The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-25
"SINN FEIN''
 VOLUNTEERS TO
 LEAVE IRELAND
Four of Anti War Party Must Quit the Country
 and Not Return.

Dublin, Ireland, April 25-Two or ganizers of the Sim Fein Volunteers in Dublin and two others in Galway have been arrested and ordered to leave Ireland within six days. These men have been given the choice be- tween going to some foreign country, or to certain specified places in Eng land where they can be kept under ob- servation. The Sim Fein, or Irish Volunteers practically constitute the anti-war party in Ireland. They nave held frequent parades with arms, ana i some Conservative members Of Parl1a- kment have criticised the government for not taking strong measures to sup press the activities of the organization. ] The proceedings of the government against the ''vo1unteers' have been very sporadic. Their little papers, fol- lowing on protests in the English press, have been seized from time to tine' but reappear under different names. There are more of them in existence now than before the war. The search es for arms have been isolated and unimportant. A considerable number of muskets and a dozen revolvers rep resent the governments bag, from all Ireland.
 From time to time an organizer is arrested and sent to jail, but more are acquitted. The Council have of fees in Dublin which arc known to | the authorities and to the public. The Council has issued an official state ment, which, in part, follows:
 '"The Council of the Irish 5Volun- teers which met on the 26th of March | wish to warn the public that the gen f eraI tendency of the government s action is to force a highly dangerous situation. The government is well aware that the possession of arms IS 1 essential to the volunteer organizations and that Volunteers cannot submit to being disarmed without surrendering and abandoning the position they have l held at all times since their first for nation The volunteer organization ! also cannot maintain it's efficiency with out the organizers. The ra1d1ng ofr arms and attempted disarming of men, therefore, can in, the natural course of things only be met by resistance and bIoodshed None of the Irish Vol unteers recognize or will ever irecog- nize the right of the Government to disarm them, or to simprison their of 6cers and men in any fashion.
 t"The Council also draws attention to ! the repeated instances in which the government action has been associat-
 ed with the movements of hostile crowds which are led to believe that they act under government approval l In the Councils belief this feature o1 the case IS based on a. Qe11peraIe DOT icy of creating factious hostility be- tween sections of the Irish people Nothing need be hoped for from re- monstrance with the government, bu
 we appeal to the Irish people to 1ooI closely into the facts in every in
 stance, and keep a watch on the con I ruct and policy of the authorities, ana
 to fix the responsibility for any grave
 consequences that may arise.'
 Most people in Ireland have re1ative
 or friends in the British army, ant
 consequently the appearances of tn,
 Volunteers on parade frequently lead
 to trouble. In Tul1amore the croWt wrecked the Sim Fein premises, ant
 the complaint of the Sim FeineFs wa
 that the police did not protect them
 Police protection for the anti-war par
 ty strikes most of the people, who ar for the war, as humorous demand.