The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28
SOLDIERS
DESTROY
PROPERTY
Homes and Business Places of
Irish Republicans are
Burned by
British.
rs ACT OF REPRTSAL
Sudden Collapse of Mac Swiney, Lord
Mayor of Cork, is Expected in
Jail at Any
Time.
rs ACT OF REPRIsAL

United Press Leased Wire Service
LONDON, Aug. 2S.-Civil strife in
Ireland has spread to Queenstown
where serious rioting occurred last
night.
British soldiers, in reprisal for an
attack on a motor lorry near Castle
Martyr yesterday afternoon, in which
a Cameron highlander was killed
and lieutenant wounded, left their
barracks and began to burn the
homes and business places of Irish
republicans.
The soldiers were met with armed
resistance in some cases and consid-
under way early today. One message
said:
"The soldiers are sacking Queens
town"
Rioting continued in Belfast
through the night and drunken loot
ers were reported to be burning
houses. Firemen were busy all night
extinguishing blazes set by the mobs.
A new outbreak in the shipyards dis
trict was suppressed by an armored
car which fired q number OF volleys
into the ranks of the rioters. wound
ing several The Belfast correspond
ents of the Daily News wired that he
anticipated massacre" today as
the result Of shipyard workers taking
a holiday
The trouble started two days ago,
when unionists clashed with Sim
Fein shipyard workers.
Unofficial reports Indicated the
rioting in Dublin and Dundalk had
subsidized.
Lord Mayor Near Death.
LONDON, Aug. 2S.--Sudden col
lapse of Terence MacSwiney, lord
mayor of Cork, near death from a
hunger strike, was expected hourly
today.
At least one member of his family
will be constantly with him in bis
cell at Brixton prison from now on.
His brother, Sean MacSwiney, said
he did not expect Terence to 'last
much longer"
An Appeal to the Queen.
LONDON, Aug 2S-An effort to
enlist the aid of Queen Mary in OBJ.
tanning the release from prison Of the
hunger striking Terence MacSwiney,
lord mayor of Cork, will be made to-
night.
Redmond Howard, nephew of the
late John Redmond, whose appeal to
King George was unavailing. sent
message to the queen at Balmoral
castle, asking for an audience with
her tonight to present his appeal for
release. He said he
planned to. enlist the aid of Lord
Chancellor Birkenhead and SIX Ed,
ward Carson, leader of the Obstetrics.
The lord mayors wife. who resumed
her place at his bedside this after
noon, Indignantly denied reports that
she had been secretly feeding him
proteids.
Women Ask For Protest.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-Secre-
tary of State Colby was asked today
by group Of Irish women pickets
to protest to the British government
against letting Lord Mayor MacSwi.
ney die in his hunger strike in a
British prison. Stating that he under
stood that MacSwiney wanted TO die,
Colby told the women he would take
their request under advisement."
The pickets replied that this an
swer. would be interpreted by the
Irish as a refusal to act. The women
intimated to Colby they would boy
colt English goods in the United
States.
Order is Restored.
LONDON. Aug. 2S.-Order was re-
tored today in Queenstown, where
rioting broke out between soldiers
and Irish republicans last night. A
destroyer and two hundred marines
arrived there this morning.
Fou- Are Killed.
DUBLIN, Aus. 2S.-Three police /,
men and one soldier were killed and
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