In Ireland, between last Saturday and Monday, the Sinn Fein
murder-gangs committed a terrible series of atrocities, especially in County Cork and County Galway and Dublin. Near Murree on Saturday, Miss Barrington, only daughter of Sir Charles Barrington, and Major Biggs, the district inspector, were driving with two ladies and an officer when they were shot dead by Sinn Feiners in ambush. On Sunday Captain Blake, a district inspector, and his young wife, with Captain Cornwallis and Lieutenant MacCreedy of the 17th Lancers, were murdered by Sinn Feiners as they were leaving Ballyturin Castle, near Gort. The rebels, unlike most savages, do not respect women. The houses of some of the persons implicated in this crime were burnt. On Saturday Sinn Feiners fired upon a party of soldiers and police playing football at Bandon, and killed a soldier. Two Marines were murdered at Queenstown. Many other isolated murders are reported. On Saturday Sinn Feiners in Dublin captured an armoured car by surprise. Disguised in khaki, they then drove to Mountjoy Prison and asked for the transfer of a prisoner. The ruse failed, but the men con- cerned escaped. On. Monday night the naval station at Kings- town was attacked, but the Sinn Feiners were driven off.
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