INTIMIDATION IN IRELAND

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 231, 18 June 1918, Page 5

INTIMIDATION IN IRELAND

—. : j SECRET PERSECUTION RIFE i SINN FEIN BLACK LIST j i (Efic, Juno 18, 1.25 p.m.) -j _ London, June 17. ; The "Dnily Chronicle" states that thou- , sands of Irishmen are living under inti- ; mutation, which is universal. Many sub- i seriptions to the so-culled National JJc- j fence Fond nnd many signatures to the ; anti-conscript ion pledge are obtained by j direct and unashnmed intimidation, if ' a member of a boni-d of guardians points 1 out a doctor or other officer who has not subscribed to Iho funds the guardians j postpone consideration of his ~ business until the culprit has explained the omission. The official invariably amends tho ; fault. A well-known agriculturist sub- ; scribed .£IOO to tho Defence, Fund, know- j ing that his crops would not be reaped 1 if ho did not. Just as tho deportation ; of the Siun Fein leaders has pleased ; many of the Nationalists, so will thou- I sands of Irishmen wolcorae the revival I ot trial by special juries and a change of venue if it but ends this intimidation, -Ans.-N.is. Cable Assn. ! PUBLIC GATHERINGS BANNED IN : DUBLIN. , London, June 15. I A proclamation prohibits public meetings and processions in Dublin,, Two men I from behind a hedge tired on two con- ; stables who were patrolling at night in ! the vicinity of Callymote.—Aus.-N.Z. ' ; Cable Assn. . i I . •