RULE BY BULLETS.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 June 1922, Page 5

RULE BY BULLETS.

FIGHTING IN BELFAST, CRAVE RIOT BY MOB. STAMPEDE IN STREETS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received June 1, 9.55 p.m. London, May 31. Fighting in Belfast has been incessant between the Crown Forces and gunmen. Following the attempted assassination of Constables Roulston and Campbell, who were dangerously wounded, a riot developed in which four were shot dead and at least eight seriously wounded. The mob broke into Boyd Street and Peter’s Place and fired houses, which were burned. The Irish Provisional Government has written to the British Cabinet regretting that a number of law-abiding citizens have been obliged to flee from their homes in Southern Ireland under a threat of violence. The Provisional Government is willing to accept liability for expenditure on providing relief in Britain for such cases. Firing continued in Belfast until late in the evening. Nine were killed and seventeen wounded. It is stated nearly all were Roman Catholics. Special constables in whippet cads, using machine guns, swept several crowded streets after the first stampede and a large area became “No Man’s Land.” Residents rushed indoors and took refuge in back rooms. Fighting in Strabane was desperate all day. Snipers occupy house tops. The streets are deserted and the residents are fleeing in hundreds. THE ENGLISH DERBY. WON BY CAPTAIN CUTTLE. VICTORY FOR DONOGHUE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, May 31. The Derby resulted: Captain Cuttie 1, Tamar 2, Craigangower 3. Received June 1, 7.5 p.m. London, May 31. Thirty started in the Derby. Jacquot and Psychology led at Tattenham Corner, where Donoghue came through on the rails to win in the easiest fashion by four lengths from Tamar, who was three lengths ahead of Craigangower. St. Louis was fourth, and Simon Pure fifth. Pondoland ran badly, and was never prominent. A quarter of an hour before the race, when Donoghue was about to mount, he noticed one of Captain Cuttle’s racing plates had spread. There was just time to find a farrier, but the horse was still slightly lame. The trainer was alarmed, and decided on an infinitesimal injection of cocaine in the horse’s foot. Meanwhile, Captain Cuttie mjssed the parade, and a thousand rumors were circulated; but when Donoghue appeared he received an ovation. He gave the horse a short, sharp run and was satisfied all was well again; but the connections of the horse had a bad quarter of an hour. The race was won in 154 3-5 seconds—a record. Lord Astor, the owner of Tamar, has thrice previously been the owner of the second horse in the Derby, viz., last year with Craiganeran, in 1919 with Buchan, and in 1918 with Blink. The last-named ran in a substitute Derby at Newmarket.