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A JOURNAL OF IRISH NEWS, IRISH OPINION AND IRISH LITERATURE,
NO. 18
Entered as second-class matter Jan,
office, Philadelphia, Pa, under the Act of March ’a, 1879.
8, 1919, at the post-
PHILADELPHIA,
JULY
THE
INTEREST OF “THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
PRICE YEN CENTS ~
England By Signing Formal Truce
Accepts That
FURTHER CHAPTERS
I STORY OF Wan
WAGED HERE AGAINST IRISH REPUBLIC
Constant Opposition to Its Claim for Recognition Was Put Up
by So-Called Irish-American Leaders—The Irish Race Con-
vention Prevented From Recognizing the Republic—Fight
on League of Nations Begun Before It Was Known What
the League Would Be—The Effort to Sidetrack*the Cam-
paign for Recognition, and Divert All Energies Solely Into
a Fight Against the League,
By WILLIAM 4, M.A. MALONEY,
Maloney’s artiel
AU that seemed lacking to the final
freeing of Ireland was a vigorons cam-
paign to educate the American people
to the status and claims of the hving
Irish Republic, so that the Pi
ference would be compelled to
cate Ireland’s ence. With a desire to
make this campaign neither exclusi
Catholic nor exclusiv
a meeting wa:
the people of Ireland on the peaceful |;
achievement of their independence.” at
which two Protestant ministers were to
be the principal speakers As these
(This is the scene instalment of Dr.
gentlemen would not appear on the same | 1;
viatform as Judze Cohalan, the Very
Rev. Father Magennis acted as chair-
man. Messrs. Liam Mellowes and Pad-
raic Colum and Dr. McCartan were also
scheduled to speak. The meeting was
announced for January 6, 1919.
As soon as the announcements appear-
ed, Judge Cohalun hired the same hall
for a meeting Yanuary 5th, “to con-
gratulate the people of Ireland on the
results of the election.” By threats and
pleadings, “not to break the old man's
(Mx, Devoy's) heart,” Father Magennis,
Messrs. Liam Mellowes and Padraic}?!
Colum and Dr. McCartan were induced
to appear, und JudZe Cohalan presided.
January 11, 1919, I remonstrated with
Judge Cohalnn for the attempt he had
made to forestall and destroy the Ameri-
ean m f January 6th, At first
he was truculent. “There would be
only one leader bere. What our people
one. A divided Jeuder-
not going to allo
Which he was not consult
for any other The race must
sland or fall together.
Declaration Repeated,
This declaration was reassuringly re-
peated 1 an article in the same paper,
Tanuary 18, 1919, to allay the anxiety
ated by the projected Cohalan-Plun-
kett conferen
resentatives of the Tri
Cougress (Dat! Birennn) at Dublin apr
jor recognition of the Iris
Bublie to the free peoples of "the Soule,
ted President de Valera, Ar
and Count George Noble
Plunkett to.renresent the Irish Repub:
hic at the Pence Confere
preparations were made. 1
feation to be held at Phi
y 22 and 23, 191
ish people met in
recent of the Fresds of Fre
Sit “Fudge Costas: bad Himcele
permanent chairman of the
veution.
This was the first great meetin,
the Irish Republic ic. Pe et her race could
be expected to heed the appeal of
it seemed. holly incredible that
Irish American would deoy tl
eal or make sit
an wh
eho denied the appeal
be of little serrice in obtainin
flea of the Hennblig from the Bence
Conference. So Dr. AMeCartan opposed
‘promise on this matter, and I
Supported him
‘Judge Cohalan pleaded that he bad al-
ready secured the acceptance of Cardi-
nal Gibbons. an it he had been
required Cardinal as a condition
of the Cardinal's acceptance to give a:
expheit guarantee that the Republic
would recognized. ‘Was sus-
it | ected “ut the tine that Judge Cohala
was merely hiding bebied the’ ‘Cactinal’s
robes: that the Cardinal had required n
Father Magennis Chairman. such pledge, and that if such a pledze
er. Father Magennis,|had been given, Judge Cohalan had
president Of the Friends of Irish Free- | volunteered it, ‘And it later auepited
dom, was chairman of the American that Judge Cohalen with one
meeting ‘of Janua ‘Judge | Cardinal's advisers ‘ubstantaliy wezote
ry 6th, an
Cohalan was theo busily engaged in ais-
placing him from the position which
feaslesaness and Mieadersip luring the
war hai ‘Father Magennis in
Fish: amefican atta. T fags Judge
july nervous.
