Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-28
CLAIMS BRITISH
INSOLENTLY TURN
BISHOPS GROUND
INTO ARMY CAMP
LATRINES ARE DUG
NEAR TIE PALACE
People of Limerick Turn Mar
tiaI Law Into Joke and SuS-
tain Fine and Searches of
Homes With Good HumOr
BY Jnmcs VI. Tuuhy.

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Ireland necessarily brought me to
Limerick but before going into the
circumstances in which this city came
to he proclaimed in a state Of siege, |
must relate one Incident trivial in
itself hut very eloquent Of the spirit
in which this law is enforced. In the
course of my inquiries ! called upon
the Catholic bishop of the diocese DR..
IIallnan
When marital law was proclaimed
bodies of soldiers fully equipped as
usual for trench warfare. We're placed
on the entrances to the bridges lead
ing into the city. to imprlson the
population The wal IA high sub
stantial stone wall-surrounding the
land on which the bishops residence
stands. abuts on one of these bridges
When the soldiery took uo their
positions on the road outside. one of
the first things they d.d was to knock
down section of this wall so that
they might pitch their tents inside it,
This was done without asking the
bishops leave, or without giving him
any notice whatever. The act was
not ONLY insoleut, but entirely gratui-
tOuG, Tor the soldiers COQlu nave en-
tered his land through the gate Il
couple of hundred yards further
along. But of course it. would have
been absurd to consider the rights of
a mere Catholic bishop where the
convenience of a batch of soldiers
was concerned.
Intrinc Dug Nenr House.
Put that was NOT a |. That evening
as the bishou was at his dinner no
noticed soldiers moving about in the
field. within about fifty Yards Of his
window He spnt on. to ipcuire what
thov were doing there. and learned
that they had due a latrine right un-
der the windows of his house, | saw
the remains of the trench, and / also
noticed that there were many spots in
the field-one of some acres in extent
far away from the house equally
far from where the soldiers had en-
canned out of view of his windows.
where the !atrine could have been
dug concealed by trees.
The bishon protested to the com
manding officer of the siege. and after
"A delay of a counle Of davs the la
trinc was transferred elsewhere Now
the more fact that some understrar-
ping officer or nnncommissioned offr-
Ger should have thought himself safe
as he proved to be-in offering
these rontomntiblo acts Of deliberate
offenso tn tho hishop Of the diocese
throws a fIashright on the tone Of
feeling they imbibe from their SUI
periors
Now as TO the crime that supplied
the nrotext for subioctinr the citv Of
Iimerirk--a place Of over 40, 900 in
hahitants-to the tyranny of martial
law.
ADOPTS Hunger Strike.
Young man named Byrne was
sentenced by court martial to twelve
months Imprisonment for being
tound IN possession or feVoIVef. re
ADOPTED the munger SulNe as pro,
tcSt against the hllllldtE SPHItilyt dna
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