IRISH ANARCHY.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 May 1921, Page 5

IRISH ANARCHY.

, THE DUBLIN FiRE. ONLY CHARRED RUINS LEFT. v ONE MILLION DAMAGE, By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright, Received May 27, 8.30 p.m. London, May 26. The first warning of the Dublin Customhouse fir© was given by a clerk telephoning to the military. He saw rebels enter, and dropping his voice to a whisper, he said: “Come at once or it will be too late.” The line was then cut.

Within three minutes the first Crown forces arrived. The fire raged throughout the night, and there was little left except a blackened wall and smouldering ruins. All the documents and contents of the building were destroyed, and the damage is estimated at £l,000,000. The district is now invested by military, and all approaches are cut off with barbed wire.—Times Service. London, May 26, Dublin newspapers strongly condemn the burning of the custom-house. They consider it a blow to the prospects of peace.

COUNTER REPRISALS IN CORK. HOMES OF UNIONISTS BURNED. Received May 27, 8.30 p.m. ■ London, May 26. As counter-reprisals for military reprisals, a number of houses of prominent Unionists in Cork were burned. The destruction of bridges and roads con tinues in the district, and the main roads towards Youghal have been blocked by felled trees and telegraph poles.—Times Service. NO PEACE MOVE. PREMIER’S OFFER IGNORED. London, May 26. In the House of Commons, the Premier, answering a question, said he had received no response to the offer he had repeatedly made to the Sinn Feiners. He added: “We certainly don’t propose to drift. If a further step is demanded it is additional Crown forces to cope with the situation.” Sir Hamar Greenwood, in the House of Commons, replying to a question, said that since March 26, 16,388 rounds of American ammunition had been captured in the Dublin district. The military surprised a party of civilians engaged in destroying BallyCarthy Bridge, near Tralee. They killed one, wounded two, and captured nine.