Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1920 — INTERN SINN FEINERS [ARTICLE]

INTERN SINN FEINERS

Irish Captives Are Placed in Camp at Ballykinlar. Will Be Given Treatment Similar to That Accorded Prisoners of War. London, Dec. 6.—The first group of Sinn Fein prisoners to be Interned under the government’s recently announced plan left -Dublin for Ballyklnler. County Down. Their number was not made public. The Ballyklnler camp Is on the shore of Duudrum bay and contains old hutments which were used (luring the war by men In training for the Ulster division. Sir Hamar Greenwood, chief secretary for Ireland, announced in the house of commons Novembef 30. that the government intended to intern Sinn Feiners In whose cases there was reason to believe they were connected with the Irish republican anny. He added that Interned prisoners would be given treatment similar to that accorded prisoners of war, but said this would not involve recognition of the persons interned as prisoners of war, nor would it grant them that status. Three civilians are reported to have been shot dead near Bander, County Cork, following the ambushing of a party of police. The police escaped without casualties, he adds.