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Show I plots. TLcse men were rolcused by , Viscount French shortly after the ar-(mi.s'ioe ar-(mi.s'ioe was signed. Practically all of j them have been identified with the f Irish revolutionary societies which have I now corne under the ban. Tho unexpected and decidedly dramatic dra-matic step taken by the Lloyd George government is not unlikely to precipitate precipi-tate tho longdooked-for grapple be- tween the irreconcilable in Ireland and the elcmems stoutly resisting a i larger measure of liberty for that distraught dis-traught island. Affairs seem to be rushing to a history-making era for the Irish roople. I : CRISIS IN IRELAND. The British government seems to have invited the crisis in Irish affairs which promises to ensue as a result of the drastic step taken by the lord lieutenant lieu-tenant of Ireland in ordering the suppression sup-pression of the revolutionary organizations organiza-tions in tho troubled crown possession. Under tho royal proclamation tine so-called so-called Irish parliament, tho Dail Eireann comes under tho crimes act; its sessions are prohibited and its Sinn Fein supporters are virtually outlawed. Tho proclamation issued by Viscount French was followed so quickly by raids on tho quarters of the Sinn Fein organization as to suggest the purpose of the British government to treat the entire Irish republican movement as seditious, se-ditious, as being aimed at the overthrow over-throw of the king's authority and pun-ishablo pun-ishablo under tho treason and felony act. The original proclamation issued in Dublin on Wednesday called for the suppression of the Sinn Fein, the Gaelic league, tho Irish Volunteers and other organizations and was somewhat restricted re-stricted as to the territory in which it was to bo of effect. Later the repressive repres-sive measure was extended to include the whole of Ireland. Tho character of the arrests made by the royal authorities indicates mi intention inten-tion to return to jnil most of the Irishmen Irish-men imprisoned in .May of last year on suspicion of connection with Ccnimn |