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paratory to Joining the Catholic Church.
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2
‘The Gaelic Cmenican.
»" Angust 12, 1916,
SIR ROGER DED BRAVELY.
(Continued from Page 1.)
brought up in thet faith, but became a it
conv Catholicism within
the last few weeks. On June 29 he was.
das se member of the Roman
rch, and since that time
ch, near th
been ministering to him.
his first an nd oo, communion
o'clock this morning when he assisted
at Mase in his cell, One of his attend-
ants said that Ms est words apart
trom bis prayers, w
for my count
Father McCarreil cad ‘that he found
Casement t tiful character,
an he never instructed any one
in “is ‘religion who showed himself a
quicker or more promising learner,
en, -
PLEA OF RELATIVES’ FOR BODY "
REFUSED,
A Coroner’s Jury found that the sen-
tence he dq been carried out in accord
~ and in a humane
rele tive
¥ plea
tody be handed over to rele,
tives, which the authorities, he said,
had r fused. _ The Coroner dectared he
T to interfere, whereupon
Dufly brotete, saying it was a *
trous act of indecency that the author
Hes should refuse the request.”
inquest the governor of the
prison ‘tnd the chiet warden testified
that death was ins Dr.
Mander wee asked by Solicitor Duty
whether there was any truth in th
statement published that Casement had k
been insane.
“Il saw po
acted ina
He replied:
He
_ ACT OF GRAVE Oe SAYS | ¢.
The morning papers nvetly deal in
the brite sont most matter-of-fact
way with asement.
The only editorial reference is & the
tion of the sentence. The hanging gives
the disaffected section in Ireland an-
other martyr, embitters sealing through-
out the island, elienates a large and
Imyortant | America can opinion,
and en: play of ti
death of Casement ‘agulnet the death of
Fryatt.”
according to a news agen: ‘ase
ment had hopes of being reprieved until
the eve of his execution. ld not
hide the fact thet he expected 4 many
powerral friends would obtain for him|an im:
pal
don, y exercised no lit-
tie infiuence in political as well as titer.
ary | circ!
qinere was no sign of reprieve Tast
niente this account says, ime
demned man became very and
hardly spoke at all. He inquized about
the Zeppelin raids, however, and
if-any German airships had reached
London. is he became
resigned to his fate and, after he had
done a considerable,amount of writing,
he retired to rest, and slept soundly.”
HE DIED A CA’ CATHOLIC.
Be
&
&
Roger Casement be became a Catho-
ne Deter ae died. . The
shortly
dergo' ing ‘Taatras
rt his arrest tha the
tons from a
a
concretions, put Sir Sir Rogers
Mre. Newmai ‘atholic. be-
ae she Teft "pend for Se United
Stat
The cable
cell.
and
religion who showed himself a quicker
or more promising learner.
THAT SENATE RESOLUTION,
It Did Not Reach London Until
After Casement Was Hanged.
patch from Washin; on Au
t was hanged. The explanation
was made that it was mistaid in the
State Department and could not
found 11
‘exp Blasation does not explain,
hoped would undo much of the antagon-
ism of Irish-American: his
he at the unveiling of
tac!
his pro-British policy in the European
therefore resented Senator Mar
as an attempt to
a hen
Duffy, Casement’s sotto
“We cannot|of
- oes a ana nny unfounded Hes The
cables reported | a
despatch reporting. Sir
gi
{lock it. A revolver was pointed at him
t he would be/ and
thot if he elosed the gate,
y
given out to-day in
a Lord Robert Ceci
1 torday, said
18 Do:
erent counts in the indictment against
Germany to testify in his behalf.
dismissed the appet
what thi
fort to save Casement’s life, and got
bis friends on the Foretgn Relations
tor
epi
is feet, an amended
passed, and the Senate, not the Presi-
dent, got the credit for it. But the
President “got square” by seeing to it
that the official text of the Senate's
resolution did not reach London until
after Casement anged. It was,
with him, savin
Casement’s Hfe, but of making political
pital.
else that the resolution was
ink of. If
2 Ammbaseador|
ructed to gee th
Ish Govern-
happened was just
London and the Ameri
would have been inst!
dt wes etd oe ere ‘te
ment at
ference if t! Senate resolution had
heen lald tetoro the British Govern:
ment in They had determined to
gs him they would surely have
d of @ man President Wilson is.
