LAWLESS IRELAND

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 300, 15 September 1919, Page 5

LAWLESS IRELAND

CHALLENGE BY LORD FRENCH 1 ; DRASTIC MEASURES WILL NOT BE SHIRKED By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright i London, September 11. j Viscount French, Lord-Lieiitenant of Ireland, in a speech at Belfast, expressed i his boundless admiration for the'■work' j of the Royal Irish Constabulary; Hvhich, lie said, was every day becoming more . i arduous and hazardous. He felt towards 'j those who had fallen as he felt towards his dead comrades in tho field but-Ilia ; feelings were accentuated, because,; they j had not died in fair and open- combat, but were stricken down by'"'cowardly • and dastardly murderers, whose bloody j hands had not hesitated to commit an .! unspeakable villainy on Sunday as tlio men were approaching the altar of their, i God. It was hard to believe there was j Virtue in a cause which did not spare ; even the sanctuary. ; j No country in tho world to-day. waa more prosperous than Ireland. The Govi ' ernment had at present only one ipolicy, . ' to secure to law-abiding subjects that ' ; freedom and protection from outrago to which.-as citizens of the Empire, they j were justly entitled. "We will, exert all ; our efforts to the fulfilment of . thai j policy, and wo will not shirk tho most ! drastic measures that may be necessary \ to secure it."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable. Assn. j SINN FEIN PARLIAMENT i SUPPRESSED. Dublin, September J2. j The Sinn Fein Parliament lias tea • suppressed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. • (Rcc. September 14, 11.15 p.m.) ; London, September ,12. ' Lord French has ordered the supprcs. I sior, of tho Sinn Fein Parliament as a • dangerous association.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable ': Assn. \ ! THE. ROUND-l'P BEGINS . j AKRESTS INCLUDE TWO M.P.'S. j (Rec. September 11, 5.5 p.m.) j London, September ■ 12. , j Arising from tho proclamation of tha illegality of t'hei Sinn .Feiii organisation, ■ j the police and fully-armed troops made a widespread search for arms in. Ireland. . Many arrest 9 were made, including two Sinn Fein members of the House_of Com* ! mons. There wero many conflicts withi tho crowds—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. A STREAM OF PRISONERS. (Rec. September Iti 5.5 p.m.) London, September 12. Tlio police and military raids in many parts of Ireland resulted in a streani of prisoners being sent into Dublin in military lorries. Messrs. O'lCeefe andßlythe, Sinn Fein M.lVs, were arrested on tha ; premises of tho Sinn Fein headquarters • in Dublin.—Aus.-NZ. Cable Assn. WORST DATS OF 1887 RECALLED, (Rec. September 13, 5.5 p.m.) Dublin, September 12. Tho new measures necessary to prevent anarchy practically restore the Criminal Law Procedure Act of 1887, recalling tha worst days of the Irish agitation.—"The Timos." - [The Criminal Law .Procedure Aot, 1887, was introduced in Mr. A.' J. Bal« four's regime as Chief Secretary to repress tho lawlessness of tlia Tvish land League. It gave power to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to proclaim the disaffected districts and to suppress seditious gatherings and unlawful associations. It also provided for a change o£ venue in cases where a fair trial could not be relied on under ordinary conditions. There,was considerable opposition to tho Bill, and the Irish members and several others absented themselves from the House from Juno 17 to 30.]