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Vol. XIII, No. 45,
Whole No. 686, .
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 4, 1916.
~ . _ A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF IRISH INDEPENDENCE, IRISH LITERATURE AND THE INTERESTS OF THE IRISH RACE.,” : -
Entered as second-class matter. Oct. 1, 1908, at the Post Office at
New York. N. ¥.. under the act of Congress of March & 1979.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
AUSTRALIAN IRISH DEFEATED CONSCRIPTION
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“The People Of The Commonwealth Have Delivered A Smashing Blow To The Im-
/ perialists, Who Would Force Every Young Man In’ The Counfry lato The Army
Premier Hughes, Who Lost His Head In England, Was Beaten Largely
By The Indignation Aroused By The Butcheries Following The
' . Easter Week Rebellion In Ircland—The Murder Of Pearse,
‘Clarke, Connolly, Plunkett, MacDonough “And Other
». Prisoners OF War Avenged By Their Fellow-
Countrymen—Archbishop Mannix —De«
nounced Compulsion And Many trish
~~ Public Men And Catholic Papers
Spoke Out Strongly.
‘The defeat of Conscription by the Aus-
atten-
turned his head,
rs up to Se;
ereached here
were no more op-
‘paign
Australia to sncrlice thotr lives to. bol
ster up the British Empire. . There is
no, evidence.to show that the women
voted solidly against Conscription,
behavior of England in the- days fol-
lowing. Easter Week will never be for
fort
“| most of the app
T | mi
-| addition of 100,000 or
,|ing men that
do
diers gave their lives on the battle
ph
“T think I can say that 1 have read
en
. | have none,
continue on that scale; that is to say,
at the rate of 16,500 men per month, or
230,000 within one year, in adaition
t army we have now at the
front. This would shoot, within two
years, all the men, married and tingle
between the ages of
is to become of our
we
inister cannot.
ke men out of
thinly-populated country, 12,000 miles
from the theatre of war, at a cost of £1
y per man,.while the Allles
No huge andeveloped, ‘oun.
to| debt, can afta: od
try, with population of leas than 5,
000,000 people, and a crushing nationa’
the luxury of a large
conscript army, costin,
per man.
, | running to considerably: over £100,000.
000 per annum.”
receives as much pa:
1 bring untold
rse,|retrievable disaster upon Australia.”
rr WORK OF THE IRISH.
In the course of an interview print.
ts not only the old animosity against
England, but hatred toward France
founded on her treatment of the
Church in recent years.
200,000 conscript
Australians to the 15,000,000 of fight-
the Allies have at their
disposal could be a deciding factor or
even a _giubstantial factor in the issue
of the
“Hows ever,
for themselve
if
the people must decide
‘NO PROTECTION FOR MERE IRISH CITIZENS
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Joseph ‘Smith's Correspondence
Shows That the Administration Made:No Ei
With the State Department
Effort to Secure
Redress for Outrages Perpetrated on the Irish Relief Dele-
and — Personal Indignities
to Perm: em
Were Indecent and Wholly "Oaiaeliable but Mr, Lansing
Sneeringly Professes Ignorance of the Facts Long Aftei
ript army. til, I think that Ship Flying the American E
even they, or a majority of them, will cided Not to Permit Them
prefer to rely on the voluntary system,
and make it more efficient, if they can,
rather than t the | ? Aus
tralia, married and. single,,to face], They Had Been Presented.
enemy in Europe, That is what
Conscription, in many cases, would
» and incline to believe that to ne, fstture of the State | Department
who se it have misjudged |rage at the hands of England is one of
thetemper of the-Australian people in tho. worst. bots ‘Wiison. Admin-
fhe mass, and their passionate love for | istration, © an cover ao
treed ,
WT notice that: certain authorities ot | Strtklusty ete ee ie ree Re
the Anglicah Church have given their
public support to Conscription. They | ¢.
exercise of that right I have spoken to-
night.”
HON. JOHN MEAGHER'S INTER-
VIEW
Newser, Member of | ze1
‘The John
the Logistative Council for New South
et Commissioners who were prevent-
a from landing in Ireland to distribute
the
pea denies the right of the English
ernment, in war time, to exclude
alten from British territory, no mat-
ter how unfoui unreasonable
the pretext may “be, and American citi-
ns have no more right to complain, of
exclusion thers.
got! given Wales, has come out against Con-| ground of complaint: against the ‘state
Trish vrace, and” .the _ Irish- Aue scription. To a rt presentative of the} Department is its utter-failure to pro-
tralians who had thrown in their lot] sydney Catholic Press, aid: tect these two citizens from outrage
ith the Empire, are iling with} ““T have always pee Drousht up to|and persecution on an American ship
indignation against the murderers of) look with horro} viption.| flying the -American fies, after the
their kith kin. f/ Where there is compulston, there ts no Brition Government nea ded not to
Easter Week have made it Imposettle freedom. I most strongly oniee t to the| permit them to before it had
for the Irish to conn with the En
lish in any part of the world and the
they are thirsting for revenge.
ings have been beld in every big centre
ith and sub-
~ Federal and State
lutions against ‘Conccription rnave also
carried.
shop Mannix of Nettourns
speaking on September 16, at pen-
ing o' Dazaer a Clifton ain, mae
nounced ‘Conse
SPEECH OF ancaristo? MANNIX.
