CIVIL WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 June 1920, Page 5

CIVIL WAR.

FIGHTING IN LONDONDERRY. OJTfiNSE BATTLE W PROGRESS, MANY CASUALTIES. Sj Telegraph.—Press Asia —Copyright Received June 22, 5.5 p.m. London, June 21. Civil war prevails in Londonderry. The authorities are powerless against ike artaed bands who hold the city. Several more were shot dead this morning, and many were wounded. An intense battle continues between the Unionists and Sinn Feiners. Soldiers, in restoring order in one district, find shootings have broken out in another- A corpse riddled with millets was found fleeting in a .river. i Earlier news reported ihat rioting was renewed at Londonderry this morning. . One person was mortally injure! ' and" two seriously. Rifle and revolver firing js continuous in the disturbed art*, and people an afraid to proceed to work. Business is at a standstill.— Aqt-WIZ. Cable Assn. RIOTING RESUMED. TERROR REIGNS IN THE TOWN. ALL BUSINESS SUSPENDED. TROOPS TO MARCH ON TOWN. / Received June 23, 12.10 a.m. ■ \ London, June 21. Fierce rioting was resumed in Londonderry this afternoon. Postmen and cabmen left the streets, and thousands of factory girls fled terrified along the streets, unable to return , to work. The shops and banks remain closed. Holiday-makers returning from this seaside are stranded, not dlring to venture in the thoroughfares, where bullets are flying. All workers on the quays are idle owing to the reckless, shooting. Irish volunteers from the north are mobilising with a view of marching on Londonderry. Two charred bodies were found in the debris of the court-house at Drumcollogher, in County Limerick, which was burned last night.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' A GRAVE OUTLOOK. THE IRISH LABOR CRISIS. Dublin, June 2L •At railway outlook is gloomy. .A crisis has been reached- The railw«£tnen defy Mr. Lloyd George's threat ,to : wbse the railways, and are fully prefittd for ai fight, supported by Republish funds.—Times Service. RAILWAYMEN ACT. BBFCBE To'cARRY SOLDIERS. Received Jane 22, 8.45 p.m. London, June 21. A strange railway deadlock occurred - Cloughjordan, Cqunty Tipperary. .itvoiity soldiers and armed police b"<-.rd<>d a train from Dublin as an ■wort, but the drivers refused to continue until the escort quitted the train, which was holding up several other t^ttoi.—Aua.-NX, Cable Asia. STRIKE UNAVOIDABLE. THREAT OP POOD SHORTAGE. Received June 23, 12.10 ajn. London, June 21. , It ia feared an Irish railway strike is ' nnavoidable, but it is not likely to be prolonged, as the strikers' funds are •mall. There will be a serious shortage of food in the towns, and unemployment will be general.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn [Londonderry is the capital of the maritime county of that name, which forms part of Ulster. It is 64 mile* from Belfast, and in 1911 the population was 40.779. In ICBB-9 the memorable siege by the forces of James II .took place at Londonderry.]