TERRORISM.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 May 1920, Page 5

TERRORISM.

DESPERATE NIGHT ATTACK. DEATHS IN RAID ON BARRACKS. tf Ttlitntb.—Preu Am.'-Copmgw, I Received May 30, 5.5 p.m. London, May 29. There was a desperate night attack on the Kilmallock police barracks, County Limerick. The tiny garrison held out for live hotirs against four hundred, until the barracks caught Are and burned to the ground. Two police defenders were burned to death and another was dangerously wounded. It is believed two Sinn Feinera were killed and others wounded, but details are lacking, as Kilmallock h isolated owing to the telephones and telegraphs being cut and the railway lines torn up. There was a gruesome discovery at the . Limerick junction, where a fireman found a human head impaled on the engine of the b«U train. Utter meuoges state communication Witk Kilmallock is still unrestored. The excitement in the district is intense Other t*u*acks were attacked and burnt The whole garrison at KilmalWc-k were wounded, burning petrol being thrown on the roof of the barracks from neighboring houses, and were compelled to surrender. The remains on (he mail train are now said to be a human heart, but it was probably a gruesome joke, as a search of ■the railway line does not reveal evidence of an accident—Aih.-N'.Z. Cable Assn. HIGHLANDERS REACH IRELAND. AMMUNITION HELD LT. Received May .10, 5.5 p.m. London, May 2!>. The troopship Tsaritsa disembarked a thousand Cameron Highlanders at Queenitown. The crew of a Government tug struck, refusing to discharge the TsariUa's ammunition—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. NON-PARTITION OF ULSTER. Dublin, May 28. The Ulster Unionist Council, at a special meeting under the presidency of Sir Edward Canon, passed a resolution tttming for non-partition of Ulster.— Tins. COMPENSATION CLAIMS. London, May 2R. The Cork Cquncil is confronted with eomptbaation claims as a sequel to policeinsiders and incendiarism, involving £307,000, which will add to the rates. Additional claims which would add 5s Are being ignored—United Service. SYMPATHY OF UNITED STATES. Washington, May 28. „.TUe Houpe of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee favorably reported on * resolution sympathising with Ireland's aspiration for a government of her own choice. Action by the House will be jWUght next week.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn,