The New York herald., 1922-04-29
Five More Murders Reported.

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DUBLIN, April % (Associated Pressl.
Every effort is being made TO brir.;
to justice the perpetrators of crimes III
County Cork, says an official Statement
issued Tonight, and ~the resources of the
Dali Eireann and the provisional Gov
errment will be used to that end.
Certain elements of the country" ts4
statement continues, "are taking advap<a
tase of the present transitional period In
Ireland to wreak private vengeance il
the hope that under existing conditions
they may escape justice. The Irish
nation combines all classes and al
creeds. Whoever seeks to injure his
Fellow citizen because OF his class o.
creed is an enemy OF the nation anti
will be treated by the Government o.s
Ireland as SUCH"
A dispatch. from Cork tonight says
that further shootings Of prominent resi-
dents of the Ballineen and Dumanwas
districts. west of Cork. occurred to-day
TIC five persons reported to have been
shot and killed In their residences wera
John Chinnery of Castletowr- Rober-
Howe of Kinneigh, Robert Nagle of
Clorakilty- the Rev. Richard Marlboro .of
the Murragh rectory, or his son, an,
Gerald Peyton of Ballineen.
The Chinnery household was aroused
by knocking on the door. John Chin
merry responded. Armed men ordered
him to hitch his horse to the wagon IN
the shed. and while thus enga ged he wss
shot dead. Peyton WAS a mere boy. He
had been absent from his home for sew
eral years, only returningtlast st July.
The raiders visited other houses de-
manding certain occupants. BY ruses.
however. they managed to escape. All
the victims were Protestants.
n~Ra-.- Nas..a~x-. r-.axs.sn
The report of Richard Mulcahy, Min
lister OF Defense, provoked a long. keen
debate in the Dali to-day. Ii condemned
disturbances and raids due TO the dis
sident section of the army. s
Mrs O'Callaghan of Limerick novel I
rejection of the report on the grouni
that Mulcahy had not kept his promise
to maintain the army as republican
body. Liam Mellowes. secretary of the.
dissdent army council. not only de-
Tended his men but delivered an unspar-
ing attack on the headquarters, staff.
n on support OF the treaty In tine Dali
he said made the breach inevtablr,
He frankly expressed the distrust which
the dissident section OF the army had
for the Dali, which voted subversion OF
the republic. He ridiculed the idea that
the soldiers should keep their mouths
shut and face such intrigues.
Mellowes characterized the Dali as
chameleon -like--one day using the green.
white and orange OF the republic. the
next day the red. white and blue or tpe
British Empire. The dissident soldiefs
were called mutineers because they were
loyal to the republic. 1t was true they
wefe irregulars in the sense that they
lacked funds. but irregulars always we've
like that. and II was no disgrace
The speech was loudly applauded By
De valera's adherents. some OF wnom
urged unity on the basis OF reputation
of the treaty. saying that II war with
England followed 1t would be preferable
10 civil war. They warmly applauded
sean Moylan when he explained thas,
understanding the truce was only
breathing space, he had collected AMI
drilled men for fighting. but never got
the promised funds for them. He there
fore issued an order enabling him to seize
dog taxes In his district. and, he added.
',rhey were paid or seized, for my WORD
still goes in north Cork