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Vol, XML, No, 22. Whole No. 663.
“NEW YORK, MAY 27, 1916.
‘New
A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF IRISH INDEPENDENCE, IRISH LITERATURE AND THE INTERESTS OF THE IRISH RACE.
Entered ae eecond-ciane mattar, Oct. 11908, at the Post OMe. at
York, N. ¥.,under the act of
ees of March 8, 1879.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
- REMARKABLE CONFESSIONS OF BRITISH IMPOTENCE
AND INCAPACITY MADE BY BIRRELL, WIMBORNE
AND NATHAN, ENGLAND'S CHIEF AGENTS IN IRE-
LAND, BEFORE THE ROYAL COMMISSION IN LONDON
tea Who Carried On the Reign of Terror, But Who Are Now Accused of “Teniency,”
it They Underestimated the Power of the Irish Volunteers and Were Astonished
at the Military Skill and. Capacity for Organization of Their Leaders and the Great
‘Courage Displayed by the Rawk and File---But for the Warning of the Coming of
the German Shipload of Arms, Birrell Says, All Ireland Would Now Be Fighting=-=
All Admit That Fear Alone Prevented Disarmament and Wholesale Arrests, But They
Were Meeting at the Castle’ to Arrange. the Captare When the Sudden Blow Fell
Upon Them Redmond’s Statements Unheeded Because They Knew He Had Ceased
io Represent ‘Trelande--A Magpie or a Jackdaw Would Have Had as Mach Influence
on the Cabinet as the Chief Secretary, Birrell Says--Amazing Revelations.
The Royal Commission is the pro-
verbial British methed of pretending to
leat
« Asat
yal Commission to perform tl
case of the recent revolt in
The Commission is “investt-
It.
York papers * on
Thursday, May 18, printed a cable des-
e ove
cials, but the oon Secretary is always
the real ruler of I
art of Nathan’ evidence was a di-
rect corroborat ngment
made by the “aiitor Gaztc
Asreatcay, charging the “Setrayal of Ire-
istration, and’
the evening papers.
are printed in a hurry and the
ae
land by a member of the Wilson Admin-
as “Bt
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way—which was wholly
it the morning paper:
ed a-few details which were cable
after the erening papers had gone to
8... Natl suger will be found,
vet iniorstiog by
0 GAVE ahs WARNING?
Foliow nie is the despatch * as it was
printed on y 18, supplemented by
some details published the following day:
LONI May 18.—The British Gor
g
ernment knew several days in advance
that the Irish rebels planned open re-
volt, but did not disarm them, fearing
great bloodshed.
Sir Matthew Nathan, who resigned as
Under, Secretary for ireland following
the rebellion, je this statement to-
day befor: Royal. Commission ap.
pointed to “Nvestie rate- the outbreak.
Three days before the revolt in Dublin
nthe Government I that
Trish leaders had: been informed the
Germans would co-operate with them in
a great land, sea and air offensive,
Sir Matthew said the Trish ‘Consiabn-
and night to guard against a Poastble
landing of German arms, and it
undoubtedly due to these brecantions
that Sir Roger Casement was capt
a few hours after he lant
At the be ginning of the ‘isturbanes
the rebels nu about 15,200,
Matthew stated. etabout 3,000 of ‘nese
were in Dublin, When the revolt fire.
retires ts the- rabels Wx,
fles and pistols, onty 825 peing in ‘the
possession of the re! ‘The Sinn Fein
leaders had counted on obtaining their
arms and munition supplies from the
German auxiliary “Aud, which carried
20.000 rifles and 1,000,000 roands of am-
munition when .
MONEY FROM AMERICA, :
“Irish rebel oymipathisers in Amer-
ica contributed large
for buying. arms and printing seditious
literature,” the former Under Secre-
é
&
ted, he added, that
the middle of September, 1914, to the
following April, ‘y wi
withdrawn.
the recefpt in- Ieloaa of money from
the Unite
Lord Hardinge, presiding, “sald the
mmission would inquire inga.. the
movements leading up to the outbreak,
to whom Information ot these move-
ments communicated and
what steps were o taken,
Nathan said the suthorttien Retiaved
that if the proposed ri
alone it would die a i own. ‘sccord
without bloodshed. said officials
reallaed that forcible "aterforence was
ering and seizing
hesdquertere,
Royal Irish Constabulary, with res
racks, woul
a license required to bear
arms in Tale ind? ” asked Lord Hardinge.
