THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 18, 1989.
BOMB
ENGLAND CONTINUE
OUTRAGES IN
London Police Force Mobilised In Emergency
DEFINITE LINK WITH IRISH AGITATORS
London, To-day.
The entire London Police force has been mobilised since yesterday morning in order to carry out effective protection of the allegedly threatened electricity, gas and water works.
Strong police guards have been installed in the power stations at Chelsea, Battersea and Ful- ham as well as at other power stations of minor importance.
JAPAN'S ALLEGED WILLINGNESS FOR "DEAL"
Washington, To-day;
Officials of the State Department decline to discuss Japan's reported willingness to make a deal with Great Britain and the United States on the "open door" principles in. China. -
They explain that the Japanese suggestions. had been ad- vanced by a news agency and not made officially.
It is added that if official proposals are forthcoming the State Department will consider them carefully. Reuter.
support the official theory that the, that the presence of the bomb was outrages were caused by sympa- not suspected until reports of sa- thisers with the illegal Irish Re- botage in other parts of the coun- try were received, and then a de- ex-tailed examination was made. The
The police believe that the
The Thames since dawn yesterday has been regu-publican Army.
larly patrolled by police boats while police cars slowly patrol all London city districts where there is possible danger.
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Evidence is piling up that the It is revealed that the proclama- perpetrators of the outrages, oftion of the Irish Republican Army which there were six altogether, was also posted up on the walls of were sympathisers with the Irish churches in several parts of London. Republican Army.
In this proclamation, the demand is made that England withdraws mili- tary forces, civil servants and in- stitutions from all parts of
the
Fragments of Irish
newspapers were found at the scene of explosion in Southwark, while co-tand. pies of the recent I. R. A. proclam- ation were lying about near the pylons, power stations and so forth where the other explosions occur- ed.
Two of the explosions occurred in London, three in Manchester, one in a Northumberland town and one is suspected in Birmingham.
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NO ARRESTS Members of the special of Scotland Yard are engaged tracking down prominent Irish re- volutionaries. So far, however, mo arrests have been reported. tailed reports on the activities in De-
England of members of the
Irish Republican Army will be presented to the Cabinet.
The "Daily Mail" describes the
All the outrages occurred tween the hours of 5 and 6 a.m., and, the police believe, were caus-outrages as foolish disturbances of
ed by time bombs.
the peace undertaken for political
Strong police guards are now sta- reasons:-Trans-Ocean.
tioned at all power
gasworks.
stations and
Police investigations of the re- cent bomb outrages so far have been without result.
WHITEHALL PRECAUTIONS
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London, To-day. fifteen-year-old schoolboy has found near Liverpool a dam-
The three explosions in the aged attache case containing a centre of Birmingham on Monday small alarm clock, believed to be afternoon are still a mystery. the remains of a bomb attach-
ment.
Police patrols in Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh have been tripled.
The attache case was lying near Especially strongly watched are the pylon carrying the main trans- the Edinburgh suburbs, Portobello mission electricity cable from Liver- and Granton, where are the power pool to Manchester and Prestom, stations supplying half Scotland which was badly damaged. in one with electricity, one of them but of the mysterious explosions. recently completely costing two million pounds.
: Special precautions were taken in Whitehall yesterday. Police were on duty on both sides of Downing' Street, and pedestrians from White- hall were closely scrutinised. Reuter.
POSTERS UP IN LIVERPOOL
London, To-day. Posters of the Irish Republican Army, demanding the establish- ment of an undivided Republic of Ireland were pasted on walls · in Liverpool by unknown persons in Searches undertaken by public the early hours of yesterday after-authorities throughout Britain have noon....
revealed that the series of myster-
ONLY ONE DEATH
'London, To-day.
Police promptly removed the pos-ious explosions which, occurred in tera, and searches wore made in London, Manchester and Alnwick districts of the city which are in- (Northumberland) on Monday, sa- habited, to a large extent, by Irish.vour definitely of sabotage.
HOME OFFICE ANXIETY
Only one death resulted, namely
plosions were planned in Ireland bomb awaits inspection by Home
manu-Office and Scotland Yard experts.
into A further incident occurred yes-
that that the bombs were factured there and smuggled England.
BIRMINGHAM ESCAPES
It is noteworthy that all the sa- botage attempts have hitherto been directed against electricity sup- plies.
terday when an attempt was made to blow up a pylon at Great Barr, near Birmingham. The explosion blew part of the pylon away but did not interfere with the supply.
RADIO STATIONS WATCHED Yesterday an unexploded bomb In addition to precautions at was found at the Hamshall power power stations, gasworks and pu- station in Birmingham. This was blic buildings throughout the placed beneath the main power country, guards have been sent to supply, and if it had exploded it the Midland Regional broadcasting would have plunged. Birmingham | station and the Midland Regional into darkness.
transmitter at Droitwich, in Wor- The electricity department states cestershire. Reuter.
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