Gae atished ‘to'challenge hie position, and
there, the matter ended ausicably;
‘This was. the ame n by the
British Governtnent to send Sit Horace
ea to advoes
‘sudse Cobain was
i Horace. He main-
‘and to gthers his right to
with Sir Horace, to Heten to any
ie
was
25, 910),
Lut was emphatically denied to ‘him by
Dr,
2
ran.
Sir Horace Plunkett arrived. Tudge-
reported as: calling
the resolution which the Cardinal offer-
ed at the c ion,
Pledge Was Unauthorized.
Judge Cohalan's pledge ba
authonzed. but
involved. 5
agtemed, although it would not actually
ask for’ recos
Would as good as ask for
Ginal.coutd £0.00 fitters
Jap bad done his, utmost
inch Republic
Would get nowhere: whiereas, the ©
dinal's esolution would enable us later
realize wonderful results for the
Ropatie So a truce was declared, to
Whleh Dr. McCartan was not.a, partr:
an
Ss
the home of Mir, La’
Hin, 36. West, eath street, New York |, At the convention, when "yudse Cobn-
Ghs. But if he did so, Te. |1an and Mr. Michael J. Ryan, of Phila-
sulted, for means were taken to defeat |@élpbia, were machining the resolution
Sir “Horace’s mission, whether Judge | rou ttee. it was disclosed that
lan conferred with him or not. in addit the expected ubsence of a
this confusion of purpose was ae ‘ing the Republic,
Ic - | there _w an unequivocal
attributable 0 roen the ‘enver of tk and for the admission to the Peace
Republic here and his Government in Conference of President de Valera, Ar-
ulin, - As soon as the policy of the thnr Grifith’ and Count Plunkett. the
Pe nab 8 the policy of the | celegates relected by the Trish Hepublic,
aval presumably Judge Cohalan would fr. “McCartan had refits atten
follow. f- harmony would rament
everyone would gaite i carey v3 is a wence J | tu
Snel ne police of the Trish Republic, The sdmission of Trelond'e delegates, IF
.tns preeumption, On Janugreett. 1919, |* using to recognize the Re-
that o1 at tad stated editori
aes is not the asin af ie. "eh in
ic
aus" van en, me
wie Follow Chose
e elected repre-
f Trelane
pentative of
‘hove plans will be “formated by
Natiooal Assembly in mand when
fer nench, i io an. raythontative form
Bevhale trish
[hoes fo hig demand, bat
a Nwillel for the
publi
Fee that: the Republic's delerates ‘were
ast we could. do was to
themselves allow present the Irish
cuse for recognition before the Peace,|
Conference. | Tuunts und thrents and
a
cing “fists were grposed for fou
motion of: th iv,
SWachington, to. whom-a jasting Sebe or
gratitude is*due, av
‘Gand nolaiy inysupnott of-them,
‘su. er. oom: Sor suctiseatig
iSslou; nét of the Heptbucls
(Cont inued.,on:, Seventh: Page).
mi
January 21, 1919. the elected rep-
os
the
| cone was
tl
mise, galling Lmeet
ENGLISH TRY HARD 10
EXPLAIN THEIR DEFEATS
An Instance Showing How Fail-
ure of Forces in Military:
Operations Was Excused.
