13

' Shortly, after noop imiformed Blue Shirts made their first appearance in the streets when. six emerged from headquarters, ,aiid were immediately attacked by large crowds. The Blue Shirts, who were unarmed, fought •fiercely’ and : Civic, Guards rushed to their assistance. .Drawing their battons, they fought back the crowds and encircled the Blue Shirts, who were ‘badly cut about the face and body, and escorted them back to headquarters.

The opening of cinemas and public houses helped to vacate the streets in the afternoon, when, no Blue Shirts were visible.

General .O’Duffy has left his home for an unknown destination. Rain damped the hopes of sightseers. The police guard at the Cenotaph dispersed at four, o’clock when the memorial closed. It was surrounded .by expectant journalists and photographers,- but the relatives of Griffths and Collins, despite possession of permits, absented themselves. Small grounps prayed -at-the -Glasnevin graves, but •for the first time since Collins’ death, •no bugles were sounded nor were wreaths laid on the Cenotaph.

WILL BE MASTERS OF IRELAND

DECLARESI GENGERAL O’DUFFY

(Received this day at 1.40. p.m.)

PARIS, August 1.3

“We shall be masters of Ireland in three years;” declared General O’Duffy to. a ' representative of the- Paris “Soir.” “We don’t want politics or politicians,- but a disciplined, • wellgoverned country, when" we hope to persuade Northern Ireland to join up. This revolution is inevitable.”

TWO MORE MEN BEATEN

DUBLIN, August 13

. (Received this day at 2.30 p.m.) Two.men leaving the National Guard, headquarters to-night were beaten before the police were able to intervene and were taken to hospital with serious injuries.. "’• Apart from this, and the noon incident', Dublin, facing an imposing display, of force, spent the day in practically complete calm.