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Show VUID REXR of Revolt in Evi-j : ice Everywhere in the Emerald Isle. Jition Apparently Ap-aching Ap-aching Crisis; Premier Speaks Today. By FORBES FAIRBAI RN, v;ifi orvlce taft CorresPndent , ' j rable dispatch. - ''.pQV, Aug- 17. Ireland has reached :j: ige of open revolt. i!? government's naval arsenal on isiard, In the harbor of Queens- has" been bes!e?ed by armed Sinn S -b British troops defending it have rte attackers by the withering i machine guns. The arsenal con-y. con-y. anmunltion and supplies fur naval KS. :'.iougti t:-.e battle occurred Friday the Vcnsorsliip prevented the news reaching the London public until Qf'e c;tuat:on in Ireland hourly be-l be-l , more menacing." says a Dublin 'h to Die Daily Express. "The first i In the government's poiicy of sup-1'itlng sup-1'itlng the Sinn Fein in County Clare lillj,c stopping of 'the monthly market ' p-esumahly Friday) at Ennis. :-..e;-hPlmete.i soldiers armed with stationed across the roa leading ...wit turned back a long stream of irs "bringing pigs and produce. Coun-,re Coun-,re novr is an armed camp, th hllJ-. hllJ-. are white with police huts and SirVs ocupied bv soldlcrr, all in bat-'In-der. iidc Resorts Deserted. Isilorj at the seaside resorts are ig panic stricken. -Londonderry, rrnops with fixed bayonets charged ' Fein rioiers. caus!nK many casus J f(..7;idav and yesterday, is more quiet . Armpd force alone prevents the onf: feud between the nationalists unionists from developing into civil 'at Londonderry when nationals -tti barrels beneath an arch sur- ited bv a picture of Pe Valera and ! the 'barrels with great ceremony, ; - tig s"l(iier songs, the unionists re-' re-' I Willi the national anthem. i yr two hours a violent battle raged. " troops cleared the streets, which : sir'-wn ui:h glass from wrecked and "J shops. During the brittle the moos lorn tne iron railings from the frut-in'i frut-in'i hurled them through plate glass in 't.'tators Are Busy. -ever In Ireland's histor' have agi-y agi-y .-I been so active and successful. The ' : people are carried off their feet r;;;llie warlike enthusiasm. In some of the south of Ireland the life 'Si; policeman counts for little. So grave i situation that protection posts and - tv police barracks housing three or " or five constables have been brdken up and the police transferred to larger sections. "Many poHcemen have lost their lives and others have been wounded by bullets. bul-lets. A resident magistrate was locked up In his own home. Innumerable raids for arms or ammunition are being made, and many have been attended by loss of life." At Belfast, too, battles royal have taken place. Ten persons were injured and four arrests were made as a result of one clash between rioters and the military police. Batons, bayonets and rifle butts were used freely. Mobs when broken up hurled .stones at the troops while ruifning. Sinn Feiner Sentenced. "At Xewry," according to a Dublin dispatch dis-patch lat e today! "a -Sinn Feiner was court-martialed and sentenced to three months for carrying sedititous papers, one of which said : " 'No people can be free that is unwilling un-willing to fight for its freedom. A nation na-tion for which no steel is reddened will be a bone in the kennel. The business of the volunteers is to levy war against England.' " Ireland, all reports agree. Is waiting with the greatest anxiety for the statement state-ment Premier Lloyd George is scheduled to make in the house of commons tomorrow. tomor-row. So critical is the situation that friends of the government cannot see how the government can avoid Immediate action ac-tion to relieve conditions. In his speech tomorrow the prime mi meter Is expected to lay down a definite government policy toward Ireland. |