Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-11-12 | Page 12 | Armed Forces End Disorders in Free State

i ACES I IN IN FREESTATE FREE FHE STATE r Irish trish ri h. h Republicans and Pr Pro Pro- British Clash British F Factions Factions' 1 on on Armistice Armistic 1 Day y 11 Jo 1 By W. W G. G RBY United Press Preas Staff Correspondent DUBLIN Nov ov- ov 12 12 Civil Civil guards and and And- p police lIce established a a. a firm grip in Irish Free State stale clUes cities today to end violent republican disorders be bc begun begun be- be gun Armistice day by screaming demonstrators Th The streeta of at Dublin were in turmoil tur tur- tur- tur moll moil until late last night Mobs t tore re down and burned British flags h ab shouted Down with the king and d clashed with heavily ly armed guard patrols Government and pro Brit ish h buildings were stoned TZI The disturbances ranged from republican re re- re- re publican demonstrations to nut outbursts Their grav gravity ty was increased by- by bythe the the strong trong protests protest against the government of President William T. T Cosgrave which recently forced a Be a- law for tor public safety which put the Free State under semi semi- military rule The law was designed to end political terrorism One of the most moet serious clashes with civil guards occurred when a large crowd stampeded through the streets carrying posters inscribed We protest the exploitation of Armistice day as an imperialistic demonstration Thousands of persons per per- r- r sons eons cr created a disorderly tumult tumult- in OConnell O'Connell street and other th thorough thoroughfares rough rough- fares despite police squads stationed only fifty feet teet apa apart t. t Shouts Shou s of Down with the king up with the republican army greeted greet greet- ed the patrols Many demonstrators attempted to make speeches only to tobe tobe tobe be chased away by guards who swung ung batons freely freel Three were torn from the hands of ot parading British war veterans In Phoenix park THe Trie flags were burned The headquarters of the Cosgrave party was stoned and windows windows were were broken The British Boys brigade hall haJJ also was stoned Several persons were injured Inthe Inthe in inthe the fighting The communists were active and the strains of the were heard frequently T Armistice day In Ireland usually Is an n occasion for clashes b between tween the Irish nationalists and the pro pro- British jl jingoist clement t i a 0 t