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Murders of Irish
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Great Britain's worry during the war.
Had any one ever proposed "sucn
lunacy," he demanded. MS to allow Ire
land to obtain her independence, with
her own army and navy and her capac-
ity for assisting Great Britain's enc
mics?
No one wanted to manage Ireland's
domestic affairs. he said, but dangerous
weapons like armies and navics were
better under the control of the imperial
parliament, aud the government would
resist any attempt to give Ireland n
separate navy and army. The present
= home rule bill, he declared, would have
given Ireland every possible facility to
! manage her own domestic affairs.
/ In connection with the charge that
ireland assisted Germany during the
! war, Mr.. Lloyd George asserted that in
| l9l1 and 1913 the Irish were couspi
ing in connection with German sub
marine operations, and that there were
documents discovered in the pockets of
men arrested In 1918 showing that they
were prepared within two months Of the
German offensive-of which they knew
to raise a huge force In ireland ito
stab Great Britain In the back when
she was engaged in a life and death
struggle for the freedom of the world"
Cork, Ireland. Oct. 0.-(By A. P.)
Part OF the City Hall here was de.
stroyed by bombs at about o'clock
this morning. Six explosions were
heard and were followed by considerable
rife fire. SO far as known there were
no casualties.
The damage was chiefly confined u
the rooms in the west end of the build
ing. One Of these, which was used by
the water department. was burned out
by fire following the explosions, and the
department books and records for fifty
years were destroyed.
The blaze was prevented from
snreading by the stone partition walls.
The adjoining rooms, occupied by the
department Of public health, were dam
aged by explosions, the theory being
that bombs were thrown into them
through the windows.
Large pieces of castiron, like shell
cusings and bits of metal similar to
shrapnel were found in the debris.
The Offices Of the engineering depart
mcnt, above the wrecked rooms, were
not damaged, but many windows IN
front of the building were pierced BY
bullets. A bullet was fred through the
window of a room occupied by Daniel
Ring, the night watchman, who tele-
phoned for the fire brigade when the
first explosion occurred.
Firencn Halted
Although the curfew limit had ex.
pired an hour previous to the attack, the
fire brigade was halted by patrols at
Parnell bridge, leading to the Albert
Quay. upon which the city hall is sit
uated. The frcmen, after some delay.
were permitted to proceed. They sue
ceeded in Quenching the flames and
saving the remainder Of the building.
1t has not yet been decided whether the
fire was caused by an incendiary bomb
or from the ignition Of gasoline.
The reports on the occurrence say
that from four to six explosions took
place. Two explosions reported from
tho vicinity of the courthouse, in an
other part of the city, may be account
ed for by the fact that an arEored car
caught fire there from back firing.
Shortly after the explosions in the city
hall a newsboy bringing newspapers
from the railway station said he had
been fired upon by patrol as he was
crossing the bridge, but was not hit.
Quiet Is Restored
Barrack street, the scene of yeStcr-
days attack on military lorry, was
quiet throughout the night. This street
houses hundreds of working people, the
majority Of whom. fearing reprisals,
spent the night with relatives and
friends in the suburbs.
Few Of the people of Cork slept last
night. Firing was heard In various
parts of the city internationally through
out the night. beginning shortly after
II o'clock. The people still are in a
state of terror.
The only eye witness of the explo-
sions to be found said the first blast
occurred at 3 :57 o'clock and another
at :05, after which the flames burst
forth. An unexpoded hand grenade
was found in the City Hall this morn
ing.
London. Oct. 9.-(By A. P.)-Ter.
ence MaCSwiney, lord mayor Of Cork,
passed a fairly good night at Brixton
prison, where this morning he began
the fifty eighth day of his hunger
strike, said a bulletin issued this fore
noon by the Irish Self Determination
Nevertheless. he was in very
weak and exhausted condition this
the bulletin declared.