The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-07-18
THREE THOUSAND
IRISH IN PRISON
MEN AND WOMEN HELD In DE-
TENTION CAMPS AND PRISONS
AWAITING TRIAL

Dublin-(By A. P.)-More than 8,
600 Irishmen and women are in in
terment camps, and almost as many
more in Jail under sentence or await.
ing trial, or held for other reasons
The estimate of military authorities
as to the numbers who ought to be
interned runs, if rumor is to be cred
tied, into tens of thousands.
The chief military operation in Ire
land is roundup. Dublin has fur
nlshed several examples. Large areas
of the city have been from time to
time segregated Nobody is allowed
in or out till a thorough search has
been made of the houses, and till all
the men in the district have been
cross examined. Sometimes these
searches of district in Dublin have
lasted a couple of days. Every day on
a smaller scale something of the same
kind is in progress.
Apart from detailed search of city
districts there is every day a con-
stant search on chance of persons in
the streets. Anybody at any hour
may be called upon to submit to
search, and have examined the pap
ers he is carrying. The thing has be-
come so usual that no ordinary citi-
zen minds it. 1t is all in the days
life. In spite of all this activity, at
tackS on the crown forces continue
Not day passes without the sound
of the bomb and the revolver some
where in Dublin, and the Republicans
seem to possess more war material
than before the searches.
simultaneously with the round-ups
in Dublin, there have been, particu-
larly in the martial law areas, SINH
lar round-ups in the country. Cor
dons are drawn round the portion of
a countryside to be searched, and the
houses and the persons in them put
through strict examination. Such
raids have often taken place on Sun
days, presumably to cause as little
as possible with ordinary
business.
Churches both in Dublin and the
country are watched as the congre-
cations leave, and searches made of
persons. Protestant
church congregations have not es-
capped.
Within the last few weeks or two
he country raids have been more ex-
5enSive and more prolonged, and cav
airy regiments have taken part in
swept into the net, but in the great |
majority of cases the arrests are only
or a short time Men who can give |
/ satisfactory account of themselves |
ind are clearly not members of the |
Republican army are let go at once. I
f there is any doubt the order it, |
throw him in the lorry." The cases
ire then sifted in detail and large
numbers released. The rest go to in (
erment camps or are held for pos /
ib1e trial
Interment cases rarely exceed about
o a week, and there are from time
0 time releases from interment. Z
sometimes captured men are put into |
Identification parades. Men who have I
arried out an ambush are looked for
" the victims Of the ambushes.
A large increase Of the troops in,
uly has been predicted. The Sim
'ein has been preparing for it. The
istribution of the troops requires
ousing accommodation. The Sim
'ein's intelligence department calcu- ]
ates where they are likely to be sta {
ioned, and the houses they are sup I
osed to intend to occupy are set on :
ire. This chiefly accounts for the
estruction recently of mansions all
yer Ireland Some of them Go doubt
re destroyed in reprisal for the burn
lg of Sim Fein houses by military
rder But the main motive in many
ses is to hamper future military ac-
vitfes.
1t is officially declared by Sim :,
Elm to be their policy to destroy
about to be commandeered I
Dr. use as block houses or temporary t
arracks. 1t is a danger to house
, have the military making inquiries
bout the accommodation it can af-
,rd.
The constant trenching of roads, :
ow so frequent that the average
otorist always carries planks in his !;
lr to help him over obstructions, is :
,ated by Sim Fein to be to frustrate s
ritish attempts to reestablish their I