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Show REPRISALS 1ST STOPJNJRELAND IRISH CONSTABULARY WARNED THAT REPETITION OF PAST ACTS WILL BE PUNISHED. Charges Made by Sinn Feiner That Government Itself Has Been Responsible Re-sponsible for Reprisals and That Certain Leaders Are Marked. Dublin. Warning against reprisals, no matter what the provocation, was given the Koyal Irish constabulary on Friday by Sir Hamar Greenwood, chief secretary for Ireland, in a speech on the occasion of a distribution ol medals. He dwelt upon the provocation provoca-tion which has been given the police, with 130 of their number murdered and 170 wounded, but declared nc reprisals eourd be countenanced by the authorities. He congratulated the men upon riieir general maintenance of discipline. The Evening Telegraph states thai a circular signed by General Tudoi has been issued to the police from Dublin castle, warning them againsl participating in reprisals, and declaring declar-ing that on proof of such acts having been committed, disciplinary measures, to be followed by severe punishment, will be adopted. Sensational charges that the government gov-ernment itself was responsible for reprisals re-prisals in Ireland and that a certain number of Sinn Fein leaders were marked for assassination, were made by Arthur Griffith, founder of the Sinn Fein organization, who said he was first on Hhe list of intended victims. Two constables were shot and killed near Limerick Thursday night when a police patrol was fired upon. While searching a house iu Liscar-roll. Liscar-roll. County Cork, a party of the military mili-tary was fired on by civliaus. The soldiers returned the fire, killing one of their assailants. |