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A JOURNAL OF IRISH NEWS, IRISH OPINION AND LITERATURE, PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST
VOL. 4. NO.
CONG!
8
Message From Irish Parliament,
Prtered
omee ue Pafiadaiphes Par under the
& 101% at
Ps,
Mot ot Mart Bt
PHILADELPHIA, MAY 7,
1921
States Nation’s Demands.
NO POSSIBILITY VATICAN WOULD AlD
IN GAUSHING IRELAND, SAYS MANDA
Any English Politician Who Believes Any Such Thing Is Doomed
to Disappointment, Declares Australian Archbishop, on
Return to London From Rome—Rome Will Not Take Sides
Against the Declared Will
Give Opportunity Once More to Make That Will Clear.
London, April 23—Tmportant declare
ations on the Irish situation were made
by Archbisbop Mannix ou Ins arrival
in London from Rome.
Fis Grave informed a prominent Trish
Teader that there wis nut a particle of
foundation for the statement recently
attributed to av American churchman
that he (Dr. Movnix) whilst in Kome
had advocated an Trish settlement 00
lower terms than those asked far by
the Irieh Republicans, Moreover. he
was confident the American churchman
made no such statement.
He Genouneed “clumsy Kughsb prop-
anda” against Ir lund, aud asserted
that "any pall 0 based his hones
of crushing the Test nation by thr help
‘utican iy doomed to Misuppoint.
"fova Dublin Tadependent ‘representa-
tive his Grace said h no inter-
Figws, uch napa to
LOcurre. Excelsior, or any 68°
ar
he wus going to Treland in the meantime,
he
“Tam afraid the answer £9, that ques:
tion does not rest with im:
Pure Invention.
‘he statement regarding the American
shmchian appeared .
mo the Chi
Tribe “Tt 1s" sad Dr. Mam,
pure inventi er Uennnot say
Hesivitels who ot. butt a
example of
These:
as mo: ¥ to be ‘aot
ums English propos:
stop at pothing that
tes
ie tho att Ue
Ingh question at recent”
“For obvi
rela vl
te lack the sympathy that the Pope
ectends to Polend or Balginoy.”
eked ifthe Vatiean would favor a
Dominion Home Rule scheme for Ire-
Jund, Dr. Mannix replied that be “coud
on a matter of that kun
if the coming elections in Ireland wi
lave uo other effect they will
give the Irish people an opportunity
if reaffirming the national will.”
“Do you anticipate tbat the elections
I show any, change ia oe Boliey or
im the alms of the Iris
“Would you make iony comment on
a xemarkable _intervi ‘
American paper by a iatinguiled pine
ish: prelutey In which he. seem:
nifaion Home ule for Irelead?
Vague Uncertainty.
; I have nothing
micertaints, but usually Wiis sue Hine
itntions ak e it cleur that in
nee en0_ iden
of ofering
s
| dutes stag g fon the gow
ing ansthing, thal cow
called. Dominion Floine Tule. ‘The vas
fo" peace “IC not! he: i “tally about
Dominion Home Tul
but
thesinnedtate withdrawal of i
emed forces,
oy
one By.
of the Irish People—Elections
a
Jand’s right te’ complete seif-determina-
tio, and
3 Be
negotiations between the repre-
ns. meeting
id with the
F aficuttion
1 did
r
equently
. and
is e was unwilling
the subyect. of bis. audien with the
Pope, but ho renee: iene
FIVE MORE PRISONERS
vn Fitted near Mourne Abbey, February
| 13,
spon on |The exee
MURDERED BY ENGLISH
Four Shot in Cork Military
Barracks Last Week; One
Slain at Mitchelstown.
Five more Trish prisoners of war bave
been murdered by the English forees
under the torms of military law.
Four were shot in Cork military bar-
racks ‘Thursday of last week. One was
put to death im Matebelstown, County
‘ok, Monday.
telling of these “execu-
¢ men convicted
Cor
of manos”
forces Were executed
at the military
Wisconsin Senate Votes
for Irish Recognition
Madison, W Wis., April
30.— The Wisconsin
State Senate, by a vote of
24 to 6, today adopted a
resolution urging the
government at Washing-
ton to recognize the Irish
Republic.
Wisconsin is the sixth
State to take such action.
