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her obligations. Peace with Turkey must be made effective, account being - taken of now circumstances. France will not intervene in the internal affairs of Russia, but cannot admit that the So- viet armies shall cross the Russian fron- tiers to attack the Allies of rrance. Con- fidence was expressed that Great Britain will aid 21l she can to arrive at an agree- ment and the settlement of all questions | coneerni g peace now in suspense. Pro- mises an early renovation of the finan- cial administration and intensified recon- struction of devasted regions, made up the remainder of the programme and which judged by the applause, satis d the great majority of members of Pav- | llament Cork, Jan. 19th. The first official des- | trucrion for attacks on crown forees in | Oork City, since martial law was enfore- | ed in this area, was carried out this | moriing vhen (wo houses in Nashing- ; ton Sctreet, shere two members of (1o | Royal Irish Constabulary were attachod | on Saturday lasi, were destroyed by | military {orces. The military authori- | ties asseri that crown foreces were fired | on on Saturday from six houses in Wash- ington Street and that ‘‘the two worst’”’ | were selected for destruetion. Ie the | oficial destruction today of the houses | large forces of military arrived on the scene at eleven o’clcek and drew a cor don around several blocks and no one was par Litted te eater or leave the area. . Dwyer’s wholesale dravery, the larg- est in Southern Ireland, sysiematicaily searched, the raid lasting several hours. +he werk of blowing up the designated nouses was gone about carefully, in or- der to prevent damage to adjoining pro- perty. The houses selected are said to been orcupied by weil known Sina Fein sympathizers who were given a warning to clear out. They were permitted to remove their turniture and the military engineers prepared for tne demolition of the buildings Meanwhile officers | with draw revolvers ordered the largve crowd that had gathered to disperse saying that otherwise it would be fir ed on. At 1.40 this afternoon loud ‘explosions a* intervals of several min- _utes, causing consternation throughout the city, ozcurred. Up to3 o’clock this afternoun, however, no fires had broken out, and no visible damage had been done to houses outside the zone sur- rounded by the military. The raid con- tinued unii’ 5 o’clock, when the troops were withdrawn. It was then found that two three-story houses had been compietely demolished, only th» walls | remaining standing, and that a provi- | sion shop adjacent bad almost been wreuked by the force of the explosions, Scores of windows in other buiidings were shattered. Cork, Jan. 20tch.—In the first formal interview given to ihe press since ne came to Ireland, Major (eneval Strick- land, in command of the troops, told the g . URO 1 X & VIR Associated Press today that wartial law was proving a success. He discussed the reprisals and his letter to the acting Lord Mayor explaining that he expected aid from the citizens in the shape 6f a | vigilance committee of some kind to sup- ply infarmation ro the military. He did | not allude to kis report on the Cork | fires. Among the interesting statements | . made by Ger! St»ickland was one that | women carried weapons concealed in | - their skirts to the ambushing parties. He declared he © pot expect immediate | - results from martial law, but even be- fore 1t was imposed the murder gang | was finding it impossible to live at home | - and had begur to form flying columns | in the Macroom District and parts of [ip- | ~ perary and Kilkenny. The first result of | . marual law was to make these columns | . more active. He said, the definite thing | . we are accomplishing is the breaking up | .ol the organization of the Republican | - army. Until martial law was declared, | . tha' organization was remarkably effi- | .~ cient. Its formations were almost as | | weli organized as those of the Brit- | h army. It nießhi be taken | | a8 (oo optimistic today to say that . present operations or the Republican | . army are its dying kicks, but I believe | | that to bea fact: How long they ecan | kKeep going is a matter of conjecture, but | it ;s only a question of time. In reply to | a question as to what results had been | obtained up to the present by ‘he procla- | mation demanding the surrendering of | arms, Genl. Strickland admitted it prob- | ably was true that the number of arms | personally surrendered could be counted | - on the fingers of one hand, but added in one way or another arms are coming in. l Genera: Strickland spoke bitterly of the | part he alleged women were taking as | arms bearers. The ‘military are not i making war on women or interfering | with them 1n any way. He said the dii- | ficulty 1n getting the arms in the posses- | sion of the women may be imagined. | vonceining the suggestion that the peo- ' ple of Cork form a vigilance committee, | the General remarked ''Sixtzen months | ago when 1 first came 1o ll'ei*ld, County ' ( i’are was a hot bed of Republican activi- | e ? Dublin, Jan. 21st—Eight men, seven |° of whom were constables, were shot | and Killed in engagements with Sinn | Feiners near this ¢ty yest>rday. Six of | the officers met death when their motor- | car ran into an ambuscade, whil: the | body of another was found near the | barracks of his squad yesterday morn | ing. The civilian slain was shot ip | cold bl od by several men who entered | his home Awnncuncement has been | made that in future all motor ecars | carrying consiables and therefore likely | to be atiacked will carry members of he | _ Sinn Fein as hostages. {nis plan has | been in operation near Cork where inar | fial law is in tforce, and has, it is said | acted as a preventative of altacks on parties of constabies. Leccurse to tke hostage sysien. lere wlile neitial law kas rol 'been ceclsred ceiLseo géreral sUlEMise. ; NEW YCORK, Janvary £2nd 19¢1. . Flour, Blenced Clears Bt. Lawrence Irand pr. bri. §8.75. Meal, Kilndried per 100 s $2.00 New Season’s Fork per brl. $387.00 Heavy Mess Pork per bbl. $29.00 Sugar---Crystals maxinum per 106 ibs, ' $5.39 - Molasses Sugar 89° test, no quotation. Cotton, Middling Upiand, at Liverpool per b, 9 35-100 d. Exchange, New York and London, 60, days’ sight $3.75 Exchange New York and London, sight $3.7¢3—3.7173 LONDON, Jan. 22nd 1621. Sugar, Demerara Crystals, Govt. controll- ed price, duty taid 1295. 9d. " Demerara Crystals free of con- trol.» duty paid, 635. - 675. " Moscovado Govt. co. trolled price, duty paid, 1245. 9d. . 0 free o1 control duty paid o 38s. —5O s. e {ine 7bs. German Beet 887/¢ f.o.b. no sales White Java sugar cif United Kingdom nominal 425. od. Den.erara Kum, per gal. nominal. Trinidad Cocoa, Good Middling Ked no- minal pe; ewt 675. Tos. Cottcr Medium Fine Sea llsland, at Liv- erpool per ib. nominal Bank of England rate of Discount per cent. 7. Consols 473. Three,yer cent rents in baris Fes. 57.55. For Sale. THE PROFPEKTIES No. 778 KING STREET, No. 50 KING’S CROSS STREE'T and No. 48 KING STREET with COTIOON GINNERY. Appiy to Lawyer A. £. STAKEMANN. FOR SALE One New Croquet Set. Apply to vAML. B D I, WKIIL, M :rime Barracks. s : ¢ ¢ .!"f : £ The Souvenir Leckiels published by the West Fre Newe Co,, ¢ean be. had from the ICE CREAM PARLOR, Chiistiansted at 50 cents a piecc. i