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A JOURNAL OF IRISH NEWS, IRISH OPINION AND IRISH LITERATURE, PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
VOL 5. NO 7
Entered ag second-class matter Jan,
office, Philadelphia, Pa., under the Act of March's,
LIVING IN TE
8, 2919, at the post-
PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 29,
1922
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PRICE TEN CENTS
LIVES
Northern Catholics Wonder That the Outside World Continues to
Trade With Their Oppressors
OWLY ONE GOVERAMENT I RELARD
DERNVING AUTHORITY FROK THE PEGPLE
Dail Eireann Still Stands as Sovereign Authority—Will Remain
Until Irish People Vote It Out of Existence—trish, Not
English, Must Decide—Right of People Without Outside
Influence Must Be Defended—Free State Does Not Exist.
England Is Using Irishmen for Her Own Ends.
Mr. de Valera, speaking at a public meeting in Dur-
dalk, first addressed the gathering in Irish.
Continuing in English,
referring to the national
tongue, he said that as long as the people spoke Irish they
would have Irish minds, an
I
h outlook, and would be
proof against the forces of anglicization that might come
against them.
He regretted that men who had deserved well of
their country in the past should now be advising the peo-
ple to enter on a course which would ceftainly mean that} o.
the future generations would forget the work that they]?
had done in other spheres when they thought of the work
that they had done in trying to get that nation to aban- a fe
of far
don its sovereignty.
“I say,” he proceeded, “the
man who tells you you have got
independence is capable of tell-
ing you other things equally un-
true, and I tell you the man who
tells you you have achieved the
freedom to achieve freedom,
when he knows you have not, is
capable of telling you other
things equally untrue.”
The Same Answer.
If they had independence, was
there one of them who would
choose to become British sub-
jects? (“No.”) Was there one
of them, if they had indepen-
-dence, would ~ choose King
George as their king? (“No.”)
‘Was there one of them, if they|.
had independence, would dises-
tablish the republic and set up
|, amonarchy in its place? (No.
e answer had been the
same wherever he had spoken. lf
‘the nation had full liberty to
. choose its own course it would
choose absolutely to be an iso-
slated republic. -
jhe was what they told
d George at the beginning
Bi Reis negotiations with
“It was a queer doctrine when ‘its
two principal apostles differed,
one telling them that they had
‘independence and the other that
“ithey’had the freedom that was
emecessary to achieve freedom if
‘they had got it, Mr. Griffith told
‘them that they had got it, and
“Mr, Collins said that they had
imot, but that they had the free-
‘dom to achieve it.
‘He (Mr. De Valera) said that
they had not. There would be
arriers which would be impas-
sable practically to independence
‘and he challenged Mr.: Arthur
‘Griffith and Mr. Michael Collins
store
° bis fol lowers
Irish people independence as it
‘was untrue to say that Dail Eir-|¢
eann or their colleagues had
abandoned the Republic before
they went to London.
In the official correspondence
the sovereignty of the Irish peo-
ple was carefully guarded.
‘These men went into the conference | ered
recognizing themselves as reprosenta-
tives of a sovereign State, and they |™
came out trying to make the Trish peo-
ple a subject. people, They wes
Es equals to Liosd. George and came
ing werose, ke idle
Gaughter).
(Continued on Eighth Page)
nt in| assy
AAR. 1, CONVENTION
~ WN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Big Rally for Irish Republic Ex-
pected at Warden Park
Hotel.
IRISH DELEGATES TO ATTEND
New Impetus to Republican Ef-
forts in the United States
Expected,
‘The second annual convention of the
American Association for the Itecogni-
tion of the Tush Repubife will be held in
Washington, D. C. on Friday and Sat-
uniay, May’S and 6, respectively, in the
large convention ball of the Wardman
ark Hotel, where, incidentally, Hon,
amoun De Valera stayed during his last
Hisit Co Washington before his searet re-
turn to Ireland. ‘Chis hotel, whieh over-
looks the famous Rock Creek Darky is
one of the most imposing hostelries of
the Capitol City, and ats convention hall
Sa greater capacity than that of any
bikes ‘ton
Sonal oftee of the association
‘This privileg:
iors &f families of the delegates. and ar
Fangements, be
extensi
and friends several days after, the conven:
tion to see the sights of the national
anit
‘The extension tickets will be issued on
a trip, thus |
ee
meh later
President De Valera
“You all know thet in President
ing himself, a5 it were, praised, but
it_ you to realize that in De
Sater Treland hns a great leader —a
man who lives in thousands and mil-
Tions of bearts, n man with a won-
derful judgment, such as I never met
in @ young man, except in Parnell,
Since’ Parneli’s ere has not
been a man to equal De Valera, and
am sure, in following end stunding
by him loyally, he will bring the Irish
ion to that goal for which many
Irishmen in hopeless generations suf
fered.”"—Arthur Griffith, Aj
1919.