The others are Pennsyl-
vania, Montana, New
Jersey, Minnesota and II-
linois.
Imoning, ‘They were Patrick O'Su
auriee Moore, Patrick Ronay ue
‘Thorwas Mulea
ore and O'Sullivan were convicted
lev C ge Brit
crown forces at Clonmult, Connty Cork,
Webruary 20. Muleaby "and Ronayne
were convicted of a similar offense, com-
ivan,
and
is makes a total of 11 men exe
MACSWINEY’S BROTHER
ESCAPES FROM ENGLISH | s*
Cork, April 30.—Sean
brother of the late Lord Mayor Mac-
with two ofter Sinn Feiners
was of the most cordial char His|and in the wounding of several others,
oe ness expres sel great mer avout Jone of wham Tater dled. . SPARK MIGHT STILL MA STILL MAKE
ite of things, im: Ireland 1¢ executions were proceeding
ig been praying for a reine a exowd knelt in the roadwar outside CONFLAGRATION IN ENGLAND |}
if mn Saquity’ whether he found in he banacks, offered prarers and recited
° aris much interest in the trosaries amidst the sobs of the bereaved | gituati i
Trish question, its, krehbithon replied: [relatives of, the fou and others, | Situation Is Still Menacing, Declares
“I found the’ greatest possible inte foore’s father, frantic with zrief. am Secretary of Transport
taken in che question both in Ttaly and | bis. brother wero present in. the exowd Workers.
in vanee, One of the Hrench Deputits|_-Sesteniay the, relatives, of the mev
who at the dinner im Paris visited them and found ‘them in xood
made a S\Riliane Speech nthe subject splits, con], London, Sfay 2—The increasing grav.
vas much about The. Trish ques: | cernes rt his mother and said he did| ity of th labor ‘Siuation in
tion at not w stg che outa | 8 a ising from the coal
who, swith hie geveetney. | Be ov ny, Muleahs, who | i its month, and
“DE Wangan. ty staving
fii House THawnorsantls Tok excond- |
ingly well’ aiter his sojoun- an wther
countries.
SOLDIERS BUNDLED UP
IN BELFAST
=A daring hold-up
te police by a num-
Mans oreaired in Done-
gal street, Belfast. yesterday morning.
when the Live soldiers wore deprived of
thew revoly F munition and then
ted with The affair took pho
AE tliat S25, elon ko an hoa when
Ue cally vert tte pe
this sential thowongb ha
rate
te meident a
ull
ined
prived at their revaly
mutstiog, the wees were patied a
ere SADC a mei
onl eed renin “aod bound their sre tinns,
securely
of eiviligos. thea a some
short time ate a ste Paxsing aloug
observed tl a Ising on the foot-
ath released thon =und. thee se
Tirwoa um Victoria Bartac ke and veports
ed uch wilfeary aud police
act nied after wards in tbe city |
aud its outskirts No
sts ae oported. |
be TRISH LABOR TO VOTE
IN SUPPORT OF REPUBLIC
Dublin, May 1—The Urish Tabor
party issued a manifesto today de claring
eainst any the
coming elec
h
The ‘urged. the workers OF
bot te oreh and South to demon-
Rtrate thefe loyalty eland and free
dom, however. by ‘voting only for candi
s to the't
rument
Tieland by. sh eal, or. i
ordy of the stator pu ty com
Nor the ubattion “po
:0 fheoly
il of the Hist people =
oe NSLISH 5H METHODS
1 —The Ruglish mw
expressed
April
hr
mmivent “active Sinn Feinnrs
Dre binned” as ‘ofetal ‘rena
the intention o
ie | London,
the “lish Bun
3 5 Years old, ieaves a fathe
aces “His elder brother wits ie
tinitted “of the charge of levsi
ugninst the
"and Rev, Father
Canon O'Sullivan Re
O'Brien atlended the condemned men
further harmgut
dav ilhams, General Secre-
tary of the ‘Teansport. orkeis, after a
conference inmen. president
will
of the Phiecuatloual transport Workers
eee aa Federation,
wel me then Nast moments. “Masa was| Pent deel that the € postion im, Groat
nol nD, Canon O'Sullivan addressed Brit hi ‘ain is such that spark dropped
Mords of consolation and -encourage-| at this moment, will eause a eonflagra
Inent fo the condemned’ meas saving | Sh greater in dimensions than even the
ment to, the condems _ Nell “thought of plan of a national
Hot be, ured down. "ihe. prieonets ae pete aia SSalement today
taken from their eels and si
the
ii ef
two priests said all the men died
with mazmifeent braver
‘waudant of the bring part
sing
A the plan
Dad ties after tons of inflammatory i
e Communists of Ruglan
Sehnite: plan to, fom
the coal crisis a
a revolution.