CECIL'S IMPUDENT LIE.
s-| Statement That Rebellion Began
With the
People Without a Shred
, Foundatio:
cution, tort Robert Cecil 83
“No ot. Casi coments, Saslt ex:
that the court and
The
only ground for a
political expediency, a te cult ground
this r
“The Irish Rebeltion Sewan with the
murder of unarmed people, both sol-
diers and police. No grievance ist
fied it and fit was purely a pol!
Movement organized by a small pane ion
the Irish people who still hate Eng-
land and was asai: any.
“The contention that Casement land
ed in Ireland for the pi pre-
venting the rebellion. & ean haces
false. No sertion is made
reprieve would bi
a him.”
it seems to be impossible for any
public man to make a public
e times without stating
English
statement: thes:
pudent | nent. a yin g is their
principal w ert Coctl'e
statement ‘that rin Trt reballion be
‘med peo-
ple, oth soldiers “ind poltee,”” is an au-
med People
tne the rebellion in Dubtin
mitted by British soldiers,
by shooting Miss K
took no part f
beition bat “vere notorious enemies of
a
o
There was
and he was killed in & fair fight at the
gate of Dublin
the policeman attempted to close and
and he was wari
Thee wi
tery ork, a
er oft the rebels was Siso tated “ this
fight, but, in spite ot “net the Castle
auled
what Present Wilson waated to ia P| doubt of the outcome of the trial. Mr.
Doyle, Sir Roger's counsel, told m
course, it would have imade no dit-| when he returned. Inf @ that
urder of Unarmed
of | mot
a
t 2, the day pore the exe
Tot the situa tion he w
.
“Ameri
~.. Brutality,
Mrs, Agnes Newman, Sir Roger Case-
rete sister, made a statement in the
New York American of Tuesday last in
which ehe ee td:
“My brother was judicially murder-
ed to etisty the blood lust of the Enz-
Ush mi
“Wo wae condemned the moment he
was arrested. There never was any
‘a might
induce the British Government to show
the def’
produce evidence “that would have prov-
ea my brother’s innocence. The Brit-
ish ‘enoriin refused Mr. Doyle per-
mission Many and obtain
the testtinony of essen tial ‘yitnesses.
WENT TO STOP THE UPRISING.
“The;
pruiltery, would simply result in slaugh-
“He was not aware at the Volun-
teers had arms and nition, nor
was he aware ‘that an. ‘ord or had been
issued to force the Volunteers to dis-
knew in Berlin that an
uorison was planned, so he induced
ferme iusto send him a sub-
marin The submarine was uni
without a gun or a at eae. ne, broth-
er knew nothing. al German
steamer Aud, which, outed vith riffes,
machine guns and cartridges, was sunk.
oe Trish leaders did, but my broth-
1 ee at the trial. “Th ‘German authorities wanted him Kisses and Elsie, too, both of them—I
there any ground, pute lio ‘ate the fifty-four of the/may not be able to write for a ye
private, so far ai ‘hicl Irish Brigade with him, but he refused. | long time as all the ways are closed
be quoted in mitisntion | or Casement’ He felt they would come to harm, so he|and it is so hard to get letters across.
e|erime, a any Govern-| was accompanied only by tro, Balloy “I trust if this letter is intercepted,
ment’ doing Ks duty ‘copld interfere| and Monteith. Bailey, as ~ ow, | some kind heart will send it on to you
in the sentence which has been pass-| was captured, turned Staton. evidenes in the end, tl y know how
and was dis hare ged. much ught of you and felt for you
never been captu
ENT WORD To MAONEILL. |
first’ thing ey brother are -
landing at Tralee was send we
MacNeill in Dublin eiviing ngainet
the uprising. 0 inspired
Volunteers.
