The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-30
BRITAIN CLAIMS
SINN FEIN HAS
DECLARED WAR
Slaughters Performed by Men
in Irish Uniform.
Friends of Sim Fein Warned to
Stay Away From Parliament.
MORE REPRISALS IN IRELAND
SmOuldering Ruins of Village
Mark Graves of Murdered.
City Hall and Other Buildings
at Cork Set AbIaze.
MORE REPRISALS IN IRELAND
SmOuldering Ruins of Village
Mark Graves of Murdered.

at COrk SET ADldZes
London, Nov. SO.-That the Sinr
Fein parliament has formally declared
d state of war with England was the
belief today of many officials of the
Irish office
The Irish office has no direct in
formation that war has been declared
by Dali Eireann, the Sim Finn par
Lament, but evidence is accommodating
to indicate that such step has been
taken.
Backed by the formal declaration.
Sim Fein forces have leaped to a re-
here and in Ireland.
Declare Slaughter Legal.
The Dublin murders, the attacks on
police patrols. eliminating in the
slaughter of sixteen black and tans at
Kilmichael, were accepted here as the
work of men who regarded themselves
as carrying on a legalized war.
The Sim Feiners who surrounded
the two police lorries at Kilmichael,
killing all but one of the patrols, wore
steel helmets according to dispatches
today. This was regarded as an at
tempt to conform to the regulations of
civilized warfare. Never before In any
such attack have the Sim Feiners ap-
pearcd in uniforms. Among docu-
ments pointing to a declaration of war
was a Dali Eireann decree printed in
the Freeman's Journal in Dublin. 1t
instructed persons that British SOL
diers wounded in action" should be
cared for,
This was supposed to be another eff
fort to observe the rules of warfare.
Sim Feiners heretofore have spoken
of their efforts as acts of war, but it
was believed here they are going to
gre; r lengths than ever before, sup
ported by a document to legaliZe their
actions. a.
British officialdom moved today in
fear second Guy Fawkes might at
tempt to blew up the houses of parlia-
inert.
While government offices function-
ed as usual the work was transacted
behind a screen of guards and only
in the presence of persons who had
proven their identity and their loyalty
to the government.
In the houses of parliament. many
plainclothes men circulated with the
crowds. They were expert marksmen.
ready for action. These sentries occu-
pied every point of vantage in all gov
ernment buildings particularly the
houses Of parliament. They were or
dcred to shoot to kill If any emer-
gency arose
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Members of parliament known to
lean toward the Sim Fein were warn
ed by outsiders to remain away from
the buildings. This was taken by
many to mean that a Guy Fawkes
plot was Matching. its instigators de-
string to save their friends.
The warning was disregarded by all
the Sim Fein sympathizers. They
took part in the sessions as usual and
without a sign of nervousness.
The Liverpool fires and the threat of
incendiarism in London was reflected
today in a great rush of fire insurance
IIovds reported an unprecedented de-
mand for policies.
Strong Guard Placed.
Altho no fires of consequence oc-
CURED last night, the guard here was
strengthened and additional squads
went on duty in Liverpool Southamp-
ton and at other ports. For some rea-
son it was believed plotters were es-
pecially anxious to cripple British
shipping. a strong guard was or
ganized in Glasgow also.
An incendiary bomb in the ware
house district here last night caused
trifling damage.
Rcprisals in Ireland.
Dublin. Nov. 3O.-Smouldering ruins
in the neighborhood of Macroom to-
day marked the funeral rites of six
Sunday night.
Immediate reprisals on the popula-
tion resulted in the burning of cot
tages, creameries and other buildings.
Word here was that Sir Hamar
Greenwood. chief secretary of ireland.
did not propose to check the police
too severely in Furnishing Sim Feiners
for the buscade.
Reports of the ambush today said
that from eighty to one hundred men
secretly hidden. poured a solid leaden
fire into the lorries.
The round of Sim Fein leaders con-
tinued uninterrupted today. Activity
here was marked last night by raids
on the newspapers as we'll as the Sim
Fein bank.
Belfast. Nov. 30.-The city hall at
Cork was set on fire this morning and
reports from that city state the Thomas
Ashe Sim Fein club and the Charlotte
quay are ablaze. Much damage has
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