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_June-I7, 1916.,
The Saelic-Gmenican. - “
DRE. EMMET’S WOR! WORDS OF HOPE
Aged Patriot Contos the Rebels
‘ave Not But Have
Advanced Ireland Another Step
* Towards ‘ational - depen.
dence, ' Whic i at
the End of the War.
The fetiowing letter from the vener-
able Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet to Robert
EL Ford, editor of the Irish World, in
‘tol the
whole audience rising to te “eet” and
cheering wild,
ee Sado sates Now Zork City.
20,
(Mr. Robert 5 Per ine World, 27
Dea esponse to ‘your
imeerateation, To myst to express my
cratic leaders think they can afford to
ign shameless breach of neu
trality ‘and art of baseness, they will
learn their mistake next November,
GAELIC LEAGUE CONVENTION.
Declares for an: Irish Republic,
Denounces Execution of Irish
Prisoners of War, and Pledges
Support to the National Lan-
guage Movement.
NEW YORK, June 11, 1916—The
Annual Convention of the Gaelic League
ofthe State of New York was held
Sunday, June a “at 224 East Staty-
second Street,
Mr, Deed.
re
‘ho vas Peabo ot
Executive Board «
eague for the p.
Convention’ to o1
ported a
energy and e1
readiness to acce; position ~:of inerent members had accomplished
Chairman of the Irish Committee form-| their ¢ 7
t for and Convention then’ proceeded to
Teople, and § of the action of the British
Goyeram
el sive me, great satisfaction it
jou think I can be of any serv
th! - “have
been throw munication. with
quite a number of individuals who are
greatly depressed c f
The Irish
an ‘open from fully
covers a consideration ef this subject.
I que rom
oT hh oor, reached, the conclusion
that there was no real failure for many
years on the part of the Irish people
‘ cause for self-govern-
e idea’ generally held by those
had not given one thougit to the
rubject, is that each special movement,
outbreak or, rebetiton had then its own,
beginnis as mi It was
evidence at the end, buf the punish-
ment participants,
judged a failure. This is not
ad fifty seers, in the.
resi sistance to the. power of
England, accomplished something, and
ndered essential
completion of, thet
particular. step In which Re. took ‘part
ve always
for every vad
ffort to
con
sentiment ‘vithout venard to. his. polit-
ical ¥
“The “present movement. of the Irish
nor “has the standard ever lacked
er. oe.
“The action of the -‘Grattan Parlia-
ment,’ composed entirely of Protest-
of England), the efforts
ment of the so-calied ‘Irish Church,’ ‘as
tablished’; the first Land Act,
among. tl ple, with a number of
ther equally important measures in
their way—these were all part of one
general mavement for the Irish people.
“Let it never be forgotten that during
the nearly 5% indred years" Ire-
land> has been held by England, the
stronger country has opposed every
proposed concession for Ireland's bene-
fit’ In no single instance has anything
land's -efforts, shows that. ea
sion’ gained was fitted in its placé as a
a) Th
bustness,
nse
associated with him
o
ave maintained the | Mous!
- xésolutions adopted by
a) and -p
‘The following resolution was
presented by -Mr. Jeremiah O'Leary of
the Har ent Gaelic Soc
reas, Jerem:
meriean citizen, former * prelident of
the Gactic League of the Stat
‘ork, and at present the representative
of the League on the Coisde a of
the Gselic League of re-
in the Irish revolt, and was sentenced
and
.| to be shot
“Whereas, On motion of Richard J.
Dalton, Mr. Lynch’s status was celled
to the ‘attention of Hon. “James A.
rman, .who in turn ‘{mmediately
celled it to-the attention of the Presi-
dent of the United States, who Promptly
directed Ambassad
to request a portponenvent ot the exe
eution; an
“Whereas, The. execution of Mr.
Lynch was postponed as a result of
which his sentence was commuted to
ten years’ imprisonment; now
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the Philo-Celtfe Society, . New © Yor
it i
“Resolved, That the Gaelic League of
e State New extend its| and admirers ‘that he will be spared
thanks and congratulations to the) many a year to carry on the noble | °
President of the United States for his| works in whic engaged, and that |.
promt actions and its warmest thanks | he en be the "rete of mit higher
{o Sen + O'Gorman of New York, for | hon!
essfill intervention vin “Mr.
tinct yehel!; and be it further
“Resolved, That Mr: Dalton and those
be commended and
tulated upon the result. of their
lutions be forwarded to the President
of the Talted States, seantor James AL
“Yor to oh
Pere “resolutions cwere peered. unani-
Mr. Kavanagh then referred to the
the Executive
ind expressed the hope that the
‘qld endorse them
Chairman apfointed Mr. O'Leary
and Mr. Kavanagh a committee to draft
Tecolutions to that effect. The resolu-
tions were submitted by the. committee
Se
asset
The resolutions expressed sympathy
with the cause “of Irish
horror at the m in
Irish- prisoners of war, denounce
E. Redmond for supineness and treach-
ery in face of executions. deportations,
acquiescence
‘o a plot to alvide ireland on religious
ines into hostile camps.
ae fol owing resolutions were also
ado}
eResalved,
the Gaelic League o!
