New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 31, 1921, Page 11

JDSON DODGE ESSEX SUPER MOTOR BROTHERS CARS LEADERS IN THEIR CLASS ~ 17 Different Models to Select From Space 5 at the Show--Tonig ES. & F. MOTOR SALES CORP. 155 ELM STREET, NEW BRITAIN ,D'stributOrs for New Britain, Bristol, Southington, Plainvi_lle. Forestville, Berlin TEL. 731 'S . L “The army which is the instrument of their government in Ireland would also seem to be the instrument of the degftruction of that moral heritage 15 large cities. Cardinal Gil Archbishop Keane and four H Catholic bishops, ' seven : Prof Episcopal bishops, - four Mef] dren and indiscriminate flogging.” Many of the raids, it was said, were made at night by “members of the British - forces dressed in seem to have occurred in a force of 78,000 during a period of four and one-half years, it is pointed out, or at the rate of nof more than .26 of Home Rule. charged that Carson and other leadérs who had imported arms from Germany and had set up a pro- population is subjected to an inquisi- tion upen the theory that individuals ‘are In possession of Information val- uable to the militaty forces of Great Britain. These acts of the Imperial British forces are comtrary to the Iaws of peace or war among modern civilized nations. Courts Don't Function. ,“$~This ‘terror’ has failed to re- establish Imperial British civil gov- efnment in Ireland. ‘Throughout the Ereater part of Ireland British courts have ceased to function; lodal, county and tity governiments refuse to recogs nize PBritish authority; and British el officials fulill no function of service to the Irish people. “T—=In spite of the Hrtish ‘terrer’ the majority of the Irish people have sanctioned by ballot the Irish repub- e, give their allegiance to it; pay taxes to it; and respect the decisions of its courts and of fts civil oMelals. verybody’'s Business The commission also declared that “the situntion in Ireland wak & proper mabject of oomoern for all peoples iming eoither humanity or olvilisa- saying that “it appealed parti- rly to Americans so closely bound “ties of blood and culture to the and Bnglish people” Unless foroe oeuld prevail to end the f in Ireland, the commission out “Phywieal fotce seetted to continue both to deny the ity of peace in Ireland and to the possibility of non-inter- of our government in the visional government in Belfast were forgiven and promoted to high offices in the British government. Indopendence Declared “After this,” the report says, ‘‘in 1916, Irish podts, teachers and leaders, with less than 1,000 followers rose in rebellion and declared Ireland's ine dependence. Confronted with the Irish destiaration of Independence, the Im- perial British Government poured ad- ditional troops into Ireland. The re- bellion ‘was crushed in April 1916, The Imperinl British Govérnment then continued to pour troops Into Ireland. The Irish to an increasing degree were deprived of civil and soeéial liberty. Such British rule lasted until Dec. 14, 1918, when, at the conclusfon of a war avowedly fought for the rights of small nations, the Irish people in the goneral elettion held under British auspices, gave the endorsement of their suffrage to the Irish republie which was the election issue in Ire. land. In fulfiliment of their pledes the elected representatives of the Irish ro. public met in Céngress (the Dail Birann) at Dublin, organised as a government, nominated officers d proceeded to function (Jan. 21, 1819,) and an army known as the Irish Re- publican Army was éreated, equipp with distinetive uniforms ‘and one per cent. per annum. On the other hand, according to lists compiled by the Irish Republi- can government and submitted to the commistion, more than 200 unarmed Irigh civilians were killed by the mili- tary and police during 1 alone. This number, it was said, included six wonien, 12 children, 10 old men and two priests, but did not include dersons killed in the fighting. The commission says it does not vouch for the exactness of the figures but “di- rect testimon it says, showed the killing of civilians in 1920 ran into “many hundreda.” 45,000 Raids. The testimony attributed to the British forces approximately 45,000 raids, entailing ‘“‘wreckage of proper- ty, robbery, murder of citizens, bru- tality 1o priests and women and chil- civilian clothing.”” > Stress is laid upon “the moral con- sequence to the Imperial British forces’ of the British government military policy in Ireland.” License instead of discipline, the commission , now prevails among the troops. itizens of the Irish Republic,”” are held blameless for “‘incidental aceci- dental and disciplinary casualties in the British forces, and for casu#lties incurred under circumstances of gen- eral violence and disorder.” Many of the excesses of the 78,000 British troops are attributed to the incite- ment of the fear of assassination in the soldiers’ minds by their super- iors. Sympathy Extended. “We would extend our sympathy t the great British people,” sayvs th& commission in concluding its report. which was their glory and which cast its lustre on each und all of them. The sun of that glory seems finally to have set over Ireland. British ‘justice’ has become a discredited thing. The official Black and Tans in ireland compete for-.the dishonor of Anglo-SBaxon civilization with our un- official lynch mobs, We hope that the wrong done to Ireland may be righted and the agony of her peo- ple cease. When thése things shall be the great British people will emerge from the darkness that now incompasses them into the glory of- a new day. Those On Commission. Thirty-six states were represented in the committee which initiated the inquiry, the report says, including five governors, 11 United States sen- ators, 13 congressmen, the mayors af bishops and numerous cleryimén cators, editors, business men. s bor leaders. The -patrent conk elected the sub-committec or'ce sion which conducted the . i This commission was composed! Hollingsworth Wood;, a New Quaker lawyer, as chairman; erick C. Howe, former commis of immigration at New Yor! Lchairman; Jane Addams, of House, Chicago; James H. president of the American FY of Labor of Pennrylvania; 3 Oliver P. Newman, former of the board of commissio. District of Célumbia: Uhi Senator George W. Nortis, braska; the Rev. Norman New York Presbyterian cl and United States Senator ‘Walsh of Massachusetts. to the limited space in the armory, we are un: o show Peerless cars but will welcome any ifs and gladly furnish literature on the car with' and sporting range of summer. 4