Show I I MUCH DIFFICULTY IN GETTING ARMS Sinn F Find Obstructions Obstructions I in ih Purchasing By AUSTIN WEST 1 United Press Staff Correspondent LO LONDON DON May 13 One One by one the main supports of the Sinn Fein eln campaign campaign cam cam- in Ireland are Me being swept away by the government government forces For a long Tong time Ume the Sinn found It comparatively easy to smuggle war war equipment into the but but- the country the gradual acquirement of or control of ot all ports and systematic searching g of ships has made It increasingly difficult to obtain obtain ob ob- tain fresh supplies Even the smuggling smuggling smug smug- gling out of ot the the tho country of ot wanted men dispatches and British anti-British propaganda has been reduced educed to a minimum The Tho task of defeating Sinn In Inthis Inthis this manner Is in the hands of ot the auxilIary auxiliary auxiliary iary division of the tho R R. I I. I C. C The majority majority ma ma- of or its members are naval ex-naval and their experience is so varied that between between between be be- tween them they could muster crews to navigate any craft from a submarine to a Most 1 of the firearms and explosives smuggled into Ireland are packed in incases incases cases eases labeled as common merchandise Passengers disembarking by tender from the American liners as well as aswell aswell aswell well as passengers aboard the mail mall boats from Kingstown to Holyhead are All along the coast yachts vessels vessels ves yes sels eels of ot every type are examined Even I small fishing boats off unfrequented villages vil vil- villages lages by the tho sea do not escape search These activities are causing great em- em to the Sinn Fein leaders who are finding It no mean ta task k to obtain obtain obtain ob ob- tain a steady flow of ot munitions necessary necessary necessary sary to carry on their campaign n. n |