York, in conve
fo a the great
e has accomplishe:
That we, the delegates of
of the Sti
the Gaelic
and ealso of the great field of opportun-
z b:
ity which lies before it, do hereby
ming Executive be instructed ti
tablish new societies wherever possible,
p to revive and put in a
* wel . 1 he whole| and also
thes - that
‘ i t tg{ flourishing condition branc
o come fovtatign and be based upon have ceased (0 exist or are in @ lan-
to come hereafter and bé based upon
iw
Nearly eight years after writing the
bo pty,
ove, and after ears. de-
voted to rian interetay I express my
conviction that for the first time Tre
no tuples the most satisfac-
ters Position. So long as Ireldnd is ‘not
joes not hold
and foot at Eng-
y and bully
sent ‘eu
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Ver ours,
(Signed) THomtas Anos Exstet, M. D.
waa? atbenien OF IRELAND.
nabled the British fleet
te spo eent the Tending in Ireland of a
0 of German arms? “If the ¢ Demo
e
that the
gatshing condition
iowing are the officers elect-
President,
ke; Corresponding Secretary,
dbrarian, wr
Trish Gaelic
ciety; Mr, W. Lyons, Gaellc Soctety.
r, Jeremtah Lynch was unanimra
ly elected as a ate to the Oireachtas,
es:
but owing to his inability to attend on
eto of his Incarceration e Brit-
h Government, it was decided ‘to a>
point Miss
Limerick, as alternate.
WHAT. ABOUT THE IRISH. AMERT-
ers began ‘eet Monday to say
bat the rats were. thinking
strongly or concftiating the Ger
merica: t
what about the
the Democretlc Uaders think the Irish
lor Page don | ove
hese reso-| as
tion assembled, mind-| d:
rer,
thorize the use of his name.
Ys
Nora ‘ashes of Cappoquin, hes
sl
rman-| whom”
‘the|a Catholic on those
are tied to their chariot wheels’ and
can be kicked, insulted and betrayed
with impunity? 1
MONSIGNOR JAMES W. POWER]
Pastor of All Saints’ Honored by
Pope and Created Prelate of
Papal Court.
Trish Nationalists the world over wa
relolce to ery
Power Pastor of All Sainte
who believes in the entire separati
Ireland from England.
is race, end the manners, customs and
traditions of his people have always
ear to him. Nor has hia patriot
je} ism been of the passive kind,
derstood that in order to preserve race
pride in a population m
races, it Was necossary to teach ehil-
dren of Irish lineage the his
nad otter proud heritages which
come dow ry out
thle laudable design, several years. 250
he introduced the Christian Brothers of
Ireland as teachers in his up-to-date
schoole, and their work, which is kaown
ax ani neat, need nok be referred ts
at this late
Monsignor Power has built up one of
the largest parishes in this city, with
@ membership of more than ten ous
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now
his. parish ‘we also a
sirls, a day ni
aiitate ‘and All Sainte! Academy,
i ‘ower born sixty-
arish of New-
ws In-
of his ‘many friends
“KERRY VERSUS RSUS KILKENNY,
The above famous Gaelic football
teams of Kerry and Kilkenny will meet
season
at
for the first and last time this
contenders ithe
" tion
games of
at Ceitic Pans, on June 18. may
meet again in exhibition games throug!
the season, ‘but exhibition games
ways tame affairs compared with strug-
les for’ a championship, That the
Kerrymen' are lucky in securing such
an attraction for théir games’ is b
yond question. This
dy, Daly, Maher an
On
sane Kenneally, J.
Dan. McCarthy.
the : Committee
charge of ‘the outing,
ever may happen he'll don’ the sweater
the 18th, if only to win another
championship for Kerry.
yr excellent attractions are also
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ed and wi egin promptly’ at 3
P...M.- MeIntyre’s Irish . Volunteer
Band will furnish the dance music—
jancing Being continuous in the pavil-
fon throughout the evening.
