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Show GOVERNMENT MOVES AGAINST EXTREMISTS BY JOHN STEELE. (Chieu.Ro Tribune Cable, Copyright.) LONDON", Dec. 3. It is evident the British government at last has determined deter-mined to crush tlie "campaign of murder, and outrage" o which the Irish extrem- ists are taking advantage to break down the ordinary law. The crisis was brought to a head bv the murder in a Dublin street on .Saturday .Satur-day of Detective Sergeant Barton and ramire of many eyewitnesses to come forward. The government offered $20,000 reward for information convicting anv murderer of policemen and $2000 for secret information infor-mation from persons concerned in the murders except actual perpetrators. 1n-lormers 1n-lormers also were promised special protection. pro-tection. This is a return to a svstem of encouraging informers which broke up the old Fenian conspiracy over thirty years ago. It is sure to lead to strong protests bv hum tern leaders on the ground that it will breed agents provocateurs, but it seems the only alternative is a confession confes-sion of the inability of the government adequately to protect its servants in the execution of their duty. So far the Sinn Fein has failed publicly to condemn murders. |