El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-13
IRISH TERROR
OFFICIAL SAYS
BRITISH WRITER
b JOIN LLOYD DALDERsTON.
lCentlnued fEom paEe II

BY JOHN LLOYD BALDERsTON.
fCoutinued from paEe II
In Europe which England and her al
lies have freed But neither he uor
the prime minister, nor their sup
pnrters- can admit this because Il
gives away their moral case. They
have 10 pretend that this majority IS
aoEus, the result (liize the Republic
can army apparently OF intlmida-
ton AZ the hands OF a small gang Of
ruffians-
aPoIicy Of ReprisalE.s
This policy Of reprisals' about
which the people OF England have
Just begun 20 hear, IS carried ont be-
hind the plea that the forces Of law
and order in Ireland have suffered
intolerable proFocation. We must
allow the police and soldiers 20 hit
back. says the prime minister. It is
already. paying says Mr.. Churchill. 1t
is bound 70 succeed. they both say.
Now the average Eugllshman, who
does noE think politically. but NOR
ally makes a distinction between
murders and acts OF arson which are
done deliberately and those which
are done in cold blood.
'Whut has made him uneasy
about the governments policy iH
that the reports which have be-
gun TO get into the EnEIlaA
press poiuf to the fact that many
o. these freprEsaIsf ure delfherute.
warnings signed by military or
police authorities are sent before
hand, that in the event OF barracks
being attacked or OF soldiers or the
members Of the Royal Irish constabu-
larry being shotf a village, or certilin
houses in Il, win be burnt down
after Iquoring up ct the public
house these mea proceed 10 destroy
certain houses ana buildings 1nd
shoot particular people. against whom
there IS nothing but the sunposition
that they might have approved OF the
original outrages.
EndenEers Irish Hatred
The young Irish who remember
tnese things VIII continue 10 hate
England. and ercusably.
7 have spoken only Of the effect
q this policy On Englishmen who
mink morally Those who think po-
ltically are shocked in another way
IS vel They feel that TO suppress
anarchy by anarchy IS fatal 70 all
government.
-soldierg are aware Of this, and
perhaps the side OF cur Irish
policy Whlch liEturbg them most
10 that II leads inevitably. to 1hc
Decentralization Of the army.
What Englishmeu cannot stomach
are cases like those OF BalbrigFan,
without any sort o. trial, IN addition
TO the destruction Of property. Nor
can he cOndone cases in which the be-
havior OF the military shows that they
were acting under orders and T. elt1
blood.
How British Operate.
"An Instance Of the latter kind oc-
Cured az Iulla In county Clare, not
many days ago A party OF military
pa charge Of an officer visited the I
house OF a Mrs. Mccarthy and pro-
duced q document ordering them to I
burn her house The same procedure I
vas gone through at the house OF I
~. Aaloney- The Significant thing Is I
llaL, III me 4a minutes allowed, the I
soldiers worked hard 70 help Mrs. Nc 4
-arthy get the furniture out OF her I
house. Now this Is clearly not a /
case Of men giving way TO Impulse /
under proTocation greater, 70 use the /
words OF the prime minister, than
human nature can tolerate 1t Is /
part o. a deliberate campaign Of Arson I
and murder, which EuEiishmen are I
asked % excuse because Royal IRISH I
-onstaoularys and soldiers have I
been murdered.
I'll, sIhs indication that It .. a ds-
sanctioned from shove are.
That ofleuI orders either I
threatening repr1lulg or ordering
them have not bees Fegudinted
By the highest authorities.
The Eystematie destruction Of
HropertEs the loss OF which VIII
AFFECT the gEeutest number Of (
IrfEhmen.
The fact that the prime minister
and his colleagues defend them By
ezcusinE reprisals as necessary to
SELF protection.
Soldiers ana Black and Tans' the
g auxiliary force and the Royal Irish !
Constabularys know that. In the past
none OF the so or 30 coroner's YER
diets, which have been brought
assinst them have been followed up;
that only punishment fnfiicfed bss
been, IN the case OF the saclrinr 81 Z
termoy the stoppaEe OF a few soil
qiers leave ard that now coroners'
lnquesrs have been suppressed The
mn tarT mind knows only ons remedy.
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