The Archive · 1920

The Sinn Fein Army

How to Kill a Policeman

"tu t Oylée" (which being interpreted means Young Man), the official organ of the Irish Repub-Jican Volunteers, is a semimonthly journal net easy to The conductors boast that they hava now successfully defied the efforts of "the enemy" to prevent its issue, hut the numbering and the dates of the copies now under notice show that the success is not complete, while "soldiers" are warned to keep the paper, when not in use, in a safe hiding place, and especially not to carry it about in the pocket except in eases of necessity. The "necessity at drills and number contains careful instruetions, written with considerable military knowledge, on map-drawing, engineering, how to use explosives, the respective value of various kinds of wall and hedge as cover, and the proper way to carry out guerilla warfare.

Coxtemet ror Britisn Pottrictaxs The leading articles are a continuous chorus of congratulation on the exploits of the "Army" and derisive comments on the failure of the The conductors of are quite aware how feeble British politicians are. Here is an extract from the February number Before long he (the enemy) may again resort to the old policy of flattery, promises, and bribes, which in the past he found so. effective. But the day when such tactics can avail him has passed in Ireland. He will no longer have to do with politicians but with soldiers.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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