“Yes,” responded Nathan, as
not enforce ea"
“Wh:
is it not enforced in Ireland,
since it i “mn England?” persisted Lord
persons were carrying arms
for legal purposes that it was consider:
when
{ that the Irish statute against unlawful
yamembty had nog been enforced.
was no action taken against
| hens ‘men tor drilling?" asked Lord
a know that sham fights were
y
that the wives of rebel leaders
ce | Redmondite
were being trained to care, for the
wounded?”. asked_ Hardinge.
“Yes,” responded Sir
ot think it most extraordinary that,
0 steps. were taken to prevent this,”
commented Hare’
STRENGTH OF THE VOLUNTEERS.
jardinge thinks it “most ex-
traordinary” that the Irish Volunteers
weré allowed to arm and dri!
the Carson Volunteers being allowed to
do both. This shows the frame of mind
in ‘which the “investigation” 1s con-
The police were only guessing as t
the numbers and armament e Irish
the outbreak of the rebellion there were
ere un-
doubtedly short of arms and ammuni-
tion. ly 15,000 of them turned out,
it was because of the confusion created
countermanding, in an
after |
April, 1915, “it was not found possible |
to trace the methods of the receipt in |
Ireland - of money’ from United |
" shows some’ of se limitations |
rin Ireland. But Na-{
than very effectively disposes of the ;
and Anglomaniac rubbish
about “German money
Nathan’s admission. that when the
revolt, broke out. “the Executives"—
meaning himself, Lord Wimborne, Gen-
and their subordin:
2
&
3
3
3
ing plans
wi
General Friend made
deorthad ie was’ reebveredby
the. troops, recaptured by the rebels, re-
1
tives" made prisoners, or did
et away?) When the full story of
the rebellion comes to be told it. will
be found have been the ‘most re-
markable in ” sets history.
BIRRELL'S REMARKABLE _CONFES-
SION.
Birrell’s examination on May 19, was,
if anything, more interesting than that
will: prove to be his-
ly determined not
by Na-
than, the Cabinet or the Army. The
of great im-
portance. He blamed Sir Edward Car-
son and the toleration by the Cabinet
his preparations for rebellion
e Rule for the state of feel-
Cabinet decision,
for a while of the Irish Volunteers was
not decided by the. Cabinet.
clared that John Redmond and John
Dillon were constantly telling him that
the Irish Volunteers wer
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that Ireland and the
were opposed to Redmont’s attitude on
the war, while Redmon roclaim-
ing to the world that the whole Irish
race at home and abroad stood solidly
behind him, Explaining his continued
sbeencs from Ireland, he said he had to
pe in London “to represent Ireland” at
the Cabinet meetings but that if he
were a megple or a jackdaw repeating
“Ireland, Ireland.” ‘they could not have
pala less attention to him. This
commentary on Redmond’s and Da
Tone objections to criticism
Party and of the Government and thelr
demands that Ireland should trust them
implictty to get the Government to do
right.
But the sont remarkable Reena
that n he
8
5
g
rrell
plied to Kitchener and French for
more troops to overawe the Dublin men
they fort him they Could not spare
my yet in the same breath this
seltcompla jacent Englishman sys that
the Insurrection was doomed to failure.
If the supply of rifles, machine guns,
ammunition
the German ship nm
and explosives vrougne by
landed in
Sihich, could be used aa eum
HIS STATEMENT IN DeratL,
Following are the chief points in Bir.
rele stetemen
NDON, May 10-1 19.—Late in March,
{Continued on wea on Pore 8)"
PROVIDENCE HOLDS TWO GREAT MEETINGS
Largest Halls In The City Packed And
Express Their Horror At England's Acts
Of The Murder Of Prisoners Of War
Hundreds Unable To Gain Admission To
Of Savagery In Dublin—Condemnation
And Sympathy And Financial Aid
Pledged To The Widows And Children Of Ireland's New Martyrs
—Speeches By Prominent
Mea Arraign The British
Government For Its Barbarism. And Brutality And
Predict The Final Trinmph Of Irish Freedom.
