Evening star., 1921-02-04
S|R]AMES CRAIG :.
/ IUlSTER'SPREM|ER
Chosen New Leader Under
T Home Rule Act-Tweke !
e More Murders. I"

BY the Associated Press. .st
a BELFAST, February 4.-The U1ste!
unionist council today elected. Sill
James Craig. NJ. P. leader of the party
In the new parliament to be set ur
,for Ulster under the Irish home rule
act. Sir Edward Carson presided over
the council session.
= The election of Sir James Craig as
the first premier of the new Ulster
parliament means the virtual retire
ment of Sir Edward Carson from his
long-standing leadership of the loyal
ueople of the six counties" of Ulster.
Sir James has been in the imperial
parliament since 1906. He was the
right-hand man of Sir Edward during
the home rule crisis. which was sus-
pended by the dramatic intervention
of the war.
Sir James, who was made baronet
In January, 1918. for war services
was born at .Strandtown. county
Down, on January s. 1871. He served
in both the South African and world
wars Three ministerial posts have
been occupied by him. He was treas
urer of the royal household in 1918.
retiring with Sir Edward Carson from
the coalition, when it was understood
a home rule policy had been declded
on. In 1920 he was parliamentary
y
and later succeeded to the hnanciai
secretaryship of the admiralty. when
post he still holds. Physically. SIT
James is big. bluff and CHEEKY, ana IS
extremely popular in social circles
Sir Edward Carson, in a speech mere
last night to his constituents. said
that what was going on in South ana
West Ireland made a man ashamed OF
being an Irishman. He Appealed 70
those "at the back of this horrinie
drama" to call halt and confer with
the government.
Twelve More Officers Slain.
DUBLIN, February Anime police
men were killed and two wounded
yesterday when two lorries ran into
an ambuscade between Drunken
and New Pallas, County Limerick,
ten miles from Limerick. Most of the
casualties occurred with the first
yolley.,
Members of the attacking party took
all the arms of the policemen and
also searched their pockets. 1t is re-
ported that some OF the bodies of the
dead were mutilated.
Another ambuscade took place
yesterday afternoon near Ballanhas-
sig, County Cork. short distance
southwest of Queenstown. Four con-
StdulCS "cIC dlldCheu wv ol lhCul
were shot dead and one was seriously
wounded. The other man escaped.
Given U. s. War Honors.
!; District Inspector Francis Worth
ington Craven was one of those killed
in the ambuscade Wednesday at Ball
inalee. He served In the navy during
the war. and received the American
distinguished service and Navy crosses
and the British distinguished service
order.
Maj. Carew. an auxiliary policeman,
dressed in citizens clothes, was fol-
lowed into . restaurant in Dame
street and shot In the arm by man
armed with a revolver. Carew was
sent to'a hospital , His assailant es-
capped. -"
At Balbriggan a policeman named
Samuel Greene was shot and killed to-
day.
Attenspt to XIII witness.
s The third murder trial arising out
of the assassination of court-martial
officers In Dublin last November. set
Tor today, was postponed. in conse-
quence Of an attempt to assassinate an
important witness for the prosecu-
tfon. This witness. whose name was
not given. was wounded in the attack
upon him.