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Show FURTHER IRISH REBELS TAKEN Protestant Refugees From Cork Tell Stories of Disorders DUBLIN, July 17 During week-end operations the national army troops raptured about 600 prisoners from th Republican Insurgents, it was announced an-nounced today. These included 300 captured at Dundalk 70 ?t Collooney. .54 In north Tipperari and 21 in County Coun-ty Donpfia National Iroops from Mullingyar operatlgf; near Klnnegul this morning captured 12 irregulars In a deserted mansion number of rifles and large stores of ammunition were found in the dwelling and seized. PROTF.STANTS COMPLAIN. BELFAST, July 17 n the Associated Asso-ciated Press.) Reports reaching here today reprerf.-nr the city of Cork as uttering grievously a1 the hands of ih' Republican insurgent, forces, who are said to be in absolute control. The port or Cork has been closed, it is said, ships not being allowed to enter or leave, business prpnilses hav.' been seized and their comenrs appro prlated for the Republican troops, many of whom are billeted with civilian civi-lian Inhabitants, and several thousand people are out of work. Moreover there has been an out break of robbery and destruction, according ac-cording to refugees arriving here, who' have been interviewed by reporters) for the Belfast Telegraph. These refugees refu-gees are quoted as saying the trouble' in Cork began about the time of the! attack on the Four Courts In Dublin and was initiated by crowds of younp men from the country districts who entered the city and started an orgy Of looting and wanton destruction, devoting de-voting particular attention to ' the I houses and property of Protestants Thoy were soon joined by manv young citizens and the state of the Protestant Protest-ant inhabitants became deplorable Nobody dared to interfere In thlr behalf be-half and it is said by the refugees that they lived in a state ror. STREETS PATROLLEo! After the fall of the FWr the irregulars became more Bive and patrolled the streets J I in armored cars, suppress j I he expressions of opinion bj of the Free State. The iW I forces in the city, being oT(r ingly outnumbered, did aot them and consequently tbr( i Iflghting but otherwise, sy gj !Kees, almost every evil conjs of military domination pr3 Numbers of people are u(J eager to leave the city bat cd lively few have succeeded |