CHILD REBELS.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 June 1922, Page 5

CHILD REBELS.

' PHASE OF IRISH, LIFE, CHILDREN CARRY GUNS. FREEDOM IN PERIL. By Telegraph.—Free* Assn.—• Copyright. Received June 8, 5.5 pm. London, June 7. Cardinal Logue, speaking at Dundalk, said there was a danger of the freedom they had won slipping from Irishmen. A senseless war was going on on the frontier, but there was no reason for the two armies blazing at each other, even if the country was divided. The Allies were going to Turkey Ao examine the massacres there, and he wished Mr. Lloyd George would do a similar service for Christians in North Ireland. Cardinal Logue said the boundary question was so serious that a peasant could not cross without risking his life, while even schoolboys and schoolgirls were carrying revolvers. “I wish to the Lord,” he added, ‘‘that a few strong men would go about carrying birch rods and get at these people who are holding up their countrymen with revolvers. I heard of one case the miscreant of which was 12 years old. If parents and priests do not look out they will have a generation of young footpads Sowing up in Ireland. This will be worse an the massacres in Belfast, which may kill the body but cannot kill the soul.”— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FIRES IN BELFAST. HOMES AND SHOPS BURNED. Received June 8, 5.5 pan. London, June 7. incendiaries at Belfast destroyed a large box-making factory and a public-house last night, and five empty houses and a drapery shop this morning. A gunman shot a man named O'Reilly, standing at the door of his residence. CAPTURED DOCUMENT. REPUBLICAN OBJECTIVE. London, June 7. The Daily Sketch published a document which is in the possession of the Northern Government, and which was captured in the raid at Eadymore. The document is dated April 15, and was issued from the headquarters of the North Division of the 1.R.A., setting forth that its objective “is a Republic for an undivided Ireland, and, if necessary, the constitution must go.” Another earlier document directs the general destruction of the enemy’s wires, bridges, and the property of prominent Orangemen, with prompt reprisals of six to one. Spies and informers are to be shot at sight without mercy. THE PETTIGO BATTLE. REPUBLICAN VERSION. London, June 7. The Irish Republican Army version of the incidents at Pettigo, as embodied in the official report, has been issued from general headquarters of the Irish Republican Army at Beggars’ Bush. It asserts that the shelling of Pettigo, killing seven members of the Irish Republican Army, and the capture of others, were entirely unprovoked, and states that, with the exception of a portion of one street, the army was in the county of Donegal. The Irish Republican Army garrison there was strictly ordered not to fire unless fired on. It denies, as a false and malicious statement, that the British troops were fired at from Free State territory on the 3rd and 4th. Eight shells were fired at Pettigo from the surrounding hills on Sunday, while the congregation were coming out from Mass. British armored cars rushed the town and gave the Irish Republican Army 15 minutes to clear out. The Irish Republican Army officers ordered the men to evacuate, and, as they were retreating, they were fired on by British armored cars and specials supporting the military. Members of the Irish Republican Army in some cases replied. It was then that Driver Crossley was killed. WEAPONS FROM AMERICA. SHIPPED AS LARD. Washington, June 7. Mr. Lasker is investigating the British . seizure of the Seattle Spirit in Tralee Bay on June 5. He declared that the shipment, which was ostensibly 40 barrels of lard, really contained ammunition and bad been assigned to the Manhattan Oleo 0 Agency in Ireland. The Department of Justice will bring stringent action as soon as full particulars have been received. REBEL ATTACK FAILSi Received July 8. 8.30 p.m. London, June 8. A party of Sinn Ferners attempted a surprise attack on soldiers at Clady. A sentry saw the Republicans crawling across a field, and gave the alarm, whereupon the Crown forces opened fire, the fusillade lasting a quarter of an hour. The attackers, who used bombs, were driven off.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asns. CARDINAL HELD UP, Received June 8, 5.5 p.m. London, June 7. Cardinal Logue was motoring from Armagh to Haggardstown, when a party of specials held up his car. Cardinal Logue demanded authority, and the leader produced a revolver and said: ‘This is my authority.” The Cardinal submitted to a search.