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Show LORD MAYOR IN PAIN 50TH DAY V NEW BHD NIGHT IN ' LONDON JAIL British Cabinet in Conference on Situation Prevailing in Ireland SIR HAMAR GREENWOOD INSTRUCTS CONSTABLES I Warns Them Against Reprisals Repris-als But Admits There Is Much Provocation I LONDON", Oct. 1 Terence Mac-J Swlney, lord mayor of Cork, parsed j another v ery bad night at Brixton1 prison where he today began the r.uih daj of his hunger strike. He slept a little beforeyiiiidniKht. but not after that hour. saltTb, bulletin issued by the Irish Self Determination league this fore noon, and during the morning was suffering severe pains in his arms and back. Mis Mary Macf-'winey sent n letter' Y ednesday to Cardinal Bourne, arch-, bishop of Westminster, in which she said: "-When the spirit of life is sustained In such a fight against the forces of( injustice and tyranny wo naturally' x-, pect to find Your Eminence on the, -die nf ihe spirit. I therefore, ask ou plainlv to call together vour bishops It, England to condeiifa the action of your government In their, attitude to- wards my brother and his comrades 'in the Cork jail and In ihe name c: Christianity to demund their instant release. Even yet It may not be too late." Miss MacSwim y al.-o sent a utter to i. ArM'lMsHop .r 'w -it. " . Vii,. he, in similar strain asking hi mto "call together the bishops of vour church and in the name of Christlunit v and Oivlliaatlon demund from vour government govern-ment the instant release of my brother and his comrades." CABIX 1 l CONFER i I LON'l N, Sept. 30. Members of the British cabinet met today to discuss dis-cuss Hie situation in Ireland and to barn from General Sir Pedcrlck Nevll MacRendy, commander of military forces there, details of conditions in the island. It was forecast that it was likely the cabinet would require an explanation from the commander of a recem interview which has been Interpreted by the newspapers here as condoning reprisals by "black and tan" police. IRMN'G (. IM BI PRISA1 S Dl'BLIN. Sept Warning against reprisals, no matter what the provocation, was given the Royal Irish constabulary todav by Sir Hamar Greenwood, the chief secretary for Ire land. In a j-pce h mi l h oecasloii oi a distribution of medals. He dwelt upon the proVooatipn, which had I given the police, with 103 of their number murdered and 170 woundedi but declared no reprisals could be countenanced by the authorities. He congratulated the men upon their general gen-eral maintenance of dlsciplim . "Your duty and mine," he skid, "Is to arrest criminals and endeavor to prevent further crime I appeal to all Irish people, men and women, whatever what-ever their creeds and policies, t0 unite I in this endeavor. In the meantime It is necessary to repeat with emphasis that reprisals will ruin discipline. They i annot be o, ml en. i nee, I hv tluw.. in nirt ViAi-lt v KRI1 I I ! 1 1 I SI J JU BLIN. oct. 1. Charges that the reprisals In Ireland were a alcuialed polb . of tfie government, that the oc-, Casloh for them was often afforded by the provocation of agents, and that a plot exists for the assassination of the Irish republican leaders, were made todaj bj Arthur Griffith, found-, er of the Sinn Peln organization. .Mr Griffith preferred these charges In a long statement to American. Erig-J llsh and continental newspaper men I Wo MORI KILLED LlMERB'K, Sept. 30. Two con- stables were shot and killcj near O'Brien's bridge when a police patrol was fired upon. PATROL AMIIIMII Ii BELFASJ. Oct. 1 A police patrol! "a ambushed yesterday near Tub-bercurrv. Tub-bercurrv. county Sllgo. 'by a large part of armed civilians. District ln-j spector Brad was shot dead, the head; constable gravely wounded and an-other an-other constable ks serionslv wounded. Unconfirmed reports say several houses havi been burned In reprisal for the attack. l OA KILLED BLLPAST, Sept. 3a W hile search -1 lng u house In Liscarroll, countv Cork. I on Tuesday, a party of the military was fired on by civilians. The soldlcrsi t ei hi tied Ihe fire, killing one of their! . 1 Hants. |