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, A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF-IRISH INDEPENDENCE, IRISH LITERATURE. ‘AND THE INTERESTS OF THE IRISH RACE.
Vol. XIIL, No. 20, Whole No, 661.
NEW YORK,
MAY. 18, 1916.
Entered aa second-class matter, Oct. 1, 1908, at the Post Office at
Rew York. N. ¥.. under the aot of Congress of March 3, LIT%
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Military Massacre In Dublin Under The Rule Of An English Courtmartial.
‘Within a Few Hours After the Surrender. of the Revolutionary” Forces, Three of the
Chiefs Were Shot by a Firing: Squad and the Slaughter Went’ on for a Whole Week
Until Twelve Mea Were Added to the Glorious Roll of Irish Martyrs---Patrick H.
* Pearse, Thomas. J, Clarke, “Thomas MacDonagh, Joseph Plunkett, Michael O'Hanra-
han, Majer. John’ MacBride, ‘Edward: Daly, William Pearse, Cornelius Colbert, Ed-
‘sand Kent, Michael Mallon and J. J. Heuston, the Names Which vill he Cherished
for all Time by ‘the Irish Race-=-Many Others, Including Sever Protestants, fet
~ Long Terms of Imprisonment and Thousands. of Captives are Sent-to England and
Belfast: British Government in a ‘Panic, Adds Fuel to the ‘Flame of Irish Revolu-
. tion and Hatred
The Traitor Redmond. Appieves the Murder of the Leaders, His
Political Opponeats, and Then Prates. of “Clemency” for the Rank aad File---Irish-
men the World Over, Aroused to Bitter Anger, Vill Exact Heavy Retribution.
Twelve men taken 4 in arms in Dublin
in the miltery uniform. of the. Irish
Republic, and therefore having the right
‘0 be treated have
been murdered b:
authorities in Dublin, with the approval
Arch Traitor Redmond. .A num-
er of other men, several of whom are
Protestants and somé of them Ulster-
men, hi been
ave long terms o!
imprisonment and ‘al. thousand
men from all parts of the country have
been taken as prisoners to England be-
cal m
ign of ter-
ror prevails all over Ireland, but_even
Joi Redniond: agnits that “tha” people
are not terre but are” growing
angrier
PROVING TREDARDS OYALTY.”
Thus is England proving to her Allies
had
the _risoners to-
day are at least fifty tim ¥ as
in the darkest days of Fonianiam, Bu
Ireland {s “loyal,” and Augustine Bir-
tng in Dublin, its findings approved or
tered, as suits his fancy, by General
Sir John Maxwell, England's Chief
Butcher in Ireland, and the result an-
Rounced in the House ~ of .Commons
- When ithe slaughter has been done by
Herbe: He
ore is “reaponatble for os ° u NTENCY
"tended to
i the Irish pri
sentong the murdered “insurgent are
Sra wi ) are mero’ boys. - Young
Cornelins Colbert, whose picture is re:
od
hen the es
will, it will be found
out, as it surely
that this .galant Limerick boy,” wh
lived. in’ Dublin, performed deeds of
herotsm: for whicu. the ardly and
incompetent British ofScers. too
mary vengeance. lok Ma caride, was a
veteran of the var, who’ certain-
iy did a roldier’s part in Dublin, but, bo
was slaughtered as much for .what he.
did’at-Colengo as for his part in the
Irish insurrection, At Colenso the lit:
ed largely in British barracks and 4
herited
Gael.
American lunatic’ asylum) w
ed and sentenced to imprisonment: for
life. He remained tn Prison until 1898,
when, with many, others,
a waa
leased, after nearly | sixteen vyeare’” con:
and;
fnement, to -Amerien,
* Edward Daly: one’of the me
= Daly;
‘GROUP OF TRISH VOLUNTEER OFFICERS.
ft Limerick; and ‘roth in-law of Thomas. J.-Clarke, ia exated -
1D. the: eft
courtmartial,.. nephew of “Joba
Pad
he’ com.
sl
“got "with Bride in
the Castle Yard in Dublin: The cabled
reports that. the first “executions” took
place in thi er of London ahd that
Sir Roger Casement heard the shots were
impudent ne 1 the
murders was Castle, which is
Dublin
tee _canetited by the blood of Irish
tow | OLARKE'S FIGHTING GAREER.
The Britishers were: also “getting
square” mith arom . Clarke, the strong:
jong welve martyrs.
This o can be veald without any disparage
ment-to the other eléven. ‘gon 0!
an Irish sergeant of the British army
who won the Victoria Cross for gal-
lantry in the Crimea, Clarke was rear-
89
he "foncht the. British Goveranient and
came ow rison uated rem-
ant of the stalwart ‘nan who had en-
prison. - His f knew nothing
whatever of his
ston Fevokeds This is England's usual
‘Tom. “Clarke could not possibly have
e
the antenatal aml ‘whom he was en-
gaged, Grace Gifford, the daughter of a
Dublin attorney, gives an unusually fine
ouch of romance to the Insurrection,
‘There were plenty of others, The cable
(Continued on Page 5.)
