The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-14
British Auxiliary, Accused of
Setting Fire to Cork, With
drawn From City.
U. S. INTERVENTION URGED
Messages Sent to American
Administer Martial Law.
Administer Martial Law.

black and tan police, who were &C,
cused in Cork of setting fire to the
CITY. were withdrawn from Cork dur
the Daily News. 1t stated that thC
British military authorities strongly
censured the black and tans for their
conduct In Cork, Martial law in Cork
- being administered by English
troops.
Lord Mayor o'Callaghan. OF Cork
and two Sim Fein members of parlia :
ment from Cork county, J. ]. Walsh
and IL. Roiste. have united in an APP
peal for American Intervention in Ire
iand, according to a Cork dispatch.
a. message was sent to the American
ambassadors in various European coun-
tries, saying:
Fer the. past week the people OF
Cork have been held up in the streets
and robbed and shops have been looted.
citizens We're publicly whipped and
shot and in many cases burned alive
The principal bushes quarter of the
city was bombed. burned and destroyed
py armed forces of the crown. In the
name OF humanity the tortured people
are seeking protection from savage
tyranny and urge immediate interven-
Ion by your government"
Investigation in Progress.
London, Dec. 14.-Investigation by
military commission of the fires
which swept the city of Cork on sat
urday night and Sunday was expected
to be completed there today. Mai
Gen. Strickland, commander of mill
tary FORCES in Ireland, is the head of
the commission, and the taking of evil
dence began yesterday.
Announcement of the commissions
nndings was awaited with keen in
terest. as the question of who was
responsible for the fires in Cork has
assumed great importance since the
confiagration. In the absence of clear
evidence, rival elements have been
doing their utmost to fix the blame
on the auxiliary police or the Irish eX-
tremists, respectively.
Sir Hamar Greenwood, chief secre-
tary for Ireland, 5 peaking in the
house of commons last night, asserted
not start the fires. and pointed out
they We're not equipped with incendi-
airy bombs, which, news dispatches
asserted, were used to spread flames
IN Cork. Prospects of truce in Ire
land appear to have been blasted by
the most recent events in that island,
declared Sir Hamar.
Telephone service between England
and Dublin, which was interrupted
last night, was resumed this morn
ing. The break in communication
gave rise to much speculation and
some anxiety here.
Dublin passed quiet night, said a
message to the Exchange Telegraph
company from that city this morning.
Fresh Disorders.
London, Dec. 14.-F'resh disorders
broke out at Cork today, accompanied
by shooting, according to information
Just received from that city.
1t is reported that there were some
casualties.
H., Bombed Black and Tans.
Dublin. Dec. IA detachment OF
black and tan policemen was bombed
by three civilians near Bilisbridge
postoffice today. The attackers fled
in motorcar, pursued by policemen
in military lorry. but escaped.
No Wires to Dublin.
London, Dec. 14.--Telephone commu-
nication with Dublin, which was
broken during the night, was restored
this morning. No official explanation
was given of the interruption.