Evening star., 1920-04-04
MILITARY TAKING
ALL PRECAUTIONS
TO CURB THE IRISH
Dublin Guarded as Not Since
1915-RevoIt May Not
MateriaIize.
By the Associated Press.

by Inc Associated Press.
DUBLIN, April 3.-The military
precautions in Dublin exceed any
thing Of the kind seen since Easter.
1915. Particular attention is being
paid by the military Gordon around
the city to loads of hay, which are
probed with bayonets, while even the
suburban street cars are stopped and
the passengers searched for arms.
At Finglas, on the north side of
the city. the military have taken pos
session of some unoccupied houses
and appear to contemplate stay for
few days.
Soldiers Occupy College.
st. Edna's College. at Rathfarn-
nam formerly conducted by Patrick
FearSe, who was executed during the
rebellion of 1916. is also occupied by
soldiers. They have erected a barri-
cade with barbed wires on the roads
outside of Cullenwood house. In
Rancelach, where Pearse's mother
lives. and the children's school kept
by Miss Duffy. sister of George Gavan
Duffy. who was identified with the
defense Of Sir Roger Easement and
Sim Fein representative at Paris
The residence of Miss Humphrey.
sister of ''The O'Reilly." who was
killed in the street lighting at the
time of the rebellion. was searched.
and Mrs. Humphreys son-in-law, a
student, was arrested
The Associated Press automobile
was held up by a soldier, who empha-
sized his demand for a search by
placing his bayonet uncomfortably
near.
Dublin Castle does not take serious
~ the reports of an outbreak. There
won't be any disturbance in Dublin"
said a well informed citizen. The ar
rival of large number of correspond
ents is taken as joke by an evening
paper, which heads their arrival with
spondents TO write about at last"
Armored Car Ready.
An armored car is stationed at tha
force the military guard there. Sol
diers unloaded fresh supplies of am
munition at Noranwell and conveyed
1t in motor cars, protected by armored
cars. through the city.
Dispatches from various parts of
OF affairs at Derry. Tipperary, Newry.
Limerick and other places.
The Freemen's Journal publishes
significant article headed Peaceful
Eastertide." In which it says: Let
the young men of Ireland remember
TO complete his triumph of destroying
the Irish is summed up in the sinis-
ter and savage advice which is going
the round of the clubs of the mill
tarists and die-hards-get them into
the streets The paper appeals to
the people for restraint and self
control.
The feeling in Cork, 1t is under
stood, is SO embittered by the murder
of Lord Mayor MacCurtain that any
thing may happen there. But so far
as Dublin is concerned. it is believed
that Viscount French. the viceroy,
will have to report. as did Lord VIM
burne couple of years ago on the
occasion of a similar scare, mot a
dog barked."
All Precautions Taken.
BELFAST, Ireland. April 3.-If an
Easter rising occurS-and in Ireland
it is not cXpected-it will not be from
lack of precautions on the part Of the
authorities. hTe visit TO Lord Pirrie
of Field Marshal Sir William Robert
son. who has been mentioned as the
possible successor to Gen. Sir Fred
erick Shaw as commander of the
troops in Ireland. will last until next
Tuesday.
Yesterday all automobiles passing
through the Hollywood military post,
near Belfast, were held up and the
good faith of the drivers tested. Two
raids on suspected Sim Fein premises
were made in Belfast yesterday.
The mayor of Londonderry today
was refused permission to visit Sim
Fein prisoners in the city Jail. as he
had not taken the oath as a magis-
trate.
LONDON, April 3-The appointment
of Sir Hamar Greenwood as chief sec
retary for Ireland is generally ap-
proved by the press. which comment
that Sir Hamar shows characteristic
courage.