New-York tribune., 1921-01-27
Chief
DublinMurdcr
Witness Gone
Man Who Saw Lieutenant
Killed Disappears and
Is Believed to Have Been
Kidnapped by Terrorists
Disorders Still Spread
Sim Fein Demonstrates Its
Ability to Continue Cuer-
rilla Warfare Indefinitely
r4,sn rhe Trtoune's European s.rea.

rto1a The Trtoune's Earopean bureau
rrnrr.ch,. 1921. New York Tribune inc
IoNDON. Jan. 26.-The principal
.,swn witness against the three men
seing tried by court martial In Dublin
IN charge of numbering Lieutenant
lugliss has disappeared, it was an.
,ouneed in Dublin to-day. It is be-
s.ved tha, he has been kidnapped so
orevent his testifying.
AngIiss, also known as Mcmahon
v,s one Of the officers killed in Dublin
On Sunday. November 21. The missing
witness, who is referred to merely as
Mr.. c." is said to have been Angliss's
roommate. He is reported to have
sidden under a bed when the room was
brosen into and to have seen the actual
killing.
aMr. c." left Portsmouth last night
70 appear before the court martial to-
aay. but he has not reported in Dub in
and the court martial officials have
no knowledge Of his whereabouts.
Miners Demand Troop Withdrawal
Four hundred miners in q collierv
sssr Glasgow struck yesterday, de-
handing the withdrawal of all British
military forces from ireland. This
action is taken as an indication of the
rising tide OF public opinion on the
Irish situation.
Meantime disorders on the island are
Spreading despi.e martial law, and even
the most optimistic in government
eirc.es are becoming convinced that the
Sim Fein can continue guerrilla war
fare indefinitely.
Britaili's future attitude toward Ire.
land may depend upon the result of tn
Cardiganshire Parliamentary bye-elec-
ton to be held within few DAYS. In
the preliminary skirmish--a bid TO,
the approval of the Cardiganshire Lib
eral Association-Lloyd Georges pri-
vate secretary, Captain Ernest Evans
Was decisively beaten yesterday by
L,ewe.lyn Viii iams, who is running as a
aon-coaition Liberal. This Liberal re.
volt against the coalition in Wales
which is regarded as Lloyd Georges
Stronghold, has significance because if
The Prenier's picked men ere beaten at
The polls it would confirm the conten-
'ion that his popularity is waning.
Coalition Loses Another Seat
The coalition recently lost the Dover
seat. and when Parliament reconvenes
Lord Hugh Cecil will follow his
brother, Lord Robert Cecil, into the
opposition camp.
raced with this situation, and recog-
aizing shat the policy of mi itary re
preston in Ireland has failed, the logi-
cal move for Lloyd George to make
woad be the offer of generous terms to
Secthern Ireland. This naturally would
aisenate the Tory wing of the coalition.
bus, with public sentiment increasingly
demanding peace in Ire and, the, Pre-
ieaer might decide to risk a general
election on this issue. If hostility to-
sard the coalition should~Decome for
Eitable, it is the only issue whereon
taere seems chance at present for a
favorable mandate.
There are indications that Ulster
may nave difficulty in working under
TIE Home Rule act without the guiding
sanc OF Sir Edward Carson. who has
!seirsed the premiership IN the new
Ger cabinet. His action is regarded
- signaizing his withdrawal from ac-
I'VE participation in Irish affairs. II
sae home Rule act fai Of success in
tre North there is even less chance of
KS operation in the South.