OR'JOHN MacBRIDE,
One of the ingest Irish victims of Britis
‘translated, had
e. Ir
BRITISH POAHRED A POGROM.
Secret Military” Order Which Ar-
ranged for the Seizure of A!l the
Leaders, the Officers of the Irish
Volunteers, the Gaelic League and
Other Organizations Revealed by
Alderman Thomas Kelly in the
Dublin Corporation a Few Days
Before the Revolt Broke Qut—The
Dublin-Police and the Royal Irish
Constabulary Were to be Confined
to Barracks and the. Redmond
Volunteers Isolated, Showing the
Government Did Not Trust Them,
and Archbishop Walsh's House
Surrounded—The Petriots Struck
and Foiled the Intended Massacre.
The secret military order which was
the immediate provocation of
in Ireland was made P
man
ed in the Dublin Corporation on Apri
19 and published in the dafly papers.
It revealed the whole plan of den
stroke by the English milftary authorl-
hich Dublin w
nder martial law, cei trite,
bulldinge and public bodies ‘rotated, the
in indoors, the
leadera .of all sections of Nationalists,
the Executive Committee of the Gaelic
League and all officers of the Irish "vat
unteors arrested, the arms of the
selzed gad all attempts at resistance
stamped o1
The docu:
creat, issued fn cipher end
been of
PATRICK H. PEARSE,
THOMAS MacDO> AGH,
MICHABL O'HANRAHAN, -
© EDWARD DALY, °
CORNELIUS COLBERT,
. MICHAEL, MALLONS
Tee MARTYRS.
THOMAS J. CLARKE,
: JOSEPH PLUNKETT,
a LJOHN MacBRIDE,
bes TULA PEARSE,
Just‘as Tr G.
gram
Dublin
ric AMericax Was going to press on Wednesday a cable-
was published stating that Premier Asquith had an:
n April 26, without
ofticer responetble fe
nell's Courageous Action. 3°
That John Redmond approved the
murder of the Patriot Chiefs in’ Dublin
ders, that Mr.: Redmon from. the.
first pleaded for: leniency towards the
rank and file.. This means that he did
not de ii thé leaders.
ot gon at, either by: shooting or im
prison
A cable denpateh published in New
While approving
he
not’ tp show und rs. to “the
Oreat- mass of unfortunate dupes in-
volved.
Mr. Ginnell opened the subject again
by a question Tast Mor nday. cabre
despal YS:
Anquiths Statement That- the Arch. Traitor - Ha d
. > Olemency for “the Rank and File” Is:an Admission That He —
“Sanctioned the Shooting of | His Political’ :Sepenenss oie
of the Dublin uprising. In response to
a question fi Mr. ell, Premier
} Asquith sald he could not give an under-
“Pleaded - for -
e-Irish question again’ was raised
tn the House.of Commons to-day by Mr.
Laurence Ginnell, Nationalist, who at-
tacked the it Inst week on ac
count of the putting to death of leaders
jons., On recelving this
* Ginnell shouted,
bold, action -of! Ginnell forced
eamond's hand and compelied him. ©
put himselfon record. ; He asked
Guestion of Aequith in which he sug.
gested that the continuance of military
executions in Ireland . was causing
raptdly Incresaing bitterness among &
jon of the population which had no
mpathy “with the ineurrection. . He
asked whether, following the precedent
© Wontinued on Pave 8)
DISMISSED, CHARGED WITH
CALLING WILSON: TRAITOR.
WASHINGTON, Ma nat
Bruncken. Assietant “Fe velstrar a “the
Copyrighy Division of the Library: of
Congress, was dismiss ad to-day 0 for mak:
ing statements derorat y to Pr t
-esid:
Wilson and the United "Seats in “gen-
eral.~
Brunch, formerty city attorney of
n under investiga-
mployees com-
plained ot ts taternente, ‘tome of Which
were alle
“President Wilson is 8 traitor.
side him Benedict Arnold ‘woul
matron salt.”
Be
be
mertea. is but the tall end ‘of Brit
It had been know: to the Nationalist
leaders in Dublin for more
months that the militar:
the and -demanded ‘military
action. His statement was a malignant
lie, as the small number of cases be-
‘enny,
Catholic Unionist, had been el
Parliament from the Stephen's Green
Division of Dublin by the most flagrant
d of corruption, a1 ‘as later m:
a nudge to do the very kind of work he
in that speech.
ALDERMAN KELLY'S BOLD ACTION,
a
e poor rate, which. includes a police
rate of 7 it was adopted by 18
&
in the resolution,
many Nya
3 elected for Stephen" 's
o ‘there w out-
e pa epers in connection with the
elected—the
ledger voter ‘and the children who were
en's Green division, The
“iministering
ies,
seph Downes seconded the mo-
vimpartial
~ “Alderman Kelly mov ed as an amend-
ment that the police rate be reduced to
4a.
ts “clalecton. a
“The Lord Mayor said he could not
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