Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-26
so Arrested, IL Dead
in Dublin Fire
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today that the destruction Of no other
building in the city. not oven Dublin
Castle. would have caused as great a
loss to crown officials.
Troops Watch Ruins
Troops were Quartcrcd in Liberty
Hall. nearby. during the night. and the
approaches to the Customs House were
cut of by barbcd wire cntangiements.
It was found this morning that the
Government Board offices. which il had
been hoped had escaped the flames, had
been destroyed.
1T Is not merely n blow to Irish
pride and commerce. said the Irish
Times this morning in commenting on
the fire. but il is n blow to all our
prospects of peace. Its political effect
in Great Britain will br still further to
di>credit tho republican demands. but
the effect in Ireland will be to in
crease the difficulties Of any form of
national settlement
The Frecman's journal said: 1T
may be noble thing 70 rise to higher
things on the stepping stones of our
dead selves. but when the stepping
stones are the corpscs Of our dead
countrymen, the achievement is not
noble
Four civilians. Joseph Hughes.
James Keenan,. James Laying and 10.
seph Mulkean. were today sentenced by
court martial to fifteen Years penal
servitude for an attack on crown forces
n
crown forces at the time Of the attack.
we're proceeding to the assistance Of the
police in Camlogh barracks. who were
being besiCged.
Belfast. May 20. Thy A.rD-Thcrr
was considerable excitement last night
in several parts of the city. \ fierce
riot broke out between rival wOrkmcn
in the neighborhoOd Of the NGwtonards
road. and tho police fred several shots
at the belligcrcnts. Troops with an
srmored car arrived and aided tho po-
lice in dispensing the fighters
Later there was riot in the Trum-
lin road district. whore n man vas
shot dead during n fight between
/ UniOnists and Sim FCncrs.
London. May .G.--lBy A. p.
American ammunition tOtaiing lG,3SS
rounds has been captured IN the Dublin
| district since March 70 last. Sir llama z
! Greenwood. Chief Secretary for Ireland.
stated in the House Of Commons today.
The Chief Secretary made this state
mont in reply To Colonel Martin Archer
! Shcp. Tnionist member for Finsbury
who asked him whether ammunition Of
American manufacture had recently
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premises in Dublin. and VI SO, what
was the amount and the nature Of the
captures.
Colonel Archer Shcc, in a supple :
mcntary question, asked whether. in
view of the fact that large sums of money
had boon raised In the United States
'fOr support Of the campaign of assas
sinatiOn and anarchy in Ireland,
strong representations would be made
to the United StatcH Government with
reference 10 this fact and the finding Of
the ammunition.
Another member wanted 10 know nov
ii was that this large amount could come
to Ireland, and whether Sir llamai
would ask the l'uited States to assisl
in preventing it's SO doing. The Chic
Secretary said hc noted the importanc.
Of these supplementary questions nnr
would confer with the Foreign Secre,
tary regarding them.
Cork. May 26.-(By 4. Pas
counter repriSal for the destruction D
four houses in Black Rock. Count,
Cork, Tuesday, following the bombing
of police. armed civilians today de
stroyed the residences of seyera
loyalists, including those of Sir Alfre,
Dobbin, former Lord Mayor Of Cork
and Magistrate PiLa