was frustrated by the a
ni wy mega” e| tlle tac ake ete
(Cor tinued on Secon 29) the situation is greatly exaggerated, al-
zh it rota there have been at-
SINN CANDIDATES IN
nie.
maiuly be
Y among said
“HOME RULE ELECTION” So tesult of the. conforence te.
ae txaen ‘tae vo transprat workers of
| cals announvement "wae
° Imo, by the fabor interest (esp oa coat
sf . tinned ‘on {he Coutiweut
feane "her, een selected tele hoy] Britain, Tm his statemcat, Secretary Wits
the Suundine Conumitiee of Sinn Fein: pane sin ren eg ier
Boltast—University, Seav Dolan. M.| 0) “inne nypen.has sisen ore
Belfast (in jail)’; Bast Division, A.
rages North, M Gurolam (in, jail):
ath. " Dermott Tarnes
j Moin and D. MeCuileagh (iy jail).
n—L Waleb.
caste “Cia ai, and J, Connol
fast.
unt Armash—M. Collin
Frank Aikin, Camou,
Mevin MacNentt
aoe “Wait Maghera (in_jail).
Ramonn — de
Bally-
Ba
and
‘Yai
Tanens Newry (im jai), and Dr. P. A.
Mome, ngford.
emanagh-T'srone-—A. Gn
jail). Sean’ Milroy. Gin at) J. O'Ma-
honey, aod Kevin Orbe
the selection of Ste, de Valera
for County Down, the interesting osi-
tion is created of his havi
opponent Sir James Craig, ‘to
one of the Unionist candidate:
ENGLISH STILL PUBLISH
FAKE E IRISH BULLETIN
wo, editions of
lati Tee eas typews
fen sheet publisid by the Lrish revere
wing cirentated through
Londea new yaper
‘Soun publicity “office
wiblin "solve weeks ago
‘ious looking ¢apies
o appear, Ie i
nl denied, the
‘them ou. the surface neared £0, Be
lish propagan ewe
daghsh propaganda and That ther “were!
ted povsibls by some over-zealous!
sh gavernm
alleged for-|
or” and “devides|
he Ki
ings of
Drisale im thu me
!
that ‘docwn't, snl
Be probally ‘will burn xi
sper
administration isa.)
thet far {he ange of one j grad ‘ni
ame, “|
wu
dn ja),
will
Germ ustrian workers ‘ate deter:
mined. to, ;prgreat the export of ena) to
Great
“The Tworemrut.{o_ prevent the Bait
roment utilizing coud fe
bunkerba ‘purposes is being strengthoved
f the mev ciple
those Forte aod the National Taovon
Railway will continue to operate
by refusing “, iavale ‘oy coat browgut
from overseas.”
DE VALERA NOMINATED
FOR UNIVERSITY POST|
pDublin, May 2
Bamon ae Vat
e nomination of
ssor of the iat
e
ch the chaveeilorshin
ot the lupual University of Ireland
1a ially announced by the
University. ‘he chancellor 19 elected by
# convocation of gmduot
Te is sai de Vat dae fs mot
likely’ to be oppos: au graduate
“He
of the University ia arts and science,
ay
MacSwiney, | "6
| fn the name of any. secti
it
LORD MAYOR OF QUBLIN
ARRIVES IN AMERICA
Lawrence O’Neill Reaches New
York; Comes in Interest of
Relief Work.
