IRISH TURMOIL.
WAR ON PROTESTANTS. MURDER OF FARMERS. FLIGHT TO ENGLAND. By Telegraph.--Press Assn.—Copyright. Received May 1, 5.5 p.m. London, May 1. A Protestant fanner was murdered at Bandon. This is the ninth similar crime in West Cork in six days. Protestants are abandoning their homes throughout the county, and going to England, while scores of businesses have been suspended. The Free State general has warned soldiers not to interfere with civilians, on pain of death. Rebels ambushed a party of the Royal Irish Constabulary near Drogheda, killing one, wounding one and capturing a third. They seized their car. Freeman’s Journal, in a leader, demands that the Dail Eireann and the Irish Republican Army, whatever their difference, should unite to put an end to the murderous campaign in the vicinity of Dunmanway. It says some devilishly minded persons seem bent on fixing on Southern Ireland the hateful disgrace and stigma that Belfast wears. “ I DE VALERA’S WARNING. WAR AFTER ELECTIONS. London, April 30. Jsr. de Valera, speaking at Mullingar, warned the Dail Eireann that elections in June would result in civil war.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1922, Page 5
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182IRISH TURMOIL. Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1922, Page 5
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