PRECAUTIONS IN IRELAND.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15320, 16 September 1920, Page 5

PRECAUTIONS IN IRELAND.

ENROLMENT OF CITIZENS. • (j_lee. Tel. Copyright— United Press Aswi.J LONDON,- Sept, 14, , T^'ho official announcement that the Government intends to enrol alnd Srn. well-disposed Citizens iri Irelalnd, also to appoint a special 1 Under-Secretary , with headquarters m Belfast to administer the . six Ulster counties, few intensified the general anxiety. It is regarded m some quarters as a partisan act, but Government circles claim that the fullest defensive preparations must be mado m view of the effect of the huiiger-strifeel's' deathf? on an excited liatitih, a large portion whereof is al- , ready arhied. The' ftofernment intends to Use volunteer^ to jWlic- the quieter districts • relieving the police and tfoOp/s foi- th- m&r- trotibl^d sireas. r KI- Volunteers will he restricted id the .ar^as iri' which they reside.— tJhited Service. The report* stating that ofijce'rs' wiv6s. m Ireland "had been Nordeted; to - rj-tthri to Englaiid is officially denied. Commenting oh the announcement 'that well-disposed citizens Would ' be-" enrolled . to assist the authorities, tlie Irish NeWs : asks: "-Are the Government mad? The' Government have set /themselves the task of ' destroying the' Irish nation. Appaivently , the beginning of the end has: arrived for half a hifllio'ii Catholics m: Ulster." ....... The proposed formation of armed citizens for -Ireland is : much debated. The Government's idea is to nut' the restoration ■ arid : pr -servatiort' of order m Irish hands as largely as possible' and. form an; auxiliary ' force to assist the pplic.. 'l . The Irish Times is alarmed at the prospect. It >ays .the j^ropbsal will coriiplete the marshalling of Ireland into two arpi^d, camps! , .y, Catholics, assgr't that.. oh*ly the Carson-; ites iviU. enrql and assist the Govern--ment.—A. and N.Z.C.A. (Received- Sept. 16. 11.20 a.m.) .-- LONDON, Sept. 15.' i In order. to prevent letters containing I information' about murders m Ireland ! being intercepted,' ' the postal authori^ • [ties placarded the post office at Dublin '• tellmethe public to-address such letters to Official, London." and enclose them' m an, envelope addressed tb some -per-- | son m England.— A. and N-.Z.0.A.