Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-29
|CL0SE PARLIAMENT
TOPUBL|C
AGAINST IRISH PLOT
Liverpool Dock Fires Believed
Result of Sim Fein
Conspiracy. !, ..,.'..
EXTRA. POLICE ON. DUTY !.
AT HOUSE APPROACHES

American "Gunmen" Reported to
Have Appeared in Londonderry.
May Have Been in Liverpool.
| By the Associated Press.
MACROOM, Counfy Cork, Ire
| land, November D-Fifteea anxil-,
larry police cadets were killed, and
one cadet mortally wssnAeA n the
result OF an ambush BY between 70
and 100 men near KilnicAael,
southwest Of here. last evening.
Another OF the cadets h Aissi1g.
| LONDON, November 80. Edward
shortt. the home secretary. declared
in the house OF commons this after
noon. in reply to questions regarding
Saturday nights incendiary dock hres
in. Liverpool that there seemed no
doubt that the fres were the result Of
an organized conspiracy In which
members of the Sinn- Fein party. were
| engaged.
According to the latest information.
| added the home secretary, the aitnA-
ton in Liverpool was well In haoA..;
The public galleries Of the house OF
commons were closed thia afternoon
and the approaches to the houses. OF
| parliament guarded by extra police
| as a precaution against possible un-
toward Incidents. following the dts
closure of an alleged Sim Fetn con-
spiracy for operations in England.
Warning Reeeived-Today. T. I,
mons,~in answer to a, question that
he had ordered the galleries closed rs
a result of Information he had re-
ceived from the chief commissioper
| today. e..
The latest sinn Fein DEVELOPMENTS in
England We're discussed at an i'm
portant conference this afternoon at
| No. 10 Downing street. the; ofRcial
residence Of: Premier Lloyd. George.
| between members OF the government
and the heads Of the police orYaaixa-
tions. 80 =. 49,. = as--sF-e -, rgs,
The conferees included the ,prSnafer
Winston Spencer Churchill, seefetary
for war; Sir Hamar .qreenwood.s j chief
secretary for. ireland; ! .f51eaier
the heads OF the Meifop0litanf Csiice
and Scotland Yard, = ,tt
| . NsWe Asyisp lsspkessss Il I; n
| The closing of the pubic ,kAtleFiss
'ofsthe house eof cotnmons follovsd
this meeting. =
Asms ,ssetssasy sSssses x6usien
ssssii Ut ksnI."" q prssdSsSs;y sn ,nsss,s Ss1ns
that nlAxsurea have. been sta1An Tor
the safeguarding OF ;prop6ffx. there
against further attempt1, sGt d1struc-
ton; There have besn, no reperts3 Of
day nights incsndiafy nrxs On the
docks. which involved. we'll toward .
score of warehouses and destroyed
at least two Of theni,, causiHg damage
estimated to run into hu1dreds OF
hand, Il is = noted that S neas 81 adyicss WIGS
on the Liverpool situation baye ,been
meager since Sundays 'aecbunt ,-of
the fncendiarisms and accoShpanying
shootings came to hand. nearly III
the references, to the ,happenfrks have
borne London dates, and upA to- this
afternoon nothing had. been received
from usual news SOURCES 2S to any
occurrences in Liverpool during the
course Of last night or today,
Reports Of 9. 8. ,"Gsnnes.S
American. "gunmen" are said to
! have made their appearance in Lon-
donderry. Ireland. according to aa-
vices received here today. The pres
ence Of these nercenaries in Dublin
and other Irish cities has previously
been reported. The military 5sauthori-
ties Of Londonderry are taking Ill
precautions in the event Of attempted
assassinations
The police Of Liverpool. dispatches
from that city shy. Also believe Amer
ican 'gunmen" have invaded Liver.
pool. The police cfaim to have es-
tablished connection between Sim
Fein headquarters and numerous
strangers who. are idltng about the
having the appearance Of despeta-
does. - - t:sT -
what at first might have been mis-
taken for a genuine move upon the
government buildings in whitehall
was made this morning when . small
crowd attempted to pass the bartier9
recently erected by the police AZ the
entrances to Downing street and KfNg
Charles street. Tho crowd, however,
was made up Of about $50 supsrnum-
pany for Photographic purposes only.
The mob" whose attempt At the
barricade was . mild one, was dis
persed by the police, the camera men
meantime cranking vigorously.
The Evening Telegram saya: =.
IAN orgy OF outrage xad .destrcction
believed to have been engSneebed'shY
Sim FelnerB was carried ont on nstwe1ve,
cotton warehouses and several timtar
wards here. Several fres yere bNfu-
ing at once, neceosftatihg . call for
the assistance Of outlying IRE bfigades.
Many Of the Ores still are burning
Plst II Uneevetea.. i.--~,t
A dispatch to the Press Association
from Liverpool. says: ,.> -
IAN alarming outbreak Of Sinn Fein'
violence occurred Saturday night
shortly before 8 o'clocie. Fires bfeke
out simultaneously both In tho scum
and north :ends Of Liverpool and aJaD
in Rootle -.-.---L - e. :. - .
''There were ssvea hres In Rootle
and eleven in various parts Of Avsr-
"subseauent disooversss revealed q
well planned Slim Fetn ps0t to spreAd
& holocaust Of fire among th0i wit0-
houses in tho dock area The 0rea
were spread over ainnoat All Of ehs
whole seVsn miles. Of tbs = Dck ,aSoa.
Owing to the inflAInsnAAaA Aoeurs
Of the contents Of. tAa. NAfa1on0eD
the flames quickly Hnlnea, . sGfopg
hold. and by O'Clock IN the mefn-
ing the whole sky was ne .uH TIE
with the situa&ion and veee OAhgpd .
to cali brigadcs from other suburbA
The police commandeereAs AL teie-
phone wires and took all steps to pra-
vent further outbreaks by concentrat-i
ing policemen along the line OF docke.
"1hree youths. watching the suspi
cious movements OF two men At TIM
cotton warehouse In lParataRent
street, warned the p0lice. who chak
Ieneed the suspectar d Thefoupon tk-
latter bolted ana hyed Mpop' tho police,