IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1919, Page 5

IRELAND.

Partial law anticipates, tfENGEANCE ON POLICE, ■ ftr Telegraph —Press Aisn.—Copyright. Received Sept, 16, 1.15 a.m. f London, Sept. 13. Dublin correspondents anticipate the declaration of martial law over a portion •£ Ireland. The Standard says it is believed in Dublin that the murder of Detective Hoey inaugurates a settled intention to remove •11 the policemen and detectives who Were'recently prominent in prosecuting the agitators.—United Service.

POLICE AND SOLDIERS. SEARCHING FOR 'FIREARMS. / CONDITIONS DANGEROUS IN DUBLIN. London, Sept. 12. The police and soldiers, with full war kit, searched for arms and ammunition Over a wide area in Ireland, including Dublin,.. Londonderry, Donegal, Galway, Cork, and Skibbereen. Many parties of from 10 to 20 soldiers made a systematic search in Londonderry, discovering some firearms. A crowd followed the .troops, frequently stoning them. In one instance an officer prepared his troops for a volley, and the crowd scattered. An extra regiment has been drafted into' County Galway and distributed at many points. Airmen hovered over Galway town during the raiding. O'Doherfy, a Sinn Fein member of Parliament, addressed the orowd during the search %i Donegal, and the police • batoned the crowd. ; The documents seized at Sinn Fein headquarters in Dublin included some relating to trade With America and France, also evidence respecting the Walsh-Dunn report regarding the alleged Irish atrocities, together with election registers and files of correspondence. Detectives searched all the persons on the premises Wth the exception of Messrs Griffiths |md Kelly, members of Parliament, who arrived during the raid. American and Sinn Fein flags were dung fr6m the windows while the raid was in progress. The crowd occasionally » displayed ugly tendencies" and was dispersed at the bayonet point. The houses raided included those of Count Plunket and Staines, members of Parliament. The raids at Cork resulted in the seizure of two dummv rifles and fonr haversacks. The police tore down a photograph of Mr. MeGninness. M.P.. and McDonaeh. who was executed during Easter week. A search of a dozen houses in Countv T.outh failed to r«veal the whereabouts of the military rifles which disappeared from Greenore station recently. Tt, is "stated that rifles, hand grenades, and a onantity of seliimitc were seized Ht Londonderry and elsewhere. Several newspaper offices were sparflied, and in addition the houses of leading citizens of Kilkenny, Nenagh. Naas, and Bray. A Sinn Fein election agent at Derry leld Tip the searchers with two revolvers until overpowered and arrested. The crowd stoned the polioe and struck the 1 prisoner end seriously injured him. Detective Hoey was shot in Dublin during the night and conditions are dangerous.

Received Sept. IS. 2.40 run. "London. Sent. 14. Eight hundred Ttoval Irish Constabnlarv and 900 soldiers participated in Friday's ninetv raids. The Buffs from Cork are to relieve the Shropshires at iF»rmor.

LORD FRENCH ABUSED. STNN FEIN BOMBAST. Received Sept. 15, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 13. JDhe Irish News, Belfast, says that lord French is the prime mover in the WTetched business, and he is nothing betted than a-poor, pliant instrument in the hand* of the Carson gang. Mr, Griffiths, Sinn Fern vice-president, In a speech said he did not care a rap for the suppression of the "Dail Etreann." So long as they were the •people's representatives, neither gaols, fcullets, nor bayonets could prevent them from carrying out their trust.— Aug.N.Z. Cable Assoc. •DRASTIC MEASURES DEPRECATED. London, Sept. 13. Irish Nationalist newspapers declare that Lord French's drastic measures are useless. They declare that outrages would end immediately if British authority ceased. The Unionists welcome Lord French's promises. Five shots were fired at Detective Eoey in Dublin by a number of men who surrounded him. One shot entered his throat and Hoey died en route to the -(hospital. Iji connection with the raids armored fears scoured the country districts and visited isolated houses of Sinn Fein siipforters.