, 1920-09-30

stationed, ten trucks full of then
started for Balbriggan. There theI
first set fire to the public houses and
a large number of private homes from
which they drove the people, and then
burned to the ground some of the larg>
est hosiery mills in Ireland. belonging
to an English firm. They wound up
the raid by numbering a barber and
a dairyman, both Sim Felners. SINH.
lar raids were made last week on
other Irish towns where the police had
been enraged by the killing or wound.
ing Of their comrades. In County
Clare a military truck In which were
q number of police was ambushed by
armed men and in the ensuing fight
four Of the officers were killed! The
police involved in the Balbriggan incl
lent were not members of the Royal
Irish constabulary, but recruits for
that force who, from their uniforms,
are known as "black and tans." In
the last two weeks more han twenty
policemen and soldiers and a score of
Sim Feiners have been killed in Ire
land, and large numbers on both sides
have been wounded.
Oswald Garrison Willard, who used
to be VIGOROUSLY pro-German and
anti-British, has formed a committee
of 100 Americans to investigate and
report publicly on conditions In Ire
land, with especial reference to atroci.
ties. Public hearings Will be held in
FaGhfnpfnn nv a communication of tho
committee. Several senators and gov.
ernors have agreed to serve on the
committee, all the members of which
are said to be prominent citizens.
So far as the public has been per.
mitted to know, little progress has
been made toward discovering and ap-
pretending the perpetrators of the
Wall street bomb outrage. 1t has been
definitely established, however. that
the blast was caused by the explosion
of a huge INT bomb with a time de.
vice, and there is no doubt the affair
was arranged by reds. Many arrests
have been made, but 1t is not known
that the guilty persons are In Gus.
tody. Since the New York explosion
a good many other cities have re-
ceived warnings that certain public
buildings were to be blown up. A
good guess is that the outrage was the
work of radical leaders who wished by
this demonstration to keep up the
revolutionary spirit of their recruits.
The FIVE Socialists who were EN-
PEELED from the New York legislature
some time ago. and who were re-elect'
ed recently. attempted to take their
seats. Three of them were again
ousted, and the others resigned In pro-
test. The action of the majority In
the assembly was opposed by Theo-
dore Roosevelt and is characterized
by Charles E.. Hughes Incredible folly
and fragrant disregard Of the funda.
mental principles Of American institu.
TONS" Owing to certain complica.
lions this time. the case may be taken
into the courts.
The Kenyon committee of the sen.
ate resumed in Washington Its inves.
tigation of campaign funds, and sub.
poenaed several bureau chiefs In the
endeavor to learn to what extent fed.
eral agencies are being employed to
disseminate election propaganda for
Cox. The Republicans assert the pub.
lications of the bureaus Of education,
war and navy have beer used this
way. James w. Gerard, chairman Of
the Democratic finance committee,
told the committee he had collected
only $129,000 to date and that he
would be happy IL he got q millionj
also that no limit was put on indi.
vidual contributions. William Boyce
Thompson, chairman of the Republic.
an ways and neal committee, told
the committee the Cox charges were
"all bunk" and aroused Senator Reed
by asserting that Mr.. Cox sis nc
stranger to Wall street." Pinned
down, he said he implied nothing sin
lister.
Devotees Of the national sport are
wrought up over another inquiry that
began last week. This is an investi.
cation. by n grand jury at Chicago,
into baseball gambling, and 1t gains
added interest because It promises to
uncover crooked work by players In
the worlds series last fall between
the Chicago White Sox and the DIN.
cinnati National league team. Com.
ment, IL any is needed, must be de.
ferred since at this writing the Ina
Quiry is only getting fairly started.