——+++——_
THE GAELIC SOCIETY.
The | Gaelic Sactety will hold a sum
mer on June 25. The Society
hopes thet all its friends will be in at
ceflidhe as it will be
jaza Assembly Rooms, 110
Fity-ninth Street.
mittee in charge ar
bsidinied entertainment of the summer
and intends to have many new
features to place before {ts patrons, Ad-
mission will be 25
. be ea
NoT AP ALLIED BAZAAR.
om Gospill,, who sang at os Irish
eeting in Madison Square Garden o!
Saturday evening, Wes billed to sing
at the Allled Bazaar on Sunday night,
¢ was not there and did not au-
PRAYERS FOR MARTYREO DEAD.
(Continued from Page. 3.) .
8
will tell, and we of America know that}
‘Wash!
if Washington’ and his followers were
not shot down like the Irish, it was
cause they could not get them
Some of this same blood that was
in this peantital month of May in
freland was shed, ‘ican free
gon, and, it we won in Amer-
we owe it to the rank and file,
ade up largely of the Irish, as well as
to thelr dauntless leaders, not a fe
were Irish, too: There was not
days who was a
Tory, and t! was not ? single Tory
on the hineriees side, and our prayer} ti
is now that in Ireland every mam may
¢ al,| diel
e-
Foresters, w
is-| dead body ‘of
“| butt end of his
| his charge and the request ‘eas gran
the 6 doing | ¥0!
everything to make this ceilidhe the | ft
come to the same mind for the emanci-
pation of Ireland and for Ireland's free-
dom.
Father Weldon read the following let
ter from Rev. J.
rector of: the ehurcn ot the ‘Blessed
Sa acrament, New Or)
Dear Father Weldon t regret being
unable to be present at the Requiem
Macs for the souls of your. relatives
and the other Irish patriots, among
vehom 1s a Clarke, Oh! that the vlood
these brave Irishmen be ot sbed in
vain! e dear old I !
Sympathetic,
. CLARKE,
Father Weldon sa “he Wished to
speak one lest
spoken by Ireland cone Shetber “hey
ve their Hves in battle or on
scaffold, under her fag or an ailen one
a8, a save Irland!” AB
‘The beautiful music of
under the
Burke. m0 was
sung in*chorus, the “Pie Jesus” by Mr.
Herbert Moser, and the “De Profundis”
by the.male choir, Other fingers were
Misses-A, Beggs, M. Schwi 2B Ther.
ney, A. Se! huchardt and ie ‘Sta
+
| THE BACK OF THE REBELLION.
(Continued from Page 1.) ~
the Mass was
rs, Thomas
who had no regard for life or property.
DUBLIN CASTLE sGAPTURED AND
“Dublin castle, was | captured about
the same time as the Post Office; iit
was held for a short‘ time, again
tured and again abandoned by the trish
Volun| So account of this inct-
dent was allowed to get into the news
papers, but the fact is known to every-
body in fin.
w atraps
that rule Ireland at present with a rod
fron. .
BRUTALITY OF ‘ENGLISH SOL-
DIERS.
; “The Irish sldiers had to do all the
fighting, and w
sition held by ne Volunteers the Eng-
lish soldiers occupie
the English - soldiers considered them:
sélves out of danger they fired indis-
The brutality
be only repeating what has P of the greatest blows ever deliver-
peared in the papers. 1 will, therefore, ed to the cause of Irish Nationality.
gonfine myself to happenings which I) ry;RQoNGED THE CHURCHES SAT.
witnessed nv If and to conversations URDAY ‘NIGHT.
which I heard in regard to things o —
ich no mention’ was made in the Dan Satnrdey nich we oe sot
Press, which ts:under strict military crowded by young, men
en they captured a po-| bi
oon as | th
2,700, But the Published ofetal fig-
ores, pat hem 2 little over
my vincwlodge that
the ‘Volunteers decided not to occupy
mother wa
Thursday evening, a priest was sen
to give the last rites to @ dying Volun-
teer, en the good priest came to
the, hospital, he was refused admission
dead by a soldier.
also suppressed in the paper
FOLUN TEEDA MADE SPLENDID
“The m agoiteent heh made by the
Volunteers ,against overwhelming odds
fs not yet fully realized in America.
From start to finish the odds
and they
John MacNeill ‘countermand, stopping
the mobilization of the ai olw inteer
forces throughout the col
ter Sunday. The countermand “copeer
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the fatal order came to hand.” It dis-
arrange se end paralyzed Veversthing, and
did kecp Ireland under Eng-
Tish rate than all the soldiers that were
in Ireland and t reinforcements that
arrived from Engle nd. ‘his counter-
mand will go down in Ina history as
to con!