Dublin, June 30 (Special).—In an ef
fort to explain the incessant reverses
suffered by the British Crown forces in
Ireland at the hands of the greatly out-
numbeed Irish Repubhean Army, the
authorities at Dublin Castle have re-
sorted to fiction worthy of the most
imaginative writers of the age. accord:
ing to the Trish Bullet. Tt is charged
that the repoits issued from the bead-
quarters of Geneval Sir Nevil Macrendy
degree,
Republican
forees 1s generally quadrupled. the losses
inflicted on them magn e caste
alties suffered by rown forces
either wholly or partially suppressed,
The Bulletin pots out what
mstance
rr
South Maso
publican Arm ed an enemy pa-
Erol traveling i a t two motor lorries. After
patrol took refuge in neighboring bo:
fel, and the Republicans, after an nn-
suceessful effort to dislodge them
rew. ing dismissed bait ‘of hig
foree the Republican commanuler retived
with 30 ten to the bills, where the col-
umn ‘reste;
n hour later the outposts reported
the advance of large
troops: “It was then hbout 280 Ps Ab
outs were sent ont to ascertain. the
office!
ordered 2 retreat toward
| commanding
1¢ nol
Three “Official Reports.
Using the natural cover to great ad-
vantage, the Republican forces bad
traversed a distant i
rhen their advance guard sighted a larce
party of British troops holding the line
of their retreat. ‘The British i
ly opened fire with Low:
then + © ix hours "efore ‘nightfall,
The officer commanding
overwhelming forces, would | not
render on any term
fe British forces kept up a.coati
the Republican ‘posit
ou
ire on
vals, The Irish troops.
munition ‘and’ used i in eoncentrata
fire whenever the enemy attempted a
‘ward movement. The
Ee" aecired eeee
exchange
‘am-
r six hours the
of re continued, but. the ene
pted to When
fe Republican troons di
cided to break through the cordon, wbieb
at nightfall was greatly ened by
(Continued on Fifth F Page)
KIDNAP MURDER WITNESS
"Kennedy, president of
Pinnan's College, in’ Eaniss was melt
rested by English soldiers this morning
and removed to Limerick. ganual
retreat of the clergy of the
progress at the eallege’ Svea
arrest red. The charge
against Father O'Keanedy ig not inowe
ENGLISH MURDER GIRL
brother from an attack near Ni
Me
message received to:
day from Newry.
ried out br a band of armed men.
‘Miss MeAnuft w: native of county
Down end bead tencher of a eebool of
Bradford, from which
ned a few days ago:to visit her home,
The raiders called
He signed the paper, and she-also of.
fered to sign, -but was told that it was
needless,” “A few moments Tater shots
rang.oué and she fell ‘dea
DAIL HOLDS WEETING:
Dublis. say, 1A
on contribution to the international delivert
Which was replied to only, at long. ater. _ Loi
ese tactics had} case of
_ Beles, July SWhile shielding ber £
The attack was car-|
NOT HOSTILE TO “ULSTER”
Dublin, July 6.—The Irish Bulle-
tin, organ of the Dail Eireann, de-
slates that, there ostility to-
Northeast Ulster on the other
parts of It si
of Irelant
“Mr, do Water has vadinitted tat
my is
tion, that they ‘ceaso to allow Nort
east’ Ulster to be used in Carson's
works as 2. bridgehead for the con-
quest and subjection of Ireland.”
N. Y, SOGIALISTS CHEER
VICTORIES OF IRELAND
Convention Expresses Rejoicing That
Long Struggle Is Approaching
Triumph.
New York, July 1—Rejoicing that
the long struggle of the Irish nation is
approaching victory is expressed in reso
Iutions adopted at, the Now York ¢
convention of the Socialist naity pesos
day, The resolutions follow
be Socialist party of Greater New
York, agsombled in city convention, re-
jolces with the Tnnsh masses that fhe eit
long imperialistic
might of Cue” ‘Batis ruling classes
Pears to be ending with victor:
ap
have
ce,
‘death the. Trip
a borne aloft the torch of free:
that they might be the
dom
masters of ther own lite,
‘or s this struggle has been
waged against the organized ferocity and
malice of armed mereenanies. Cities and
towns have
destroyed, villages
martyrs of the-cause strangled on the
seattold of Mountjoy Priso
“Tl People. facing ibis sto orm
* of impectastie| brutality, have provides
an inspiration fo all the fighters for free-
jom all over the worl
“We s earty greetings of support
fo the Trish, masses, in the ope that the
ing conference will bring them peace
oma basis. that will_guarantee control
over their own life and institutions. We
are confident that the position taken by
the Socialist and labor movement
in this struggle ahead, a struggle to con
ism aud Tanalord-
e of the workers of the world.”
