Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-18
BARRIER REMOVED
IN IRISH MEASURE
Government Has Accepted
Proposal Framed by
House of Lords.
By the Associa ted Press


LONDON. December 1S.-When the
amended Irish home rule bill reached
the house of commons from the house
OF lords this afternoon 1t was an
nounced by Sir Laming WorthinKton-
Evans, for the ministry, that the
government accepted the proposal
framed by the upper house regarding
the Irish council. This removed the
only outstanding difference between
.ae houses and indicated the speedy
adoption OF the bill.
The house Of lords last night agreed
to virtually all the amendments to
the bill made by. the honse Of COM
mans, changing them only, to provide
tnat the Irish council should not be
elected ey nroportionl represents
should retsin the right OF noi1insffnr
the president Of the council
The lower house today amended
the tords' proposal that II either Area
In Ireland refused to set up = pAfifa-
ment. the executive could not make
the oner second time. unless within
Eparliamept adopted = resolution ask
ing for 1t. On motion OF the govern
ment the house pAsSed an alheudmert.
by q vote Of ITS to- ~, making the
time limit three years after June /
next. .-, 4 =
The bill this afternoon was return
ned to the house Of lords, which will
consider it Monday.
Tvo, soldiers KHlea. -.
DUBLIN. December 1.-THE am
bushing Of two military lorries yes
terdaya between Mitchelstown, County
Cork. and Galbally, County limerick,
was oncialiy announced today. Two
soldiers were killed and two others
wounded in these AFFAIR.".
business section of Dublin was raid
ed by the police this evening follow
ing the shooting Of District inspector
O'Sulltvan OF Dublin Castle. The in
spector was passing a fancy fair in
Henry street, accompanied by a Miss
Moore. to whom he was engaged to
be married. 49,
Inspector O'Sullivan died in a hos
pitai an hour after the shooting. He
was fired upon by two masked ci-
villains.
O'Suliivan. who was employed in
the inspector generals ONCE in Dub
lin Castle, was wearing civilian
clothes. Henry street, one Of the
busiest thoroughfares in the city, was
thfckly crowded with workers re-
turning home when the murder oc-
Cured.
yards of the Nelson Pillar. Two men
suddenly fred point blank at o'Sulli-
van. who fell. Miss Moore seized the
revolver Of one Of the assailants of
OSullivan and prevented him from
firing again. but the other man dis
charged his weapon into the prone
body.
J A crowd Immediately surrounded
the group. but, according to the off,
cial report, when 1t was learned the
victim was a policeman, the people
restrained from interfering.
Miss Moore recently received a let
| ter purporting to have been sent by
| to cease going with OSullivan.
Dublin .Castle FortiAea.
In order to prevent a surprise at
Dublin Castle was being strongly
fortified today. In the northwest cor
| ner Of the castle the street was closed
| and barbed wire barricades were
| placed.
Dublin Castles weekly summary Of
| tains leading articles on the "truce
talk" which it terms Just simple
plain propaganda"
Two monasteries were raided by the
| military and police in Dublin this
morning. They arrested two priests
one Of them Father Dominic. who
| was chaplain to the late Terence Mac
| Swiney. The other priest was re-
| leased later. but Father Dominic was
held -
Out of the crop of rumors circulat.
ing in Dublin regarding q renewal OF
efforts toward peace between England
and the Sinn Fein organisation. there
emerged an interesting report that the
military authorities in Ireland actu.
ally began negotiations last week fol
a conference to arrange q truce
According to this report, which Is
] accepted as true by those in close
| touch with these developments, the
overtures came from the republicans
and one meeting was held to consider
/! the preliminaries. Then came the
Cork fires, which are said to have SO
incensed the republicans that they
broke or the discussions. Interme.
diaries now are trying to induce them
to meet again with the military an.
| thorities.
BELFAST. December Is.-Constable
| Shannon was killed and a sergeant
was wounded by armed men who at.
ltacked the constables while they were
on patrol last evening at Swanlinbal
village. County Cavan. Another con-
stable was'wounded when armed men
visited his home. The military. later
Smade- three arrests =