ANGER IN ULSTER.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 May 1922, Page 5

ANGER IN ULSTER.

POLITICIAN MURDERED. NEW PHASE OF TERROR. ANXIOUS SITUATION. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, May 22. A Belfast telegram states that the reign of terror continues. Mr. Twaddell, an Ulster member of Parliament. was assassinated in the street to-day within fifty yards of his shop. The assailants escaped. A most powerful infernal machine charged with high explosives was discovered in the cable-box of the Corn Mark et. Ex-head Constable Ballantine, R.LC., was shot dead on Sunday at Raphoe in the presence of his wife and family. Ballantine only returned home on Saturday after the disbandment of the police in order to remove his family and furniture out of the Irish Free State. CASUALTIES IN BELFAST. LATEST CRIME DENOUNCED. SINISTER ACTS OF WAR. Received May 23, 8.10 p.m. London, May 23. The casualties in Belfast on Monday were five killed and thirteen wounded, including a woman aged sixty. The city seethed with a murderous spirit after Mr. T waddell’s murder, though Sir James Craig’s manifesto eased the situation. Firing continued in various areas of the city, the victims of the assassins belonging to both religions. Mr. Griffith published a statement debouncing the crime, and declaring that Mr. Twaddell’s murder strikes at the foundations of representative government and the honor of the Irish nation is concerned. The Daily Chronicle, in a leader entitled “The Ulster Peril,” says the murder of Mr. Twaddell and the burnings and looting ip. Antrim Down have revealed a new phase of organised war against Ulster. The agreement between Mr. Collins and Sir James Craig' has broken down owing to the failure of the Provisional Government to impose its will on the Republican army. The murders and destruction during the week-end are sinister acts of war, and the Southern Government must take the necessary measures, and Mr. Griffith and Mr. Collins must condemn these outrages with unmistakable frankness. • The only justification for an agreement with Mr. de Valera is that they should use individual influence with Sinn Fein to discontinue the war against the North and call to heel the unruly Republican army. British Ministers take a serious view of the mysterious deal with the Republicans, and many believe Mr. Collins has surrendered to Mr. de Valera. If so a clash of the constitution is inevitable. —Aus.-NX Cable Assn.

“FOUL ASSASSINATION.” MANIFESTO BY ULSTER PREMIER. APPEAL FOR RESTRAINT. Received May 23, 8.45 p.m. London, May 22. Sir James Craig, in a manifesto, says: “Regarding the foul assassination of Mr. Twaddell, one of the most able, courageous and esteemed members of the Northern Parliament, I have summoned a special meeting of Cabinet and all the authorities dealing with law and order. Such an event demands swift retribution. Mr. Twaddell was murdered solely because of his loyalty to the Empire and his devotion to the cause of Ulster, but his colleagues will carry on. Some may imagine this horrible crime demands unlicensed retaliation. Let justice and retribution rest with a higher authority, but let the people rally round the established Government and prevent our province plunging into a welter of crime and bloodshed. I appeal to all sections of the community to exercise every restraint, to bear themselves like Ulstermen and show the world at large that while filled with unspeakable indignation. they remain unshaken, undismayed, and self-controlled. I address the Ulster Parliament to-morrow. The public will realise that the Government’s plans are sufficiently comprehensive to meet any eventuality.”— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DOCUMENTS REVEAL PLOT. Received May 23, 8.45 p.m. London, May 22. Desmond Crean was charged at Belfast with being in possession of firearms and ammunition. Documents found on him include an invitation to the secretary of the north-eastern advisory committee to summon a meeting to devise a plan of campaign by which the Nationalists in North-east Ulster might render impotent the so-called Government of Northern Ireland. —■Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.