Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1920 — PLAN BIG DRIVE AGAINST IRISH [ARTICLE]

PLAN BIG DRIVE AGAINST IRISH

British Ready for Great RoundUp of Sinn Feiners in the House of Commons. CHANGE Of POLICY IS SEEN Expectation <M Attack in London la Said to Explain Erection of Strong • Barrier* to Protect Prime Minister and Offices. London, Noy. 28.—Barriers eight feet high, which will exclude the public from Downing street and adjacent Charles street are being erected with instructions that the work shall be continued until it is completed. Both streets lead from Whitehall to a group of government departmental offices, including the foreign office and the India office, and also the official residence of Premier Lloyd (Jeorge and Andrew Bonar Law, the government leaders In the house of commons.

The barriers are to be of a substantial character, foundations having been dug to receive them. Gates wide enough to admit an automobile are to be provided in the barriers. At the same time, the light barriers raised at the other ends of the two streets to check the pressure of the crowds on the occasion of the unveiling of the cenotaph for the men killed in war are being strengthened. Believe Attack Is Expected. Nothing has been announced publicly regarding the unusual precautions, which are assumed in some quarters to indicate that the government has reason to expect an attack on the centers of government from quarters which at present cannot be surmised. The labor delegates appointed by the parliamentary Labor party to go to Ireland and investigate the British government’s policy and methods there start for Ireland next Tuesday. Against Seizure of Griffith. Arthur Griffith’s arrest in Dublin, it is stated, came as a great surprise to Premier Lloyd George and the Irish office. It is even declared that it brought forth some adverse criticisms from the premier and from those in the inner circles of 10 Downing street, the premier’s official residence. ===, No orders for the arrest of Griffith had been Issued here, it is said. Higher officials have considered him one of the strongest moderating influences In the Sinn Fein organization and no evidence to the contrary, the report says, has been forwarded to them from D iblln.

Neagh Attack Reported. A report from Neagh, Tipperary, Ireland, says Denis Carey was taken by uniformed men from his lodgings. Into the streets, and several bullets were tired into Ills body. Carey is reported to be in a hospital in dying condition.

Rail Men .Giving In. Belfast. Nov. 27.—The Londonderry employees of the Lough Swilly railway at Donegal have decided to seek reinstfttemeht. This will be the first breaking away from the Irish railwaymen, who decided some time ago not to carry armed forces of the crown or munitions.