STRIFE IN IRELAND

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 73, 19 December 1919, Page 7

STRIFE IN IRELAND

SINN FEINERS' RELENTLESS VENDETTA VIOLENT GANG DOGGING THE POLICE GOVERNMENT DRIVEN TO USE MORE FORCE By Telegrapli-Press Associatiou-Oopyriglit London, December IC. The strife in Ireland is reaching tho culminating point. English and American newspapers have sent special correspondents to Ireland. Tlio gravest violence would' not Mirpriso tho British public A feeling of horror has been raised bv the latest manifestations of the Sinn Fein vendetta. The "Times" snecial correspondent states that this is being relentlessly pursued, not merely aeaiust the police, but against everyone. The eorredpondont instances tho case ol a woman named Atlarc, who, because she milked cows during a strike, was dragged from her bed, pulled witli n rope along a road, kicked nno: beaten, and left for dead. She screamed for ns.iistan.io at a farmer's door, but none dared stir. Sinn Fein has more- terror nnd moral power orer the country than the Government. Tho result is tho terrible spectacle of a country on stxiko asainst the Government. Tho police arn compelled lo move at least in threes andsometimes in four ami lives. A policeman floinsr ;t beat aloiio would not last it nieht. Iliimimls of police barracks have been closed in order to concentrate tho men for their wolwiiou. The reopening of tho barracks is urgently demanded by the local people for tho protection of tho fommiinitic. but this is only possible bv the use of sol'lier*. mid General Shaw (Onmmnndor-in-Ohiet' in Ireland) refuses to disperse troops in small parties. Ho has a larec army. so disposed as to deal tiuicldy and drastically with any open outbreak without heavy casualties amongst the troop?. The Irish Unionist? appeal for the_ cessation of α-nnwivc measures, specially the prohibition of fairs and markets, but the vicious circle operates, and every increase of viclencn loads A r iscount French to a further display of Government strength. The "Times" say« that tho Government is daily driven In tho use of more force, been use it cannot get support from Iho community. It is pushed into sheer absurdities in repression in order to combat tho claims which impeach its fiulhonh'. Every iiolirnman carries his life, in his hand. Of this splendid body of brave men many i\ro known and marked bv ii secret and violent gang, which has boon trained at a military force. These men dog the footsteps ofijhe police waiting always until they get their viclim alone, when they shoot from so closo that in niMiv cases the clothing of tho vic'im is singed. The authorities were surprised to-day bv the Diiblinition nf the "Freeman's Journal." Tho evening newspaper, "Telegraph," as a spoi-ii'l edition of the "Journal." announced (lint tho proprietors were testing t!u- legality of its suppression, and jippMloil to all newspapers to protest against (lie outrage—Aus.XX Cable .A s=n.

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