INCIDENT AT DERRY CHURCH

To the Editor of The Derry Journal.

Sir. - The report appearing in your columns of the raid by "Specials" on St. Columb's Church, Waterside, is misleading and inaccurate in several respects.

The account given conveys the impression that the police discovered men outside the Church, and then afterwards entered. This is not so. At no time was any of the party, forming the guard of honour over the body of Sean Larkin, outside in the Church grounds or in the street. The first intimation of police intrusion was a rapping on the Church door, which, on being opened, admitted two officers of the night "watchmen" who inquired what was going on, and on being told, decided to take all the names and addresses. Probably, their attention was attracted by the hammering of the undertaker in draping the coffin. I trust you will give this correction the same publicity as the original report.

ONE WHO KNOWS.

THE LIBERATED PRISONERS
Presentation of Rosary Beads at the Hospital.

On Sunday and yesterday all the liberated prisoners in the Mater and Jervis Street and St. Vincent's were each presented with valuable steel beads, by Canon Downing, St. Joseph's, Berkely Street, in everlasting memory of the Rosaries recited by the people for their liberation, and of the Rosary ordered by the Archbishop of Dublin for "their spiritual and temporal welfare," and in grateful remembrance of the gallant and triumphant struggle they made for the liberties of their native land.

MOUNTJOY HEROES.
Cable from Irish Association of Johannesburg.

To the Editor of the Evening Telegraph:

Dear Sir - I shall feel obliged if you will kindly insert in your next issue the enclosed copy of a cable, which reached me this morning, from Johannesburg, through Reuter's Limited.

Yours faithfully,
L. O'Neill.
Mansion House, Dublin.
27th April, 1920.

Johannesburg, 23rd April, 1920. -

Lord Mayor, Dublin.

Johannesburgs congratulations to Ireland on heroic defiance of the most vicious militarism ever employed for suppression of the people. Our hearts go out to the heroes of Mountjoy.

Irish National Association.