The Washington times., 1920-11-22
By EARLE G. REEVES.
International News Service.

International News Service.
LONDON, Nov. 22.-Thirty-three
persons have been killed in Ireland
in the bloodiest weekend the country
has ever known. Between seventy
and a hundred were wounded.
Sir Hamar Greenwood, chief sec
retary for Ireland, held a long con-
ference with Premier Lloyd George
to devise means of checking the ter
rife growth of Irish violence.
TROOPS RULE DUBLIN.
Following the wave of assassination
and reprisal violence on Sunday, Dub
lin was taken over by British troops.
The Dublin population spent a night
of terror.
Street fighting broke out between
Sim Feiner volunteers and Black and
Tan policemen. and many were
wounded on both sides. Several Sim
Feiners were capatured.
Troops surrounded Dublin, while
policemen in the city made numerous
raids, arresting large numbers OF
persons.
Threats OF assassination have been
made against officials of the Irish
office. All of the officials are armed.
triple guard OF policemen surround
the Irish offices.
In addition to the attack upon Brit
ish officers and officials in Dublin
yesterday morning, when fourteen
were killed, and the reprisal attack
by Black and Tan policemen at Croke
Park yesterday afternoon, when many
civilians were killed and wounded.
Dublin Castle today reported out
breaks in other parts of Ireland
where several persons were shot TO
death.
A detachment of Black and Tans
killed and the others were seriously
wounded.
BLACK AND TAN RAIDS.
Constable Kearney was dangerous
ly wounded at Newry. Subsequently
Black and Tans raided the town.
The telegraph wires became silent
during the morning. and at noon the
Irish office announced that no further
details had been received of Irish
outbreaks.
An earlier dispatch from Cork said
that British soldiers and black and
tans were making wholesale raids.
Sim Fein leaders mt Cork claim to
have Information that the British
authorities plan TO equip automobiles
with poison gas projectors for the
protection Of military IOrries from
nmbuscndes.
The body of an unidentified officer
was found near Cork early today.
Near Knappagh, a boy was killed
by shots which were said TO have
been fired from n military lorry.
Raids continued mt Dublin through
out today. British soldiers occupied
Mansion House (the official residence
OF tho lord mayor of Dublin and scy-
ernI lending hotels. All Nonresident
British officers were recalled TO the
barracks nt Dublin and other Irish
cities.
Advices received at 80 this ac:--.
noon put the number of dead in lrc-s
land since Saturday at thirty-one.
PAPERS WE'RE REMOVED.
Troops and Black and Tan police Ia
armored cars surrounded the cor.
city hall. Carnegie Hall, the Corn ES
change building, and all the count.
buildings at Cork. Search was mad,
for public documents, but IL va.
found that many of the official paror1
had been removed by unknown pc.
sons during the night.
A civilian was shot to death ~
Mount Joy square at midnight whiit
on his way home.
Two corpses were picked up in Mer
rion street. A dead man was found
in house near Croke Park. He In
believed to have been killed at the
par kand carried into the house.
There was intense military activity
at Dublin throughout the night and
many arrests were made. Fires broke
out and therc was much shooting.
The curfew regulations Rt Dublin
hive been frightened md all train
service has been suspended. The mnii
service via kinpstown has been sus-
pended also.
Tho disorders spread outside OF
Dublin to Drangin, where n civilian
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