The Mena weekly star., 1920-04-08
.N|ARCHY HOLDS
 IRELAND IN GRIP
N Fein, Avoiding Open Warfare, edoubIes Acts of Terrorism-Uses 3onabs and Fire As Weapons
 Few Attempts on Lives.

Dublin. April 5.-Easter found Ire
 d in the grip of anarchy. From all
 :ts of the island came reports of
 Aoks on police barracks, incendiary
 ss in government buildings and of.
 es, in which tax records were de
 oyed, and attempts on human life.
 was the greatest Sim Fein coup in
 Although the government was pre-
 red tor revolutionary outbreak
 Dublin. like that of 1916, there was
 attempt at an armed uprising. h.
 sad. the sinn Fein pursued more baf-
 ng tactics.
 On Last night a total of seventy-one
 lice barracks and stations had been ny ther blown up or burned Twenty ,u 10 revenue offices were destroyed, :" gether with their income tax records Ills Ip tho Raids Three Thousand Men.
 The authorities at Dublin castle esti-
 ate that between two thousand and
 rec thousand men participated in In e various raids. rfost of them were
 ell armed, going about their work
 de1V1lction in military formations.
 is said that the commander of the :. '0tected with great secrecy, directed ~ le raids
 Among the police barracks shattered jth bombs, or burned, were those at tough, Tough, BrickIand, Rostrevor, al ff1Ilck, Castle Townsend and Skib- ]o green. Most of the attackers wore laske.
 By burning the records of the gov rntnent tax offices they destroyed th 1eplaceabe records deemed to be ii { Fundamental importance to the of laintenance of the government, altho A fficia1s said the taxes would be re- ,. ssossed.
 's Ten armed men entered the resi- U ence of Kieran Flynn at Gurteen, led ' Inn out and shot him down on his ie wn doorstep In County Mayo two olicemen were fired on from ambush Y nd se%srely wounded.
 Troops Couldn't Stop Them.
 Complete reports, which cannot be nd for some time, owing to the sever . lnc6 Of Telephone and telegraph wires, Ire expected to show that the out. freaks were even more widespread md destructive than is indicated by Idvfces now to hand
 H,Indreds of armed men participated n the various attacks on assessment sssss;..Ss ;.s elaborate preparations to put Flown the slightest disturbance, the raiders were able to accomplish their denfructfon even in the city of Dublin, @Ae&4:zIz4 troops were especially alert and h great force
 At 6 o'clock last night not one arrest had be6n made.
 Tho fact that the raids occurred almost Simultaneously and apparently h conformity with schedule indicted that this Sort of activity will feature a new pnase -of Sim Fein resistance to British authority in the country.
 Kept Fire Department Busy.
 Police and military vigilance in Dub. lin were set at naught by the work nanIfke, undemonstrative methods oS the tax office raiders. So far as could be observed, the police were ignored that anything was amiss until the damage had been done and fire en- zines were shrieking through the streets to several simultaneous cen ters Of trouble.
 Another civilian was found shot to- day. The man. picked up on the out skirfs of town, had soldiers liberty pass bearing the name of Laurence Mckenzie. He is in serious condi- tion.
 The military and civil authorities and their subordinate forces, the tronps and constables spent an anxious and uneasy night preceding the dawn Of E4ster Sunday. Dublin was like a eity occupied by an invading army. Every Inlet to the town was guarded by troops, barbed wire barricades were thrown up in the suburban dis tric<a Of Rathfarnham. Detachments Of Tommies with rifles and bayonets md wearing steel hats guarded stra- s tes1c points on the Glasnevin, Drum oondra, Malahide and Chapel roads.