IRISH WARFARE.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 September 1922, Page 5

IRISH WARFARE.

DEMAND FOR PEACE. MOVE BY LABOR. TIRED OF SUFFERING. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Sept. 4, 8.25 p.m. London, Sept. 4. The Irish Labor Party intends to press the Government either to prove the revolt crushed or to compromise with the rebels. The majority of the Government favor continuing the war to the end and are even disposed to introduce more drastic methods than those adopted by the late Mr. Collins, but it is doubtful if, in view of the terrible economic conditions, they can resist the labor demand for peace, unemployment relief and food for the devastated area*. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

FIGHTING IN DUBLIN. ATTACK BY THE REBELS. London, Sept. 2. Dublin reports that the worst nightfighting since the O’C-onnel Street surrender was experienced in the city on Friday A strong detachment of rebels attacked several Nationalist posts, including the City Hall, the Four Courts Hotel and the Technical School, but were driven off after two hours’ continuous shooting. The trams stopped during the fighting, and the terrified passengers lay flat on the floor while bullets whizzed along the emptying streets. Despite the intensity of the shooting, casualties were remarkably small in number. Brisk fighting is reported in Cork and Waterford Counties, and in each case the rebels were defeated. A Dublin railway man, John Stephens, was dragged from his bed by armed men early in the morning, motored to the outskirts of the city, shot and left for dead by the roadside. He is now in hospital, but his condition is precarious. Two other men were found shot dead in the grounds of a house at Black Rock. A machine-gun mounted on a motorcycle side-car opened fire across the rivei on a parade of unarmed Nationalist soldiers in Cork. Two were killed and eleven wounded by expanding bullets. The British destroyer Doon arrested outside Cork Harbor a steamer partly laden with arms and ammunition. The vessel was steaming in a westward direction towards Ireland. She is being escorted to Dublin, where she will be handed over to the authorities. The vessel left Hamburg with a declared general cargo, but the authorities were warned of her true character.

BIG ATTACK BY REBELS. STUBBORN ASSAULT REPULSED. Received September 4, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 4. Three hundred rebels, with ten machine guns, two armomed cars, and trench mortars, set up a concentrated attack on Macroom. They were repulsed. after eight and a half hours’ fighting, retreating in disorder. The Free Staters lost two killed and two wounded, while the rebels suffered heavy casualties.