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Show t VALERA'S CHIEF LIEUTENANT EXECUTED I- O O A A A A A A A IDS PUT lEATH FOR g PISTOL sudByFree Stat-fences Stat-fences Execution I Leader. 5E1o LONDON at in Importance eValera Now Removed. n- V-T u (Bv thc As9,', "fM Childers. chief EjEajionn Jc Valera, was K ... today Abated at 7 o'clock this U-tidr,c had an automatic i K e, possession, f wftS an" rHfcU official bulletin rIv. mLuui army Sr iray report rt?t.-- mni't'i b n military bo t.-rrs.l:-. Uub'ln. No-f.ti4riel No-f.ti4riel with being In po - ri-j'. proper authority o: Ldc fUtoi wh-n np.prehend- Eil feres November 10 at Ktjjr County lcklow. Likc. the report adds, was Bftj ci sz-ntnrfil to death Lfil.-c L" In . L-tj ih i.rcrutlon v'Q-3 car- lisrho-i of fxf-rutlon wn I f liSCilDf inthst he was to he exo- Eoraing was not received lentil S o'clock Thursday BRiiig to the Evening LElirr'itnrs were nt ails ai-ls him. and the firs; inti-llT inti-llT hid of the carrying Inettuce was at noon today. ? rtceleJ a letter from the tfStnL Mrs Chlldcra col- m LSST CHAXCL. BttCbliJ'.-rs has been hang-StiUcce hang-StiUcce for several days, Bulioas were fought . r 111 Inil, but v.ith the ad-kb; ad-kb; by thc n.astf-r of the iBdir on application for u Hjnp.3t the reeling that Strcil In Dublin Thurs-knj Thurs-knj itat C:ii'..li-ra would Kl' Is thought likely to ha Btarj attack made on na- MuU'ji Dublin Thursd.iN HUt attacks v. .-r abortive "WlACTD ON Htl L. MjRyr3. a lieutenant corn-Ptie corn-Ptie Irish republican army, Mf tt( nght-hand . I fcViicri, Hi? r,ai ... l on tri.il m' ' tribunal In Dublin H t'O the charge that mWn- Childers Tkt if-'':,"d through coun- iff 't'-iiav H U,.n L,r.,-,..,) t , , ,,, A 1 '" lr' f"M. T.:.' ' 3nJ,nt proponent I ; 1 Hl,4 state on th.j T trint absorption UI " II. pu. 1 1 f :f ir m..- ......, M7ii v,,i,n any ,jtl" 9b k n-'Il,n'onln hc was VMmlK a' band of rin;Jblln h,lls and 9ai u 5c'rved ln 1,10 1 T9ft. p ,a,"M,"nar.t con,- i Sbi naxi' blunter-,-1 ilSflh?!!!11" of vPrd I '?So w1.' " History f -avulry' MCT Novem-I 9 L 5rclltlv' Rob- IPBii rappPdat ,lawn K tai. r !'n Ly a rna'd lit, I lo u1pstalra Hd. one 0( If gjj!;''lri3h ,reu'y.bhUer L "nant of 9 Lu,h'rCl U w:,n CHILDERS PUT TO DEATH FOR HAVING PISTOL (Continued from Page One ) would hesitate to impose this penalty. pen-alty. The execution removes the most Important Im-portant figure in the republiean movement move-ment in Ireland next to Mr. de Va-lera, Va-lera, with whom Chllders, a man of strong personality', Is generally credited cred-ited here with & lng had strong Influence. In-fluence. Tn flllMnw, (a 1 r riUr.A n.irVionc Vi r. leading part In engineering the present pres-ent armed revolt against tho Free State government, and he was known as the military strategist who planned tho operations It was Chllders that Winston Churchill, former colonial secretary, sec-retary, recently referred to In a speech as "that mischievous murderous renegade, rene-gade, that Englishman who is inspired by an equal measure of hatred both for this island and for the one in which he now has taken up his abode." WONDER- ABOUT RFJ'RISALS. The opinion has been frequently expressed ex-pressed in responsible quarters her that the Free State authorities could lay their hands on Eamonn de va-lera. va-lera. aa they did on Chllders. at any ; timo they desired, but that they did I not wish to do so in view of the possible pos-sible aftermath. The question which Immediately sprang Into the mlndo of Londoners Interested in Irish affairs when they I heard the news of Chllders" execution, was whether tho Irish republicans would attempt reprisals, but It was thought unlikely that these would have to be reckoned with. The Dublin correspondent of the I Press Association notes that Eamonn de Valera recently made a threat that blood would flow if Chllders woro execute d. The situation the "next few days Is likely to te pregnant with ugly possibilities, he adds. Oo |