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Show CORK FISE PBU BE II IS KEPTSECRET Report on Inquiry Will Not Be Published: Soldiers Admitted Responsible H I LOTDON. Feb. 1. M'.y th An- j clatM The rep"'"1 "f Ma.l-r if i General Strickland. commander of H 'M j the troops In Irelnnd, covering the I inquiry Into the Cork fire, will not be 'I H published, the premier anwiuncwl in jl j (he. house of commons last night The B J decision, he added, had bcn taken In m i the Interest of tho re Mtabllshmcnt of 3 jaw and order In Ireland a j Mr. Lloyd George explained (here tm m was enough In the ropoit to Katlr.fy I the government that then had been B nets In violation of discipline. but It 1 was Impossible to identify IndlTldoals 1 I responsible. The sternest action had 9 ' U been taken, however, with reference M ! I to the company Involv. I Beven men suspected of violating discipline had 9 been dismissed, the officer command-jl command-jl ing had been suspended and the com- V pany dissolved. IVUI W l LDENCE. $1 The premier said the report was If jj llot really a report by Jinral Strtck- VI land but simply dealt erih th c-31 c-31 i J cumnces to Inform the government. M The premier' statement brought cries a . from the Labor bom hes that the cl--M 1 i j villan evidence had not been called. I 1 but Mr. Lloyd George declared It VII 9 j q not true and added HJ (H "Furthermore, certain civilians of jl Cork from whom tbe government Is 19 anxious to have evidence, hae fled Iff! jfl j jj to America." M ' U The premier too): th. floor to d-- iM j fond the government In attacks made oy Crmer Premier AajQUlth and John 9 j jj Robert Clynes. labor member and for- Hfl 19 BII !nf-r '0tl controller, who asked rlarl- j; fication of the king'i speech with ref- j J erenco to Ireland. England. Mcsopo- VH.J j tamla, the London conference, the H.'9 j tretfiv of Sevres, and other matters, H jl Mr. Asqulth remark. l that the speech iVHS 1 was "notable for Its omls-dnn." Si RRENDEB : I RMS Hjfl j. The premier confine. 1 himself chlcf- fjl jj jy to Ireland. He said that the peace j negotiations broke down onth ques- Hjjl 1 lions of a truce when the govern- . J ment demanded the surrender of arma ,1 j "The Sinn Felners would not sur- H render their arm."." he declared, "and J from thut It won clear that they had H.l 1 not abandoned the idea of securing HBv iti'i tne independence of Ireland by force. VHj 3 I of arms. 1: "Until they do abandon that UUa i VH .'1 1 there will be no pi-ace In Ireland." RAILWAY SHOOTING. lm j! Alluding to the Mallow shooting ;1 ; 1 he said the railway men thus far had IliiYiifl 'Ifl failed to come forward and testify Hfl i"r as to whom ffll guilty ami. he added. Hjfl i l "we are not gdng to mibmll t.i threats HH ; t of ft strike." The government was B 'i j willing to guarantee an Inquiry If the i J, railway men wan ready to cooperate, j 1 1, He recounted the i hie , ements of, M I the government towards reestablish-' H Jj 1 ment of order in Ireland and express-j H. 3 1 ed the belief that Its efforts were j 1 meeting with success jj with reference to the report of A oount Mllner on Kgypt, he said the! l j! house would hare the opportunity of j ; discussing it The government was 1 lj i not yet able to lay whether the re- B i j' port wotild be accepted aa a b;isls for Ifllia f an Esrvptian settlement. oo |