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LAWLESS IRISH

THE RECENT MURDERS SINN FEIN IN A QUANDARY By Telegraph—Press Aesociation—Copyright London, September U. "The Times" points? out that the murders iu Ireland give no evidence of central direction, and are attributable solely to local secret societies. Official Sinn Feiners strongly oppose the crimes, and view the situation with silent anxiety. They are afraid to repudiate tho young physical-force sectioD, lest they destroy that solidarity which is regarded as vitally indispensable Some prelates ami priests condernu the outrages, but tho results aTo inadequate, owing to the current tendency of the countryside to believa that crime is pardonable when it it committed in the nation's name, ihe usefulness of a, Government proclamation ia questionable. Ireland grows /hourly more distrustful, and a settlement becomes more difficult. . Sir Horace Plunkett (who was chairman of tho Irish Convention, 1917-18), in a letter to "The Times," declares that'the Irish Government has proved its incapacity to deal with the position. —"The Times."

SECRET SINN FEIN ARSENALS ' SUSPECTED (Reo. September 17, 5.5 p.m.) ; London, September IG. Tho "Manchester Guardian's", Dublin. correspondent says that 70,000 soldiers and 12,000 police have been searching Ireland for concealed arms for weeks, but they found only a few revolvers, in* Sinn Teiners' secret arsenals are apparently intact-United Service. ATTEMPT TO INffIIDATE THE POLICE (Eec. September 17, 5.5 p.m. ) London, September 16. It is reported that several Dublin detectives have been warned that they will share Detective Hoey's fate.-Umted Service. '

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 303, 18 September 1919, Page 5

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LAWLESS IRISH Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 303, 18 September 1919, Page 5

LAWLESS IRISH Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 303, 18 September 1919, Page 5

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