Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-19
AMERICANS
ALL OUGHT
. To GET
THIS"
Men fromlU. S. Who Visited
ireland Recently Tell of
Alleged Atrocities Com
mitted by Soldiers
MONTANA AND OHIO
PASTORS TESTIFY
Westerner Declares That
While He Was Visiting
Parents Their Home Was
Searched

Washington, Nov. IS
(By The Associated Press. }
Eyewitness reports of dis
turbances in Ireland con-
nected with the movement
for Irish independence were
given today at the opening
hearings of the commission
of the committee of 100 in
vestigating the Irish ques-
tion.
Four T witnesses, Dennis
Morgan, chairman of the
town council of Thurles,
Ireland, and three Amer
leans who visited Ireland
recently-John +. Martin,
Green Bay, Wis. Father Mi
chael English, Whitehall,
Mont, and Father James II.
Cotter, Ironton, Ohio, were
heard by the commission.
All expressed sympathy for
the Irish independence
movement and told of vio-
lent events which they had
seen and agreed that civil
processes, except Of the
provisional Irish republic,
were virtually at an end
under the rule of the British
military forces.
"Were lawful Killings.
Mr., Morgan told the commission
that after killings by the constapu-
larry, a coroner's jury organized by
the constabnlary returned verdicts
that the killings were 'wullful muir
ders by men dressed in Constabu-
larry uniforms"
The British government, Mr..
Morgan said, has prohibited publi-
cation of news regarding the Irish
republican movement and banned
public gatherings. People leaving
church, he said, have been
searched for arms.
Troops are being increased In
Ireland, the witness said, and
conditions becoming worse" Ar
mored cars patrol government
streets constantly
They fire in the air apparently
for the purpose Of hearing women
and children scream, and tcrrorize
them" said the witness.
L. S. Citizenship Didn't Count"
Father English of whitehall,
Mont, declared that while visiting
his parents in Ireland, soldiers en-
tered his fathers house. searching
all the men for arms, and his bag
gage. He said that when he pro-
tested on the ground that he was
an American citizen, the English
officer replied:
"Your American citizenship
doesn't count here
An Inspector who searched the
house." said Father English, took
a picture Of George Washington
from the mantel-pieCc, threw 1t on
the floor and ground it with his
heels, saying, This is what all these
should get"
Says Home Was Riddlcd.
Mr.. Morgan said his home was
riddled with bullets prior to his ar
rest and deportation to England
definite charges being pre-
ferred against him. With two hun.
dred other Irish republican leaders,
he said, he went on a hunger strike
until they were released. He also
told of murders of Irish citizens
by constabulary and soldiers, in
the "black and tan forces.
Father English asserted that
British soldiers had confiscated hisI
paper, and he also told of having
witnessed the shooting of an Irish
man whose body. he said, was beat
IN into unrecognizable form.
Soldier Killed Civilian, Claim.
Father Cotter, a catholic editor,
told of the killing of Galway, ci-
villain by a British soldier without
cause, he said. The soldier, he said,
was seized by another civilian and
-eprisals against the town followed
IN hour later. SOLDIERS shot upl
The streets for several hours" he
aid; The eyed priest t added that
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