New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
Irish Engaging 9
British i'm Biz, g,
Scale Battles
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edly is an exaggerated account Of what
occurred while the Black and Tuns
! were getting their own supplies from a
cOmmandeered bakery.
The military has been appealed to bv
the merchants and prominent citizens
of Tralee, but they say they are pow
erlcss to intervene except to protect t.
the lives of citizens from the Black
and Ians. The latter rule the town alb
solutely, and refuse to lift the boycott
until the two policemen who were kid
mapped last week are returned safely.
r, Appeals to Sir Hamar Greenwood.
General Nevil Macready and Lord
French have so far gone unanswered.
he neople remaining in Tralee are in
a terrible plight. Unless the persons
holding the two policemen give them up
the town will be destroyed The prob,
j ability IS expressed that the policemen
are dead, and, as the authorities refuse
to interfere, the end to the activities
OF the police seems to be nowhere in
q sight
Railway to Suspend Service
A serious situation has arisen out of
the notice served by the Midland Great
Western Railway Company on it's en-
Nioyees that it would suspend service
/ November Ia on all its lines Not only
VIII 1000 employees be thrown out of
work, but results of the gravest i'm
port will accrue to the Western and
Midland Counties of Ireland More
over the MAIN sources Of Dublin's meat
supply will be cut off. The cattle and
export trade of vast area will be
disrupted. Famine is feared and warn
inS notices similar to those issued in
wartime have been posted in Dublin.
ne strlctost economy is urged and the
boarding OF food is prohibited. Settle
mcnt Of the strikes of munton work
crs and boiler makers probably would
alleviate the situation.
have Just been talking with prom
lnent leader of the Sim Fein in an eff
tort to get the unvarnished point of
view of the republicans
'The next fortnight will be worse
than the last he said "The people
are arming rapidly to resist the police
attacks. Constitutional Sim Fdiners
are swinging rapidly to the Left. The
day that Kelvin Barry was hanged four
hundred men to my personal lnowl-
edge joined the volunteers for active
service. state approx mating civil
var will be reached quickly The best
service that any one can render now
is to shoot
Freedom More Than a Hope
"What is going to come OF it sill %
asked him. "What do YOU hop. for ?"
eve don't hope for anything" ne
replied. 'lreland is going to be free"
"ls there slump in the Sim Fem ?'
I inquired
"The Sim Fein is gaining every
day. he said, "by the acts of terror
ism on the part OF the enemy. There
is painful unanimity in our ranks to-
day.
DUBLIN, Nov. (By The Associated
Press). Numerous raids were carried
ort liz Dublin this morning. The print
ng establishment of Patrick Mahon.
where the Sinn Feinn Young Ireland
ments removed Mahon was arrested.
His associates dismantlcd the machin~
cry and ordered the plant closed.
The district hall at Gorvah, County
Leitrim, was burned at dawn to day by
band of uniformed men. Yesterday
morning vacant police barracks ia the
town o. GorVah were burned
Commons Grows Uneasy
from the Trt0unc's Emopcan 1 uoou
CopyrgA,. 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
LONpON, NOV. o. Despite all the
efforts made in and out Of Parliament
to create the impression that there has
been ii marked Improvement in cond-
Nons in Ireland under Sir Hanar
Greenwood, the Chief Secretary, most
of the new papers insist that the situa-
tlon there never was worse.
The last session of the House Of
Commons showed for the first time
some signs of dissatisfaction among
the governments supporters, but to
date the desertiops to the Opposition
have been too few to affect Premier
! Lloyd George politically.
The threat against the life Of Hugh
Martin. English newspaper correspond
cnt, who has been writing highly
/ critical articles regarding the actions
Of the Black and Tans. has kept
! focused on Ireland attention that might
otherwise have dWlndlcd after Mag
Swiney's death Now comes striking
editorial article in The sew Statesman
appealing to The American press to
/ send over an army of its most trusted
correspondents large enough to cover
every county IN Ireland.
Would FORGE British Action
"The British government will then
be faced with this alternative,", says
The New Statesman: ut will either
ave to exclude these journalists from
II llcland~and thus admit all--or else
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