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Show FIERY CHARGES I MADE 3! LORD I MAYOR jF CORK I Unoffending Citizens Whipped and Shot: Some Burned f. Alive. He Says STRONG PLEA MADE FOR U. S. INTERVENTION Public Awaits Reports of Mil- itary Commission Inves- . tigating Conflagration I LONDON. 14. Investtgattoo a military commission of the fin t H i xvhlch swept the city of Cork on Bat-nr. Bat-nr. I is night and Sunday was expected to I..- completed there today. Major 1 General Strickland, commander ot H military forces n Ireland, is the head H if the commission and the taking of began yesterday, Tho mayor and two Sinn H Fein membi irllsment have been H called to explain allegations they has H mad.. In a dispatch sent to various H foreign am bus-..-) dors here relative to H I outrages declare to have H lieen perpeirnted in Cork during tho H i l n I Ul xii . Announcement f the commission's IH sv'.th keen in- H I to who - H th. tires in Cork has LH assumed M-,t Itnpo-.-tance since the H conflagration, l t b.- a h-enco of clear H lence. rival elements have been do- H lng ibeir utmost to fix the blame H Ihe auxiliary united or the Irisi extremists, respectively. H Sir Uamar Greenwood, ohlef sec-tor sec-tor Inland, speaking In the house or commons last night, asserted H his belief that the auxiliary police H did not start the nrs. and pointed 1 out were not equipped with in- H cendlary bombs which, news dls- flarnen in Cork. PV TRI CE PROSPECTS D VRK. tr , inland ap- IH pc ir lo have b n blasted by the most. IH events in that island, declared LfsLH Telepl between England - Interrupted M last nltrht. was n-sumed this morning. isLB Dublin passed a quiet night, sold a message to th. Exchange Telegraph iH ' VSATIONAL ( RGES. LONDON, 1 IS. (By The Asso- LH els ed i -The L-ord Mavor of H Cork uid Messrs. Roch and Walsh H of com- sent the following dls- K'l pat-h the ambassadors of tho in mm "During the past week the people Of Cork .lM. children. H nax'e n held up in the streets of H this city un,l robbed of all that tli.-v iH possessed. Hundreds of shops have H bi n looted: unoffending citizens havo H publicly whipped or shot and irei i i cases, burned tlivi l J- prlnolps i I km business quarters of the city have been bombed, burned and destroyed by the B armed forces of the crown, rendering thousands of people homeless .ml work less. BH "In the name of humi n ly snd for II TaH protection such savage tryanny. H intervention of sour government." I 1 1 it i i i ii m 1 1 M Late today a notice was received foe H yuing member of the editorial staff H of tin- i, iK Constitution named Hoi- H weeks H ago. Is not returned by I o'clock Tues- H day afterndon. forty Sinn Felnors will WLmLW be shot in beds. fl The notice, which and Tans."' concluded with the wor.i m w n m -i - oi i mi CORK. Die. U. ( By The Assoclat- H cd frees.) Eye witnesses of the burn- fil ing of Cork graphically relate how sBsLsl ed xvith scarfs, removed . sB loot from the flame-enveloped shops. HBbbs! Some of them had leather bags ovei - LLm plunder slung oxer their shoulders. It Is reported that a large number of the employcj of the destroyed estab-Ushmenta estab-Ushmenta anticipating their destruC- tion, insured their salaries with Eng- H l!sh companies. It is said that looters removed from H a Jewelry store several large trophy H cups which, being too heavy for them ! to carry off. were thrown Into a blaz- H Ing street car standing in a thorough- H I l S in I Ql OB Mis. Wren. Mr proprietress of Flan- I 'lagan's that at 9 o'clock H I Saturday night she xvas ordered to J ; clear her hotel of its guests, but that she remained inside tho building. H ' Shortly afterward the front door lock H was blown away by a revolver bullet and a crowd of men, some of them in uniform, entered and broke bottles H until she .stood ankle deep in chum- LsLl j. gne, x c i.-. and bt ei . she was i rmltted to leave Ihe hotel win I fffl her four children before the place HH was set on fire, H TRUt I !! I SSED. LONDON. Dec. 13. The Res. si. mMM ehael O'l'lanagan. acting president of the Stan Fein, has requested Pren.i H Lloyd George for time In which to H consult with Eamonn dc Valera and H Arthur Griffith respecting the endeax (Continued on Page Three.) KsiLLm B I M mm mmmm mm .. laQsl mwm -: va.-v-.v Fiery Charges Made by Lord Mayor of Cork (Ckintlnaed From Page One.) ors now beinjr made to bring about I truce In Ireland. Father O'PIanagan made ibla re- iiuest in n ply to a letter from lh ! premier. Iti which Mr. LIpvi! George, respot'dlng to th- first proposal looking look-ing to ; truce, said the British government gov-ernment did not lag behind any Mellon Me-llon of the Irish people In the desln that Ireland should enjoy the blessing bless-ing of peace and prosperity, tul w a prepared to offer facilities for a coni-' coni-' pletc discussion of the situation. Seeking the cn-operati : ' n - eminent to this ml. Father "Flanagan "Flana-gan gaya: "In the moan time, i aah that you personally Join with one i: an appeal to all parties concerned in thla struggle strug-gle to allow at this opportune time of the year, spirit of the founder of our civilization to mitigate their anger toward one another, that the desire for peace may have root anil grow in the hearts of two neighboring nations na-tions that Otlght to live in harmony and mutual helpfulness." i on |