4 DECEMBER 1920, Page 2

In Dublin, on Monday night, a party of disguised civilians

entered the office of the Irish Times and threatened the staff. The advertisement office of the Freeman's Journal, a few doors away, was afterwards found to be on fire and suffered damage. In Cork, on Sunday and Monday nights, there were several incendiary fires, and some shops were looted by the mob. Numerous cases of assassination are reported ; most of these appear to be attributable to quarrels within the Sinn Fein ranks or to the fear of informers which brings every Irish conspiracy to an end.