“Had my brather known all the fac
have trie
tter all, it was better for those e Irish
patriots to rise and die t
armed,
f honor’ at
daughtored like the Anzacs at Galll-
polf and the Canadians in Flander
. LETTERS FROM HER BROTHER,
Mrs. Newman was dressed entirely in
black when seen. She W. rother's
favorite and the only other Natfonallst
6. Casement family,
anduncle and her
0 read
ona publish for the first time letters
m Sir Roger, when he
wes _ ‘Be ar Tyte. alwaye aadrensed
her es “Dear Old Girl” or “Nunkin ne,”
signed himself “Scodgie,” 2 nick
name of childhood.
One, dated ber .28, reached her
by a circuitous route. tre:
“How are Tom @ Charlte
gna Geclet and poor Haddie.”
“God he!
and Elsie
crime against m:
“The people here are very brave and
is like
Chief Butcher
DOYLE REFUTES CECIL.
PHILADELPHIA, August 3.—Michael
Francis Doyle, of this city, or Gounsel
for
reply
Irtsh prison
due hardships because they did not jon
agoment's Ir!
Germany,
and not because of Casement’s presen:
there”
yle further stated that the
a
Casement referred to acts commit
Germany, and that the Beitleh Gonern:
ment refused a request made by Cs
ment to bri witnesses from
the Criminal Court of Appeals
g
received in tim
Jam
sel confidently expected’ a re-
prieve,” Mr. Doyle sald.
“McGUIRE WIRES PRESIDENT.
James K. MeGuire sent the fol-
towing telegram ‘to: President Wilson:
. Woodrow Wilso
Mvite House,
‘Washington,
Mr. President Untied States Senate
rn
ppears
delay ot four hours in
understand the tranemis
son ion aby able failed to take place citer
in t
until late Wednesday afternoon, that is
o'clock
Sir Roger Case it was executed at
9:07 A. M. "huraday. The Britich 7 For.
ce | elgn Ome & Fecelve yi
a ecotution until atter the ‘body
We ask that
ted as to
London, as ate Goapocenes ater
Iite of condom toll
Batted States Gov.
on
been saved if ‘the
ernment appeal for clemency had
MRS. NEWMAN DEFENDS HER BROTHER.
Sir Roger Casement’s Sister Makes Statement in the New York
‘ican Refuting. English Lies and Telling Many Truths
About His Case—Hanged for Connection With a Rebellion
~ He Had Tried to Prevent—Senator
as not ‘Fermitted to| ps
armed, | fri
Monteith bas
i
It wi
the demobilization order to “the Trish mm
3 younger branch,
he trough nothing. Count Blucher was
the| yers te Ppeal to the House
the) and make international trouble 2 hetwoea
in America England?”
Pomerene’s Anti-Irish
patient and obedient and bear all its
burdens with
fulness and fortitude. won-
derful people. The Hes told against |
them are incredible. Don't believe a
word of em on your side. It is all
put up and paid for and part of the
rame to hurt
The day Teton starting on the tt
that ended with his death he wrote his
sister from Berlin. The letter is dated
April 11, and is the last communica
tion she had from him. It re
“My Dear Old Girl—I am going away
ona
t
see you egain, but it has not been pos-
sible. did quite right to go to
‘America and Twas” all wrong. A
friend here will see you from me later
on wy some {Bings. °
e I may see you safe and
vett when ‘the war is over, but no one
say what will happen bese dread
fat days. It is all dark and
‘All my thoughts have been for Ire-
T have done very little,
‘When we
mbe
hers ne near me, I saw her lately, end
Count Blucher,’ and they can you
omething~ of me, also ‘another
e—is ‘my staunch frlend over
-T often think o
a i, and T pray thet all
may go well mn you and that you may
and find peace and heppi-
ess
“Give. the dear wee Gea my'love end
I though
in thse dark, awful days,
now
areagtal nightmare of horr TOF gone
day you will know ‘all, about
est and truest
» and keep
our own Scodete.”
tone itera sed Mrs. Newman,
cred possesstons, No. one
11 now but myself. - I
because
fant the American _eopte fo know Just
what kind of m
ENGLISH INVENTED TIES,
and. will coa-
ne
ty ngly to refute 1s
that my brother signed the Ulster Cove
nant. another
coger Casement, & atstant cousin oe
he ‘island
@ things’ called, “but
ing me som
rother
cothe only other. ‘messag a I gol
a cable signed by my cousin pinntstes
the morning of “the free utton.-
Austrian Coneut i oun Africa when
my
gee
eak
at a Unionist m«
var dacs ‘the “Insurance Act,
he began Treland and the
wee People, pling it and vituperation
in the balcony. I
could stand it no > Io cneor T rose and
shoutet im: a
Tl
Tosed Sormiselon or ™my brother's law-
of Lords.
it permitted even to cable
I went to a United
her, . .