PROVIDENCE, li, L, May 22.—Two
of the biggest halls in Providence were
packed last night with Irish men and
women and hundreds were turned away
from both because there wes no room
for them. No such Irish meeting was
over held in Providence—and tne ‘eis
eople of Providence always
in larg: fe wumb bers. 3 to show thelr royalty
to the. Irish ei
The meeting was called to assemble
Mayor Gainer was called upon as thé
first speaker. He said in part
“I have come to this meeting to-night
to voice my Protest against the treat
ment accorded ‘hose brave Irishim
who, a few days ago, forfeited thet
lives in behalf of Irish freedom,
to express my sym,
HE. Wovtrir GUN RUD
“the tan vn unt on ‘me, iene is WOM
joth br othe
NING: —
m Peareé, brother of t Padi HY Pearse,
rs were shot.’
at 8 o'clock in the Providence Opera
House, the largest ‘hall-in the city,
under the auspices of the St..Enda’s
Branch of the Friends of Irish Freedom,
t 7:30 the building was filled and
the street outside packed with people
clamoring for admission.’ A hurried
consultation was held and it was de-
cided to hol verflow meeting at
Elk’s Hall, several ‘ylocks away. The
people hurried over arm \y filled
that hall, leaving hundreds outside for
was: no room in elther
butlding. . The Providence Journal, the
most pronounced pro-British newspaper
in the United States, admits there were
3,500 people in both halls, but there
be no doubt that the number was
5,000, including those’ who failed to
gain admission. case, as well
as in New York, the preten~ ‘hat the
Irish had to obtain Germa. 4 help | ©
ke the
dropped and the atilence was s described
as “Irish m
BOTH AUDIEX VCE THUSIASTIC.
The Journats report thus describes
ings:
the meeti
“Resolutions were adopted by each
gathering calling upon ; Congress to
Dass the Dyer resolution or some other
resolution expressing the “fotestation of
the American Republic of the crimes
‘now being and which have been per-
petrated in Ire
“The meeting in Elk's Halt was made
p of the overflow the Opera
so and the speakers alternated. be-
tween the two plac: . Fitz:
erald was Chairman . of t Opera
House and Thomas F. Cooney presided
Elk’s ne peakers were
Mayor Gainer, former . Congress!
Joseph F. Sonn of Boston, re,
Ellen Ryan Jolly, John Devoy of New
York, and ‘Senator Arbor t B. West, the
Jost ate Elk’s Hall 01
th bu! ilatogs, ithe gudtence was
enthustontts and tim e again
cheered the names of Se patniots and
resent war, freedom being the only
thought of the Irish.
Miles A. McNamee, President of the
organization, called the Opera Hou:
gathering to order, and troduced
JobneI, Pitzgera a, "former “hayor at
Pawtucket, as Chairman.
James Cralg, pastor of st. Sebeatian
Church,. offered prayer.
Mr. Fitzgerald declared that as long
as there is any pure Irish blood any-
where on earth, Ireland will never be
satisfied with being a part of the’ Brit
ish domain. - He sa!
that
a
" {shmen would not change, aber, in
cir desire for freedom,
They will go down in history as heroes
and patriots just.as surely as the sun
will rise: to-morrow. mornin:
“Ireland is not end has
willing part of the British "empire Re
cently,, when'.‘Home Rule’
r grasp, a member of the British Par-
Mament by an overt act of treason
against the. Government of whi
the Cabinet.
questions we ask are:
cre?” “What was his motive” Surely
there can be no higher human mottv
than the desire for the liberty
native land, for the freedom of her Gov-
ernment and of her institutions,
“This nation of ours was sctsbiished
asa and wherein men and women
every race who desired freedom matght
ts of citizenship of
the majority could not de-
prive them; as where every man
and woman could worship
own way, according to the ‘lctates at
his own conscience.
“Whatever the. future may bring,
whatever trials or tribulations our na-
counter, I can confidently
5
predict that whenever our flag need:
overnment
service, none
defender, when: our
needs loyal “and | patriot ic
of her citizens w!
is
Stars and ‘Stripe
and. magnify
and devotion
“Chairman Fitzgered read telegrams
received from meetings held in Pater-
tism
son, N. J., N.S, at teen
Del., Los aneetes, “and Buffal
was greeted with enthustastic applause,
ke of Irish patriotism and said that
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