OBJECT TO JAILING
OF AMERICAN CITIZEN
ake Known to,
2s
decision in the
a med Conlon,
charged with “bape uplieated ip in an am
sh in Irel an
Giarreed in his trial he wes seized
the fouitary authorities with the ‘Sbiect
of ,tzsing him by, court-martial
Dian of the military was tem-
porarily frustrated
in Belfast.
a
States Government its
8 onths ago.
‘The American. constl in Belfast. ageer
Cork, Ireland, July 6—Patrick A. ,
Brady, who witnessed the iling of| making a protest against the military
Ca fagner, parish priest of Duna-| tral laced the matter in the hands
manway, im December ast ‘Cadet | of the 9 embanat in London. Represerta-
Harte, was widnapped today b un. | Hong by the State Department followed
known arm Hive macktree, wwz-| skort’ thereafter. - ue fact. that, the
taken from bis residence in Ballplickey.| British Government has taken such a
West Cor _ long time to reply to the American rep-
resentations indicates its importance, for
1f involves not only questions of interna-
tional Jaw, ‘but questions “also of civil
snd militaty laws Ie
DE VALERA SENDS A
MESSAGE TO DENMARK
Dubbo, July 12 President de Valera
gram Saturday night to the
eee Gopeaiagen, which aa
atch from Co-
8
01
' srmputhize with our fixed
determination to obtnin a Uberty, which
wa
abled the Danish people ‘ily fo, ‘derelop
and realize our individual national life.
“It 1s our hope that the our for the
fulfllnent, of our wishes is
+] proaching.””
-OUTRAGES PRECEDE’ TRUCE
Belfast,
July 6—Five | men, “were
‘| taken from’ thelr homes today ‘In he .
district of Newrs, 44 mules south.
this’ city,
were, tek 3 ot heap by
P che
odies
86
members of the Dail Eire
| Republican? Perliameng,
'| shooting syere Sit: Fein sympathizers,
With Command of Army
Status. —
—_—*
DEVALERA GOES TO LONDON FOR
CONFERENCE WITH ENGLISH PREMIER,
MISS MYSWINEY TC
SPEAK HERE SUNDAY
Woman Member of Irish Parlia-
ment to Address Shibe Park
Demonstration.
‘Ewery indication is that the open-
air demonstration to be held this
Sunday, July, 17, at Shibe Park,
Twenty-Srst and Lehigh avenue,
will be one of the greatest of the
kind that has ever been helé im thie
city. All the principal organizations
that have been active in the fight for
the recognition of the Irish Republic
wil attend, many of them marching
io the scene of the demonstration.
Thousands of persons not connected
with any organization are also ex-
pected to attend.
The principal speaker will be Miss
Mary MacS$winey, member of Dall
Eireann. and sister of the martyred
Lord Mayor of Cork. Mies Mac-
Swiney has an important message ‘to
deliver concerning Ireland’s attitude
toward recent developments. She Is
fresh from a tour of the United
States, having addressed many great
audierices in various parts of the
Thterest in the present situation is
long before the time for the opening
of the meeting. The demonstration
30 Sunday afternoon. Ad-
mission will b«
Many citizens of prominence are
Included on the executive committee
mittee to Miss MacSwiney Includes
several judges and other men of note.
OMAHA CITY COUNCIL FOR
IRISH RECOGNITION
Omaha, Neb. July 5.—The City Com-
missioners at the Sonal meeting this
morning voted unanimously in favor of
recognition of the Irish Republic. The
text of the resolution, which was intro-
duced by Mayor James C. Dablman,
was as follows?
“Resolved by the City Council of the
City of Omaha, That the independence
of the Republican of Iroland ought to be
recognized by the Government of the
United States of America.”
The adoption of the resolution was
i sand
ssioner Koutsks.
said that, had the
e Would bave introduced
Copies were
by City Clerk Claude F Bowls.
