TERRORISM.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 April 1920, Page 5

TERRORISM.

MORE CRIMES IN IRELAND. DARIXG TRAIN ROBBERY. By Telefrtph.—Press Aim.—Copyright. Received April 4, 5.5 p.m. London, April 1. For refusing to hand over certain tend, a hundred Sinn Feiners raided the house of, Mr. Alcorn, High Sheriff of Galway. They handcuffed Alcorn and took him to the lake-side, and asked if he wished to eee a priest, who was sent for. They told Alcorn to prepare for drowning, but he informed the raiders he would agree to their demands. Sinn Feiners held, up a train near Limerick, carrying £25,000, being the pay of rallwaymen. The Sinn Feiners secured the money. The tiain consisted of an engine and the pay, carriage. Three men waved a flag, and the driver thought there was a defect in the line, but when he pulled up fifty Sinn Feiners immediately rushed from ditches near by. The driver tried to re-start the engine, hut he was at once covered by the revolvers of the men, who sprang qn the foot-plate, and he was helpless. After half-ah-hour tie train was allowed to goon. The attack on Scartaglin barracks was similar to that on Durras, but the police casualties were less. They Tepelled the assailants. Thirty Sinn Feiners in Mountjoy Prison have been handcuffed for smashing the furniture and windows in their cells, and have been forbidden to receive visits from friends. They object tc being treated m criminals.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST TROUBLE. .VICEROY'S RESIGNATION FORESHADOWED. Received April 4, 11.30 p.m. London, April 3. 1* view of the rumours of the likelihood of an Easter rising in Ireland the police and the military have adopted remarkable precautionary measures. Armed soldiers arrived on the outSkirts at midnight and armoured cars guarded the approaches to Dublin and 1 Londonderry, and carefully examined incoming vehicles, particularly motor cars And, hay carts. Barbed wire was drawn across the roads in some cases, and passengers in trams were also searched. It is understood nothing suspicious was found.

It is reported Lord French is resigning the Viceroyship of Ireland and will tike up the Governor-Qeneralshtp of Canada.— Aus.-NZ. Cable Assn.

HOME RULE BILL. HUSH AND LABOR MEMBERS OPPOSE THE MEASURE. Received April 4, 6.S p.m. London, April 1. Not a single member representing an Irish constituency favored the Home Bule BSt Tbe Ulster members abstained from voting, and tbe Labor members voted against the Bill; also seven Na-tionalists-tad twenty-four Conservatives, including Mr. Banbury, Lord Robert Cecil, Lord Wolmer, and General Pane <*&. The Daily Ohroniele describes the vote as a triumph for the Bill. It had such a majority that the paper hopes the Government will go firmly and rapidly forward.

The Morning Post strenuously opposes tiw Bill, which would be regarded in America and the Dominions as an act of •eciwsion from the Union.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

DEMONSTRATION IN WASHINGTON. WOMEN CONDEMN BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE. Received April 4, 5.5 p.m. Washington, April 2. Several women picketted the British Emfamy, tearing placards condemnatory of Britain's attitude towards Ireland. The police did not attempt to disperse the picketers.. • Mr. Colby (Secretary for State), in a statement, said the Government regrets the demonstration before the Embassy, and the Government will, without delay, take measures to perform the duties of hospitable courtesy to the British Em-bassy.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn,