The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-25
VAST MAJORITY 0F
 IRISH WANT PEACE,
 STATES GREENWOOD
No Single Case of ReprisaI Has Taken Place Under a British Officer, Declares Chief
 Secretary
By Associated Press

spicuous Incident in the Irish debate in the House of Commons today was the revelation by Sir Hamar Greenwood, chief secretary for Ireland. of Sipn Fein plans to destroy property in Liverpool and Nanchester-a revelation which was greeted by Joseph Devln with the ex- clanation: "All that was written in Dublin Castle"
 In other respects the debate followed the customary lines. Former Premier Asquith moved resolution expressing abhorrence of the recent Dublin assassi- nations and condemnations of reprisals and urging immediate steps to bring about Irish justification. An amendment by Colonel John Ward converted this motion into an expression of admiration for the courage and 'evotion of the crown forces in Ire i'd. This was adopted 03 to SS. and the motion as thus amended was adopted by exclamation amid ministerial cheers.
 It was difficult, said MT. Asquith, to speak with restraint of Sundays assas- sinations in Dublin.
 They were cruel, cold -blooded mur- der" he continued and can only have been the work of men who have lost all sense of humanity and honor, The very gravity of such crimes as these---I am afraid it's mistake to say they are decreasing-makes it all the more nec- | essary that England shall be able to counter with clear front and clean hands"
 ! cheered rising to answer My. As quith.
 The vast majority of the people of Ireland are not in favor of murder he said. They want peace and they are getting peace because of the forces of the crown are breaking the terror" 1 Sir Hamar declared the vast ma ftHFN Nf Ix.tu .11 best of terms with the soldiers and the police.
 The murder gang in lreland,' he l continued. tissues a document known as the Irish republican bulletin, and 1 that murder gang sends the Bulletin to persons in England and to newspapers ] in England. Some of them publish it. l What amazes mes that the London | Liberal Fede FpN la actually used the bulletin ea4 hAs based 1t on a tcharge Of rep ass sOeeetled and crcu- lated without 5Ay comio5nt except this: 1 Display this errniuensty wherever you can
 ] The right ossDrnbsA Gentleman (afr. Asquith) is DfessEepE Nf that fedora. l tion," Sir Ha shsAr addeds .-a..-.sas-..at -s
 Sir Hama aotso kasst Mr. Asquith had referred sp he eosnments of aii American etff ss;S},fa@fis
 TRY TO D&MAGEg ENGLAND
 We hays esesAf4 Knowledge" con-
 tinued the eaief sAsfefary, that somo
 of these erlcy tha Hospitality of tn, murder garg itsSl% fn Ireland. They send their uattes ic America to hurt Anglo-Amef sriendship and do thei, best to darake. thiF empire.
 T could s@1a the papers that havo published the notable falsehooos, but the last election In America has been an adequate response. Those who set | AF, rather than Anglo-American friend ship, were covered with defeat' As regarded the reprisal charges, the chief secretary declared there was not
 single authenticated case of anything called reprisal having taken place
 under an officer. He cited an n- stance of soldiers who lost their heads
 because of the murder of lieutenant
 of whom they were very fond and
 started firing. Another officer, said
 Sir Hamar, drew revolver and threat
 ened to kill any soldier who did not
 cease shooting, with the result that the
 men stopped.
 FORCES DAILY GROWING The crown forces. declared the chiei secretary. were daily growing: that
 more of them were being mnrd dered. but
 that was because they were asserting
 the authority of the erowa. Extracts
 from q document which he said had
 been recently captured. were read to
 show that f75, 900 had been spent in or-
 ganizing the staff of the republican
 army since July. This. he said, was the
 center of the murder gang" and that
 it was from this center that in soms
 cases ft00 per skull of the police and
 military had been paid.
 T. Specific instructions for tho manu-
 fracture of certain high explosives had
 been discovered. the chief secretary de-
 clared. and two carefully detailed plans
 for the destruction of a large power-
 house in Manchester and of docks in
 Liverpool had been found. Tn the Liv-
 erpool case. he said among the details
 were instructions regarding action at el points involving the use of 800
 pounds of geignite
 Reading other documents showing the effect of the present policy of ths goverpment. Sir Hamer quoted a state-
 ment From high republican army of
 ficer to the effect tha. the "eneny', had
 found very effective method of dis rupting the republican -mv's move lments. The officer said a sort of terror
 was creeping in and d.soF-sa nization isetting in in many cases. The officer
 added that if the volunteers were dls-
 rupted all was lost
 Sir Hamar concluded by claiming that no country in the world had 10 deal / with such a campaign of murder and , outrage as England had to deal with In : Ireland. but said the government was 7 succeeding in it's efforts to stamp # , out. The sim Fein forces mad disap- |, peared he declared except lA back
 room meetings for propaganda; the l boycott had been broken. and It's ugls , sister intimidation, was going: hunger [ striking had ended and the Irish repub- f.af f.I-a.