The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-01
.SINN FEIN DON
BRITISH UNIFORM
Charges Made Reprisals Are
Faxed by Irish Reds.
Black and Tan Police Quit
Rather Than Face Charges.
REPRISALS ORDERED STOPPED
Six More Police Are Murdered
From Ambush.
More Raids and Counter Raids
Are Reported.
REPRISALS ORDERED STOPPED

London, Oct. with the Irish
situation described by high govern
ment officials as most unsatisfac-
tory" the British cabinet met today
to act to end the reign of murder and
reprisal in Ireland.
Charges that Sim Feiners donning
soldiers uniforms, have been respon-
sible for destruction which was de-
scribed as police reprisals were re-
ceived by the Irish office. The cabinet
has ordered a thoro investigation of
ambushes and counter attacks, and re-
liable reports said the two chief Off
GERS in Ireland will be exonerated.
Resignation of 1877 "black and tan"
members of the royal Irish constabu-
larry at Gormanstown has resulted
from the British governments declara-
ton against police reprisals in Ireland,
according to the Daily Herald.
Police Quit Jobs.
Dublin advices reported two ships
were raided in the harbor there dur
ing the night by sixteen armed men
who obtained revolvers and ammuni-
ton Two policemen were killed at
O'Brien's bridge in County Clare.
Officer Summoned to Probe.
Major General MacReady has been
summoned from Ireland to report to
the cabinet on police reprisals, the
Star declared today. AS anticipated,
reprisals quickly followed shooting Of
a policeman at Drimoleague Thurs
day. Last night armed men raided
the town and burned stores.
Terence MacSwiney began his fif-
tieth day of hunger striking today,
suffering more pain than at any time
since his imprisonment The lord
mayor had no sleep after midnight
and complained of severe pains in his
arms and back.
Police Patrol Ambushed.
Belfast, Oct. IA police patrol was
ambushed yesterday near Tubber-
curry, County Sligo, by a large party
of armed civilians. District Inspector
Brady was shot dead, the head con-
stable gravely wounded and another
constable less seriously wounded. I'm
confirmed reports say several houses
have been burned in reprisal.
Head Constable O'Hara and Con-
stable Brown were wounded. Tub
bercurry is q town of 500 inhabitants.
Residents were reported preparing for
flight from the swift vengeance ex-
pected from "black and tan" police.
Brady, it was gathered from reports
here, headed a patrol which was sur
prised in the darkness by band of
Sim Feipers. There was no report of
casualties among the attackers
Sein Fein in Charges.
. Dublin, Oct. 1.-CnarSeS tnaC the
reprisals in ireland were a calculated
policy of the government. that the oc-
casion for them was often afforded by
the provocation of agents, and that a
plot exists for the assassination of the
Irish republican leaders were made to-
day by Arthur Griffith, founder of the
Sim Fein organization.
Warning against reprisals, no mat
ter what the. provocation, was given
the royal Irish constabulary today by
Sir Hamar Greenwood, the chief Sec
retary of Ireland in a speech on the
occasion of d distribution of medals.
He dwelt upon the provocation, which
had been given the police, of whom
1913 have been murdered and ITO
wounded and 565 police barracks have
been burned.
The body of Magistrate Lendrum,
who was reported kidnapped by Sim
Feiners, was found today. in a coffin
near the railway station at Kilmurry,
West Clare.
Further reprisals were feared as the
police recently threatened to sack
three towns if Lendrum was not sur
rendered alive and well.
Two Constables Shot.
Limerick, Ireland, Oct 1.-Two con-
stables were shot and killed near
O'Brien's bridge last night when a
police patrol was fired, upon.