Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-14

Sir Hamar Greenwood OF
Opinion Auxiliary Police
Are innocent.
BY the Associated Press


CORK, Ireland. December 14.-Except
for heavy fusillade Of rifle shots about
l O'Clock this morning. which aroused
the population of Cork. frightened by the
confiagration and disorders Of Saturday
and Sunday. the night passed quietly in
the city. No police auxiliartes were in
evidence in the streets today and II is
believed all have left the city.
Many OF the shopkeepers. refusing to
accept the assurances Of the military
that order would be maintained. are
closing their premises and departing
causing further increase Of unemploy-
ment. Hundreds Of people living in the
business district, fearing further trouble.
have gone to stay with friends In the
suburbs. and in many cases persons are
sleeping four to six in a room
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 14-lnvestiga-
ton By military commission of the
fires which swept the city of Cork on
Saturday night and Sunday was ex-
pected to be completed there today.
Maj. Gen. Strickland. commander OF
military forces in Ireland. is the head
of the commission. and the taking OF
evidence began yesterday.
The mayor of Cork and two Sim
Fem members of parliament have been
called to explain allegations they have
made in dispatch sent to various
foreign ambassadors here relative to
outrages which they declare to have
been perpetrated in Cork during the
past week.
Announcement of the commissions
findings was awaited with keen inter
est, as the question of who was re-
sponsible for the fires in Cork has as
sumed great Importance since the con-
migration. In the absence of clear
evidence. rival elements have been do
ing their utmost to fix the blame on
the auxiliary police or the Irish ex-
tremfsts, respectively.
|, Exonerntes Auxiliary Police.
Sir Hamar Greenwood. chief secre-
tary Tor Ireland, speaking in the house
OF commons last night, asserted his
belief that the auxiliary police did not
start the fires, and pointed out they
were not equipped with incendiary
bombs. which, news dispatches assert
Cork.
Prospects Of a truce in Ireland appear
! to have been bblasted by the most re-
cent events in that island. declared Sir
| Hamar
Telephone service between England
and Dublin, which was interrupted last
night, was resumed this morning The
break in communication gave rise to
much speculation and some anxiety here
Dublin passed a quiet night, said a
message to the Exchange Telegraph
| Company from that city this morning.
Date for Surrendering Arms.
DUBLIN, December 13.-December %
has been set as the date when arms am
munition and explosives held by civilians
| in the area under martial law in Ire
land must be given up. Gen. Sir Nevii
MacReady, military commander of Ire
land, made this known in a, proclamation
issued today.
The proclamation, which will be posted
widely in the area under martial law,
contains no points not forecast in the
recent announcement made by Premier
Lloyd George. 49, ,,..ys zra.sr
RepFisals Are Threatened.
CORK, December 13+Late today
notice was received for publication by
the Echo saying that il young member
of the editorial staff of the Cork Con-
stitution named HoEgan. who was kid
| mapped several, weeks ago. is not re-
| turned by o'clock Tuesday afternoon
| forty Sim Fefners will be shot in their
beds. 80 -s's's'
The notice, which was signed BLACK
and Tans," concluded with the words.