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Show HOTEL VISITORS IN CORK OUSTED Tourists Told Heavier Luggage Lug-gage Will Make Good Barricades l DUBXJN, .Inly 19. A traveler who arrived here from ( ork today brought the Information that the Irregulars there woe making clarboate prepara-lons prepara-lons to defend Cork City. Hotel visitors vis-itors have been turned out of their i rters and onlj allowed to take few personal belongings being told that their bulkl. r luggage would nuil.e gOod barricades. DAMPER ON OPTIMISM Recent speculation on the supposed Impending large scale operations against the Republican insurgents In BOUthWs( Ireland seems to have moved the Kree State government to pul the brakes on popular anticipation of an early march to triumph and peace. The provisional government's news-ipapi news-ipapi r Truth today published an article emphasizing the difficulties to be mot and wurnlng the public not expect Immediate Im-mediate achievement of the task It points out that the .xpor.diture of both lives and money may be considerable before the nd Is reached. Meanwhile although the military council is busily preparing for action, there is not outward sign of that great advance of the Free Stato army of which verybody ht.is been talking during the lost few days nil i) RUMO&f BEARD There is general anxiety, to learn what Is happening in Umertck. The lack of recent reliable news from that city has occaslond numerous rumort, Bome 'f which have been quite sensational, sensa-tional, one story is that half the city has ben burned and that fighting Is still In nroress In the streets with- j put apparent advantage to either side i 'wing to difficulties of communlca-1 tion, and the censorship there is no i possible means of confirming any of j these rumors |