The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-11
VIOLENCE
PRECEDES
ERIN TRUCE
De Valera Will Confer
With Lloyd George
Thursday.

Belfast, Ireland July 1.-THE
freight and mail train from Bel
fast to Londonderry was attacked
near Carrickmore, county Tyrone,
( this morning and six cars with
their contents were burned and che
( line torn up at this point.
/ Belfast, ireland, July 11.-(By
the Associated Press)-The curfew
was reimpOsed here today as a re-
suit of the disorders of Sunday.
Belfast now is the only place in
Ireland under the curfew regula-
tion, despite the truce terms by
which the curfeW was raised gen
orally.
LonGon, July 11.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press .)-Eamonn de Valera
will come to London on Thursday
of this week for his conference
with Premier Lloyd George to dis
cuss the basis of a settlement OF
the Irish problem. Official an
nouncement to this effect was is
sued this afternoon.
Dublin, Ireland, July 10y the
Associated Press. ALI the avail
able members of Daily Eireann, or
turned at the last election. met in
private in the Mansion house here
today.
Dublin Is Quiet.
Dublin, July 11-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. THE truce in Ire
lanf. agreed upon by government
offleisls and republican leaders
pending peace negotiations, went
into effect at noon today.
In Dublin the complete disap-
pearance from the streets of the
military police .lorries and armored
cars marked the official beginning
of the truce.
In Londonderry, according to the
terms of the truce, the police at
noon were summoned to their bar
racks to hand in their revolVers,
subsequently resuming street duty
unarmed.
In Belfast, where disorders be-
gun Sunday were still continuing in
lesser degree this forenoon, the po-
lice were still retaining their arms.
The yard of Dublin Castle, which
usually is active with the move
ment of the police lorries and ar
mored automobiles, the yard being
mainly used as a starting point for
these vehicles, was empty OF cars
this morning, while the auXlllarles
on duty were standing about in
their shirt sleeves.
The Dublin Castle officials and
others in this center. who hither-
to have been unable to walk in the
streets openly. were going about
this forenoon under normal condl-
tons Another development was
the appearance of furniture vans,
v hich left the castle presumably
with the belongings of officers who,
while the truce lasts, will be able
10 leave the confinement of the cas-
tie area and live in their own
houses.
Confident of Peace.
In consequence of the abolish
ment of the curfew, the theatres,
the moving picture houses, the
street car companies and the ran
ways made announcement that
from tonight they would resume
their normal hours.
Confidence was everywhere ex-
nressed here today that the repub-
Ilcan forces would observe the truce
order.
The record for the week end,
however, indicated that the order
had not reached the remote dis
tTicts.
one item with the record came
from Rocchestown, county Cork,
where Major G. O'Conor was kid
naped last evening and shot dead.
He was formerly a noted Unlonlst
politician and candidate for parlia-
ment in Dublin, but more recently
had been prominently ident1tied
with the Southern UnionIst moves
for an Irish settlement.
Weekend Deaths, "a.
At Castle Island, county Kerry,
military patrol was attacked last
night. Three soldiers were killed
and three others wounded Four
members of the attacking party are
believed to have been killed.
According to the official reports
there were "a deaths, all told, from
violence in Ireland over the week
end. These figures include IA killed
in Belfast, where Sc persons were
wounded and 81 houses were
burned