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Show TELLS ACTIVITIES OF SINNFEINEiiS Viscount Mlddleton Describes What He Did to Call Attention of Authorities to Them London, May 22. At tho continuation continua-tion today of tho royal commission's Inquiry Into tho Irish revolt, Viscount Vis-count Mlddleton described thcnctlon which ho said ho had taken to bring tho activities of tho Sinn Folnors to tho attention of tho Irish authorities boforo tho outbreak. ,IIo said ho had conferred with Augustine Au-gustine Ulrrcll, then chief secretary for Ireland, nnd had strongly urged that tlio national volunteers be disarmed. dis-armed. On February 2G, Mr. Blrrell had written him a letter In wjilch tho following occurred: "To proclaim the Irish volunteors mi Illegal body and put thorn down by forco would in my opinion,' bo a reckless, foolish act and promote disloyalty dis-loyalty to a prodigious extent," Preceding Vfscount Mlddleton, Mr. Ulrrcll was Interrogated regarding conferences at which, according to his previous testimony, ho had asked ask-ed for moro troops to bo sent to Ireland. Ire-land. A letter written by MrtJor'Gcn-oral MrtJor'Gcn-oral McRcady of tho adjutant general's gener-al's staff, was read. It said tho conferences con-ferences had roference to recruiting nnd that tho proposal was that troops bo sent to various parts of Ireland to encourage meii to join tho colors. Mr. Ulrrcll said he wob surprised to liear ho had omitted to mention at tho conference tho necessity of sending troops to Dublin. Ho certainly certain-ly had done so, ho declared in Interviews In-terviews with Clcncrnls French and Friend. |