El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-11
SPEED UP
PLAN5F1R THE
GREAT DAY
Disregard For British Au-
thority Amounts To
AUdacity.
SCHOOL rs FOUND
A TRAINING CAMP

DUBLIN. Oct 11-Brief cabled news
II messages regarding drilling and
other forms Of Illegal assembly hard
" give any idea Of the thor0ughness
with which the supporters OF the Re-
publican policy IN ireland carry on
their work ANY form Of drilling is,
OF course. contrary to the defence OF
the realm" regulation So also is the
wearing Of quasl-miiitary uniforms.
In counties IKE Tlpperary and Clare
& e Illegal TO belong TO the Sim Fein
OF republican Organization. or even TO
be a member Of the Gaelic league. q
purely literary and educational or
ganizati0u-at least, lt is supposed to
be- The carving OF arms is also, OF
course, strictly Illegal
Facts Are Astounding.
In these circumstances, the reTela-
tons which are made almost daily at
hearings before courtsmartial are as
founding showing as they do a most
absolute disregard for the laws laid
down by the British government And
The fact that the government supple
1uenrs The forces OF the police with
over $4,000 fully armed and equipped
troops % carry out its orders. adds 10
me audacity which the republicans
display.
It is a fact that n almost every
county drillinEs are carried on 70
some extent Sometimes q takes
place indoors, now IN one house and
low in another. Sometimes the young
men assemble On some remote mean-
tain where high above the surround
ing country. and with their scouts
posted 20 watch for the approach OF
the enemy military OF polce-they
themselves in training for the great
event which nobody has any doubt
VIII some day Or ether break out
When that occurs there VIII IN
uou1redly be carnage and blood-let-
ting 20 a degree that viii far surpass
that Of Easter week, 1sl6-
Take Risk Lightly
No one knows this better than those
who take part in these drillings. and ]
yet they take the risk lightly They
know that the government is deter
mined 70 put down sim Fem. they
know that that Is why the country IS I
dotted Owe with EarEisons Of lroons. {
inored cars. and The air humming with
aircraft To these men the national
freedom sTHlch they demand and for
which they are prepared TO die is far
greater than their own personal
SAFETY Better, they say, die in fight
The LATEST ILLUSTRATION OF the daring
~ these ardent republicans comes from I
iiendore- a beautiful SPOT on the sea-
coast Of the county cork, which has
been celebrated IN exquisite verse by
g Protestant clergyman who was rec
tor Of sne place many years ago.
round school an Armory.
At Glendore there is a fine house f
and grounds known as Shorecliff E
This came recently into the hands OF
Sin Feiners. and during the present 4
month L was arranged TO hold Ia IL q !
sumner school for the teaching Of the F.
irish lanEua gee IN reality the police I
training camp In order TO keen up .
the language illusion many young .
women students came 10 the place and .
there were accommodated in the /
houses while most Of the young men .
were living under canvas In an en-
closed shrubhery-
The police and military carried out
a raid on the place at about 4 /
o'clock in the morning At the time i
~ was peaceful. but as showing that I
sore one was on sentry duty. a shot g
instantly rang out and the camp was .
reused in moment Il was. how
ever entirely surrounded and escape 4
was Impossible
The police seized all who we're
found there and on further search dis
covered a considerable number Of
weapons chiefly reVolvers and pistols,
and considerable amount OF ammu-
milton Documents seized showed I
hat the purpose Of the concentration /
was military one. for drilling and 4
training IL was even suggested,
hough this was not proved, that the
Intention was that an attack should I
be made on two police stations in the
leighborhood. Prosecutions were in
stituted against four Of the leaders,
.he rest being allowed 10 60 away.
Got Light Sentences.
These men refused TO acknowledge i
he authority OF a British court; they
declined % plead, and after the EVIL
ience Of the police had been given
before the two magistrates who heard
he case they were sentenced TO terms
varying from six months to two
months in Cork jail
The crown prosecutor sad the
prisoners were being treated with
great leniencT, inasmuch as there was
no doubt that ali the sixty persons,
including the women who were found
b the place, we're guilty Of an iu-
lictabie offense for which they could /.
BE- sentenced to penal serVitude for
lie AS 10 was. the charge made
lsainst the four leaders was q simple \
me Of an Wlul assem- bly,.