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Show : STUCK TROOPS ON BOARD TRAIN Bloody Battle Reported With! Severe Losses on Both Sides After Ambush MEMBERS OF BRITISH PARLIAMENT ARRESTED Irish Bulletin Publishes Details of Recent Move to Bring About Peace CORK. Feb IB. Five male passen gcrs nnd one woman passenger and two members of fhe Irish republican army were killed today when a passenger pas-senger train carrying troops was am-bushed am-bushed near Kensale b republican forces armed with bombs and rifles, j Rix soldiers, two rnilway officials and two women pissenirr-rs wpre seriously wounded ?.nd several others slightly vounded. BELFAST. Feb. 15. A passenger .train carrying troops from Cork to Sklbbereon ls reported to have be n ambushed between Balllnhasslg and Klnsale by Sinn Feiners armed with bombs and rifles. It la believed there were many casualties on both sides. DEXdEGATES A It R l .sTEl). BELFAST. Feb. 15. Twenty members mem-bers of the Irish Sinn Fein delegation delega-tion to the Erltlsh parliament are now in custody. The twentieth member was apprehendej In Dublin yesterday, i when N. J. Crowley, member for tho north division of Kerry, waa arrested, i SPY IS SLAIV CORK. Feb 15. Street or house-, to-houso collections of money for any purpose have been prohibited by Major General Sir Edward Strickland, military commander of British forces in Ireland, but It is indicated that permission Will be granted in certain C.lseM The body of an unknown man was found in the outskirts of this city yes-terday. yes-terday. On the clothing was pinned I a placard bearing the word "spy " REPORT OF MEE1 !. DUBLIN, Feb. 15. Tho Irish Bulletin, Bul-letin, isnucd last night summarizes the report of the Dail Elreann. held In the last week of January, at which "there was a full attendance of available avail-able members. Including the president." presi-dent." . Quoting from the speech of Ea-monn Ea-monn d- Valera. which dealt largely with peace negotiations of December, the Bulletin says: "Perturbed at the effect on world opinion of his unrestricted Black and Tan warfare upon the Irish people, the British premier commissioned the Archbishop of Perth to come to Ireland Ire-land as an official Intermediary to arrange a truce " The statement adds that Archbishop Cin. Interviewed Arthur Griffith, founder of the Sinn Fein organization, the minister of finance and others, and found that they were "fair and reasonable men" and reported to Premier Pre-mier Lloyd Oeortr I riTUDE CH ES It is asserted that the attitude of Mr. Lloyd c.ronre meantime. had undergone un-dergone a change as a result ef -"!" proposal of six of the thirty-two members mem-bers of the Glway county council and Father O'Flenagan'a telegram, "both of which bo pretended to believe be-lieve were indications of a general break-up in the morale of the Irish people and a cry for peaco at any price." Mr Do Valera, says the Bulletin, proceeded to say that "Archbishop j ciune. nevertheless, was asked to re- turn to England nnd report." On December 11. says the Bulletin, the British cabinet "Intimated Its Willingness for a truce extending over a month on certain general conditions. condi-tions. " These terms were roduced to a written formula by Arrhblxhop Clune and presented to Dublin Castlo December 18. Tho formula aa given by tho Bulletin follows: 'The British government under- takes during the truce that no raids. I arrests, pursuits, burnings, shootings. , lootings, demolitions, courts martial or other acts of violence will be carried car-ried out by Us forces." oo |