The Washington times., 1920-03-28
BRITISH SEIZE
SCORES|NER|N
Prisoners Pour Into Dublin All
Day-Two Parliament Mem
bers Arrested.
IRISH QUESTION NEAR CRISIS
Claim Made That German Baron
Heads Gun-Runners Work.
! ing In Great Britain.

LONDON, March 2s.-Bitter de-
bate on the Irish question when the
House Of Commons renews discus
sion Of Prime Minister Lloyd
Georges new home rule bill this
week was forecast here today.
Officialdom and the press feared
the Irish question is nearing crisis.
The present campaign OF murder
and violence, they asserted, cannot
continue indefinitely.
80 Killed in Ireland.
It was pointed out that more than
thirty police and soldiers have been
killed in ireland in recent months
aud that attacks have been MADE on
more than 100 others.
To these, Lists newspapers added the
names of numerous sinn Fein sympa'
thixers, believed the victims OF an
anti-Sinn Fein murder society, deter
mined to enforce a policy OF "an eye
for an eye and tooth for TOOTH"
killing a Sim Feiner In revenge Tor
the life Of every government sup
porter taken.
Reports of two rival murder So
cietiss in ireland. each pledged TO fol-
low q policy Of ruthless revenge, were
conHrmsa by-nswspapers here, today.
Both Take Vengeance.
On one side, it was said. stands a
society OF Sim Fein radicals, under
oath to drive the hated police and
military out Of Ireland by a series OF
murders. On the other Is the anti
Sim rein group, composed OF British
sympathizers, determined to Kill Sim
Fsfn members in retaliation for every
murder OF a government supporter.
Murders and counters murders have
followed one another in rapid success
sion recently. The lord mayor Of
Cork, prominent Sim Feiner, was
killed in his home, and soon after
Alan Bell. magistrate of Dublin Castle
and a leading British supporter, was
shot down in daylight In the streets
of Dublin. Before Bells body had
been buried James Mccarthy, Sim
Fein leader in Thurles, was shot and
killed.
DUBLIN, March 2S.--The claim that
An anti-Sinn Fein band OF terrcrists
has been created in nSIreland and Is en-
ploying the weapon of assassination
was made here today by Republican
leaders.
They based this declaration upon
the assassination yesterday Of James
Mccarthy, prominent Sim Fein lead
er, In Tipsrary. Mccarthy was shot
to death by a band of masked men,
who broke into his home, at Thurles.
The Sim Feiners in Dublin say
that Mccarthy was killed in the same
way as was Lord Mayor Thomas Nc
Curtain Of Cork in his home a week
ago.
Laurence Ginnell, Sim Fein mem
Der Of Parliament from West Meath,
was arrested by the British military
authorities.
The British military police were ac-
tive throughout the whole south OF
ireland today and many arrests were
made.
LONDON. March 2S Prisoners ar
rived at Dublin all day long from
various parts of Ireland. They IN
eluds Philip shanahan, a Sim Fein
member Of Parliament. All were con-
hned in the county jail.
Another Irish murder mystery has
developed near Limerick. The body
of an unidentified man was found in
a neid just outside the city. He had
been shot to death.
DUBLIN. March 2S.-Police today
had found no clue as to the mur-
derers Of an unknown. we'll dressed
Young man found shot to death In the
suburb of New Castle.
The mans body was discovered
0y a police patrol early yesterday.
The patrol had been attracted by f'r-
inG in the vicinity. In some circles
A. was rumored that the man was a
British secret agent but this could
not be confirmed.
LONDON. March 2s.-The British
eustoms authorities have learned that
1. 1000 tons OF German arms were re-
esntly landed at Grangemouth from
two steamships from Hamburg. II
was reported today. These arms are
said to have been destined for use by
sim Feiners. A German baren 10
reported to be rims leader OF the
srun runners' who are shipping
var materials into Grea' Britain.
KAISER IN CONFERENCE.
AMSTERDAM. March 2s.--Ths for
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