24 JULY 1920, Page 2

On Monday night, at Tuam in co. Galway, the police,

enraged at the murder of two of their colleagues, did what Colonel Smyth with so much firmness and foresight had warned his own men against. They entered upon a great reprisal. The town hall and other buildings were burned down and indiaL criminate firing followed. The total damage is estimated at £100,000. When we go to press on Thursday serious rioting is going on at Belfast, and already three persons have been killed and many injured.