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Show fl BUG ill IEE0D III EHUD British Authorities Suspect Destructive Campaign by Sinn Fein CORK, Feb. 14. Sinn Feiners have esptured and burned a British air- filans, kidnaping the aviator, it was earned today, when official -reprisals were ordered at 'Bsllinavereens and Kilfannsne. The aviator was esptured near Kil-fannane. Kil-fannane. The military immediately issued is-sued an ultimatum, demanding the flyer's return within forty-sight hours. LONDON, Feb. 4. Working on the theory that Sinn Fein has renewed Its cnmpafgn of destruction in Kngland. authorities throuKhout the country today to-day hunied flrebuca who started nine . fira in Manchester. r The losses In the textile, rubber, ril and chemical factories were not gre;it. WMlfhman promptly oaliinn in the fiifc department, ln one instance a watchman watch-man came up on a gang which fired at him without renult. Five suspects were arrested shortly after the fires had been extinguished. Police believed each fire was started hy a separate g.ing of from two to three men each. In each instance the men entered the factories after they Cecil, member of parliament. In a letter let-ter to the Times on Ireland, declares that the government's record is "one of bloodstained Inefficiency," and that Sir Hamar Greenwood's advent as chief secretary "if It Imparted vigor to the administration also blemished it with horrible stains." He charges the Irregular constabulary constabu-lary with Infamous crimes and asserts that the government would, have been far wiser to have kept the administration adminis-tration ln the hands of civilian magistrates. said, "and some attackers were seen to fall." A double tragedy, evidently connected con-nected with the foregoing, occurred. James Brophy was shot dead In bed, and John Henley, while walking home, was shot dead. A motorcar with constabulary going from Kllbrlggan to Swords, Dublin county, was ambushed today. A constable con-stable who waa wounded died. Several Sev-eral other policemen were wounded. A man was shot dead near Buttevante, County Cork, and two auxiliary policemen po-licemen were wounded by bombs thrown Into the billiard room of the town hall in Macroom Saturday. RECORD OF BLOOD. LOXnON. Wh. 14-Txrd Hugh had been closed for the week, proceeding proceed-ing immediately to set the fires as thoush they knew exactly where they were to operate. In Ireland an unusual number of Week -end encounters were reported, but without the usual casualtlea. One constable was killed near Swords when hlH patrol was smbushed. Three cadets wore woumled at Macroom when a large number of men bombed and fired upon their quarters. SEVERAL FATALITIES. BELFAST. Feb. 14. Several fatalities fatali-ties occurred in Ireland over the weekend. week-end. General headquarters reported today to-day a military lorry was bombed Saturday Sat-urday night from behind a wall near Tlooterstown In South Dublin. "The fire was returned." the report |