Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-08-01
Four Person Killed and Over
Sixty Are Taken Into
Hospitals.
Police Commissioner Suspended
For Calling Out Kings
BOrderers.
HOME rule PLANS ARE BALKED

dead and more than sixty persons
are in the hospital wounded, as the
result of a battalion of the Kings
Own Scottish Borderers firing into
a crowd in the streets of Dublin last
Sunday afternoon. Seven of the
wounded are expected to die. Among
them are three women and boy of
ten. The affray was the result OF
a gun-running exploit of the Ma
tionalist Volunteers, who were being
aided by sympathizers composed
largely of women and youths.
consignment of rifles, said to num-
ber 10000, was landed Sunday at
Howth, nine miles from Dublin, from
a private yacht. The Nationalist
Volunteers cut the telegraph wires
and stopped travel on the Dublin
roads, and according to reports sent
away most of the rifles, together
with 10000 rounds of ammunition,
in motor cars.
A thousand volunteers marched
openly from Dublin to receive the
arms, but declared they were merely
making a practice march. Local po-
lice and the coast guard tried to
prevent the landing of the arms, but
we're driven off. When the Dublin
authorities learned of the landing
they sent sixty police to seize the
arms. They were later REINFORCED
by 200 others under command of an
Assistant Commissioner. The police
were drawn up on both sides of the
road along which the volunteers
were returning, with soldiers in the
80 &hA NNhnn tho Unt-
unteers saw the mobilization most of
them got away with their arms,
scattering through the fields The
police and soldiers tried to disarm
the remainder. In the resulting
affray several revolver shots were
fired by volunteers, and Corporal
and a private we're wounded. The
volunteers also used their rifles as
clubs.
The soldiers fired and used their
bayonets freely, inflicting many cuts.
Then they had running fight with
the volunteers and the rapidly grow
ing crowds through the streets to
their barracks.
The Lord Mayor has issued a
strong letter of protest, declaring
the troops were ordered out without
permission being asked of the Lord
Mayor, and he demands that the re-
sponsibility shall be fixed for the
calling out of the soldiers and for
supplying them with ball cartridges.
He adds: Dublin and Ireland look
with confidence to John Redmond
and his colleagues to bring to justice
those responsible for this shocking
outrage. There must no longer be
one law for a section of the Ulster
people and another law for the re-
mainder of the Irish people,"
The London Daily News calls the
affair at Dublin massacre, and de-
mands a rigid investigation of the
conduct of the soldiers. 1t lays the
responsibility upon the weakness of
the Government which allowed the
organization of the Ulster volunteers
and could not prohibit the National
lists from doing the same.
There was further excitement
Monday night in Dublin, but 1t sub
sided without serious results. Six
hundred volunteers paraded through
the streets, a crowd Of 1000 follow
ing them, marching in step and
singing. Feeling runs high through
out Nationalist Ireland. Town Coun-
ellis are adopting resolutions de-
nouncing "the massacre" The SOL
'diers OF the Limerick and Kilkenny
garrisons are confined to barracks,
and concerts by military bands In
several towns have been cancelled.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin has called
meeting OF the Magistrates to con-
slider the action of the Castle
authorities in calling out the police
and soldiers without consulting the
city officials. The police threaten
strike unless those members OF the
department who were dismissed for
disobedience of orders are REIN
stated. II is announced here that
Sir John Ross, the Police Commits
sioner, resigned as protest against
the suspensions OF Deputy Commits
sioner Harrell The Nationalists
are delighted. as Commissioner Ross
was unpopular.
In London the first effect of the
Dublin home rule tragedy was to
smash Premier Asquith's plans for
taking up the amended bill. The
Premier announced that the question
had been indefinitely postponed.
The Irish members are so exasper-
ated over the killing OF four persons
and the wounding of many others In
the clash between the regular troops
and the Nationalist volunteers that
they are in no frame Of mind to
grant any concessions to Ulster. The
Laborites and many Liberals support
them. The Government announced
In the House OF Commons that Dep
uty Police Commissioner Harrell,
who ordered out the troops. had been
suspended. and that HIS superior
Commissioner. Sir John Ross. who
expressed desire to share the re-
sponsibility. has resigned bis once.
A heated discussion was started
In the House Of Commons BY John