IRELAND

Southland Times, Issue 18860, 28 June 1920, Page 5

IRELAND

WARFARE AT LONDONDERRY. INTENSE SHOOTING. REPRISALS AGAINST SINN FEINERS. i (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) j (Australian aad N.Z. Cable Association.) j LONDON, June 25. ! Throughout the night there was con- ■ sidcrable sniping in Derry. The shooting wins more intense to-night than previously. An ex-soldier was shot dead. Destroyers resisted the military by playI ing searchlights on the city, j There is severe retaliation against the j Sinn Ecitiers at Banlry. A disguised party | at two in the morning shot dead a proj minent Sinn feincr aged 20 while asleep in j his father’s house. | Simultaneously a party set fire to an- | other Sinn Fi iner’s shop and house, using | bombs am! petrol and conspletely destroying the buildings. In four other similai I raids two houses wore gutted. The distinct is in a i-tate of consternation. PEACE BY CONCILIATION. NEGOTIATIONS AT LONDONDERRY. RAILWAY DIFFICULTIES DEVELOPING. LONDON, June 26. (Received June 27, 5.5 p.m.) Under-Secretaries, from Dublin Castle, together with the military' chiefs, conferred with the magistrates at Londonderry’ with a view to arriving at peace by conciliation, being of the opinion that it would leave less bitterness than a forcible settlement. A conciliation commit tec representing all classes will meet forthwith. Railway difficulties in Ireland are developing witii alarming rapidity. Wide areas in the South an- without trains, and Dublin is threatened w ill the cutting off of food supplies. The dismissal of railwaymen for refusing to carry police and soldiers continues. Twenty masked men barricaded the road and stopped the Cavan motor mail. They chloroformed the drivers, stole the mails, and left the ( rivers unconscious on the road- | side. j Another party stopped the Cavan mail train and abstracted letters. Two ma-k-d men held up the pay office I of th-' Great Northern Railway at Belfast witii rcvolvi rs during the afternoon and stole £IOOO. THE GOVERNMENT’S POLICY. SPEECH BY LORD FRENCH. RAILW.-'V STRIKE EXTENDING. LONDON, June 26. (Received June 27, 11.5 p.m.) ! Lord Erei-rh, speaking at Belfast, said | tlie Government were determined that the I Irish should enjoy the same protection and privileges as people elsewhere, and would not hesitate to employ all the forces at their disposal to this end. They- desired the country to enjoy the utmost freedom, and would never listen to pro|H>sais for a republic or the coercion of Ulster. Trouble bus arisen on the Irish railways owing to guards and drivers refusing to carry soldiers. The strike is extending, anil trailie on two of the main lines is practically suspended. Armed men raided Sligo Gaol at midnight, and released a prisoner who was awaiting trial for stealing arms. Another armed gang seized eighty gali lon.- of petrol at Limerick station. | Derry is leported to be quiet. The city iis under ci mpletc military control, and i business is being resumed.