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A JOURNAL OF IRISH NEWS, IRISH OPINION
VOL.
3.
aeS
NO. 25
Slow Assassination of Cork’s Lord Mayor Rouses
red.,ap second-clnes matter
«omer at Phiindeiphiny. Pt e1
Jan, $, 1919, at the post-
yr the Aot of March $, 1879.
INEY CASE
AND IRISH
GO
Ws
PHILADELPHIA,
SEPTEMBER 4,
1920
Indignation.
J
DDOGD READY TO TAKE MACOWINEY'S
PLAGE, DEGLA
RES PRES, DE VALERA
Is Speaker at Great Mass-Meeting.in Lexington Theatre, New
York—Lord Mayor Is Dying to Maintain Right of Irishmen
to Freedom—Frank P. Walsh Presides—Striking, Long-
shoremen and Sailors Cheered—Recention to Irish Presi-
dent at Summer School at Plattsburg, N. Y.
New York, Aug. 28.—A crowd of sev-
eral thousand people, filling the Lexing-
ton Opert House, while thonsands more
thered outside, sawed thels voices in
the Talus futnation to
mee Macsnines, Lord
of Corky, in prisou until his death should
ensue,
President de Valera and Frank P.
Walsh were among the principal speak-
eis at the meeting.
“Lhree times while the President was
talling. as successive delegations from
the sttiking ‘longshoremen, the stulung| »
sailors of the Aquitania, Olympic and
Baltwe came into the opera house, the
audience broke loose and shouted their:
acclaim to the men who bad gone on
strike for Macswiney.
Only after Frank PB. Walsh, who was:
in the chair,
Herds ot enlog
the crowd subside to resume listemmg
w the Pr itens addres:
Phese men,” said 3 Mee Wa m-
e uot alone the Meals ot Tice,
half of which you have come
They symbolize the power of oF
ganized labor m_ determining the des-
Unies of the world.
“These ‘three proud ships that were
to sail tomorrow for
al
“They, are agais
pens “hese mien STotaye
art and p
ord Mayor of C
um proud %0 fay that they repre-
uot uly protest, but the power of
Tabor “a full st
t Htyau, of the American Federation
of 1 bhuvles “Connolly and. Lian
Steliows, Dy addressed the mect=
-
n the high
Sretused to. be
we murder of the
Presi ident Speaks,
“In Troland today. there ave 100,000
Fouug men who ‘vould gladiy lay down |
their hives on the battieHotd if ther mie-
Hifice would drive, out the army of oeow
ation,” said tl
he Trish President, Peathass|
Brit
dod. the, roll,
Bave erumbled into d
“ fn here as one who knows Mac:
am sneaking as I kno
Hlacewiney would “‘spenk were he able|
nt in per
fo maintain the|™
principle that individual “Irishmen” and
rishwonen who were guilt 0 other
of mi
grime than. Toving their country ‘should | &
ear
eswiney'
uns rroelalmang’ ‘the pobility ot the sen-
timent "Give me liber
death,
Wh:
not apply to — the
standard by which you measut re Eat:
rick Henry? y
men fighting for their count : ae
ihe some. standards you would en
Sourselves in a similar ‘enge?
swiney does not selfishly or sowardly
desire death. Imagine him
in bis jeoll, and ask, yourselves vit os
Malone’g: Addréss.
Dudley Field Malone, nominee for
Governor Fa
wag, the next speaker. He std
an one here aot is
ES ‘therty a, yin enol, bt iat
Galtecl States, which ie’ seed to Sep
-, pent the © Deonlon shall forthwith take
ish Bmpr | ry
it will dtselt|
a Sentral Labor Union.
steps to notify Great Britain that, un-
less she hfts the hands of oppression
fiom Ireland, we will help to make Eng
yerican
Bean ‘Mer and to labor of the wo rid,
“AS soon i
and brain
BEE
wvhtere.”
Commrandait Liam Mellows, , D. Bi
fresh from his s ‘the conti-
h been tendering ster-|
for is] epul
accorded a stent reception by te aude
ence. Mn,” Mellows called
friends of tl ¢ Irish, Répalie ee mane
i is tor what wall
is dethrone
aichael Kens, of the 69th Reg-
ianeuts read es th
LONGSHGREMEN STRIKE
AS MACSWINEY PROTEST
Are Joined by Firemen and Sail-
ors in Response to Women
Pickets’ Appeal.
