Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-08
Chronology of Ireland's
Fight for Freedom
BY Associated Press to Every Evening.

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Nov. 2s-.Eishteen arcs and $4,000 600
oamase ,n liverpool charged 10 Sim Fcin
Nov, 29-Fiftccp auxiliary policomc, n,
cadets" Killed IN ambush near xii.
michael and many towns burned in re-
Dec. i2-Fircs in Cork destroy CITY hall
library and eighteen other public buIid
inss With ,loss OF more than 100000 900
no ,ns sI.a p,aer buildings wrecked and looted by
DEC. 2l1House of Commons passes new
rome Rule bill. providing for northern and
southern parliamcnts in Ireland and Wv.
,ns IN ootn factions three and onc-half years
le2i-Jsn; is-David Kent. Sim Fe,n
,uempef OF British parliament Is arrested
i ian S'nn 10 rem r,sS Nj rs now In Jail
arcs ~, it,'sn ,.,t,,,n Lahor Party blames Cork
shnd Rep Pope benedict condemns blood
,ao nnou III ireland; sympathizes with the
FEB. ia-.De Valera addresses Dail
Eiresnn telling OF British trncc neoo,ia
ions and later denounces Crown fnrcos a.,
| letter TO Parliament '''N'' :"
rep. 2l--six Sim Hciners executed 4,
MarciS ia'i, 4 H1Ircn66ishop rem shop Walsh protests.
,us , 70 meet Irish representatives i'm n
prs, prsc,e pariey but bars guilty Sim Fein-
March Michael o'CaIlayh,n ,
mayor OF Limerick. shot dead in he'd nv
masked men '"' :" peu oS
March l4-Sxs more Irish prisoners exc
'p.sa March IN ,a ,Maon1nitjSy Prison.
protest Cardinal Bourne's pastoral dnl
| nouncing Irish disorders VIC
March 25-Dail Eireann orders bovcot,
o, , cer,sin imports OF British manufacture
March 3l-Committce OF One Hundred
IN report made public in Washinsto tor
s.iiies o,sines ureat Britain for what il de.
scs,nyd Anrii a. as me irish reign of terror.
ports 15i ,359 cases of distress in irelan
ana warns all who restore TO Engiist
courts of Justice Nnsnsi
aPii' zo-four men executed In Cork bar
| iaohs Tor attacking Crown forces
May 4-Reyiew OF Irish Renubl;c,, :,
army operations for the week shows a.
attacks ON Crown forces. -
confers With de Valera.
May bishops In replv to Iior,
george declare government policy towars
| Ireland Is only .'infiamjng the wo,,nd )
nnayon MAY iomsinn sim feiners raid houses il
| London scores OF persons slain in Ireland
May 2l--Pope appeals to both Irish an,
English 10 abandon violence "''
May 25-Dublin Custom House hurn
eds lS Killed and 40 wounded; damaqe
May 26-British seize 16,3ss rounds n
aiIeged american ammunition in Dublin
June 7--Thrce Sim Feiners. executed /,
Duohh, leaNe message: Fight on -
June l5-Cargo of machine guns dos
tined for, Ireland seized aboard shin q
New York. 'p ="
June l6-Sir Hamar Greenwood CHARGE
| SOB Killings To rebels" since Julv 1000
| results OF Irish ambushes or raids on Crow
forces which had been Of almost daily oc
| currence.
June ls--Sinn Feners board steamshi
and throw supplies for British miIitar
authorities overheard
June 22--Fifteen thousand additions
, British troops sent 20 Ireland Kin
George opens Ulster parliament and plead
for an end OF strife.
June 24--De Valera arrested near Dull
J lin but is quickly released
June 25-British announces martial In,
: will be extended throughout Ireland n
; July II unless Sim Feiners agree to Sc,
tlement.
June 20--Dail Eireann authorizes :,
taliatory measures against reprisal b
! Crown forces.
June 30--Arthur Grimth. MacNsI
and two Sim Fein members of the Bri
ish parliament released from Mountio
prison.
S July british government issues O.
ders to limit raids.
July 9--I-loyd George invites de yalel
J and Sir flames Craig to confer with hi
In London.
! July ll--Crown and Sim .Fen fore,
agree to truce and stop all hostilities |
noon pending outcome of parley in Lol
don.