The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-02-19

uAl children to refrain from holding
celebrations that might incense the
bigots and so be the cause OF more
slaughter. He sent out an appeal to
the Catholics to confine themselves
to the religious observance OF the
feast exclusively His wishes were
respected to the letter.
On the morning of August 10. In
the city OF limerick. while the poo
member OF the black and tans" shot
q member Of the "R. /. c." In full
view OF several onlookers and with
out any provocation. After he had
done the deed he turned to the by
ISLANDERS and remarked: THAT was
a good shot, Ell whst7" That even
ing the city OF Limerick was the
scene OF a regular reign of terror.
In which the military. the black
and tans" and the r. I. c. men played
a conspicuous part.
was in Limerick that night and
! thought 1t would never end. Tho
maniacaI yeIis OF drunken soldiers,
black and tans." etc; the screams
OF women and children. m ngled with
the roar of machine guns: the red
dcned sky. which told OF the burn
ing homes. have left with me q hor-
rible memory that time Will not ef-
face.
POPULATION QUIET.
The next day I went in the COM
pany OF the mayor OF Limerick over
| the devastated region. and i hope !
will never again witness such desola-
ton. Liberty-loving Americans. can
you imagine men who are supposed
TO be servants of a civilized govern
ment, going up one street and down
another. smashing the furniture and
| breaking the windows of every house;
going into all the business houses.
pouring petrol over the interiors and
then setting them on fire?
| remained in Limerick the better
part of the following week. / saw
| no disturbances nthe part OF the
| citizens All kept indoors. excepting
few that absolute necessity drove
forth. The few shops that escaped
the torch were barricaded fearing q
| recurring attack. Still and all, there
was constant activity on the part OF
the military and the black and tans."
Lorries filled with these men were
constantly dashing through the
streets. the soldiers shooting indis-
criminately and apparently for the
mere pleasure of seeing the few pc
| destrians dash for safety.
| Speaking further about the dis
| courteous actions Of the British mil
itary in Ireland: had to journey
by motor one day from Limerick to
Kilfnane to visit relatives there. I
was accompanied by another lady. .
cousin OF mine. At the village of
Hospital We were stopped for the
usual search, while one Of the sold
iers--he could not have been more
than eighteen years old--was clean
|
further than q yard away from my
head. Every moment or two this
soldier would train the machine gun
on me, at the same time cycling me
| physically to see what effect II would
have on me.
BRITISH BRUTAL At FUNERAL.
Needless to say, l longed intensely
to take that chap across my knees
and paddle him. But one 10 not very
| long in Ireland when one learns that
| silent contempt IL the best method
to adopt under such circumstances.
| I was in Cork when the first of
the hunger strikers, young Fitx-
gerald, died. was in the church
two days afterward for the solemn
mass which was offered for the re-
pose of his soul During the most
solemn part OF the ceremony an Of
fcer entered the church and shouted
through a megaphone that volunteers
would not be allowed to march in
the funeral procession in military for
nation and only 100 persons would
be allowed to walk after the remains.
Surely, this order could have been
given the day previousl Later. while
the remains Of young Fitzgerald
were being horne to the cemetery, I
beheld the soldiers OF what we are
| told Is the most civilized nation in
the world" surrounding the casket
| with drawn bayonet capped muskets.
Those of them who walked after the
casket walked backwards, with their
guns pointed at the hearts Of the sor-
rowing relatives.
In tomorroU's Washington Times
Mrs hoWhorter tells of the torture of