アイルランド独立戦争にかんするイギリス労働党調査委員会(1921年)

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In January 1919 the IRA attacked two policemen of the Royal Irish Constabulary at Soloheadbeg in County Tipperary, which marked the start of the guerrilla warfare that continued by Truce' in July 1921. Many policemen, which were objects of the attack of the IRA, resigned. Responding to the situation, the British government recruited ex-British soldiers for the Constabulary and established 'the Black and Tans' constituted of privates, and 'the Auxiliary' of officers. The Black and.Tans and the Auxiliary were not under the direct control of the Constabulary and acted their own way. Their activities, especially 'reprisals', caused serious problems; and reprisals meant that the authorities burned buildings and engaged in looting of shops as reprisal for the military activities of the IRA. Reprisals outraged the British public opinion and cast doubts about the government policy on Ireland. The British Labour Party asked the government to establish a commission to investigate reprisals, but the government did not accept the proposal by the Labour Party. Subsequently the Labour Party established their own commission, which was sent to Ireland in November 1920 for about two weeks. The paper aims to examine the report of the commission.
2004-02-28