THE BORDER UNREST;
Border Continues to Provide | Cs
Sensational - Occurrences.
Two Hairbreadth Escapes.
Dail Eireann Publi
sues a letter
Department is-
from a promincat resident
it, ag yet,
keoping the recent Peace Pact. There
‘was an ambush in this town on the night
price to the announcement of the pact,
Iwbich one special was killed. Two
Catholic boy was foully
A CHASE AND AN ESCAPE = a
FATHER O'FLARAGAN AND
THE FAMOUS TELEGRAM
Reply to Critics Who Seek to
Fasten on Him Charge of
Weakness.
REALLY SAVED REPUBLIC
For Telegram Nipped Secret
Negotiations in the Bud,
He Claims.
A statement is being made in the
American press in many places through
out the counts over the names of cer-
tain agents oe, Pr ‘overn-
°F the Aeish Pree State in reterence
8g
of the sincerity of, ‘the
Ministers frequently Morea desis for
Tt helped to show that the blame
for continuing the war ested upon Engr
Jand and not upon Tre
here aon at
that telegram, ‘moc © inileate that
Sign Fein was bre
ate re
yuires that cach Welegate be provided
wa inva prgsoribed form of raloud. cer] prdered oe his way bone fro ect fiat a tlegram bad
ui igncd and issued ‘by national | Had he not been a Catholte every ‘Sa going
Sent ed a bepdguaniers. | Gelling will not be known 0 the ie Public
ontative ES nts_have been S ors ea litte
ade for siificient reservations ¢o accom- 1 '
modate all delegates and their friend: ‘the me the game thes, A were ass. : ote
Delegates are reauested to apply for eit ty service Di
si as 5001 ble, statvo I se "| ‘Phe man who made such a bad ban
whether single, double or Triple accommo | and “B” men patrol the streets and roads 7 jn 1921 after 1 Brumieg Lord Georg bad
diations ‘age required. It is eopecially re" every night, holding up and searching all & ea competed Valery mas aot onli
Guested ‘that all reservations be made | trike asd pedestauue: and generally. act= ident do Valera, was nor unlkel
‘Gontinued on Third Page) ing in the most provocative fashion. They | {Uae f 0 8 Rood
g9 rushing a Jorries and “enges!
Will REPUBLIC WAS
Western Priest in Remarkable Article Reviews Situation—The|
NEVER LET DOWN
VINDICATION: OF PRESIDENT DE VALERA =e
Encounter With Lloyd George—How Threat of Terrible
War Was Met by the Chie-—False Statements Examined
Home—Correspondence Recalled—Republic Only Lawful ae t. Ibis
Authority.
As the matter of army discipline is
now urranged in accordance with
constitution of the Irish volunteer orgaui-
zation—as the I. R. A. have reaffirmed
their allegiance to the Irish Republio—
and as the National Army, therefore, is
under proper direction and control, I
‘will not further commeut on the militars
situation except to say that the present
closely paralieis the situation in 1916) tomain:
when Pearse and Sean McDermott threw
over the commander-in-chief of that das,
‘Mr, Eoin McNeill, and, having set up
military dictatorship, established ' the
republic and baptized it in their blood.
‘Treatyites and anti-Ereatyites concur in
applauding the mutiny of Pearse ‘aud
McDermott. Michael Collins took part
in the mutiny.
No Allegiance Possible.
Regarding the question of allegiance to|
Dail Eireann, obviously if the majority
party in the Dail regard it as an incu-
Dator for the Free State, there can be
no allegiance. Collins says that the ro-
sublie was never « realty: (see bis art
cles in Hearst papers). Yet he told his
audience in Waterford that it was sur
rendered by Mr. de Valera in July, and
a ny the policy of de-Valera and
ey and March, If
Periia: it cot be
| gurrende cre Tt is ‘ie
it wor
aan tb nae
come 4 slave peat.