, A strike of "longshoremen, firemen and
other workers on transatlautic shipping,
inning in New York aud extendin
to Boston and Quebec, was one. of the
against the
tention to hold ‘1
announced British in-
reronee Macewiner, Lord
gor of Cork, ny prisanes un Ht his
hungei ke should ferminate in death,
on Friday
the gen wen w Yor!
thut the sirake lind collapsed, ‘ot later
i
‘of last week: it was reported
land an outlaw among the nation reports show the wumbers of ‘strilers t0
Thi is A memorable oceasion, be-| be patel publisher ‘Tuewer © lew
Iubor as spoken to seen eso tiritish ship-
‘continued to. be. considerably tied
sult of failure to report
‘longshoremen, who
al ree ship fying Union Jack un-
oes. Sty Hows Srchbishon Mannix
be Lord Mayor
Prison.”
“Boston, Aug. 31- oo tie attike of “ong-
shoremen ‘agmnst steamships and na
ni fie Ledger of Ans
MUST ACCEPT REPUBLIC,
OAYG CABINET MINISTER
Michael Collins, Member of Irish
Government, Interviewed by
American Correspondent.
[The following enable dispatch from
‘ard W. Ackerman ee Mo the Babe
bias
int touch
who cau deli
stnted emphatically that
no compromise, and no negotiations on
s laid down
here will be no compromise
1 have no negotiations with
any | Government cxeene ag att
thorized ‘Tenresontatives of the Irish
Gorernment.”
coming to Dublin I had heard
,| much of Michael Collins, who is the Min-
garded hin ay the mo
ber of the Jeish Hopublicta Cabinet.
ge ani
real power in Ireland they meant Mich-
Mel the Britis
| men
acl Collins was. I knew that the British
MALONE 13 CHEERED
IN PLEA FOR IRELAND
Urges Longshore Workers to
Load No Ships “Carrying Aid
to English Despotism.”
w York, Aug. 31.—“No ship should
Tondo ualond 4 in this port that is carry-
ing fiuay aid or resources to support
English vaeepotism in Ireland,” declared
| Dudley Field Malone yesterday,
‘The Farmer-Labor nominee for Goy-
ernor was addressing 8000 cheering long-
on
skoremi
who had vefused to work for
sh Tines untit “England frees
Lord
‘Terence MacSwiney, Mayor of
sa | Cork.
Mr. Malone mee invited to address the
men at the playground, hth,
verect aud Tenth avenue, ‘They hed met
to raise funds, Was greeted with
wil acclaim and conti Hnued:
“One of, the things that labor needs
Js to ‘get aid of s demagoxues
march
Tendersip.
giving you the
couusél which sou ask. ‘The step yon
have taken involves grent personal
Sacrifice for all of you, but 1 kuow you
1
yin this country to
f torture and- oppression
| from those who are Sighting and dying
for liberty in Ireland.
“It was the hope of the men who
piurder of Mayor, Macswiney, ant eal
(Continued on Fourth Page)
FINAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR
W. PHILA. DEMONSTRATION
Jeremiah A. O’Leary to Address Mass
9
1e great parade and mass-meeting to
c| Th
be held in West Philadelphia next Sun-
day, September 6, is expected to be
epoch-making. The committee hus per-
fected arrangements and the reports from
the different districts show that there
voll probably be about 10,000 women and
men in @ parade is divided as
folloy visi exserviee men,
United States Ay ‘avy, Liberty,
my ans
Club of West Philadelphia, composed. of
som mg Americans who fought f
‘and democracy
Sbllaren: eesti. " Divison
Northvvest Philadelphia, Joseph ‘Six
marshal; position Thirty-ei
street, south of “Hamitton,
Ewens, ©.
north ‘of “Hamilton,
Northeast Ehitadelpbia
erty, marshal,
Air, Josep
hirty-seventh
No.
nH, Martin, Mal-
vera, Bay “marshals on Chity.sixth
street south of Hamilton, Division No.
Philadelphiay Dr. J. Francis
Wats ‘ara ‘on /Thirty-sisth street
rth of Hamilton.
°rthe. route ue ste parade will be from
h Hall, ‘No, 3847 Lauenster ave-
hin eet, Spring Gat-
easter avons. Barrish ‘street,
Fifty:
Market,
‘Mark
fourth Race street,
Chestnut, Forty-fourth street,
Streets to. Kuickerbocker theatre, No.
#082 Market street, ‘Where the inassmeet=
ing will be
‘he mecting will be gctdregacd, by Jere-
O'Leary, York; Liam
Mallows, TD. ioe Bast Galway; Mr.
