Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1920 — BRITAIN ACTS TO SUPPRESS RISING [ARTICLE]

BRITAIN ACTS TO SUPPRESS RISING

Warships Cruise Off the Irish Coast; 35,000 Soldiers on Guard. hEW RAIDS IN KILKENNY I i Martial Law Is Expected to Be Deciared Saturday Night to Prevent Any Easter Demonstration*— Lloyd George Goes to Wales. London, April 2.—With warships Sruigiug off the Irish coast and 35,000 Torihe garrisoned at the Vital centers nrdughdut the Island, the British does not anticipate a conUferMd rising in Ireland Easter Sunmoderate element among the i Bina Fein leaders, it is learned, op|j>C«ta a repetition of the 1916 rebelknowing It could be easily truthed by Engl/dld and would merely be a bloody fiaddo. Premier Lloyd George* lan Macpherson and Sir Edward Carson all are said to have received “black cross” Wandngs reading, “Prepare to dial" IM fMMICF left for his native Watai tasaty guard. L Gsorae Bernard Shaw left’“for Ire?

land to discuss the situation tfitli Sir Horace Plunkett. Carson's Life Threatened. Sir Edward Carson’s revelation in the house of commons that a “murder squad” had left New York to assassinate him was followed by an apparently well-founded story to the effect that prior to the recent christening oiPhis son the Ulsterite leader received mysterious warnings that his life was in danger. The government, It is said, appealed to him to hold a private ceremony and •not expose himself. Sir Edward refused and, according to the story, nearly half of the guests that attended the ceremony were disguised Scotland Yard detectives. A number of police and military raids took place in various parts of southern Ireland, notably in Kilkenny. Search was made for arms and incriminating documents. Several arrests were made. The atmosphere is tense throughout the island. No one will be surprised if Easter morning sees an upheaval, though if the Sinn Feiners are preparing a coup they are doing it so well under cover that not an inkling of their plans has leaked out. Comment by Irish Press. Dublin, April 2.—The Irish Times, commenting on the home rule bill, says: "It Surrenders three-fourths of Ireland to the forces of anarchy, and plants a cancer In every heart in the empire.” The Freeman’s Journal says: “The bill ban have nd other effect than Id make confusion more. confounded.” The Irish Independent says:' “Ths bill was framed on the assumption

that the Irish people are idiots, and that any abominable system of government is good enough for them.” 0