NEW IRISH RISING.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 November 1922, Page 5

NEW IRISH RISING.

REBELS PLANNING COUP. CRAVE FEARS IN DUBLIN. INCREASE IN ACTIVITY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received Nov. 13, 5.5 p.m. London, Nov. 13. The gravest fears are entertained that the Dublin rebels are about to attempt a coup which will re-establish conditions resembling those prevailing previous to the truce of 1921. Already a sinister increase in activity is observed. The rebels are apparently strengthened by bold and determined men fresh from fighting in the provinces, but their numerical strength in Dublin is unknown. They initiated this week’s campaign, which reveals that their persistence is not affected by the reverses elsewhere. During the week-end rebels partially wrecked a passenger train travelling from Dublin to Ballina. There were no deaths, but many were injured. Stations were destroyed and a bridge betvyeen Longford and Cavan was blown up. De Valera has sent a message to an Irish convention at Glasgow indicating that the rebels are determined to pursue the campaign. He says: “It is better to prevent the consummation of wrong than to allow wrong to be completed. No power can compel allegiance if we refuse to give it. Without Irish aid and co-op-eration not all the resources of England could make the King’s writ run Ireland. What we cannot wrest back of our own from England she may have; let her keep it temporarily. We must not give her title to any part not hers, and we must not make it hers by our own deed.”—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. ARMED RAIDERS ACTIVE. London, Nov. 10. Armed raiders invaded the town of Kilbeggan in Westmeath? They looted shops, carried off a large quantity of clothing and food, and broke shop windows. They also forced an entrance to the branch of the Bank of Ireland and removed a considerable sum of money. There is no military post at Kilbeggan. Mr. Erskine Childers has been arrested at Wicklow. ! Attacks on various Dublin Nationalist 'barracks were resumed last night, mainly in the vicinity of Wellington Barracks. The Nationalists afterwards raided rebel quarters, where a quantity of material and documents were seized.