The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-11-06
BLAME LAID ON
GREAT BRITAIN
For Atrocities in Ireland Fol-
lowing Funeral Of Terence
MacSwiney.

Dublin. Nov 6--Q. N. s.)L-Despits
the, announcement by Sir Hamat
Greenwood, chief secretary for ireland.
that stern punishment is being admins
istersd to stop reprisal atiacksaby the
Arthur Griffith. Sim Fein N ~ of
parliament and acting presIf .%Y the
Irish republic, today chargf Brit
ish government with full islblits
for for the "s,rocitiesr thai iollGw e. ed
Grifilth accused the n police and
soldiers OF "frightfu 5 that SUR
passed the outraged III " Germans In
Belgium during tn s VIZ His state
ment In full folloy IN
an inquiry sSH into rocitIss sS @ its rs'IsSs ToS.
ernment forces areseommitting in ire
land, convicts the British government
OF instigating and directing them.
"The attempt OF the English govern :
ment's spokesman TO pretend that the
atrocities are reprisals car. deceive no
one who has been In Ireland. The
atrocities now ybeing perpetratod In Tree
land are part OF a calculated plan by
the English ministry some time ago In
the vain hope of breaking the spirit and
the win of the Irish nation.
"The constitutional expression OF the
will OF the Irish nation 4pgistered at
the general election OF 1917 was met by
an arbitrary decree from the English
government declaring the duly elected
representatives OF Ireland an illegal
body and banning the nationa; and po-
litical organizations which three
fourths of the people Of Ireland sup
ported.
"a policy Of repression based upon
nocturnal raids, arrests and imprison-
ments was pursued toward the peo-
themselves. The restraint with which
this policy was endured did not avail
to abate its rigors and ar time passed
repression became more brutal. II was
calculated and provocative. The press
that exposed and condemned the evil
policy was suppressed or. threatened
with suppression. Public meeting was
interdicted and all the organic means
by which n nation expresses itself were
sourht to be stined.
political speakers, whose business
II was TO denounce men for their opin-
ions. and agents provocateur, whose
work II Yves to instigate outrage, were
scattered through the country Conse
uuences that inevitably flowed from the
efforts to treat the lawfully registered
vote OF the people as crime, and the
electors and their representatives NJ
criminals were In turn used as an ex-
cuse before the world for saokinE iriah
towns and villages. the destruction ~
Irish factories. crenmcriesl Mnst5uusineSa
houses. the burning OF Irish homes,
homeateads and hnrvests and the. mur-
der OF Irish citizens until today through
out the major part Of Ireland system
Of terrorism and destruction surpaHs-
ing ANYTHING alleged against the Ger1
mans In Belgium in the late war IL
established and carried on by the
armed forces Of the English govern-
mert.
"Tjnder this system the following are
being perpetrnted.
II. Assassination OF irish citizens
"2 The burning OF Irish factorlea,
crenmerIes and harvestB.. . 80
's. Looting OF private property.
~. Saeking Of towns and villages.
"5.. Nocturnal raids. arrests ana
w. Marderous aHsaults on clergy
men and iaymen,
N TorturinG OF political priepnoiHs
IS. StoppaseN Of inquests % tnur.
20. Exruision Of workmsn from their
',iO Arming Of orangemen on the
north coast Of Ireland.
III. Payment OF Orangemen ~ .po-
liconen and the incitcment Of religious
disfensions.
''our country Is In agony, but can
say that the spirit OF freedom win never
be rooted cut by mlltarism."