Fat OHlests can appeal to ste ihn y.
the Dail BS tbe
his gentleman or any
m Mr “Gridith: down t
| ed,
1orsee
te wich the S following
to
‘was never a realty,” “was surrender
ten ete, It 8 bard to ride two
Some Contradictions,
From Free State platforms now we
hear that de Valera abandoned the re-
public in July by the very fact of open-
{ng negotiations at all, and that the Trish
delegates wore not sent. to
Sonatels, the written, verse
shall quote chapter
3c. We ean 201
a i which “Collins
doned in July,
protest, and why did th
and people under
yas bene maintain
ix such @
both fo. the an =e
the}
-y knew, other heads that the
republic andoned only on, the
Bight of en surrender in Lovidon,
they are guilty of a base and treacherous
ele fo fasten their own crimes on
their leaders’ shoulders. In either event
they are Gishonored out of their 0
David and Goliath.
ind Till now proceed to, prove tbdE dure
the two months of correspondence
Detween de Valera and Lloyd George, the
republic reached ‘summit its
realization,“ and delegates, wi to
negotiate s treaty on bebalf of a republic
lich ad been practically recognized by
the Brith Cabinet, “Every one
study gar the correspondence from
Ex
asterpieee. of oltieat wiegotia:
ry, Lvishmen. must feel“ 8
(el of pie: vo mote bow ole yo
thrust, of the ‘Brite
MET these activities are not calculated
eawsure the people that peace bas been
declared... You may rest ascured
say s0 with all deferen with
Siddion witch io general among Cathones
Protestants—that there can, be
‘The latter are prac
members of the Orange So-
ge
b
&
men are,
of the
tically all
ety.
Exciting Incident.
been established that
Plomm was hilled in
aver to tne Gathole curate. an
Protestant ctor. of , Garrison,
‘ero: ree State Territory.
Te is reported tant to plain’ clothes
and D. ¥. Moore,
‘thin ‘yards of
ambush, Wwe ad o1 a and
Fetreated to their motor ear, bullets whiz-
zing about them,
A Boy’s Adventure.
gon of Af
‘O'Flaherty,
Cluds, was’ arrest
ted by “sper
mst
tration. of a big force convenient to the
Armagh-Down border
LOOTERS TARRED
AND” FEATHERED
Belfast, April 21 37 Phir n, discov
ered looting the Falla ‘district ‘eaten
received a severe shore ‘when they we
vied and sentenced by Republican police
tot ‘be tarred and fe: mhen
ye SeULeNce WAB ‘uly Sarvied ‘out and
fhe thieves’ were marches ed Se ovat ibe street
Inbeled“Eaoters, ew
Biward O'Flaherty, a boy in his teens au
rs, i
American neople
-| so-called t
een | very’ appreciable suegers
in| noon in Norfolk street, a mite of
HEARTRENDING NEWS FRON BELFAST
INTERVIEW WITH AAR, DENIS WV CULLAGH
Extracts From Letters Received From a Belfast Correspondent.
Women and Children, Born and Unborn, a Lit
to Bigotry—Appeals to an Indifferent and Callous World
Are Vain—Blame Brought Home to the Proper Authorities,
ing Sacrifice
tune to give the names of
-fast.
est truth.
For obvious reasons it is not considered oppor-
Bigotry is sufficiently rampant even in Phila~
delphia to bring to the notice of the Belfast lambs the
names and addresses of those in their midst who
would dare expose the diabolical cruelty of those act-
ing in the name of the government, Our readers must
be content to know the facts here related are the bar-
our correspondent in Bel-
From Letter Dated March 16, 1922.
-“The-death roll is terrible and.
yet there doesn’t seem to be the
slightest interest manifested in
our fate, neither in this country
nor any other, Yesterday after-
four took her doll out to the
strect to play and was immedi-
ately shot dead, right through
the head by a sniper. am
to be singling out ie childzen
and women. Several cases of
pregnant women havin, been
fired at have been reported and
already three or four have been
killed. The latest instance—a)
young woman of 29, was fright:
= SATISFIED THOSE WHO WORKED FOR
REPUBLIC AR
Hon, Austin Stack, Chairman of Irish Delegation, in Special
Interview to Irish Press, Says He Is Impressed With Sin-
cerity of Irish Supporters
British Empire on Any Tet
ed for Stand It Has Taken—Pleased With Phila. Meeting.