S._N. Ghose, Friends of Freedot
Zadin, and local speakers
haye beon made for
adjoining side stre
er, the noted Irish sepia, of New Yor
will sing several songs in Goel
Boplish, | Exbibition of Gaelie ssa
I be given by the Gaelic League of
Ebadi and jigs and_reels by the
litte Jeuning and Seamus ‘tur
aes Delia MeNicholas will sing
the “soldiers ong.”
Eriends of aie ish Republic are re-
quested to
ron ; aides,
file-and Humphrey Ly neh
meeting, Mr. William J. Boyle, of the
yr Sunday’s parade the northwest
hag made aseogenkents
te
rmer-Labor ticket,
: vis
Ant
5 jear. to allotted: positions, *¥,-~
-| ed rx
the ‘Eeplad ‘Ener Caledosian joi the
Limerick, Sept. 1.
is as follows:
caused by the police,” his lords!
of a
tion I could gather.
he sitple
gn whitch there are at
immilar’
“clear e
I was informed
ste
with debris.
mo uf the houses
‘athe
belonged to widor
‘poorer vm cand
‘were so
“AS rowan te inotive f for fits
evs with young,
m in the rai
innocent
where, it looks as if
for pyiposes, If fis
s were
minster and s
element for a cit
“But
modi
ihe" vast majority of ithe
aus ie be
Te iedeh mation.
prolonging tho agony.
“Any treaty entered into
not ns @ serap of
g, knows and will observ
Sates “Uhat the. Frist, nation i
aged or
e all tho
Carey les about,
Srecket With a few exceptions, all he houses at both sides, both
re Was
Mivellers say they saved themselves by: rush:
ebildren,
pots
e disarming without ginot
it is doome
Fish people ato now too wide
We are fold by, pris si fe and the 3
@ well-meaning, unau
hothing before us but elvil war; chaos and anarchy,
pea stec
Let the ace ‘Government treat
‘That is tho only and secure way, Any other ‘nostrums’
Bishop Denounces British Outrages
.—Most Rev. Dr. Hallinan, Bishop of Limerick, in a public pronouncement,
vigorously condemns the recent outrages of British police in this city. The Bishop's statement
“I felt it my duty, as Bishop, to visit today and see for myself the scene of the wreckage
hi
hip writes to Rev. W. Dwane, Adm.
pose I thought it well to be accompanied by you as the administrator of the parish where the
greatest amount of damage was done, and also by Fr. Connolly, Adm, of St. John’s, where damage
very serious kind, though not so extensive, was also done. I wish to make publicly known
through this letter to you the facts, as far as I have seen them, as well as the amount of informa-
and unyarnished frath Js the following: “Five business houses have been burned down.
0 Houses, mostly inhabited by poor people, has been parti
in Upper and Lower Carey's Rd, have bid ‘their
sid
n some of them the furniture, the ware, tho pletuces, have, been broken, into atoms, the
mmitted in some of the Janes branching off Carey'r road. In
iuenee of shots having: been fired into them.
2 C01
g into hiding places.
Everywheré
ded districts,
cruel action hy armed
or woundinj
‘This is the report 1 s
A
19 justification for the mad orgy of police violence against crowds of
jcople. ones ewhat ‘Wappencd here, in ithe light of recent Inppenings in Cork and Dublin and else-
result of more chance, but are of, subtle policy of provocation for ulter-
not the
ritish Press that if ¢
tain cology
thorized individuals, o
t what about tn Ulster question?: ‘There is no Ulster question exeept what has been created by the British Gov-
and tl dupes in Ireland. ‘The Irish people themselves, who have shown such admirable self-control
rd themselves an] their couutry from
ie outbursts of anarchy is long as the agents of a fovelga power seek. 0
n Ireland and England there is one, a
y Dail Eireann with England will be accepted by the Irish nation and will bo treated,
paper. but honorably observed. Ireland, that has been so long and so flercely held in the erucible su
is
f her.
ice and honor requi
“vou
cnturien of Seal ‘will plea:
uifered € Se
ismayed, but to rely on the justice of thelr cause, the guidance of Providence, “the protection of tie Mother
Be patient, calm, confident anid victory will be thei
there was evidence of widesprend tetror
Sit Was providential tat many lives were rot Tost and that there
ice, I cannot Say anything at present with any degree
of two detectives; others say i ras ‘the
sent officially to headquarters from
rally believed that the policeman, was. shioty not before the buraings and ‘red
nat and too self. restrained to allow themselves to be caught In any such trap.
