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9 by armed assailants. The number of newspapers suppressed was 12.

In the two years 1917 and 1918 there were 271 armed raids on private houses.

These figures, culled from the columns of a censored Press, are necessarily incomplete.

''During all this time the Irish people maintained an attitude of passive resistance. No attacks were made by them upon the bands of ruffians called by Government apologists "the armed forces of the Crown."''

In 1919 there were 13,782 armed raids on private houses, 959 arrests for political offenses, 636 of those arrested being sentenced, 209 courts-martial of civilians, 20 deportations, 335 proclamations suppressing meetings, fairs and markets, 476 armed attacks on unarmed gatherings and individuals, 8 murders of civilians, and 25 suppressions of newspapers.

In 1920, 185 Irish citizens were murdered, and 417 were wounded. These figures do not include casualties in action, civilian casualties arising accidentally from conflicts between British and Republican troops, or those sustained in the pogroms in North-East Ulster.

Speaking at Widnes in December of this year Mr. Arthur Henderson, M. P., one of the Labor tools of the British Government, said: "It is actually true to say that life was safer in Brussels during the German occupation than it is now in Dublin, Cork, or Derry. No man ts safe, and even women and children run risks of being shot in the streets."

From 1st of January to 18th of June, 1921, 60 men, 5 women, and 17 children were murdered by reckless and indiscriminate firing, and 144 men, 33 women, and 23 children were wounded. In the same period 131 men were assassinated in or near their homes or whilst in custody, and 24 Irish prisoners of war were executed. Raids, arrests, imprisonments and suppressions have been carried out on such a large