IRISH CRIMES.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 November 1920, Page 5

IRISH CRIMES.

CROWN BREAKING GANGS. KOST OF IRELAND PEACEFUL. DEFEATING SINN FEIN. Sy Telepaph.—Preis Assn.—Copyright. ( Received Nov. 25, 5.5 p.m. London, Nor. 24. In the Houße of Commons, Mr. Asquith moved ''that the House condemns the; outrages committed against the forces of the Crown and civilians in Ireland, and expresses deep abhorrence at the brutal assassination of officers and other British subjects in Dublin on Sunday." Asquith's motion continued: "That the House deplores and condemns the action of the Executive in attempting to repress crime by methods of terrorism and reprisals, which involve innocent lives, and which are contrary to civilised usage." . Mr. Asquiti said the dead officers, in the fullest sense of the word, were martyrs to public duty, and it was satisfactory to know that those arrested would) suffer the extreme penalty., The Irish authorities defended the deaths of civilian* by stating that if officers of the Crown were hit they were entitled to hit back, but this hypothesis only covered a small portion of the ground. It was evident the forces of the Crown were engaged in a systematic way upon the deliberate destruction of creameries, shops, and homes, without regard to the innocence or guilt of the sufferers. The evidence was overwhelming that reprisals were organised by the police and military, and thus the Government was destroying moderate opinion and poisoning the atmosphere of Ireland. Sir Hamar Greenwood' (Chief Secretary for Ireland), replying, welcomed Mr. Asquith's condemnation of the murders of soldiers, which had not been | so conspicuous in his speeches as he would have liked. He denounced the London Liberal of which Mr. Asquith was president, for issuing the bulletins of the Irish murder gangs, who also had their representatives in the lobby. This was a loathsome alliance. (Considerable' interruption and cries of "names." Members on the Ministerial benches retorted. "Some of you seem very uneasy."—Laughter.) Sir Hamar Greenwood proceeded: "Prom Mr. Asquith's speech one would think the soldiers were going about Ireland slaying and burning. As a fact, three-quarters of Ireland is ful as Kent, because the forces of the Crown are breaking terrorism." Out of 710 creameries, he added, it was only alleged that 41 had been damaged, of .which some had been used as ambushes, and their destruction was justified. He did sot want to see a law passed enabling the police to arrest or shoot anybody found with arms in his hands, but no other country in the world would hare stood what Britain was standing. The Sinn Fein Courts had now disappeared. the boycott had been broken, intimidation was going,, hunger-striking was finished, tbe Republican army was being broken up, and the only issue remaining, was who was for the Empire and who for the assassins. (Cheers.) Mr. J.-jR. Clynes (Labor) said the Government should put upon the Irish people the responsibility for the Government of Ireland. •Mr. Asquith's motion was rejected by 303 votes to S3. An amendment by Colonel John Ward (Labor! denouncing- terrorism, thanking the forces of the Crown for their courage and devotion, and expressing confidence in the Government's policy, was carried without a division.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MANY ARRESTS MADE. .EXTENSIVE RAIDS IN DUBLIN. Received Nov. 25, 8.25 p.m. London, Nov. 24. . The wholesale scouring of Ireland continues, and 1299 arrests were made in a week. Liberty Hall. Dublin, was raided to-day, and the search lasted two hours. The floors were pulled .up and the chimneys demolished. Troops, "black and tans," and armored cars were employed, while barbed wire was thrown across the streets and searchlights were used in the evening. Twenty arrests were made, including Johnson (secretary of the Irish Labor Partyj and O'Brien .(secretary of the Transporters). Simultaneously all trade union offices Itfere raided.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Received Nov. 25, 10.10 p.m. London, Nov. 25. . Bombs were found behind a fireplace In Liberty Hall. O'Brien and Johnson have been released.—Aus.-N.Z. * Cable Awn. MASSACRED OFFICERS. AN IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL. Received Nov. 25, 10.10 p.m. London, Nov. 25. The authorities have planned to g\ve the massacred fffkj|ers the most impressive funeral in their power. A destroyer bearing the bodies will arrive at Holyhead this afternoon, the special funeral train reaching Euston in the morning. There will be a jrocession te Whitehall, where it divides for the Abbey and Westminster Cathedral. The existing regulations respecting funeral honors will be discarded. There will be a great muster of troops, mostly Guards and the Household Cavalry.— Aus.-N-Z. Cable Assn. **- MANNJX IGNORED. London, Nov. 24. Dr. Mannix has addressed numerous ffieetings in the provinces, traversing familiar ground. He has alleged British misrule in Ireland, and made a plea for self-determination and the withdrawal of troops, but the London newspapers have rarely noticed him. His only London gathering was the Bishop of Portsmouth'* semi-private reception, and this was scantily reported in London. The bittehieis of Dr. Mannix's speeches indicated the keenness of his disappointment at his treatment in England. The Australian Press Association learns that Mr. Lloyd George was agreeably surprised at the conciliatory nature of one of Dr. Ma'nnix's speeches, in which he urged the Government to make Ireland a friendly ally by conceding the right of self-government. rather V»ughan, his, secretary, spent several weeks in Ireland.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.' Rec-ivtd Nov. 25, 5.5 p.m. London, Nov. 24. Irishmen at Rochdale arranged a big reception to Anb.biab.ra Mannix to-night,