Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-20
BRITISH MILITARY
RULE DESCRIBED AS
REIGN OF TERROR"
BIRNINc Of BUILDING ~ cORk
tSpROyOKED AND uNJCsTI
FABLE. REPORI
~ Associated Press.

~ Associated Press.
LONDON. Jan. la--Whli is alleged
to be che sworn testimony II some twou'
~ eve witnesses describing the hurisng
of pubic buildings and f,arcs In cork
On December lie. last. as unprovok,d
and nniustifiahlc. and the prevailing
condition ~ ireland under British mill.
;ary rule as one ~ "lawlcss terrorism"
was Issued today hy the Irish labor
party and trades union congress,
through tho medium 81 the London
headquarters Il The British labor party.
The document is In tho form ~ 49,.
port. printed and published IN Dublin
The r, port which IL described hy it, an.
thors ~ the result ~ on imariiaiitv
Instituted immediately after the confiar.
raticn contaiicts statements made ~
SIR Hnmar Greenwood. chiof srcrcin-y
fnr Ireland. that The Sim F,ln vsre
the incenAiaries responsible. accuses tho
crown forces ol bc,ng solely guilty. aud
challengVs the Eoverrm.n Co. publish
the findings II thu military inquiry IN.
syiihisd hy Malor General Strickland
IN command n the troops
Ths third assistant engineer. "a ITO.
man ana boatswain ~ the American
steamship W'st Cannon. arr aincns
ihos" from whose evidence cvich1l,a
rxeerrts arr used With reference IN
ihesa staiem,uts. the report snys Il
WIS nsccrsiry' ~ conc,sIl he identity
~ -'hs Witnesses otherwise they would
not have volunteered their evidence
Recalling Sir Ilamar Grconwoods ~.
scrtiors On December 70 that ~ n o'r
viorsly Co the interest q the govern.
men, 20 find the perpetrators e this
ouirnr,.' the report declares
m So then this Investigation BE- -
the interest n the government. far u
certainly succeeded IN finding tho nor
rciratcrs 81 this outrage"
Con,TadictinE Sir Hamar Green.
woods statement thai the fire started
IN the Patrick street stores and spread
20 the ether buildings. among them tho
city he'll. which Is a considerable de.
lance away IN the opposite side u tho
river Ice. the report says:
1T IL n pity tho chief secretary dos
not know a little more about the topas.
raphy 81 the country he IL supposed 10
rule. he could then lie more"
a mp e Cork city Il attached 20 The
rport with reproduction of onc pub.
3 lishsd In q Landau afternoon Inper tn,
day after the fire. whlch. the report
eharg,s. wos "fak@d'' IN order "a sui
stantiatc the official report on the burn
ing, issued by the irlsh office.
.Dssruiinr the suggestion that the burn.
ing rartook of the nature ~ rcprisll
for the sinhnshlng q a party a crown
forces NJ Diiion's cross. IL is declared
Nat long before this attack occurred
namely o'clock In the evening. q ug,s
known there was going e. ~ trouble ~
enc CITY. shooting and qunrrtilng among
the hacks and ians having been goins
IN throughout the evening.
A summary 81 the voiuminous ,cs,i.
rnonv follows purporilng 10 prove ;ha,
The burninga and ensuing arson and
other 0utlawry were carried out entirely
nv the Cork crown forces The rcpor,
emphasizes that IL was while the mill
tary Ind snic and complete charge 81
'he streets and whilc no civilian migh;
he abroad'wnhout permit that the city
was burned and looted. This alone" II
adds. is enough TO decide tht author
shin az the fires"
The report continues;
ESQ far from firing on or arrcs,inr
looicrs and incendiarics the officers an,
soldiers on duty In tho curfew iorrio.
cnermased The work of plundo. ana d.
siruction.'
Commenting on the manner In which
the curfew report WIS prepared In AZ
endeavcr 20 show that the crown force
fourd the baiidinrs burning and TIRE,
70 save them. " says.
III is mrd enough on lrlshmen .
have their city burned. II h still worse
10 be told that they did Il themselves
a government siooping to such meth
:. eds II not only hully. hut sneak
: The report refer scnthingiy 20 IN
: rnvernmenf's refusal of a judicial IN
duiry and 10 IT'S enirusiing the invest
nation to''those prblicly accused q h..
INK the perpetrators"