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Show bfSles Assistant Director General Shot in Head; Chauffeur Is Wouncjlecl r DUBLIN. June 22. n nutomobllo carrying the asslstunt-dlrector-gcneral of the Iloyal Irish co'pstabul.try and four constables was attacked with revolver re-volver fire and bombs jtoday. Assistant Assist-ant Director Genera Ftoborts was shot In the heRd but expected to live. The chauffeur was shea in both less. No arrests have been indo. The motor was mot with a fusillade of bullets when passing under a rall-i way bridge, but the wounded driver' continued at tho wheel while an un- injured companion rcufirncd tho fire.: After shooting the assailants threw j two bombs'. Nothing Ife known as to I Jthe casualties among Laose who made the attack. T Civil War Continues. L.ONDONDERKY. June 22 (By the Associated Press.) Civil war continued con-tinued throughout this city today with one more death, bringing the total list to eight. Troops were protecting streets this afternoon, but enough Ilr- ing was going on to terrify the cltt-jzens cltt-jzens and keep them Indoors. General suffering Is uxpocted If deliveries de-liveries of foodstuffs arc iiol resumed soon. Cross-channal. sailings havo been suspended. Several boats are lying up in the harbor awaiting an opportunity oppor-tunity to discharge. Tho promised military m relnrorcc-nients relnrorcc-nients had not arrived late today. During Dur-ing the night barricades wero thrown I up by both factions. Crowds of the rival factions, today marched about carrying arms openly, One crowd wrecked a saloon and what Intoxicants they did not drink wero thrown into tho street. The police charged sevorai times. Thoro was much firing but no serious casualties. Knough Troops There. LONDON. June 22.Andrew Bonar Law, tho government spokesman, today to-day declared In the house of commons that he considered thorn was n adequate ade-quate military force in Londonderry to deal with the situation. . his view (Continued oil l?nc 3.) ' BOMBS HURLED AT MOTOR 1 j LOAD OF CONSTABLES I (Continued from page 1.) , t was also held by the chief secretary j 3 for lruland, b said. S Firing Is RosumcMl. a LONDONDERRY, June 22. Firing! 5 wos resumed In several parts of thl3 '$ city early today after a comparatively ij QUlt nigliL Several persons were $ killed in the rioting here yesterday, a I mill srnrftfi woro morn or los; sorlonslv. B Injured. Military forces patrolled the streets during tho night. H Report Conti'adlctCil. H DUBLIN, Juno 22. An authorlta- i live contradiction is given to the wide- P ly published statement that the gov-1 Pj eminent contemplates a goneral round m up of Sinn Felnors and extouslvo op- m oration of martial law. Raids and ar- M rests will only bo relative to. specific j crimes. An official statomont from Dublin ' pj Castle says a train was stopped at J H Clough Jordan bocause railway work- M ers refused to continue with armed po- m llccmen aboard. It Is believed tho gov- PI erumcnt Intends to make this a test rl case to detcrmlno Its action toward i P striking rallwaynien. Rail traffic be-! tween Nenagh and Dublin has been p suspended. I t oo l tt. |