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Show SERIOUS POLITICAL UPHEAVAL PENDS THROUGH IRELAND 'p.o aliempt uon the !::e o' Viscount French in Dublin coons In Lie mi. Is; of tin- most serious and threaten;!'," political' politi-cal' upheaval thai Ireland has experienced experi-enced in many years. The development of the .Sinn Kein movement in lieland has been rapid within the last year, resultlm; 'n an overwhelmlnff triumpn for that organization or-ganization at the last genera! elections and cevelopinc tile oria nh'.a tlon of a soaratlst gov:'iim.-nt. headed by Kainonn lie N'alera with v n Irish republican iar-l'la-oent proclaiming the authority to lems-l;,te lems-l;,te for Ireland, hut under t'ne strictest of lians bv the British am horlties. Meanwhile throughout lare sections ot the i'spinds there have been disorders, attacks at-tacks on constables and minor ofll:ia:s mmfiie witd f-'reat freouency. toe-ether with eour.ter-action by uw authorities m the v.'av of repressive measures, siieii an the suppression of tlie Winn fern and kindred Ir.ish oryanialioiis by proclamation proclama-tion ariests of numerous Sein I'einers and' main- raids for the seizure of documents docu-ments and suspecp-and searches for hidden hid-den arms. In dcal'IV; with the situation the Koverninellt has been vmpioymi,-lai-Ke mililaiy. forces, an cello al slate-meiit slate-meiit in October a p.'.ioimcin' t .or r, '"J'! trooos v. ere iu Ireland. Field .Marshal Viscount hieneo of Tpres- fame, who himself is an lris.unan. wis a. pointed lord lieutenant of !!.: ! , in Slav. IMS. after tKiU served as com mander of the British home forces since his retirement us commander in chief of tho Hritisii armv in France, when lie was relieved by General llaiu late in 1S. As typifying t-iritish authority over Ire-laud, Ire-laud, the lord lieutenant stands a conspicuous con-spicuous figure and presumably has been well guarded in his travels in that country. |