Or groups of individuals, does not feauerin suece
‘There is no Uanger of clvil war,
shaos,
id only one, way to it—simple, straightfor.
ie diveetly with the Treely chosen representativ
‘ire now out-of-date and’ Ww
, St. Michael’s, “For this pur-
Zhe whole of
yeen
floors’ were covered
‘9 of the houses attacked and. burned
laces of the
Limerick, by
BS,
that is now gc between West-
we have
cess,
‘We have not in Ireland the
going on
govern the nation against ‘the Will of
of the majority of
wld be merely
she has b hates a iniquity and ‘loved
bes my
e companies under the British fing,
ai © English attitude
nd, was extended to. thi
sity togay, when three women pickets io
duced the crew of.60 men to quit work
ga the Leyland taer Nitonian loading
for London. - With all the ‘longsho emer | fe
Dt
strike.
“At the offices of the *Longshore-
ve Union it was said that no strike
of their members. xed.
An account which aj yeared ’ ‘Phe
New Xorlt American of the opening of}
the Airis sai
il om the
8
military authorities and police, consid-
erod him the field marshal of the Trish
army and that they feared him, as he
was able to guide, direct and inspive the
Republican f ‘at the same time
evade arrest. Mr. Collins himself con-
Ss old _al-
c
capture
Although advised against seeing th
“man of who, I was told in
London, never capped in public unless
|suerounded by four gunmen, I mot him
unt
Dublin today ond Talke with} i an
ir and 40 minutes in the
Rnother member of Trelang’s
Cabinet.
‘When I tola Mr.’ Collins of the great’
British
presence of
epublican
wwe
Tendous protest was ftegistred against norer
hig confgement bere yesterda
Five thousand’ American longshore-
men quit work on the Baton Peers in
the North River. They went out at the
call of Irish sympathizers, who say th
will tie up every British ship in Ameri:
British Soreraent |
can. ports tnless the
relenses th ‘ayor.
‘The: action- yesterd follow
(Contiriued ori: Seventh, ‘Pai
the]
‘opinion of
rateer of of ict fauivauals as
Ress are of
shal
what they want and Jn the port of Sew ‘York which ie
how they to” gett 7 | ing Gnancial aid or. resources t9 "20000 ort
"(Continued on Seventh. Pago)! ‘ Etglsh espotiam, dn Trelani
fought and died for liberty when this
country was being founded that our Re-
public would always stand with op-
pressed people everywhere and would al-
ways, belay advocate the cause of the
26 AE is monica policy and tra-
LITERATURE, \PUBLISHED IN'THE INTEREST OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
PRICE TEN CENTS.
World-Wide
COLBY PROMISES TO TAKE ACTION
CARDINAL O’CONNELL APPEALS TO
WASHINGTON
tEarly last week Mr. Joseph McGarrity, publisher of
The Irish Press, telegraphed His Eminence Cardinal 0’.
Connell as follows:
“We ask that your voice be raised in protest against
the impending murder of the Lord Mayor of Cork, now in
Brixton Prison, England. An appeal from Your Emi-
nence to Secretary of State Colby to protest may save
his life.
The Cardinal replied:
Will Your Eminence act? Answer.”
“Your telegram received. Have taken action.”
(Special to the Irish Press)
Washington, D. C.
e American Commission on
Sept. 1.—Frank P. W:
Irish Independence,
‘alsh, Chairman of
and former
joint chairman of the War Labor Board, today sent President Wil-
so}
bridge"Colby.’~
the situation,
of the Lord Mayor.
Mr, Walsh's letter to President Wil-
son is as follo
“Dear Mc. President: Hon. ‘Terence
Macswiney, the democratically elected
Mayor of one of Ireland's largest and
fined in Brixton Jail, in England, for
the commission of acts which are held
t unless he i
iliately relesced bis death will ensue
within the next
“I have be organiza-
iong of American citizens of Irish bloot
sin membership and
sympathetic affiliations to appeal to you
to use your good offices to save his life.
“IE you could see your way'clear to
make direct official or personal appeal
‘orge we feel sure that
‘We there-
B
f
‘appeal either officially or in
ot ora amity. With assur
ances of my deep respect and esteem,
“Sincerely yours,
“PRANK 'P, WALSH.”
Dr.
dressed the following note to the Seere-
tary of
W: ‘shin ton, D.C, Sept. 1, 1920.
“fon. Bainbridge Colby,
Seckctary 9
5
@ Emted States,
* Washington, D.C
free peoples of the world are without
offense and innoceut
“My Government further instructs soe
to Request that the Government, of
Unite tates may, coustetent ¥ sith “tiple
matie custom, Use its good offices to end
which, if Eewel fo develop
especttully, yours,
Se gned) & ATRICK McCARTAN,
voy of the Republic of Ireland.
