CRIME IN IRELAND
A SUPPRESSED JOURNAL BITTER- ATTACKS-ON, GOVERNMENT. By Teieerraph—Press Association—Copyrleht Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reoeive.d December 19, 10.45 p.m.) LONDON, December 16. I the House of ''Commons' prior to Mr T. P. O'Connor moving the* adjournment to call attention to the suppression of "freeman's Journal/' Mr Macpiherson (Chief Secretary for Ireland) said that the journal baa served, a writ ou the Government and the matter was therefore sub judice. Mr O'Connor defended the articles for which the journal was "suppressed, one condemning the enlistment of civil servants as special constable and another declaring that crime in Ireland was iimgland's greatest asset. Air O'Connor said, there was evidence of a militarist plot to provoke Ireland to an outrage and drown Home Rule in blood, 'line Irish government was creating crime.
Mr vV. Adamson said that Labour believed that the frequency of repressive measures was closely connected with the prevalence of crime ino Ireland. Mr Denis Henry said that the articles had long been tolerated but they became too oujeetionaibie. The journal declared that civil servants not joining as specials would be, marked men.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLV, Issue 10467, 20 December 1919, Page 6
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185CRIME IN IRELAND New Zealand Times, Volume XLV, Issue 10467, 20 December 1919, Page 6
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