The Washington times., 1920-11-29
OFFICERS ARE WARNED.

OF Irish Republicans il they refuse.
according 10 a dispatch from that city
to the Evening News.
\ policeman was shot dead and
police sergeant was wounded in an
attack at Castlemartyr.
Reprisal violence broke out at Mul-
linGar and Black and Tan policemen
were reported to have bombed the
town. \ fifteen-ycar- old boy was
killed.
Two persons wcro shot at Thurlcs.
l.ootin broke out at Cork during
:nother flare up of inccndiarism.
Soldiers dispersed the lootcrs.
II II reported in Londonderry. says
tho Evening N~ws correspondent.
arrived from tho United States.
The Irish Onicc later issued a
formal dcniaI Of the report
I'VE now have tho most efficient
secret scrVic" in tho world and We
certainly would know it If professions
al gunmen were imported from the
United States by tho tcrrorists." said
an official OF the Irish office.
WILL TRY PRISONERS.
Tho same government department
denied that tn" Irish now being in
termed would be treated as prisoners
OF war 1t was stated that the trials
Of the prisoners would be opened
within week and that evidence
secured by troops and police would bc
used as the basis of the prosecution.
The government Will seek long terms
OF Imprisonment instead OF minor
sentences as formerly.
Scotland Yard has created a splcn-
did department to deal with tho
spread Of Irish violence to England
Squads OF detectives were dispatched
today to strategic points. Firemen
were under special orders to be on
the alert.
Sir Basil Thompson. who succeeded
Sir Nevil Macready as head of Scot
! land Yard and chief of the mctropoli-
| tan police. conferred with members
of the government on further meas
ures of police precaution. The guards
about Whitehall. where many gov
crnmept buildings arc located, have
been triplcd
| Extraordinary measures have been
! taken to protect Sir Hamar Green
wood and his whole family. Secrc.
service agents had reported the dis
| covcry OF evidence that Sim Feincrs
are especially inccnsed over tho Of
| fetal attitude taken by Sir Hamar
and have marked his family for re-
prisal.
SCENT BOLSR.ENIk PLOT.
! Some of the newspapers took the
view that the Sim Fcincrs are not
| wholly responsible for the latest vio-
lcncc, but that Bolshcviks were also
| behind it. Communication with I.iv-
erpool was disturbed during the night.
and this led some OF the morning
| newspapers TO make the most sensa-
| tional declarations.
"a Sim Fein Attempt to Burn
Down Liverpool was the scare
head" used by the Daily Sketch
Starts in England" was the headline
over the Daily Express story.
II Is clear the governments round
a day too early to save the peace of
Great Britain, said the Chronicle.
"Still graver events are feared"
The Graphic asserted that the third
internationalc lthc communist organi-
zation OF RUSSIA was behind the
movement.
Government offices werc to have
been bombed Sunday, but the vigi-
lance of tho secret service frustrated
IT," said the Graphic.
MORE BARRICADES URGED.
ut is probable that more defensive
barricades will have to be erected in
London and elsewhere beforN long"
said the Daily Telegraph. THE poicy
of amnesty has been tried, hut failed.
The only way to deal with the con.
sptrators is with mcrciless extinction"
at is a dangerous mistake to sup.
nosn that this ia ppcrply tho 1ynrif of