Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-15
BRITISH WRECK
IRISH TOWN, IS
DUBLIN DISPATCH
Charge Is Made That 250 Sol
dierS, With Fixed BayonetS,
Looted Fermoyi Pandemon-
Jun RACED.
BY james NJ, Tuohy.
Copyright, 1919, by The Press Pub
fishing Co.
fSnanial Cable DESPATCH

Especial Cable Despateh.)
London, Sept. 14.-Ireland is now |
faced with a period of sheer anarchy |
as an inevitable result of the policy |
Of licensed police and military tyran |
nv. against which there is no legal
redress and for which Lord French |
and MACPHERSON are responsible, !
Hitherto the police and military have
acted under the defense of the realm |
act, with a certain pretense of legal |
formally, Now they are taking The
Jaw into their own hands, evidently,
as will be shown with the connivanee
and approval of their military supe-
riors.
On Sunday thirty soldiers were
disarmed by twenty Sim Feiners neag
Fermoy, county Cork, one of the chief
military stations in Ireland. The
soldiers were marching to chutch
with bayonets fixed They were at
tackled by Sim Feiners, who killed
one, wounded three others, disarmed
the lot, got clear away in automo-
biles and are at large still, despite
aeroplane and military sweeping
movements throughout the country
side.
Soldiers Revenge.
The soldiers at Fermoy took wei
planned revenge last night, without
and interference by the police or their
military superiors.
''Pandemonium ragged" says "a spe-
cial Dublin despatch, from $3.50 co
10 O'Clock, and practically all the
shops in the town were wrecked ny
a large horde of military, who ran
amuck.'
Many people were injured by mis-
hatt
the streets and sidewalks were strewn
with broken glass, window flttings'
frameworks, showcases, etc.
About $50 soldiers took complete
charge of the town and wrecked
whole streets without the slightest at
tempt to stop them being made py
their own authorities or the police un-
til q military picket of some thirty
men armed with rifles and fixed bay
onets and, accompanied my buslers
came on the scene. The buglers
sounded the ''recalf' and "fall IN,
then after about twenty minutes the
place was gradually restored to some
semblance of order.
While the military mob was carry
ing on its work of destruction, tne
terrified inhabitants renamed Wlthlh
doors and barr!caded themselves as
reared to act very methodically. One
of the first places attacked was a
grocery store. whistles were sounded
and rushes were then made for other
shous In the vicinity while the ring
leader could be heard shouting:
"Come on, now, lads. for the Jewel
er's shop"
No police, either military or civil,
were to be seen while this destructive
work was going on. The jewelers.
premises-owned, by the irony of rate
by stanch loyalist-was left COM
pIete wreck and the neighboring shops
and stores were likewise destroyed.
Iooting Unlimited.
I,ooting was carried on to an I'M
limited extent, and one could see SOL
diers handing out bundles of drapery
quantities of boots and other goods
Unfortunately Soldiers themselves
were to be seen making off with bun
dies of loot, nobody seeking to pre-
vent them.
Large plate glass windows were
smashed with iron bars. thick SUCKS
stones and intrenching tools,
A number of women gathered on
the scene from the barracks. assisted
in the work of destruction and helpec
themselves literally to the spoiis
Several winners anu toDdSColtiStS
shops were wrecked, and any OF the
stock in trade not removed was
strewn about the streets.
A notable feature was that the mil
tary did not appear to make any at
tempt to modest the few civilians fool
hardy enough to. appear in the streets
while this work was in progress. Sew
eral people whose property was being
wrecked sent urgent telephone mes
sages to the military barracks, situat-
ed about a quarter of mile from
town. but it was fully $40 before q
picket~arrived on the scene.
During some of the looting police
inspector and few constables .stooe
by. mere onlookers. The soldiers walk
ed away openly through the. square
in the direction of their quarters
laden down with bundles Of loot
The shopkeepers and their famine,
spent an anxious. busy time from Il
o'clock onward clearing away tins
debris, salvaging the scattered rag
ments of their property and STRIVING
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