SENATOR POMERENE'S BRUTAL-
: ITY,
“ one here has been so sympa
thetic. That is, everybody but one,
and that one is United States Senator
Pomerene.
friends.,
dare you,"
He was brutally rude.
he said, ‘come here
Hom
fo try
and I
T only w ented to save - men" 8 va tite
and sought help to that e
RIOTOUS INDIAN CONVICTS,
i
&
8.
mes K, MoGutee, Chairman.
ir himself by a last moment
Mice, and, in view of that fact,
Executive Committee, Friends of
Irish Freedom, New York,
“(From Cateute India, Capitet,) |
an extraordinary cheer-} ©
qT
D| tried. it on with a man who
ALL MY THOUGHTS FOR IRELAND :
s|singing these songs’ six of the leaders
e
a | bine ship rupite, of "22, 00 tons, under
the trey the organization out of gear for
“I waa introduced to’ him by two dies
all those concerned in the Punjab mu-
tiny, on tl
shi
Andamans; and a convict
ip will next Monday take away.a@
ole way from the jail to
As they passed down the lad-
der into the cells they oe the off-
flavor, but the transpontine smack was
It indexed much.
felling him ike ean
winded up for a time, bu
hie essallant wished that: ho had
was not
born in Cork. ©I tell the story simply
to show the character of desperadoes
ho are bel nt to complicate a dit-| t
ing a convict population of 14,000.
+
PRIMITIVE REVOLUTIONARIES
(From the San Francisco Indian News
jervice.)
The chief disturbance “among the
Graons, appears to have been at the
Gurjenjhore ten estate,
Tt be tain meetings and
tle singing of objectionable songe., For
were sentenced to five years’ penal ser-
‘ "
ude. * x
- ure is a literal translation of the
I
“Pulverize the Angrez,’ Father:
"a
Kill the Jorelener, Father:
Destructi o ine Basin, victory, to
The Oreons are among the most prim
ttive tribes of India: “They. still -cting
0 thetr spears and arrows. and are vir-
tually held In slavery on the tea estates.
ey. have eed but little fro’
the stone ase, The Government 1s won-
dering how ny knowledge of the “Ger.
mians” should have reached them and
how they have learned of the war be-
tween the,Germans and the British.
00., twothirds
in the tea gardens.
y, mate,
* Magazine at
Hotel?” “Any peanuts | *U*
tna ice cream to be bad on the way?”
There was much more of this sort of
badinage. It lacked the fall Yankee
Cut the Rerangies into thirty- six wileces, a
or
+ SHENANDOAH IN. LINE,
English Barbarism Towards Tah *
Foople Denounced by Big
HENANDOAH, Pa, July 30.—Thy
concert held last evening in the Church
4) of Annunciation Hall for the benefit ot
the dependents of. those who suffere
nd
to orerfiowing and oe Point
made by the speakers Was applauded,
The platform, was splen aay decorate
with Amer dean and ‘Irish
Mr. W. B. Durkin introduced | the Rey,
Le
meeting.
L. B, Norton aextvered a telling
audience to
a
1
who sacrificed everything in an attempt
0 free freland.
preeneitttons fondemning ‘the
ty, were
passed amid @ scene of great enthust
The musical Programme was poten
aidly =r The nam‘
artists are ‘as. follows:
Monahan, The
Mrs. M, Carol, Mrs. J. J.
pee pet Sweeney and. Mr,
Dev:
The” contributions to the Irish Ralit
Fund ere beral ‘and 2 goodly
was realize .
+++
The British Foreign Office denies that
those letters? -
ae
ALL HALLOWS INSTITUTE.
13- est 124th Street, New
naer te Patronage of His Emi
Cardinal Farle;
“A Preparatory Day School for Boys.