ATROCITIES CONTINUED
AFTER PREMIER'S LETTER
Dublin, July 7.—The Irish Bullet
organ of the Dail Eireann, tonight ‘con-
tradicts statements in the London press
alleging a cessation of reprisals and an
easing of the Government pressure since
‘The Bulletin
‘Mr. Lloyd George's letter.
says that during the 12 days since the
letter was. vdisoatebed regular warfare
has continued, as well as agression
against Irish ’ non- combatants without
abatement, and ai forms of
military terror are in full sles
e Bulletin printe @ list which io;
ctu 14 murders persons, Meanded
10 pri ete dedtrosed between
Tune 24 and Jul
CORK SENT JULY 4TH
GREETINGS TO AMERICA
¢ York, July 5.—Following is a
cons “of the eablegram, ‘dated July 4,
192: the’Irish Consulate
¢ Lord Mayor
Bresident of the
America:
‘Kindly convey to American Presi-
dent, and people, sineerest greetings of
uni ‘and citizi ‘Cork. on
This day. of commemoration of America’s
independence, citizens eenly
preclnted American people's manathy
mippore to. dreland. in her struggle
i vingleation of Americas principles of
United
O’CALLAGHAN IN CORK
London, July 11.— onal O'Callaghan, *
orted by the
‘foe ek
Lord Magor of, Cork, is m
tr 10 have’ ari ved in
Hi
ela belligerent status.
prisoner have been treated as criminals.
today. fiom: "The Waited Stat
President De Valera
‘A formal armistice temporarily ending hostilities bes
wr{tween Ireland and England was signed last week. This
truce went into effect Monday at noon.
Following the conclusion of thé armistice, President
de Valera proceeded to London, accompanied by other
members of the Irish Government.
Arrangements had
been made for the opening of discussions with the heads
of the English Government
Thursday.
The signing of a truce between the Irish forces and
the English army is the farthest point that has thus far
been reached in Ireland's defense of her Republic. Until
now, England has refused to accord the Republican army
Members of the Irish forces taken
Many of them
have been put to death on the mere charge of bearing
arms against England. Operations against the English
forces have been treated as
“outrages” and the killing
of members of those forces in action has been termed
“murder.”
Now, however, should Britain
refuse to recognize the Republic
and renew hostilities, she will
have no shadow of excuse for
treating the conflict other than as
a war between two nations.
Announcement of the signing
of the truce was made Friday of
last week, following a conference
between the heads of the Jrish
Government and leaders,of the
minority, or Unionist party of
Ireland outside the “ county”
area.
Warning against undue confi-
dence in the outcome was given
by President de Valera before
his departure for London. He
left Dublin Tuesday. Accom-
panying him were Arthur Grif
fith, Vice President of the Re-
public and founder of the Sinn]
Fein movement; Austin Stack;
Minister for Home Affairs, and
Robert Barton, member of Dail] a
Eireann.
“ Lord Mayor O'Neill, of Dublin, an&
Count Plunkett, T. D., went with the
narty.
fiateave of Griffith,
fith was recently released from
Mounts ‘Sail,- where -ho-bad been Held}
by’ the English since last November He
had been imprisoned several times previ-
ously. Mr. Stack had been “on the run”
ee he escaped from a prison in Enge
land early in 1919,
Captain Barton was an officer in the
English army. He became a convert to
Sinn Fein after the 1916 Rising. He was
‘elected to Dail Eireann in 1918 and was
afterward imprisoned by the British, He
made a very daring escape from Mount-»
Joy Prison last year, but was afterward
tecaptured, sentenced to three years’ im-
prisonment and sent to Portland, an
English convict prison. Last week he
was release
President de Valera’s letter to Lloyd
George agreeing to the meeting follows:
ire you expressed on th
part of the British: Government to end
the centuries of conflict between the
ples of these two islands and to establish
relations of neighborly harmony is the
genuine desire of the people of Irelan
e consulted with my colleagues
and received the views of the
tive ey y of our nation in re
t and discuss hat
falea Such a conference as that, proposed
cam reasonably hope to achieve the object
sired.
“EAMONN DE VALERA.’
¢ official wording of the ‘statement
inowied from Downing Street, with 1
Mints:
ters offer and Ait. do Valera’s ri reply, a
ements ae deing raade for hostilities
+ (Continued on Eighth Page)