‘Mr, Austin Stack, T. D., chairman of
the Irish Republican delegation, in a spe-
cial ia interview to the “Irish Press” ex-
himeelt as bichly pleased with
Be te isine ‘of the people in America
¢ Republi of Ireland,
w now,” said he. “that those
jorked for the republic
nlway
Iy swith the rep is
a
cause the
as to the merits of the
y while conceuling its de-
‘Si being asked i£ he could substanti
in general terms, he
‘urrival many people were
under the impression that the agreement
ma to Ireland.” ‘Pbey did not
Rey axbiteary
all sovereign rights by
Rembersiip of the Bri pire.
Neither did our friends bere grasp" the
enormity of the tragedy that Ireland was
definitely parti
x mission so far met with
OS
As a Fesulle “of ot
srsonal interviews
of influence we have ave reonsaiuated
the people again bebind our d
find a
raul
Recogniti
gue demand,
._ Stel, omphationlly:
stings and
ak
ion of our Republic,
and that is the demand of
“fave yon got around much?” Le was
sked. By way of reply he took o:
Sisal dinty ‘from whith he vend gloud
in hig‘ chitracteristieally matter-of-fact
We | attained its plu crescendo in Philadel
E STILL REPUBLICANS
in America—Will Not Handle the
rms—A. A. R. I. R. Is Commend-
rick’s day, March 17.” (This “we” re-
fers, of course, to Mr. J. J. OrKelly and
himself, for the Countess and Miss B
tended the
on the
c
septiant from the
tinued support to tite ae Hepubiie.
We'uttended a mass-mectiog in Boston.
Five thousand, ci ‘present gave US
a most entbusi m
appl ine ea Moulicient index
1 sto
winiteom March 20.25 we attended series
through Massachusetts
Island, and met with ¢
fHnued aicreasing succes
h 26 2 magnidesnt meeting was s held
Mew Forks 15.000 people attended
z
a m April ) to 11 we spoke in New-
NS, % 5 Sereny Cts and in Atlan:
tie ‘City. av eae ‘spirit and
phia, 0h
day mehk wae gn ie
van a9 ine aattving oo
eugocraging tT may add,” he added,
“tie was nothing greater
ts ran we expected im Philadelpia, tor
bere are many close Ii fendship
any close li
a the peoplo of Pete aud
the
fighting men“of Ireland, and. after
hiladelphia: is the ‘er of
comlon the McMahon
emerols Te
weet To’ guur Smpyession of Phi
aetphia?”
“Well,” said Mr. Stack, feel that
the crescendo of our success in ‘een rien |.
ful, the baby being born after its
mother’s death, and the poor lit
tle mite’s coffin was beside her’s
in the hearse. There is some-
thing diabolical in these out-
rages on children born and un-
born. It seems as if their (the
Carsonites) threat to wipe us
out was genuine . . . I wonder
do the American linen rope
buyers realize what sort of gen=
try are being supported by their
orders.”
From Letter Dated March 29, 1922,
“Each day’s stories are worse.
I haven’t the shred of a nerve
left, and I am living in compara-
tive saféty. How the poor peo-
ple in the bad districts are re-
taining their sanity beats me,
‘This week-end there are six
women on the list,
four seriuusly wounded.
They just walk into the shops
and houses and shoot at them,
and as for bombs they are as
numerous as the bullets. And
still through all this agony there
doesn’t seem to be a voice raised.
. . «+ If only I could do some-
thing, not for myself, for, as I
say, I live in comparative safety,
if any place is safe these days,
but for these unfortunate women
elsewhere... . . My heart is
broken thinking of the mothers
with babies and mothers expect-
ing babies in these areas. A
jarry |} bomb was thrown into St. Mat-
thew’s School yard at the play
~ hour, but by the grace of God
the teachers had decided to
change the play time and have it
an_hour later.”
From Letter Dated April 10, 1922.
“That Saturday night was par+
ticularly bad from the point of
view of noise, shooting and
screaming, and then, following
tragedy it
sounded awful. I always thank
God when Monday comes, even
jough things are bad enough
during the week, somehow the
week-end. is invariably worse,
The unfortunate woman, Walsh,
going upstairs after her husband
had been murdered, found his
head smashed to pulp with the
sledge hammers the gang car-
tied for breaking in the doors,
and when she laid down her
baby to move his poor body
from ‘above the children he had
been defending she found them ~
both shot and shot in parts of
the body showing the. filthy,,
minds of'thé brutes that did it.
Thank, God ‘the ‘ wee! jad is now,
* (Gontinuad on S Page)