New-York tribune., 1920-12-22

10 retort in kind to the governments
polcy OF taking hostages under mar
tai law. The Sim Feiners offered
other replies to the government to-day
by Selzing the cross channel mails on
train near Tralee, and by wounding
one OF three policemen they ambushcd
neHr Rosca rbcrry Barracks in Cork.
The military in 4 raid made at Corl.
discovered 1000 rounds OF ammunition.
several rifles and some rcvolvers and
swords.
Ulster to Adopt Home Rule
The virtual completion OF uhe home
Rule bill finds the Ulster counties.
which armed against Home RE ia
1914, now preparing to put into imrne-
d'atc effect the provision o. the sct
which gives them q separate Parlia-
r. '~~t Ils-o~ iii $50 the Gr-t home
ruled, .emi-indepcndent province in
lns Cril,.. n..l uvln. H. the Iome Rue
bill OF 1914 had gone into effect. Ulster
would have been dominated by the
South, but under the present measure,
which speaks only vaguely Of Parlia
ment for all Ireland, 8 partition which
Nationalist Ireland so resents, S c..
tected
As The Manchester Guardian says:
lister Is already setting TO work with
all the businesslke energy Of its peo-
pie to make success Of its rawlv &C
ouired power and to serve as an ex-
ample to the rest OF Ireland and to the
world. That OF course does not solve
our main problem Of comforting self
government Oh the rest Of Ireland"
Becomes Crown Coicny
II the South refuses to accept the
,N1-O =
separate parliament, as seems Virtually
certain, 81 ireland outside of he
Ulster couuties will assume the status
o. Crown co,0nT
Although tine passage OF .hc bin has
tenred 20 ciscourag, tolf Of an l;sh
trce. sN which the rafinNalis. laaGers
II gli u1ee, the -1,rrent IN ar ef'ort
- i;ni 4 nora accopt.bl solution If
the / o5lenl, reports that De Valera.
ore ident Of the itlsn republic j.
or his r'ay mere 10 lead the negotia~
tons, continue 70 circulate desuitc the
fact that he did not land at South
ampton to-day from the AqJitania. The
iumors that he IS still On the ocean
ind support in strong hints in Dublin
that the story OF his being on the
aquitan,a was circulated purposely to
throw the authorities off the track S,
ne could come unsuspected by another
roate.
+d1 L0SDoN, SIo 1@e/al BY 3 IT. The p1 Assoei- Q!
as slightly modified by the House OF
Commons to-day. Tnc measure now
needs only the royal signature to he
come law.
The measure will be effective at the
discretion of the government at any
time within three and onc-half years.
The government reserves the privilege
o. applying the law when the oppor-
tune moment arrives.
The Press Associations Dublin cor
respondent quotes 4 dispatch from
Iu SIX. County Roscommon, as saying
that crown forces burned the village
Of Bailina.ee, County Longford, early
this morning as q reprisal for the re-
cent attack on the police barracks thee
ia wnlcA one constable Was killed and
three wour I'D
the dispatch says, and SON . outlying
farmhouses burned and stock shot. The
military commsrdoered and fortified
the schoolhouse and most of the in
aabitants fed, according 20 the dis
patch.
az removal or resignation Of Maio,
General Sir Edward Strickland, in com
maad of The troovs in Munster, is i'm
pending, according 70 repCrts printed
n The Dai y .-rald. the labor crgan
to-day. The newspaper adds that the
government already has received Cen
erAl Stricklards interim report OF thC
burning OF Cork
The Central News says that General
H. II. Tudor. commander in chief OF the
auxiliary pclice il ireland, has been
granted an indefinite leave. 1t is added
trat the belief prevails that General
Tudor's att tude regarding reprisals
made his position difficult