The Washington times., 1920-05-17
BRITAIN WOULD AWE
IRISH W|THF0RTS'
engIand's New Policy" Will Be
Stern Repression OF
Terrorism
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murdered. The week also was char
acterized by what Sim Feiners claim
ed were new outbreaks by the anu
Sim Fein terrorist-murder organtza-
tion. They attributed the murder OF
Joseph Dalton. Limerick, on Saturday
night, to this body.
news agency report here To-Day
said II was understood martial law
would be proclaimed throughout all
Ireland within the next few days.
Barbed wire has been shipped TO the
island In connection with General
Macready's new defensive measures
the agency reported.
British officials made no secret OF
the fact they were doing all In their
power to prevent return OF Eamon De
Valera, the Sim Fein president
from the United States.
EstskIish Own Courts.
The Sim Feiners in Ireland have
established their own courts. accord
ing to the Daily Express. dispatch
to this newspaper today described the
setting up of Sim Fein court IN
the Carnegie Hall, at Dingle, where
three men were tried for larceny.
During the proceedings four specta'
tors were arrested and put on trial
on the charge OF stealing old age
covered and restored to the post
mistress at Ventry. where 1t had been
stolen.
An unconnrmed rumor Is current
In Dublin that the proposal has been
made to the British government that
the Ulster Volunteers be employed to
protect property in northern Ireland
and that the proposal has been favor
ably received, said a Dublin dispatch
to the Standard today. The Ulster
Volunteers were forced by the Union
lists in Ulster province to oppose irish
home rule by force of arms.
New Reign OF Terror.
The week end saw another flare
up of violence in many parts of Ire
land. In addition to the fatal pitched
battle in the streets of Londonderry.
numerous attacks were made against
constabulary barracks.
The barracks at Gormanstown were
burned. and Dublin castle reports
depredations against eight empty
police barracks and several coast
guard stations in the counties or
Kerry and Cork. One. and perhaps
two men were killed by rifle and re-
volver fire at Londonderry.
Countess Markiewicz.. who was
elected to Parliament on the Sim
addressed a crowd at Dublin attired
in a uniform of "Commardant of
the Sim Fein Army" Dispatches
quoted her as saying:
Tanks and airplanes could not COW
the smallest boy in Ireland
Lord Cecil Faces About.
Lord Hugh Cecil, formerly one OF
the bitterest oponents of home rule,
in a letter to the Times. suggests that
the present Irish home rule bill be
dropped and that a statutory consti-
tuent assembly be set up Lord Hugh
Cecil proposes that tthe members OF
the assembly be elected according to
representation, and that
the body meet within eighteen months
time. His plan goes even further.
suggesting that a new bill be drawn
up, including scheme for an Irish
republic IL II is wished.
The letter advises that in the in
terim before the assembly meets the
British government suppress murder
and other violence in Ireland. but al
low full freedom of press and speech.
1t proposes that the assistance of the
religious element be sought to make
the plan successful.
The Daily Graphic states that
pronouncemento from the Vatican on
Irish affairs may be expected soon.
but that it has been delayed by the
inability of the Roman Catholic hier-
archy to agree upon the Sim Fein
question.