The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-16
IRISH IGNORE
ENGLISH ORDER
Military Edict for Con-
fiscation Of Arms
Goes Unnoticed
MOT EVEN A POP GUM
Government Certain, How
ever, Republican Army
Armed, Fully Equipped
TRAGEDIES AGAIN FREQUENT
Past Week One of War With
2 Sides Equal Losers; Quiet
Since Christmas Broken
mot EVEN A POP GUM
TRAGEDIES AGAIN FREQUENT
By WILLIAM l.. MALLABAR.

|. NJ s. staff Correspondent.
LONDON, Jan. I5 The order OF
the British military authorities to all
Sim Feiners In the Irish martial
law zone to deliver up their arms
and ammunition, has been absolute
~ ignored.
Not so much as IA pop gun has
been turned over" said a message
from Dublin Castle TO the Irish Of
flee today.
All Well Armed.
= Members OF the Irish republican
AMY are well supplied with rifles,
pistols, ammunition, trench helmets
and even machine guns, has been
revealed by raids OF the British SOL
diers and the black and tan police.
but the Irish are not giving up their
weapons.
on inquiry at the Irish office AZ
to the amount of war supplies taken
from the Irish In the marital law
zone, a telegram was sent to Dublin
Castle requesting the information.
Dublin Castle replied:
Inquiry has been made to the
military authorities regarding the
from the Irish in the martial law
area. We are informed that even
not so much as a pop gun has been
handed in. II Is "A significant fact.
however, that many arHs have been
found. 1t is suggested many Of
them have been planted by the Sim
Feiners with view to being found"
blockade II Tight.
Tho British government IL con-
vinced that arms and ammunition
are not being shipped into ireland
from the outside. There may be
Isolated instances of guns running,
but the unofficial naval blockade
around Irelond is drawn so tight
that no vessel of any size could slip
into an Irish port unobserved.
Among the weapons seized by the
British and military policemen
raids. were taken many old styles
ana out of date patterns.
Under the martial law procla ma
ton unauthorized possession Of fire
arms In the martial law zone could
| he punishable with death.
by Tho Associated Press.
J DUBLIN, Jan. l5.-The period
comparative quiet which began In
Dublin at the Christmas tide proved
short lived. During the past week
there was a continuous succession
of tragedies In which crown forces
and persons identified with the Sim
Fem movement appeared 10 nave
suffered about equally.
+ The atmosphere in Dublin Is now
similar to that In Cork before mar
+tial law was declared. The people
! are becoming afraid to venture into
the streets. owing 10 the recent Ia
ltalitics among innocent civilians. The
city is alive with rumors OF iihpend'
ing trouble.
i According TO one report ampus'
cados against crown forces, whicf
preylously have been staged chiefly
after the curfew, hour, Will take
place at daylight in the heart of the
city, regardless OF the risk OF sucf
attacks to pedestrians, FOR the pur
pose of forcing an extension OF th'
martial lawsto the metropolis.
That martial law Will he Instituted
generally Is credited, The belle
Prevails in some quarters that 1t vii
be put iI;c effect In the next ie"
days and be accompanied by th'
changing OF the curfew hour from
10 o'clock at night to s O'Clock,