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Show ; PLAGE IRISH AREAS : UNDER MARTIAL LAW , BRITISH PREMIER ANNOUNCES INTENTION OF CONTROLLING ' INSURRECTIONISTS. ' Expresses Conviction that Majority of People Are Anxious for Peace, But That lrishr-.;n Must First Lay Down Arms. London. Martial law has been proclaimed pro-claimed by Dublin Castle over the city i aud county of Cork, the- city and county of Limerick aud the counties ! of Tipperary and Kerry. I In an announcement made to the house of commons on December 10 Premier Pre-mier Lloyd George declared it was the intention of the British government! to put down the lawlessness which for months has been prevalent in Ireland. Dublin city and the county of Dublin, Dub-lin, although they have beeu the scenes of numerous affrays and of much vandalism, were not included In the district which is placed under mar- tial law, but Mr. Lloyd George told ! the commons that if conditions should warrant it, the interdicted arer. would I be extended. j Under the proclamation the person ! who without authority possesses arms . or. unauthorized uniforms must sur-i sur-i render them within a certain period . or lay themselves liable to trial by court martial and the death penalty. Premier's Statement. I The premier said lie was convinced that in alWsections of Ireland the majority ma-jority of the people were anxious for peace and that the government like-I like-I wise was desirous of peace and fair ' settlement of the questions at issue, i To this end, the premier asserted j that the government would treat with Sinn Fein members of parliament who had not been "involved in the commission commis-sion of the serious crimes." These Sinn B'einers, he addel, would be afforded all protection. The government, gov-ernment, however, would not grant safe conducts to London to such Sinn Fein members of parliament as had been involved in tlie commission of serious crimes. In expressing the determination of the government to pat down disorder in Ireland, the premier declared it had no option hut to continue to intensify its campaign against the "small but highly organized and desperate minority" minor-ity" in Ireland which was "using murder mur-der and outrage in order to attain the impossible," and which could bring peace neither to Ireland nor to Great Britain. |