The rioting in Dublin took place on Monday night. The
Sinn Fein story is that the soldiers provoked and assaulted a crowd of civilians, and ended up by firing upon them and killing two persons. The truth, according to the Dublin correspondent of the Tinter, seems to be that some hundred soldiers of the Royal Berkshire Regiment left the Theatre Royal singing the Nations Anthem as a protest against the customary refusal of the managers of the theatre to have the Anthem played by the orchestra. They were followed by a crowd, which threw stones at them. The soldiers began to use their belts on the crowd- " It was Belts, Belts, Belts," as Mr. Kipling sings of an Irish row—and a party of soldiers were sent on to Portobello Barracks for assistance. Presently a patrol under an officer came from the' barracks and drew a line across Portobello Bridge. It was said that the crowd were called upon to disperse, but refused to do so, and threw more stones and fired revolver-shots.
