SINN FEIN PLOT.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1920, Page 5

SINN FEIN PLOT.

GUARDING PARLIAMENT, NO STRANGERS ADMITTED, tf Telegraph.—pren As»n.—connight. Received Nov. 30, && p.m. . London, Nov. 29. There is only one entrance to Parliament for strangers, and the carriage gates in the palace yard are closed against all vehicles. Nobody, unless accompanying a member, is admitted to any portion of the building, and even then ig not admitted to either Chamber or the inner ldbbies. Many detectives •m employed. Permits are issued to social* and employees. - The fire brigade is co-operating to •afeguard all vulnerable pants of Lon-doifc—Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

A BOMB IN LONDON. A WAREHOUSE WRECKED. Received Dec. 1, 12.25 a.m. London, Nov. 30. An incendiary bomb, set with a time i n»M and placed In a portmanteau, exploded at one o'clock this morning and wrecked the Drienskin warehouse in Upper Thames Street, London. There were no casualties.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable 4MD. THE LIVERPOOL FIRES. ' WAREHOUSES IN RUINS. Damage totals a million. London, Nov. 28. The firemen at Liverpool remained on duty 80 hours, as they were resolved to pwent an extension of the damage, which it ig estimated will run into millions. The plat aimed at the complete Obstruction of the great business quarters, and probably would have succeeded, but for the firemen's efforts. The man »ho was arrested in Liverpool on Saturday evening and charged with the murder of Daniel Ward refused his name and address, but admitted that he was an Irish Sinn Feiner. He was found in the possession of a pencil sketch of the premBes at which the fires occurred. William Robinson, the man who was arrested after the Finsbury timber yard fire has been remanded, bail not being granted. The police tendered evidence .that they found inflammable liquid and two revolvers where the man was arrested, and alio much literature of the Irish B?lf.determin#tion League at hia lodgings. The Daily News states that the Down- • Stretft barricades are not solely due to the' Irish situation. The police conaider general precautionary measures advisable in view of the black winter outlook, high public feeling, and recent unemployment. Similar measures are likely to be applied to the Houses of Parliament and other public buildings. Private wires are laid from Downing Street to police headquarters, and large police reserves are ready. The public galleries in the House of Commons are closed to-day, and extra police are on duty in the precincts of St Stephen's. There is great activity in police and military circles in Liverpool. The troops are confined to barracks and motor buses held in readiness to convey troops anywhere. It is rumored that evidence exists of the surreptitious landing of American gunmen on the coast of North Wales. A man arretted in the House of Com■pe&i lobby on Friday proves to be irreaponsible, and he has been released. Received Nov. 30, 7.55 p.m. London, Nov. 29. The damage in Liverpool and Bootle h now estimated at £1,000,000. Several warehouses are in ruins; £300,000 worth of cotton !b destroyed, and also eile warehouse.—Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn.