IRELAND

Taranaki Daily News, 7 February 1921, Page 5

IRELAND

REPRISALS FOR MURDERS. VALUABLE MANSION BURNED. DAMAGE AMOUNTS TO £lOO,OOO. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Feb, 6, 11.5 p.m. London, Feb. 5. Several houses and shops were burned down at Newpallas and Dromkeen as reprisals for shooting eleven policemen. Summerville House, a seventeenth century mansion in County Meath, belonging to Lord Longford, has been burned down. A large party of incendiaries used explosive petrol. The damage is estimated at £lOO,OOO. An official report states that the mansion was destroyed with the object of preventing its military occupation..—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. PEACE! BY LEGISLATION. APPEAL FOR TWO PARLIAMENTS. Received Feb. 6, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 4. Sir James Craig (the Ulster leader), speaking at Belfast, said if the King or the Prince of Wales came to open the Northern Parliament he hoped they would also open a Southern Parliament, and so end the bitter struggle. Ulster would welcome the success of a Southern Parliament.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Aasn. London, Feb. 4. The full Council of Ulster Unionists at Belfast has confirmed Sir James Craig’s leadership in the Ulster Parliament. Lord Dunsany was court-martialled at Kilmainham. He admitted having arms ii\ his possession not under effective military control, but pleaded that the arms were antiquated. He was fined £25 and released from custody. Lord Dunsany was a Unionist and not connected with the Sinn Feiners. The King Williamstown Post Office was burned down as an official reprisal for the death of Major Holmes and a party of auxiliaries on January 28. STOPPING NEWS. TELEGRAPH WIRES CUT. Received Feb. 6, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 5. The telephone and telegraph wires from Belfast were cut during the night, isolating the outlying towns and Dublin. It is believed the object was to prevent the circulation of Sir Edward Carson’s speech in Belfast, but the report had passed over the wires. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. COLLEGE RAIDED. THE STAFF ARRESTED. Received Feb. 6, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 5. Crown forces raided Dominican College, Dublin, and arrested the entire staff of lay teachers. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MILITARY POLICEMAN SHOT. Received Feb. 6, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 5. Ryan, a military policeman, was shot dead in a Dublin hotel while drinking with his mother-in-law. Three men entered and fired, inflicting five wounds on Ryan.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.

BOMBS TN DUBLIN. Received Feb. 6, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 4. Three bombs were thrown at a military lorry in a Dublin street. Two exploded and one civilian was wounded. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. SINN FEIN PROPAGANDA. London, Feb. 4. The Daily Graphic says that the Oeuvre’s interview with De Valera, cabled on January 27, was in fact part of the Sinn Fein propaganda designed to support the suggestion that De Valera is in France to demand that the Allied Conference should agree to the aspirations of Ireland. The interview was posted from Ireland to Paris and offered for publication in various quarters. Only the Oeuvre would consent to publish