The Washington times., 1921-02-17

aid of the volunteer army administ-
cred the law In a manner highly sat
isfactory to the people.
| The republican courts In Ireland
today are recognised by the people.
while one crown court after another
has had to close for lack of pat
rona8e, and the majority of the
justices OF the peace have resigned
It is difficult to understand why.
with such q large standing army In
Ireland TO facilitate the work of the
r. /. c., Lloyd Georges coalition
government saw it to call into be-
ing an auxiliary force known as
1.-The black and tans"-so called be-
cause the members wear khaki uni
forms with black belts and caps
These BLACK and tans" are coming
into Ireland every day In large num-
hers 1t is stated on the best au-
thority that many of them are Grim
inals Of the worst type who were
| serving sentences in the English
prisons for various crimes and were
released for service in Ireland.
TELLS OF REPRIsALs.
To give an idea of the work of
will quote from an interview givon
to a reporter for the London Star
| ty one Alfred Smith, resigned
"black and TAM" of Columbia road,
Hackney. e. London which appeared
In the Star of October 1.
speaking of reprisals,'" said
Smith, -the general mode OF opera
| lions Is as follows: wire was re-
ceived that a crime had been COM
mitted. The bugle went and we fell
! in fully equipped. Every man had his
rife. ammunition and a pair Of hand
cuffs. How we turned out did not
| matter as long as we were there.
Then, generally thirty, forty or nifty
men were called on. to proceed to a
certain place. Instantly there was a
scramble by every one in the camp
for the motor lorries already drawn
up, engines running. near the gate.
More often than not half the camp
| managed to get in, the other half fol-
lowing as best they could. In the
lorries we found cans of petrol and
bombs. These we divided up between
u.s. and as soon as we got near our
destination We began to warm things
up.
1.-The first thing we did on arrival
| was to find the public house, and after
we had helped ourselves plentifully
| to the liquor we found there, we
spilled petrol over everything, ex-
ploded a bomb in it and went on to
the next house.
"These we had pointed out to us.
We went methodically through them,
giving the people FIVE minutes in
which to clear out
EXCEsSES ADMITTED.
"On this work I say nothing. The
men did not object to it. What they
without officers and that in the ex-
citement of the moment many ex-
cesses were committed which, had
there been good discipline, could have
been avoided.
There is another thing. The men
get bad nerves. The least movement
| at night and up went a Verey light.
| The guard began firing and the camp
was aroused. An old bull in the field
nearby was the cause of our getting
turned out FIVE nights in one week.
Then we shot it."
1t can be seen from the foregoing
statement that life in Ireland is not
bed of roses.
A month before 1 left Ireland an
ganized for work there. This body
is known as the Auxiliary Cadet
Corps and is composed OF British ex-
officers who served in the late war.
The cadets are supposed to be under
| the direction of General Tudor. One
would think that the auxiliary cadets
having served with distinction during
the war (they must have, else they
| would not have been officers), at
least would behave as honorable men,
Alas, they are no Improvement on the
~black and tang and are now known
as ''Tudor's Toughs.-
In tomorroto's Washington Times,
Mrs. McWhorter tells of the Wight
mare" of a land once the toast of
happy song and the inspiration Of
poets. She tells also of the treat
ment of American men and ,Do1nen
at the hands of the British