New-York tribune., 1922-03-19
Bombs Hurled Through
Windows of Catholic
Homes; Women Man.
gled; Sniping in Streets
"Welter OF Chaos"
Says Ulster Chief
Field Marshal Wilson De-
nounces Lloyd George; {;
Appeals to British People
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LONDON, March 1S.-At least seven
persons we're killed and perhaps a score
were wounded in a renewal of terrorist
warfare in Belfast to day. Bombs were
thrown into private homes and into Z
trolley car by the marauders, and there
was considerable sniping throughout
the day. Field Marshal Sir Henry Will
son, who has undertaken to stop tho
disorders in Belfast, began his work
to-day with number of conferences
with the principal Ulster leaders, and
later announced his plans.
In The Catholic quarter two men
threw . bomb through a window into
room where Rosc McGrce, eighty
four years old, and Annie Mullin, TWEEN
ty-hve, typist, we're asleep. The girl
was fatally injured and the woman was
dangerously hurt. Gunmen outside fol
lowed the bomb With q fusillade OF
rife fire into The house. Street fight
ing in that ne!ghborhood continued for
three hours, and many pedestrians on
their way TO work we're fired upon.
Later another outrage was perpe-
trated in . house said to be occupied by
Catholics, when raiders entered and
shot and killed 3 woman eighty-two
years old and her grandson, eleven,
while they we're rsleep.
Three Bridges Blown Up
A man returning from St. Patricls's
Day celebration on Albert Bridge Road
was attacked in q side street and killed
Advices from Dublin report that the
three principal bridges between coun-
ties TermanagA and Monaghan have
been blown Up, cutting Of all COM
municat;on.
BELFAST, March is (By The Associ-
ated Prcss).-A bomb thrown in
Thompson Street killed girl and
wounded several other persons A man
Was shot and Killed in Newtonards
Road. 4 news vender on Is bicycle was
shot through the breast. One person
was killed and several others wounded
when q bomb was thrown into an An
trim Road tramcar.
The advice OF Field Marshal Wilson
on the restoration of order in Ulster
was given to Sir James Craig, Ulster
Premier, to-day in The form Of letter.
which is regarded in political quarters
as short "d!e-hard' manifesto.
The letter, dated "St. Patricils Day"
opens With dcnunciation OF the Lloyd
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reduced the twenty-six counties OF
chaos and murder difficult 70 believe
and impossible TO describe" and to q
state Of unrest, suspicion and lauless-
ness (which hos spread over the from
tier into the six counties of Ulster"
The letter then outlines the writer's
plans, the first object OF which is to
win the British people to the side Of
Ulster.
Field sTarshal's Suggestions
Among the suggestions made in the
letter are:
One-ConsidersbIo alterations in the
commands and administration of al the
armed forces, including the epecials.
Iwo--Reclass and reedjust the vari-
Gus categores Of the police and greatly
strengthen some of them.
Ihree-Redraft the LAWS tof carry
ing arms.
Four-Take increased powers for rapid
and drastic action against illegal i'm
portation and carrying Of arms, bombs,
etc.
The conditions Of the recent rivalry
over the possession Of the barracks
at Limerick were reversed at Castle
blayney, County Monaghan, on ST.
patrick's Day. Republican adherenta
Of Esmon Gs Valera were in possession
Of The local barracks, but the holiday
spirit being abroad, they left q force
Of only four men to hold the barracks
while the remainder were out celebrat-
ing the national festival.
Noting these conditions, Free State
forces from the border seized the
barracks, locking the men Of the small
garrison within cells. They were later
released.
When the republicans became aware
of the loss of the barracks they COM
mandeered the Hope Arms Hotel
named after the same family as the
famous Hope Diamond. They are well
armed, it is said, although without
their other equipment, and expect re-
| inforcements.