The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-10
YOUTHFUL BANDITSIN IRELAND ROB COUNTRY
 BANKS, SMALL STORES

| DUBLIN, Nov. 10.-Ireland is cursed with increasing banditry. Daily the reports of robberies and holdups con tinue to grow, Youths of adventure some and dishonest natures are taking
 advantage of the guerrilla warfare to stage numerous robberies. Thou sands of pounds have been stolen from 1 the country banks and untold small stores and groceries have been ra1ded and their entire stores stolen. Though these happenings are more frequent in ! the country than in Dublin, neverthe- l. less the Irish capital has its problem of lawlessness to deal with
 Ireland, with the exception of Dub llin, is practically 4unpeliced, and the 1Snew government must sooner or later lestablish a constabulary which will
 protect the earnings of the country
 population.
 Identity of many of the highway linen is known, but it has been diff
 cult to bring them to trial and even }more difficult to convict, for jury
 men have been threatened and warned of death if they convict.
 Profiteers are hard at work in Dub- Ilin-that is as hard as profiteers ever
 work. Food prices are extremely high and loud clamors of protest are heard from the working classes.
 Dublin's streets are reeking with mud The rainy season is here and the streets run with oozing streams of
 mud, all due to the fact that little or
 no provision has been made for the
 cleaning of the thoroughfares. Dub lin taxpayers are assessed at rate
 higher than that of any other city in Western Europe and are demanding
 that they get something in return for
 their money The principal streets
 are lucky if they are swept one day a
 week and the smaller streets are never swept. A cleanup in the civil adminis- tration as well as in the streets is pre- dicted.
 l A dry Ireland! No one can inn agine such state of affairs, but tenn perance forces are at work, and hard
 at work at That, and there are pros Epects that their work will not be with l out avail. In Ulster the temperance
 movement is gaining strength rapidly In the South the movement is less l strong, for here is the center of the I Irish distilling industry, and a big in 1 dustry it is. The wet forces have started vigorous anti-dry campaign.
 If the matter comes to an issue in the
 south its decision will rest with the i women.
 The Irish are great sport lovers
 and their love of sport sometimes takes queer turns During recent
 months racing meets have been given
 new interest in frequent races be- tween man and horse. The man is given fifty yard lead over the horse
 ir dash of 100 yards.
 1 To community that depends en-
 tirely on it's agricultural produce, the plight of Cork must be obvious-with the unemployment situation very bad and industry virtually at standstill. 1 But General Tom Ennis, who Is just
 home from Cork, tells me that an i'm I provement is just beginning to mani
 fest itself and that by Christmas he
 will have rounded up the Republicans
 remaining there, who have created the l condition.
 1 Tom Ennis was one of the greatest
 generals in the Irish Republican army
 in the war against the Black and Fans.
 It was he who was in charge of the
 shooting of the British spies in Mount E street in December, 1920. which cul- I minated in the famous Bloody Sun l day; who arranged the escapes of