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Grey River Argus, 2 December 1920, Page 3

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/ BUE^NG OF IRISH PAPER: U2SONIST PAPER COERCJT / INTO SECRECY. / I and N.Z. Cable 'A/C^ I (Beed. December 1, / *' j LONDON, / ember - 30- --/ Before the "Free/' 8 Journal ' .{Nationalist) office/ 8 S6t On firC l Dublin, a g M g/ rmcd and maske men entered ty*f ees of the Uni6n ist paper /_J^ Irish Times," and a the revoj(^ ? oint extracted prom ises froi^ ne editorial staff that no thing -yr"^ divulged about th( outra/^ j» '

ARIBB. NEWSPAPER OFFICES / BURNED. ANTI-IRISH INCENDIARIES. . LONDON, November 00. -Outbreaks of incendiary fires occurred in newspaper offices in Dublin. Masked and armed men entered the "Freeman's Journal" offices, holding up the staff with revolvers while fires were started. Considerable damage was done. . A similar outbreak occurred in the premises of the ''Irish Times" and a Sinn Fein bank, which was burned. , FIRE IN LONDON. WAREHOUSE WRECKED. SINN FEIN BLAMED. * '" LONDON, November 30. An incendiary bomb, sit with a time fuse, and placed in a portmanteau, exploded at one o'clock this morning and . wrecked a dried skin warehouse in Upper Thames Street, London. There were no casualties. The wrecked skin warehouse is a building situated in old Swan. Lane, close to the Thames Fire Station. Tho fire has been extinguished. The police picketed all the streets in the neighbourhood. The explosion is attributed to Irishmen, but the police decline to express an opinion. U__£' ■*:-■ WHO ARE FEARED? ELABORATE PRECAUTIONS. . AT OTHER CITIES. LONDON, November 29. Tho Glasgow authorities have elaborately prepared for a possible Sinn Fein outbreak. Special police guards are posted at the docks and all public buildings, as a powerful Sinn Fein body exists in Glasgow and throughout Clydesdale, where they are frequently seen /drilling. Southampton is also taking precautions for the safety of docks and fftips>ing.