New-York tribune., 1920-11-22

as all the victims were numbered among
the British military or were former
officers, details Of the crimes are diff
cult to get.
Reprisals are most feared by those
in whose houses the murders occurred.
The Gresham Hotel was raided only
last Friday, but here the Sim Fem
found only two victims. Also living at
the Gresham are many British, Amer
lean and French newspaper corre-
spondents.
To-day's prearranged and unfortu
nately successful plot was at once Sim
Fein's most terrible blow since the
Easter rebellion and the most damning
boomerang they have used in their So
called war" Coming as it does at the
moment when the sympathy of Great
Britain has been driven TO the Irish
cause by the atrocious reprisal cam
paign carried on by the Black and Tans,
it loses for the Irish republicans all
that the crimes of their enemies had
gained for them.
Whatever sympathy was felt for Sim
Fein in this country is momentarily and
perhaps permanently alienated by to-
days outrages. Those members of Par
lament and those men in public life
who recently have denounced the policy
of reprisals and have fought Irish bat
ties both in the House of Commons and
in the press find this series of murders
too horrible to condone.
Martial Law for All Ireland
The belief is expressed here that it
wouldn't be at all surprising if martial
law were declared throughout all Ire
land and the government got the back
ing of many of its former opponents in
using every stern measure in it's power
to stamp out entirely that element Of
Sim Fem which is capable of such
deeds.
Sim Fem has shown that the terror
has not been broken by the campaign
of reprsals. as Sir Hamar Greenwood
and Premier Lloyd George have pro-
fessed to believe But Sim Fem could
have taken no way to prove it which
would better play into the hands of the
Irish executive and the British gov-
eminent than it did to-day. 1t is diff
cult to find anything even remotely
to the credit of Sim Feir in to-days
outrages. One Sim Fener declared
that the Dublin victims had been
tried" by republican tribunal and
sentenced to death as enemies of Ire
land
Unquestionably each o'acar and ex-
officer lying dead as Il result Of to-
days murders had been carefully
marked down by some one higher in
the Sim Fein organization. but the
sophistry of the "executions' is nearly
worn out as far as England is con
cerned.
DUBLIN, Nov q by The Associated
Press)--The attacks on the military
officers and former officers came stimuli
taneously all over the city this morn
ing. The method was the same in each
case and all the men assassnated were
officers or ex-officers, or otherwise in
the service of the government.
Victims Murdered in Beds
Small bodies of men, numbering gen
orally from six to eight, presented
themselves at various houses, called
their victims out or entered and shot
their victims in bed, while dressing or
at breakfast. The districts IN which
the murders were committed were in
some instances close together; others
were separated by miles, but all the
assass ssinations took place about the
same hour, o'clock in the morning.
In one case three of the assassns
captured two BLACK and Tans while they
were on their way to reinforce the
troops and killed them.
ne Oead lNcluuc TWO court martlal
officers.
Three men. suspected of being secret
service agents, likewise were attacked
and shot while asleep in Hampton
Street.
During the excitement in Mount
Street Black and Tans in d lorry heard
cries for help and answered them. A
fierce encounter took place between
llsh. volunteers and Black and Tans,
in which two of the Black and Tans
were killed and several volunteers
wounded.
ln the afternoon while the football
match was in progress at Croke Park,
sixteen lorries filled with auxlllary
police moved swiftly up and sur.
rounded the place Accounts differ as
to what happened when, after mount
ing machine guns on heights above,
the police broke through the gates.
The auxiliaries were hooted and, ac-
cording to eyewitnesses, first fired in
the air and then into the crowd 1t is de-
clared from another source that Sim
Fem pickets first fired on the govern
mort forces when they were seen ap-
pro~ hing and that the fire was re-
turned.
Believed Slayers in Crowd
An official version of the affair says
the auxiliary police visited Croke Park
for the purpose of searching the crowd,
as it was known that many gunmen
connected with the murders earlier in
the day were present. Indeed, some
came to Dublin ostensibly to attend the
match.
According to this account ten per
sons were killed. After spectators and
players had vacated the place no fewel
than thirty revolvers were found or
the ground.
An eyewitness, describing the scene
said that while the football match was
in progress parties of Black and Tans
armed with rifles came on the field
They were hooted by the crowd, anc
almost Immediately they fired into tn,
masses of people. This witness saws he
counted more than thirty who fell.
stampede resulted, and many wer,
bruised and trampled upon in their eff
forts to escape from the grounds
Soon airplanes were observed movinl
over the city and the widest rumor,
were current as to what was likely I,
happen.
Within the park the great assembl,
OF $4,000 became panic stricken. How
many were killed is not known as yet
but the estimates ranage from ten tS
thirty or more. Several are reported
to have been trampled to death
All Assassins Escape
The stroets Of Duhl,p an Curdo,, -.