Altogether 218 policemen and soldiers were killed in Ireland last year, according to an official statement issued recently, giving details of what are described as ser:- ous outrages in that country from January 1, 1920, to the beginning of the present year. The following figures illustrate the black record of Sinn Fein:—Policemen killed 165, wounded 225, Soldiers killed 53, wounded 118, Civilians killed (deaths stated to be due to Sinn Fein) 43, wounded 103, Courthouses destroyed 68, aL, vacated barracks destroyed 607, R.1.C. vacated barracks ditaaed oe pi racks destroyed 23,.
LO. occupied barrack Raidg on mails 998, houses 46.
Raids' on coastguard stations ight.
Raids for arms 2,801.
The figures relating to civilians do not include casualties in the, Ulster riots Guring the period of June to September, 1920, Twenty civilian deaths occurred in the Londonderry riots and 62 in the Belfast riots during that period.
The particulars, it is stated, do not include outrages of a kind which are not now being committed, for example, 119 raids on' Re-Yenue offices, which occurred during the months of April and May, and resulted in the destruction many official documents and much other public property. Neither are minor forms _.of outrage (for example, intimidation, cattle driving, etc.) included. 2 ad
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