18 DECEMBER 1920, Page 2

General Macready, commanding the forces in Ireland, issued on Sunday

a proclamation declaring martial law in Cork, Tipperary, Kerry, and Limerick, and appointing, military gover- nors to administer it. He fixed December 27th as the date by which arms, ammunition, and explosives must be surrendered. The proclamation declared the forces of the Crown in Ireland to be on active service, for the suppression of an armed insurrec- tion, and warned the insurgents and their accomplices of the penalties which they will incur in levying-war against the King.