Now York. May 1.— 1g to dis
cuss the Irish issue aod Sacisting that
he was here on 2 mission which was
Rov-political, Lawrence O'Neill, Lord
M of Dublin chairman ‘ol
ere vester-
the Cananin "Aunitania, Tt was
the first rigt of ‘the Dubliv, Naror to
the Gaited States and fe appeared to be
sreatiy huterested in gl tha A
the inser
boot Gilead with merobers nf ‘he trish
Gross, a relief organization. en
circled the Sowdapia at Qua elo
gree layor, who ered Math
Seriotany
om
I
day on
pad
Rerieatural
seek funds for
a shi
man of aaiet es
Y soengers whe tall
the uiguty
baa fou in the eon th
wy side and that. he had a brother i
inited Slates whom hie had wot seep
When mn the Trish
cal Paituation were sought, he said
fm not om a, pelitial
therefor ie Pon
any other Subject than tie cone which
hag bro re, Tam in America
pall carry out the precept of do-
e 28 lo. I do
ot anticipate, making avy speeches dur.
our, countrs.,which I
| pea for funds fully explains the obj
and constitution of the Irish
weivhe Tvish White Cross has been
hite
in"! funded in ‘the boliet that there i< work,
for the 2
aud
to be done in Ireland
hardship and suring
struction of industry,
of,
2 conn
Erouigbout the world. Tn_a time of po-
disturbance vd violence it is
sant ‘posite for, men and women to for-
er
ences, ‘religious and. fo-
and to bend all their ever
gies to 2 constructive effort for the
reservation of ebeiv counter.
peal which today
ap.
S made
r'a peor.
aunts: bo po
1
but in the name of hum
cal. distine
howe must
(Continued on ‘Second Pase)
TROOPS ABUSE IRISH
WOMEN, SAYS YS SUFFRAGETTE
London, Aneit 27-3. story is printe
in the Dave News ip whieh Mrs ruck
Lawrence, who, with er bused, for
merly took an’ active part be suk
Fragctto werent alleges v nistregtoreut
of women Use:
tbe British forces in
.” awrence telates. b
A talked to wowen aud si
him to x solicitor and v1
Gece bas leeu brought formally to
“Cross investigator told_ me
jan whose hone had been rided
a few days before the bir
er child
was expected. 1 mnilitaey
vot fount dat home,
everything in the loune was bur
clu g sand her ehildre
hes. When an “otieer seized the
fle bundle. of elaties tor the anected
baby the woman ple ov her_ knee
that she had uo meuns of replacing
y thre nts into the
rifles and
SAY IRISH ENVOY WAS
BEATEN IN RUSSIA],
WILL USE ELECTIONS TO
SHOW PEOPLE'S WILL
Dublin, Ape 20-—Austin, Stuck,
Minister fe Affairs, today
si famation declaring the
fo he illegal as a for.
e
veeogn
fo enable the
he demonstra
Siuving thal the senate auld mg
& ominaled bod)
i
qeoole’s will’ again to
t
ele
sera ure
Birennn meeered eau.
[The following
vague and
luxt ‘Satur
iy questionable, appeured
led Trish Am-
vasudor to Russia uprived in Mun mia
le to
al o
reign Of
x. Well do without.”
Vorei
re incident.
| Ps
‘| misled by the widespread, per-
her into the streets with her two \
chileea al, of them Iu bare fect and
lot
dispatch, which is| te
mbassied
soles pie rancor
OF TRE REPUBLIC
JAIL El
Presented by Senator Borah,
OF IRELAND
PRICE TEN CENTS.
FANN
IRELAND ALWAYS READY FOR & JUST
PEACE: WILL ACCEPT NOTHING LEG
Washington,
C., May 2.
—Treland has
always
been ready to welcome peace with England on the just
basis of the right of the Irish people as a nation to decide
how they shall be governed, the Dail Eireann, the Par-
liament of the Jrish Republic, declares in an address to
~|the Congress of the United
States.
The address was presented in the Senate by Senator
William Ié. Borah, of Idaho.
eign relations committee, and will be published as
public document.
Peace on any other basis than that
h Possible, the message cuntinucs.
der our national right, nor
cause is the common cause of humankind.
Tt was referred to the for-
a
tated is not
“We shall not surren-
will force compel us. Our
‘To that
cause we have pledged ourselves and our people to re-
main faithful unto death.”
The address is signed
Dail.
A series of Appendices con-
tain evidence in support of the
statements made in the docu-| m
ment,
The text of the address fol-
lows:
Address to the Congress of the
United States
To the Elected Representatives
of the People of the United
States of America:
We. the elected Representa-
tives of Ireland, recognizing in
you the elected Representatives
in Congress of the people of the m
United States of America. our
brethren in the common effi
sten the day when the na-
Ss
tions may dwell together in jus-| >
tice
and in harmony, have the
to grect and te address
sow.
