The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-24
GREAT ROUNDUP
OF PRISONERS IS
MADE IN DUBLIN
Three Slain by Military in
Attempt to Escape From
Guard Room.
EVERY ROAD is CLOSED
New Killings, Arrests and
Burnings Are Reported
Unofficially.
SITUATION INTENSIFIED
Brutality Of Murders Has
Caused RevulsiOn Against
Violent Faction.
EVERY ROAD IS CLOSED
SITUATION INTENSIFIED

Special Cable to THE NEW York HERALD.
Copuioht, 1920. by THE NEW YORK HERALD.
DUBLIN, Nov. 23.-A sinister battle
line is being drawn tighter and tighter
in Dublin and throughout all Ireland
tonight The police and military are
proceeding with a fine-tooth combing
of this city and locality. The prisons
are all overflowing. Indeed, the Gov
ernment is reaching the climax of its
efforts to root out the militant ele-
ment of the Sim F'ein, and the next
few days may tell the story of the
success or failure Of it's campaign.
Before to-night's raids commenced
Il was learned that score OF men
were arrested last night, but 1t Is
probable that the number OF arrests
made then was nowhere near as great
as the Governments haul to-day.
The military has taken possession oil
every road, bridge and byway, refusing
rassage even into the suburbs. They
are confident the Sim Fein gunmen who
terpetrated the massacre last Sunday
are still in the city and they are search-
ing every nook and Granny for them
No house Is exempt. Indeed, several
loyal Unionists were startled tonight
by the arrival Of grim detachments de-
manding admission and the right tc
search the premises. One officer ex'
planned
1--WE are taking no chances tonight
Nobody who has servant knows whom
he may be harborinG."
City Combed for Suspects.
Although the curfew hour is IL
o'clock, the Crown forces clamped dowr
the lid in several localities an hour be
fore the time set, meanwhile throwina
cordons around the districts and permit
ting not a soul TO pass. even army
officers off duty being detained. Behind
this impervious screen dozens of houses
were searched thoroughly. floors being
torn up, pianos taken apart and even gas
pipes sounded
Llorry loads OF prisoners were taker
last night and this morning. In broad
daylight-at IL o'clock this morning
the entire square around the Dublin
County Councils offices was isolated and
the offices OF the Council and other build
ings combed.
The best indication OF the severity oi
the Governments new programme is con.
tanned in the official account of the kill
ing of three Dublin men, when, it was
alleged, they attempted to escape from q
guardroom, which was formerly detective
Headquarters, but which Is now held by
the military.
Peter Clancy, Richard Mckee and q
man named McCalune were arrested ir
the raids last Sunday and lodged in o
guard room, sharing the same beds and
food with the guards. Clancy, accord
ing to a statement issued at Dublin
Castle. was the proprietor of a Repub.
lican store, which was rarded recently
and which had been the scene of two
killings. Both Of these killings. 1t was
charged. were q part OF 4 long series
of deaths OF policemen and Sim Feir
adherents, one avenging the other.
Although Dublin Castle has for lone
time had evidence of Clancys Repub.
lican affiliations. the statement contin'
ues, he was not disturbed until recently
and not arrested until last Sunday. The
the men implicated in the attempt tc
assassinate Viscount French, Lord Lieu
tenant Of Ireland, a year ago. and that
later he participted in the holding UP OF
military car and subsequently in the
robbing of the gelgnite depot In Arklow
The other two men arrested wer,
described as officers OF the Irish Repub
lican Army Mckee, with whom wer,
taken documents containing instructions
for making high explosives. was said tC
have been controller OF the explosive
supplies of the Irish Republican Army
Tried TO Bomb Guards.
The Dublin Castle account of thC
killing OF these men says they waited
until II o'clock A. NJ. when they knew
the garrison was all occupied. and ther
they attempted to kill their guards with
MINIS bombs which they had stolen, but
which failed to explode. Then they
seized rifles. All three OF the men wer,
killed when an officer rushed In on then
firing at them and also enabling thu
guards to fire at them.
There are many instances on boti
sides Of shooting first and asking ques
tlons afterward Not only do both side
accept unceasng belligerency as a mat
ter OF fact, but the neutral part Of th'
population and persons who do not bacl
up their political belief with firearms
realize they are living IN an actual bat
tie area In which they may be under di
rect fire at any moment. This situation
has produced twofold effect. II hal
driven many passive. theoretical Repub
licans into the ranks Of the fightini
Irish Republican army and It is drivinl
many other Irishmen TO emigrate.
Tho strain Is evident everywhere. Peo
pie hurry on their way with strained
faces and talk. even with their intlmates
In a strained fashion. If Il Is possible
to gauge the sentiment at all under th'
circumstances. it Is to say there is--ant
has been--a distinct revulsion agains
the violent section OF the Sim Feln. due
to the extreme brutality of their worl
Sunday morning
on the other hand there has been q
frightful hardening of sentiment against
the Black and Tans," following theii
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