Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-28

/ DUBLIN, July 27-Serious riotins was
begun here tonight The city is in state
OF intense excitement. The authorities
fear that it will be necessary to call on
the military which will mean much blood
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DUBLIN. ireland. July 27.-The city of
Dublin and greater part of Catholic Ire
land was today in a state of the greatest
excitement over yesterdays conflict be-
tween the regular troops of the British
army and the Irish Nationalsts which
resulted in the killing of four persons
and the woundng Of many others. forty
OF whom were in hospitals today in q
serious condition.
Day had dawned before the police sue
ceeded in dispensing the crowds march,
ing through the streets singing patriotic
songs and looking for soldiers of the
Second battalion Of the kings own Scot
tish bcrderers on whom to inflict ven
| geance for the fatal events of yesterday
when the borderers were ordered out to
prevent the landing or arms and ammuni-
ton for the Irish Nationalists colunteers.
! The crowd, finding that the soldiers had
/ been ordered to remain in barracks, at
tocked the royal barracks, where the
borderers are stationed and clamored for
the soldiers TO come out. Finally the
mob kicked down a gate of the barracks
! and fired a couple of shots, on which
bugles were sounded. the police came on
I the scene and the crowd was dispersed
! The Nationalist leaders take the most
serious view of the affair and will de-
mand reparation from the government
The landing or arms yesterday for the
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daring manner than similar feats achieved
! by the Ulster Unionists volunteers as 1t
was effected in daylight The yacht
from which the arms and ammunition
were brought ashore already had landed
! $500 rifles and 125,OOo rounds OF ammuni-
! tion at isolated points along the coast
and these had been successfully dis
tributed by motor cars among the Ma
tempt was undertaken 10 show that the
Naticnalists could do what the Ulster
Untonists had done.
At Howth, $500 rifles and 10000 rounds
of ammunition we're landed under the
eyes of the police. the telegraph wires
having been cut to prevent communica-
tion with Dublin. Automobiles carried
off 1900 of the rifles and all the smmuni-
, ton and body OF Nationalists volun-
: teers then started for Dublin with 1000 |
rifles, but no ammunition.
Tho police sent to intercept the volun- !
tecrs cheered the gun runners and every |
thing seemed to going smoothly until |
the battalion of Scottish borderers ar
rived and demanded that the arms be sur !
rendered.
Tho Nationalists volunteers refused to
giv- up the rifles and the soldiers with |
fixed bayonets charged wounding a num- |
Der of the volunteers. While the leaders |
of the volunteers and the regimental Of !
ficers were parleying the rank and file of !
the volunteers scattered and got away !
with the rifles
Mob Attacks Soldiers.
The news quickly reached Dublin and a
mob gathered to meet the soldiers on !
their return. Volleys of stones were
thrown and twenty OF the soldiers were
ordered to fire. The Nationalists volun- l.
tcers took 10 part in the street fighting.
The soldiers fired and used their bayonts
freely, inflicting many cuts. Then they
had a running fight with the volunteers
and the rapidly growing mob through the
streets to their barracks.
A number OF policemen have been sus-
pended for refusing to try to disarm the
volunteers. After the troops had fired
into the crowd, the angry populace in
spirit of revenge attacked individual
SOLDIERS and beat them brutally. Mem
bers of the Scottish Borderers. who were
riding bicycles along the quays, were
pulled from their machines and beaten
and bicycles were thrown into the river
Lord Mayor Protests.
The, lord mayor has Issued a strong
letter OF protest, declaring the troops
were ordered out without permission be-
ing asked OF the lord mayor, and he
demands that the responsibility shall be
fixed for the calling out of the soldiers
and for supplying them with ball car
tridges. He adds /,
Dublin and Ireland look with confi-
dence to John Redmond and his col
leagues to bring to justice those RESPONSE
BILE for this shocking outrage. There
must no longer be one law for section
OF the Ulster people and another Jaw
for the remainder OF the Irish people"
The tragedy caused a great sensation.
The nstionalsts are indignant over the
affair because they say, the troops are
against the nRtionalists volunteers and 4
never interfered with the orangemen
Five thousand Ulster volunteers carrying
arms paraded the Belfast streets today
under the eyes Of General Macready and
other officers of the regular army and
assed the Dorset regiment which was on
parade.
Government mt Fault.
LONDON, July N.-The Daily News
calls the affair at Dublin a massacre
and demands a rigid investigation Of the
conduct of the soldiers. II lays the re-
sponsibility upon the weakness Of the
government, which allowed the organi-
zation OF the Ulster volunteers and could
not prohibit the nationalists from doing
the same.
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