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Show E IRISH BILL CALLS FOR MARTIAL LAW c& A A 'A A A a a 7 J If ITM TO Iff TAKE PUCE OF CROWK COURTS 7 Ifm New Measure Even Provicbs j, mm for Court Martial in Civil Suits IS Jk IRISH ARMED RAIDERS CRIPPLE LIGHTHOUSES Dublin Opinion Says Great Jtjf Britain Makes Mistake in ifiM Handling Mannix Case , LOM"'.V Aug 3 - Dutlei ' lH tribunals in Ireland will be taken J StLiH over by courts martial, even to the J HH extent of settling civil dispute In- J jmJHBH flictlon of flnca and the binding ofi V&HI accused persons over to keep the I "tlKlB pRce, tinder ihe terms of the new PtLfeLSBB Irish bill, frhlch was made public this' if'B morning -Kiw Military courts also will t ike over fff sh the duties of coroners and win have JWB the power to decide cases without . nUrW JufleS In trials for crimes punish-J ffiflfH able by death, however, o.'io pet soul ftljvJB wno ni'ctJ not De Rn officer shall sit 'jsVftifl "s ou of lnc JufJeH He must be Pg&sa appointed by the viceroy from a list "P"tB jipproved 1 the lord chancellor of tfl Ireland or the lord chief justice of . Mm England. IB Person convicted by them may be i i -jH Imprisoned in any part of Great Kri- -H i-iin Tin- bill makes prolslon for! I " excluding Ulster from the working ofj MMM ihe law stipulating that it i 2M rff' Lih e in the whole or anv pajt I SECRETARY RESIGNS. 1 1 'S DCBLIN. auk he resignation I VpD 0(t Edward Saundcrson ZM private sec- J r starry ir fITc viceroy, announced to-day, to-day, is regarded as of politicul slg- 'lfilBa niflcance and In some quarters It i. JVH even supposed his resignation ma ImtI foreshadow that of the viceroj Edward Saundcrson is a son of the r late Colonel Saundcrson, Ulster lead- -' er, and his Influence on the vlcerov '-'KsJ was regarded always as being er ;!rJ great He was frequently denounced it'aSl by l''e nationalist press. I R UDERS (.I T M vrr.RIAX. ,;!B L'.i.N'Im i.v, Auk 3 Armed raider- 3 held up the occupants of the Mlzen- head Lighthouse, County ("oik. Sat- rpf MM urdny, and took away twelve hundred Jfl pounds of signalling ammunition Tlx 1 ' I '. . II I r I'll HI I I 11.1 .In. S ,1 T raided and the signalling apparatus KjC-S According to some of the news- jvlfl papers today, successive" raids on Vjfll lighthouses have been one of the rea- MkKDj sons for diverting trans-Atlantic lln- MmfM ers from Queenatown The Qraphlc vIWf today says that the diverting of the jsjfcafc Vessels was In no wise connected with 'ifSKm Archbishop -Mannix o( Australia, but M was due to the Initiative of the steam - HMJ. .-hip companies who hae i'i.'iiuJ n jHIBw creaslngly difficult to obtain pilotage HBO ana were alarmed at the crippling of KhH lighthouses. The newspaper adds that IffifgM the companies aldo complained of lr- Efi regularity or the railroad service at I i yueenstow n Kf MANNLX COMMENT. HV LONDON, Aug 3. Moderate opln- VW1 ion in Ireland, says a Dublin dispatch to the London Times, is senouslv (uestlonlng tho wisdom of the go - Rta ernment's decision to exclude Arch- ftA bishop Mannix of Australia from In - mbil3 land. Many arguments are urged R against it. It is pointed out that the Sinn Felners need no encouragement and that Archbishop Mannix robably y could do more harm In the United jMJ States than if given B free hand to preach an antl-Hrltish crusade in ire-land ire-land The dispatch says there are some who think the speeches of the arch-Mj arch-Mj bishop may be due to hla Ignorance E'J of the real state of affairs in Ireland and that close contact might have a sobering effect on him. I-J j According to the Times correspond- rfj ent. the government's decision is con- UK sldered likely to place heads of the rVj Catholic church in Dublin in a false EH position it is believed probable n - church influence would support anv a. wise and generou"" scheme foi an tf f 1 ' -! ''tl i i ' il but In some qunr- Hq -i , ters. it Is declared that tho church IP" must be greatly embarrassed bv re- Hjl i strlctlons on Archbishop Mannix s movements 1)1 SIRE FOR peac r:. Mm Leading Catholic las men are re- ported by the Times correspondent to MM be of the opinion that if the govern-1 govern-1 ment Insists on making a marts r of WM, ihe archbishop, the bishops will vir- tuall be compelled to champion his cause and their genuine dr-slre for1 peace may be rendered unfruitful by Hj consequent developments, I n the I other hand, they sa , If the arrhblshop Uh is permllted to come to Ireland like Mi any other homo coming ecclesiastic. I the church will have an opporlunltv M i to acquaint him quietly with Its dif- 1 flCUltlea and probably will be able 1 to Influence Ma course of action. I I At any rate, the newspaper corro- 1 i spondent Kajs. It Is generail) consld- I ered certain In Dublin that the ex- H J Psnsea of the archbishops martyr-. H dom would be paid hy the govern-! i ment and the IrlMi people oo |