Eures were kept open until 2 o'clock
ip the morning. This. incident alone
would show that the men who struck
a blow for freedom were devout Catho-
lics, and the insinuations of some m
cious men and disreputable papers that
the Volunteers anti-clerical, | can
je refut y the Archbishop and
very cream of tHe Irish race. They
were well aware of the r:
taking, and they showed by
their peace with God
willing to sacrifice their aires vor their
THE REASON FOR IT.
In driving out
Medicine is the
remedy
buttdog up the
run dow!
ping drugs or tem-
n the system
serious and fatal dis
ever
ayste:
Not nerve
porary stimulants to weake:
and expose you to
ease—all pure nourishment.
presc ribed for
m if you are
deaden
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KNOGKNAGOW, or The Homes of Tip-
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of the Englishman is the same to-day
as it-was in the time of Cromwell's sol-
rsswito amhsed ther
ing ‘Irish’ babies on the points of their
bayonets.
“I saw one example of. the brutality |
of a soldier. belonging to the Sherwood |
led the head of the
Volunteer, which had
lain in the street three days, with the
rifle, and exclaimed:
pants as if they were dumb arimals. In
house a few door the hotel
wher stopped, three soldiers were
having breakfast ane their. conversa-
jon was so t the woman of the
tome could bear ae no longer. She went
into another room, came back. wit!
revolver and shot the thre€ blackguards
dead. While I cannot vouch
curacy of this incident, it was in the
mouths of everbody in the same etreet.
vi ed
was immediately
prisoner and kept in an ice cream place
next to Tom Clarke’s store. She was
guarded by the military, who used such
vile jage that she begged of t
to shoot er, An
hi
“A Volunteer, a boy of sixteen, m
hts wa,
@ was asleep
unteer shot while not in action, and he
deserves a place with the martyrs.
“I saw the soldiers loot Tom Clarke's
store and hand out cigars and cigar
ettes to their compa:
ENGLISH viouars “RULES OF
“While the Votunteers refused to’cap-
ture a church belon, y denomt-
nation, the British saldiers had no such
fi
street, regardless of the consequen
x t passer: co six
batants shofjat the corner near
the church, and the victims, Included
women, boys and gine .
“When ing was well under
control, : the militars searched houses,
the oftcers in the barracks where I w:
heavy. Thay estimated the los: 03. mA
selves by: toss-| when
for the ac-|®
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talk of a renewal
countrys Be
“Abo 300, Trish Volunteers mobil-
ized on “saturday night. April. 22; and
they “read. MacNeill’s counter-
mand the following morning they were
puzzled and disappointed. To offset the
intermand an order had
3 be gent out ‘0 remobilize at noon om
ay
°
jonday, but aot half the number of
Saurday weight turned. out.
‘You Irish + you will do no more
hting!\ :
“Women were bayonetted withou
warning. the houses where t! ol- | and they cursed | the fete | that prevented
diers were quartered they were inso-| tem from tok 8 part in the
lent and abusive and treated the occu-| fight for free: .
I heard the English officers speak in
bravery and
Irish Volunteers dur-
ing my detention in the bari I
can eimost, repeat t the words of one oft:
cers who we a regiment or
wo of Dublin snivers at the front there
would be a different tale to tell.
pity: this aplendia fighting material
is against
“An old friend of mine who fought in
Jacob's factory was arrested; he made
his escape and as soon ts be was at
liberty he resumed sniptn:
GREAT REBEL SHARPSHOOTERS.
in the barracks I
t one Vol-
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killed or tn
placed on exhibition
orld.
GREAT FEAT oF A HINDU DE-
ER.
“A sensal
ational wows the accuracy of
vouch for,
denly he turned the gun on the soldlers,
kllea or wounded al 250 men
made his ‘scape ‘A reward
ofered. Yor hin capture, but up to the
tiene that I left Dublin he had not been
ae a as I could gather from con-
all manner of People, a
the National fecling has bee
8 tt has not been in this Feneration,
8 a result of the rebellion. There
of the struggle and
it must not be forgotten that there are
in Ireland.
:
a2
set Ps an
aria: and ‘ond line Volunteers there
are at least 150,000 men in Ireland
Teady. to strike a blow for Ireland.
There are numbers of py ym:
pathy with the Irish Volunteers who
for obvious reasons, express
their opinions, but who can be relied
ir and I am confident
they will eventually ‘vedeem “thelr coun
t
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