black tans (4 resultados)

The Peace with Ireland Council was founded in November 1920 by Lord Henry Cavendish Bentinck, following a meeting at the House of Commons by a group concerned at the deteriorating situation in Ireland following the introduction of the Black and Tans, and spurred on by the treatment of former MP Annan Bryce and his wife Violet. Among those involved were the historian Basil Williams, who acted as treasurer, and the suffragette Margaret Buckmaster (daughter of Lord Buckmaster) who served as honorary secretary. From the Sylvia and Robert Lynd papers. One of a handful of titles published by the organisation (including two by G. K. Chesterton). Scarce: there is a copy in the NLI, but none in the BL, and the only copy on JISC at Senate House. 2 pp, 12mo. In small print. Single leaf of brittle and browned newspaper stock, with text intact, but loss to margins from chipping and several closed tears. Letter from 'JOHN SIMON. / 59 Cadogan Gardens, S.W. / April 23, 1921.', reprinted from The Times, 25 April 2021. A seven-line footnote enlarges on the letter's reference to 'a lamentable and fatal affray at Castleconnell' with a quotation from details of 'a letter from W. Harrison Cripps, a distinguished surgeon, and brother to Lord Parmoor', read in both Houses of Parliament.

4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. Fair, on aged high-acidity paper. Drophead title, with the second part reading in its entirety: 'County Court Judge Bodkin, K.C., at the conclusion of the Ennis (County Clare) Quarter Sessions on February 5, 1921, made a grave statement as to the violence committed by the forces of the Crown in Ireland, in the following words: -'. The article reprints a report by Bodkin to the Rt Hon. Sir Hamar Greenwood, Chief Secretary for Ireland, under the following headings: 'Looting at Lahinch', 'Men Shot at Ennistymon', 'Murder at Miltown-Malbay', 'Directed to Call for Body', 'Complaint to Colonel of Auxiliaries', 'Application Dismissed', 'Juristiction not "Ousted"', 'People Treated with Great Violence', 'No Charges Against Victims' and 'Burden Too Heavy for Ratepayers'. The report ends: 'In conclusion, I venture to repeat an opinion expressed at a previous sessions three months ago, that law and order cannot be restored or maintained by what I felt constrained to describe as a competition in crime.' One copy on COPAC etc (LSE).

1p., 4to. The first page only; 42 lines. Addressed to 'Dear Mr Lynd'. On aged and heavily-worn paper, with holes causing loss to a few words of text. An interesting document, written within days of the atrocity. The author - presumably the owner of Woodville, W. E. A. Cummins - begins: 'I venture to write to you as the English papers appear to have obtained very meagre information about the recent ruin of Cork.' He begins with 'the important point for the Philistine public in England': 'that the property of loyalists valuing many thousands of pounds has been destroyed, that many loyalist employees have been thrown out of work. [.] I know personally a number of victims who had their little all in small businesses that have been destroyed. They're beggared of course. Under great difficulties they remained loyal to the English Government. the man who denounced murder in season and out of season to the injury of his business. He's ruined, not by the men he denounced but by the men he defended. It may be unfair to state at this stage that the B and T's committed these outrages; but even strong Unionists are convinced that they set fire to the city.' He points out that the citizens of Cork are not 'made enough to destroy three million pounds worth of property in their native city. [.] A number of employees were republicans. Secondly military and B and T's also have access to Patrick st. in curfew hours. People didn't even sleep there so great was their terror. Constant patrols pass up and down the street. Why didn't they prevent gangs of masked men from setting alight to these shops? Grants was set alight quite early in the night. When that occurred the military, who had complete control of the street, should have been prepared to prevent burnings a hundred yards higher up the street.' The page ends with 'an important point overlooked by T. P. in his speech': 'On Thursday last the B. and T.'s put a notice in the Cork papers announcing that they intended to burn houses in the city if a man named Horgan wasn't returned. If that was a bogus notice why didn't they deny it in the Saturday papers? It would be a bit too late in the day for them to deny authorship now. If a notice appeared in an newspaper with your name under it announcing that you intended to burn down certain houses within 48 hours wouldn't you write a denial to that newspaper at once?' From the papers of Robert Lynd.

116pp., 4to. (Paginated to 117, without a p.95, but with no text lacking.) No prelims. Each page typed on a separate leaf, and the whole bound together by string through punch holes. Text complete. Dog-eared and worn, with the first two leaves separated from the rest. No record discovered of author or title. The play is set during the Second World War, and begins: 'Afternoon fourclock . Late spring . side of road, North Cork district six miles from town of Kilneesh, Irishman trying to fix a tire . car protruding from wings showing a flat. He's sitting on a clump of gravel muttering to himself as Curtain Rises .' The driver's name is 'Jim Fitz' and he is joined by coincidence by 'Adam Hilson the bow'ld Black-n-Tan', whom he arrested two years before. The play proceeds through a series of reminiscences and flashbacks. No published version yet located.