Conducted by the ‘Christian Brothers
of 'reland,
Departments con Scroor,: Grannan,
re Covnses, - Crassics, Scr
utncnce
ENCE, Coxe
Amiated with the. State Lntveralty
para Hon for C
GERMANY BUILDING SHIPS,
Tl AGUE, Aug. 4.—That’ Ger-
many {s building a tremendous mercan-
the world, was declare: r Ballin.
general manag. er of. the Hamburs. Amer}
fean Line, in itervie # the
Hamburg arresvontcat ot the Franie
foer Zeti
chin vrtered to ‘s the Bismarck,
or 36,000 is also the tur-
ai
3
e North German Lloyd is buttaing
at Dantzig two fast liners at 35.0
tons, the Columbus lem
burg, and the Munchen and the Zep
petin, of 16,000 tons each,
—
GAELIC LEAGUE ACTIVE.
oa recent mecting © of the Coisde
Gnotha, Gaelic League, held in Dublin,
announced that ge ‘mount subscribe
to the Language Fund up to last t Buster
war ‘the largest for several ye
spite of recent o
will meet the Ard.
with better resources and m
aging Prospects for the Jan,
year @ statement proceeds:
“The recen mt troubles might have lett
our organization intact had not op
and secret enemie: the 11
seized the opportunity to interfere with
s| tho work of the Coisde Gnotha and the
League throughout the country. This
a is getting back into working order,
and when the Ard-Fheis meets it will
have all the machinery for a forward
movement,
ee
HARLEM GAELIC SOCIETY.
rd annual outing and games|
of The Harlem Galle Soctety to be held
at Edenwald, on t 20,
an wert
id
arley,
Gaelic addresses.
served during t! 8
one dollar each, and children under ale:
yy parent or
Those faking part will
octety,
Proctor’s. Theatre Building, 112 Ea
e d and Twenty-ftth Strect,
betwer ington and Park Avenues,
x!
not later than 12:30
P. M, on Sunday,
August 20, .
The Gov ent continues
to dump. Political prisoners, especially
tits eet, sucluding the largest ship in ot
Reg its Examir atl
The entire tribe numbers about 90, studies on oe resumed ‘September 12.
of whom are employed] Rey. Brotser J. I. Doortey, Principal.
POEMS BY
‘McDONOUGH and OTHERS
, Every irishman should possess one
these books, “THE SMILES AND
THE TEARS OF. OLD IRELAND—
THE EvIoTIONS AND THE TOR:
TURES,” paid to any’ address
upon oe ot ts cents in stamps.
MICHA EL J. McDONOUGH,
400 Bullitt Bldg,,- Philadelphia, Pa.
THE CRIME AGAINST EUROPE
_ SIR ROGER CASEMENT
ne On Sale at OMices of the
* GAELIC AMERICAN PUB, 60.
* 165 William Street, York.
a
TO WOULD-BE CIVIL’ SERVANTS:
Before foking the Word of any
“body that he 4s an expert or &
teacher "nan ‘how he comes 10
be
en you wilt come to
“CONWAY’S SCHOOL,
20 East 43nd Street,
If you are -wise.
Classes for all branches of Civil
Service. Out of 84 pupils of the
Conway School who entered the
examination for Police Captain 31
Us g the. first
ten names note Conway’s men:
-No. 1
.No.. 3
-No. 5
sNo, 8
-No. 9
No, 10
"Candidates ‘ fof Police Sergeant
Lieutenant should
_ give attentio
Classes for these now running st
20 EAST 42ND STREET.
FOUNDED IN 4385
=| afgislennd
& Weekly Journas Devoted to oe
Interest of ee Irish Rac
33
nal in the Northwest. |
crt tense Throughout
ie West and Northwest
ones "oe te the Ancient Order of
nsand Ladies auxiliary 1°
@ State of Minos
am “ee ADVERTISING MEDI
en
Bor ‘Taurer esr the only Irisb-Amerk
- ean
on Applicat
sunsenrPTion peice «
_ -
Por Year $z,00 ad "
ide of t) Alles. But the English
have fought splendidly with their
tmouths and their pens. They have
done all the lying. ~ coe -
~The Irish Sania Pa co
eapolls, Mia
muel B.-Norton as Chairman of the
-