IRISH WARFARE.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 August 1922, Page 5

IRISH WARFARE.

THREATS TO DUBLIN. REBEL ATTACK EXPECTED. FAMINE IN KERRY. By Telegraph.—Press Asni.—Copyright. Received Aug. 21, 15 a m. London. August 19. Dublin was disturbed last night by heavy fir ng and intermittent explosions, and rebel snipers and machine-gunners were active in all parts. Free State troops patrolled the streets and sentries were posted in the principal thoroughfares. To-day the Government warned residents to remain indoors, as an organised rebel attack on the city is believed to be imminent. Pitiable condition.-* prevail in Kerry ns a result of' the wholesale destruction of the railways and bridges by the rebels. Foodstuffs are scarce, and as fresh supplies cannot be transported, many people are threatened with star-vation.—Aus.-N.Z- Cable Assn. ROBBERY OF BANKS. RAILWAY BRIDGE DESTROYED. Received August 20, 5.5 p.m. London, August 19. Irregulars entered Monaghan town and carried off £6OOO from local banks and shot a postman dead. Rebels have blown up a triple arch bridge on the Great Southern Railway, sundering connection between Tralee and ’ivillarney. The Northern Government has forbid - len an Irish Catholic newspaper to circulate jn Ulster for a month owing to its attacks on the Ulster judiciary. The Morning Post’s Dublin correspondent states Labor members are impatient at the postponed meeting of Parliament and threaten to resign their seats if Parliament does not meet on August 26. Rebels burn* Curry Grane, a house in County Longford, which was the birthplace of. Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson. A LIVELY ATTACK. Received August 20, 5.5 p.m. London. August 18. Ninety minutes’ lively shooting occurred this morning at Beggar’s Bush Barracks between irregulars, who attacked from house-tops, the railway line and other positions, and national troops stationed in the barracks. Beyond public alarm no serious casualties were reported. GRIFFITH’S LAST MESSAGE. London August 18. The following is a message attached to the will made by Mr- Griffith before going to Sligo to speak, in spite of the prohibition of the Irregulars: “Tell the Irish nation to stand firm by the treaty. It is their national need and the economic solution.’’