De Metarian. also sent the following
cablegram to Mrs, Macswiney, wife of
g Lord Mayor:
a. Terence. ATacswines,
Brixton Prison, London, Engl
“Frank P. Walsh today made per-
care of
nd:
fition ‘which supports you in your. ef-| sonal representations to President Wil-
fo compel the groups of financiers an petsonal interview with
who control "the Government of ugiand | Seeretary of Seate Colby aerating Inte
to take theis soldiers and their machine /of your noble husband. cou
aged that some action ‘am y yet Ken
he United Stat Soverament: Count-
1 + Saware, alless milli of icons are watching
am was ‘ned, at which |with srmpathetie admiration the splea
Fosdreds of ex-service m ing-| did fortitude of yourself and your heroic
ish aemy were present, demanding that | gusbends
their Government release the Mayor of
‘ork, and take the last} A storm of protest from every part of
Ametican workers, with our tr
tions of -treqdom, du
mand that 0 ail load or aload
=| Mi
Engi jai) neil ‘death should end his
the world has gone up as the result of
‘of the British Govern-
£ Cork, a
5S
prisoner in ai
hunger, sti
“Pbough many outrages have been com-
pitted in Jovan id against Inshmen
Petey te egutded. cverywasre ‘as the
climax, It isrecalled that he-was seized,
most important municipalities, is con-| |
¢ | hunger strike, declared that
Patrick MeCartan, Enyoy of the | wy
Irish Republic to the United States, ad-| fy
the | Bnglan
ih, the case of ‘Me. AMac- pen
n_a letter regarding the case of Lord Mayor Macswiney. ‘
Walsh later had a personal interview with Secretary of State Bain-
The Secretary -said he recognized the difficulty of-
would take action with a view to saving the life
in Cork, just outside the City Hall, a:
@ was leaving the building after it had
been surrounded by troops of the army
of occupation.
attacked the Tord
n bis dutigs directed . n
law and order. His is office in
the hall was’ vifled and papers taken
from it were the “evidence” offered at
his “trial” before two English oficers,
constituting @ cou
"As a protest against ell these deeds
of violente against himself and the eity
which he, kepresented, ‘he Lora ‘Mayor
at once adopt only weapon left
inen—the unger Strike, was
board a British
8
were placed
Plan of ernelts adopted by bis yailers,
ispatches Wednesday, when the Lord
Mayor the twentieth day of his
death was
“a miatter of a few hours,”
The World-wide horcor ctented by. the
continued imprisonment of Mr. Mac
wis on,
then
‘and the Continental
Enropean countries.
A Paris dispatch to the New York
World of Wednesday says
—The
agonizing mar
@ Mayor _DacSwines,, of
The
“Sirs pre~ for many das mast “has ¢
“Tam directed by my Government to Fried a good deal. of spac.
'solemaly protest in the name of human- Spveroment me ey regard ioe
ity against, the treatment accorded the | Mavor and to the whole, Tris situation.
fonorable ‘Terence Mncswiney, member | Severe and bitter eviticiem ‘of Premier
Dail Eucaun (Imsh Congress) for Llosa George is toda: ed for, the
Mid-Cork, and Lord Mayor ot Cork | fitst Parisian new: cl
City, who is conned in Brixton. Jail, point "Sut that danly they hoes been hope
i MacSwiuey’s liberation, would
ty : a
shel’ te common estimation of mi | De aueereed by the Lloyd George Cabinet,
} mane | ind fore they had. m0 Tig
Wind wud under the laws governing the | and that ther ad) Bo right to
ment's action.
“Now, under the beading, (japeeal to
fre of
Bs
land,
enimicien’ of Tord George
it possible the British Goverararnt
Lae ctemenes=
“Tt would be unloyal of us not to
warn them of the peril they rick in lete
wet
turn “into a mi
tween England and civilization,
ere where there ‘is heart
“ansi0us question is asters,
Save hey. sar Magis.
Mimsters and the Bing sims
ply; “We cannot.” Thi st
a
im ‘British Empire,
will propagate treland’s relig-
vince the world England
Placable, that she does not choose be
mn her enemies, nud confounds eximi-
nals, mand saints
is an act of sincere amity to say
fo our Allies, if there's yee Smet
‘Don't make any martyrs.” .
wually bitter js the comment of Le
Rappel, while 1'Oew were "warns Tloyd
George of a danger he is exposing him-
self to, and) i Liberte paraliels his Rus-
sian nulides "Rappel says:
‘Mtnesiine's death {is murder, and it
2 Onele
_(Gontinued on .Seventh -Paged