1. We fect certain
struggle of our people—the peo-
plo of Arcland against the ag-|!
are)
that the
the
by all the members of the
Lait millions which, with the normal
ase, would hare. shew
toray” 't peruintion of 7 mullions.
cdused by eneiny acts to four
BEE
Our i ‘ingly fer
le generously endowed be ‘ature with
every advantage and faeility for indus-
try, for tinde and for conumeres, capable
of ug Ia bay
peri iNion
was pub
hein ead of the
crmment that it was the cnaidcred alee
of that Goverament to banish from our
cquatry the young and strong, the flower
of the
r nous irae to the
ltmost. of thei Almost every
eneration han witnessed “av least one
Simed uprising, and when the people
arms ca
al
le us been con=
tant _eknosrledement of tig’ attitude,
The at and the desire o
me gencatioa ‘bas beeu” made wastes
‘yond _ question
& a December
the principles. motessed_b
ment of ugkand. duriug the sical
id seeiog in the se thes
sf means of
etal aod. tinal sett
ci) wenturied strogale,
declared bx an over=
at polls for an
1918, mindiul of
h
Neu
pressly gi
gression of England 1s not pe ven by
: | Carewed ‘out under tbe
ing unobserved hy you. Wel presersbed by Bngland herself. ake pee.
clected, representatives “assembled
covet your esteem as we would
value your sympathy and sup-
ort and fearful Iest you be
sistent and insidious propaganda!
of falsehood through which Eng-
She weal to a priest the next morning.
wan sent Br
land seeks to create prejudice
against us—distorting the char-
acter of the contest. we hasten
to lay before you facts, so that
correctly informed you may be
able to judge justly.
2. The nation which we represent
enjoyed for over a thousand years the
life ‘of av independent. aoverergn. State.
among the State of Barone Then &
nboring mi poneeEngland-—hieh
ved the benefits of ci
through the course of mai
wabvert one policy. suunibitate
our Janguage and our wultire. suppe
iin one agricultures Rteal
id our commerce, deprive us
vantages, of uur. fengiaphical
postin, ent uso frow one mucient in-
with other peaples, 1ob our
erase our maine’ from the
tion
uling ty achieve these ends
centuries of criminal . ty
enses were
and contracts
and the gqmpaet “tteachevouiy and
ne Bioodil iplat
Texources of a powwertul and
ng huse been emplored
in a desperate attempt to utter
ation. Tn the
Vittle over a eenture, we have
cbbed of wealth amount
am. = wiilst «within
ory of @ population of eight wii
reducing
10.
is stitutional erin on) ous
ouaty . formally
ed ‘the jenendeace "aed
cSared ‘the Republe of feelesd duly ee
ablish
8.
legitimate application of th
‘ipte ‘of butiooal sel -deternnnation
peaceful and orderly ft
their ‘poral an
Trish peopl
Government
nrurderous exercise
Troops and engines o
for four sears bad “set cogeged on the
continent of Europe in the cause of tho
rights oe small ato 5 a |, and
the fundamental demoe
Huey, were rused re fein and used
to trample o1
Strangle’ that very
1b sneiple oe the pame
of sebieh they had i
pio
en enrolled and em+
ved.
ibe reign of intensified militar
em, that was thus instituted, ab-
thouglt rigorously. persisted in, didn
iutami rs ui
iz
people were raided systematically by day
ions | Rad aight, andividual electors were mur
dered by bayonet and bullet, men were
taken by the thvusands and dragzed 0
fo English ails, {he fears of the womeg
and. childee aly played
bpon, but the terror Tailed, ‘The year,
id ol weakening, increased "the
strength of the Irish 's determina-
tion ‘and the republican epreseulation
showed an inerease of 15 per cent. on
evious elections, though. the erstem
“proportional representation” bad
plied with the express desea of
"Fo tic further pedeeful and cone
eign usurping Gor
Gull beruee and more vicious. brutal-
‘The national. political. euiLural
ust
eribed.
The i
ore,
crime,
public assembly
lished and the pivse surged.
0 | sheeted representatives of the nz
were declived criminal body: Alt ed
“(Continued , on: Eighth. Page), “