Sinn Fein's reply to the King's conciliatory speech at Belfast
on Wednesday, June 22nd, took the form, two days later, of a mine explosion on the railway north of Dundalk, by which a troop-train, carrying some of the King's escort, was partly derailed. Three men of the lath Hussars and the guard of the train were killed and four troopers were badly hurt. The fine horses of the regiment suffered most, as the horse-boxes were overturned and many of the poor animals had to be put out of their misery. Two of the scoundrels who perpetrated this outrage were shot as they were escaping and others were cap- tured. The Slim Feiners have committed several murders this week Two -cadets, taking tea with their wives in a Dublin hotel on Sunday evening, were attacked by gunmen, who killed one cadet and left the other for dead. A soldier was murdered in a Cork suburb on Monday, and a policeman was murdered in the streets of Dublin. On the other hand, the troops and police have dealt successfully with bands lying in ambush. In County Cork on Monday the police captured a whole gang of desperadoes. The leader, who was wanted for a series of foul murders, tried to escape and was shot dead.
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