LAWLESS IREFAND

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 30, 30 October 1919, Page 5

LAWLESS IREFAND

A SENSATIONAL STATEMENT

SINN FEIN VENDETTA AGAINST AUTHORITY

By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright (ftec. October 29, 5.15 p.m.) London, Mcioiwr 27. The "Dai'.y- Express," publishing the results of a special investingiitiou of the conditions in Ireland, declares that the , apathetic British public may receive any day a shock nioro startling than anything in the past, including the murders of Lord Cavendish and J[r. liurkc. "The organisation behind the present day crimes is infinitely more powerful than all former organisations," says the article. "Not a single private person outside of Ulster dare lift a finger in aid of justice. The Government finds the military weapon too 'cCumsy <uid dangerous except for use in the last extremity. It is t.ho splendid force of elevc.n thousand police that is authority's , lust bulwark, and against which Sinn Fein is concentrating its bitterest vendetta, with the- intention of demoralising its members. Their republican proclamations treat tho police as outlaws and pariahs. Every wearer of the King's uniform is liable to be murdered on sight. People generally o'bey Sinn Fein, and shun and boycott the police, whose families are banned. Even policemen , !) sweethearts are maltreated. Their hair is sometiniM cut off."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

FATHER O'DONNEUJN THE TOWER COUET-IIABTTAL NOT YET DECIDED. (Bee, October 2D, 9.55 p.m.) London, October 27. Tho Australian military authorities point out that tho Tower is the normal place for officers under arrest in London. Father O'Donnell spent'only last night in the Tower. It has not yefc been decided whether he will 'be court-marti-al'lcd.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.