IRISH CRIME CAMPAIGN

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 221, 17 September 1919, Page 7

IRISH CRIME CAMPAIGN

NOT CENTRALLY DIRECTED. WORK OF LOCAL SOCIETIES. 3TCRDER IN NATION'S NAME. (By Cabie. —Press Association.—Copyright.) 5.30 a.m.) LOXDOX, September 10. The "Times" Dublin correspondent points out that the murders in Ireland give no evidence of central direction, and are attributable solely to local secret societies. The official leaders of the Sinn Fein strongly oppose crime, and view the situation with silent anxiety, but are afraid to repudiate the young physical force section lest they destroy solidarity, which is regarded as vitally indispensable.

Some prelate? and priests condemn the outrages, but the results of these, protests are inadequate, owing to the current tendency of the countryside to believed crime is pardonable when committed in the nation's name. The usefulness of Government proclamations is questionable. Irelr.nd grows hmirly mnre distrustful and settlement more difficult.

Sir Horace Plunkett. in a letter to the 'Times.' , declares that the Irish Government has proved its incapacity to <J?ni with the position.— ("Times.") DETECTIVE HOEY'S MURDER. LEVIES FOR OUTRAGES. LOXDOX. September IS. Detective Hoey, who was fatally shot Tn~ Sinn Feiners in Dublin, had acted in the bodyguard of three Irish Chief Secretaries. It is an open secret that lie vent in fear of his life, ns it -was known that the Sinn Feiners had prepared a list of intended police victims, of which two have thus far been murdered, including Detective Hoey. Detective Hoey ■was folio-wed throughout the day before an opportunity was found to shoct him! At least three bullets penetrated his body. A number of Irish county councils are angry on account of the heavy levies made upon them for murders and outrages- Thus the llayo County Council is required to pay £6000. and the Tipperary County Council £24,000. — (A. and NX Cable.)