Evening star., 1920-11-22
MURDERS IN DUBLIN
MAY CAUSE MORE
TROOPS TO Be SENT
British War Office Reports
Action Being Considered
to Meet Situation.
PROCEEDINGS EXPECTED
IN PARLIAMENT TODAY
Fourteen Dead in Assassinations Of
Day and Twelve Killed in Fir
ing at Foot Ball Game.

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By the Associated Press.
LONDON, November pa vio-
lent scene occurred In the house
Of comm0ms this afternoon during
the period Of questions regarding
the situation In Ireland. Joseph
Devfn, nationalist, and q union
ist member came to blows. The
sitting was Suspended.
LONDON, November 22.-The send
ing Of additional troops to Ireland is
being seriously considered, it was
stated at the war Office this after
noon.
London was waiting anxiously and
fearfully today for further news from
Dublin. following the reports of yes
terday's horrors. but up to early aft
ernoon only meager dispatches had
been received. Z
Reports to the Irish office from Dub
lin which were in hand by noon said
three or four unidentified persons had
been killed in that city late last
night. Several policemen had been
killed in other parts of Ireland, the
Irish Office announced.
4 brief telephone message at 8
o'clock this morning had reported the
city at least temporarily quiet. Then
nauss . gap in the, reports up to the
noon hour.
MAager reports during the night
stated that shooting was going on
aS . sequel to yesterdays assassina-
tions and the subsequent clash be-
tween the military and a crowd at
Croke Park.
-. Cabinet MenbeIs Confer.
Sir Hamar Greenwood. the chief
secretary for Ireland. was in con-
ference during the morning with
: members of the cabinet, in prepara-
ton for the expected bringing up in
parliament today of yesterdays Irish
happenings.
Nationalist members, it was UNDER
stood, were prepared to move an ad-
journment of the honse in order to
secure an opportunity for full debate
on tie situation
a disPatssH e Z. sss @ prss. ss,. ass9cistion
placed the number of dead resulting
from the 0foke Park shooting at
tWAfTe> ~ - & y So
EesfSeln Assassinatisn vletfus.
Onhcial announcement was made
this afternoon that the assassinations
in Dublin yesterday totaied fourteen.
while six persons. including Sinn
Feiners. were injured during the at
tacks. -Four prisoners were taken
These figures do not include the cas-
nalties at Croke Park.
Because of the completeness with
which the attack upon the officers
was planned. says an official report.
the troops and police in Dublin had
made very few arrests of suspects in
connection with yesterdays shoot
The lord mayor Of Dublin applied
for police protection last evening, it
was stated oficially today. The vice.
beiRe sent, but-no regular military or
police being available, q party of
black and tans" was sent to guard
the lord mayor.
Days Record In Dublin.
Yesterdays disorders. which added
an appalling chapter to the tragedy
that has been enacted in Ireland for
the apparently deliberate shooting Of
fourteen men. who for the most part
were military officers.
During the afternoon Irish con-
stabularly. or "black and tans," raid
ed Croke Park. where a foot ball
game was in progress, and in the
melee which resulted at least ten per
sons ereNkilled.
produced in this city a sensation COM
parable to that which followed the
Easter rebellion of 1916. Recent decIa-
rations by members of the British
ministry to the effect that their
policy was succeedingA that outrages
were decreasing in number. and that
the authority Of the law was being re-
established had been hopefully well
c@med by the general public. The peo-
pie today recalled with astonishn,ent
such phrases as were uttered a fort
night ago by Premier Lloyd George,
who said: Unless am mistaken, we
have murder by the throat"
Believe II Final Outburst.
Whether Sundays tragic events are
to oe regarded as disproof Of such
e1i,, omo;a utterances remains to be seen.
said to hold the view that the murde er
Of the fourteen army officers will
prove the final outburst OF a nearly
broken conspiracy-thel last desperate
throw OF the fugitives, who are known
10 have focked to Dublin to escane
the severity of the measures employed
Fe;nism.
There is no lack. however. OF scorn-
fui .nferences. apd the fact that these
Ingitives have been able to enjoy
freedom from arrest since having ar
rived in Dublin and could have be-
come accurately acquainted with the
residences and habits OF their victims,
who. 1t Is stated, were securing eyf-
denoe to be submitted before the
court martial which will try recently
arrested Sinn Feiners, Is regarded as
furnishing significant ground for
doubttng the confidence supposedly
held by onicialA
Suggest Martial Law.
This mornings newspapers condemn
with great severity the system fol-
lowed in Ireland. Some demand
sternest measures Of repression and
hint at the desirability of imposing
martial law In Ireland.
Those journals which have adopted
strong stand against reprisals and
hold the government largely responsi-
i'!c for these attacks by the uniformed
:orees take occasion to renew Their
asistence that reprisals must be
topped.
The London Times. for instance
hile vehemently denouncing the
siurders Of the officers, expresses be.
l;cf that the strength of the Irish ex.
cutiVe would be ten times greater IN
his emergency but for IAN army
force 4vowedly beyond control, which
have defiled by heinous acts England's
reputation"
Daylight Tragedies.
BELFAST. November 81 (by the
associated Press).-Several most ap-
palling daylight tragedies were en-
acted in various parts Of Dublin be-
tween and 9 o'clock this morning.
Fourteen men. most of whom were
military ofhcers or former officers,
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