The Archbishop said 1 art:
“Et will ‘ake a good deal tb convince
me that scription in Austr
would not caine > more evil than it would
ert, I honestly believe that Austra-
a
lia has\ done her full share and more,
that she
"pected to bear the financial strain,
hoo!
cannot reasonably be ex-
and
01
,
dream of the oiaety of the British |
e Irish: uustr
-l tralia have come out stri
tralia | ¥
Ganecristion of Irishmen e sons
of Irishmen in Australla. “Give Ireland
jan Suppo!
Autheecountey is under martial
Sethe, again, there is the economte
If we take by compulsion
e
ry to be kept going? The whole coun-
try would be paralysed. They talk fn
Ireland: of the curse of it
Conscription 1s carried it wilt be Saiown
in future ta Australia as the curse of
Billy Hugh
DANG: ER oF exnaustiNa AUB-
of Aus-
1 the catholle newepapers o
Since
pers have been ex,
agery and hypocrisy and this work has
already borne fruit, and Irish opposi-
fon to Imperialism been welded
together with the result that a large
im of money m s been raised for the
relief of Irish ai
f Conscription is certainly due to the
trish in Australi
fic Press, the most
influential Irish ies ‘Catholic paper in
‘Australia, in an editorial, refers as fol-
Jews to the threat of Conscription:
yout the economic stability
of “hustralia, if Mr. hes’ has his
In his Ministerial speech in the
tatives on the ist
ongly against
ni
. mand for reinto
land“
motined them of thet decision,
When THomas Hughes Kelly and
Joven Smith sailed from New York
were assured by the State De-
pesinent which had) received “assur
ances from British Government,
that they “would! be allowed. to. land.
Before they reached Liverpool the Brit-
ment changed {ts,mind and
freded that tt would not permit them
to land. American citivens they
were entitied to that information. as
soon as the steamer reached Liverpool.
Instead of giving it to them, thelr bag:
gage, w not going ashore,
Fifled and treated as if it might, con:
tain matter which wou
xamination, as the result of that
examination would determine whether
they would be all oO or
. Then after all thts humiliating
experience they were i ed
that, long before these outrages and in-
sults were heaped upon 1e dec
sion had reached that they must
STATE DEPARTMENTS GROSS
NEGLECT.
All this was oomnteated to the
awrices Ambassador ndon, who
did nothing whatever. He does not
seem e' have communicated the
facts to the State Department. And
when the State Department did learn
ym one
improper conduct.
the State Department in reply to Mr.
Smith's complaints show a cynical dis-
regard for the obligation of the Ameri-
Government to protect American
| citizens ‘rom. onerase and insult at the
“/hands of land, and between the
hee one can ren hontity to veo mis
ece! “) ston eh Th ee and
sume ‘that the Mr. Smith vent ‘rom Amer ica,
And he tells orceme The anti Trish bias of the "Wilson Ad:
forcement "thereafter -vill
ministration is plainly visible in. these
k t fs all. right, in’ the eyes of
the State Department, to ‘do ev
possible to.
i
agery is quite a different m:
would place and ina bad light ‘and
| Mr. Wilson cannot permit it. And Irish
citizens are not entitled to the same
protection other citizens, because
“only half of them came over.”
correspondence between Mr.
Joneyh Smith: and the State Depart-
ment will be found below,
LMR. SMITH'S COMPLAINT.
October 11, 1916.
yn. Robert Lansing,
Dear Sir. —Last ole I sailed for Ire-
Tand via Liverpool, England, to aid in
the distribution of the
Fund.
and Mr, “Thomas Hi 1;
league on th) Distribution ‘Commit ee,
were, denied admission to
ritory, @ dental which I frankly admit
ment and I desire to know what action,
if any, has been taken by the Secretary
of State to secure apology and repara:
tion for us from the British Govern-
ment. .
I need scarcely say that while delays
{n diplomacy are not unusual, the delay
neither creditable to
citizenship has been deliberately in-
sulted by British officials.
I believe I am certainly
rights when I ask. some explanation
from’ the Department and whether the
sanctity of American citizenship has
any respect in an American State De-| ©!
partment?
I am not the most important person-
age in the Unitoa States, nor am I the
least tmportant. kam merely a citizen
who tried to exercise in Ireland the
benevolent activities accorded
ns in Belg!
malign political influence of England
the a not actual com-
placency of the State Department from
exercising his humanitarian purposes,
1 am constrained to belleve that m:
ase has
sow aasistan:
Biggificant to alguirb’ the great and
pra!
-e- | SFatitude cannot. “be fccorded them for
Irish Relief | 6
a
ish ter-| am,
within my | Germ
The great Irish Relief Bazaar which)
was opened at Ma anon Square Garden |
14, and was to
have closed on Sunday, October 22, but
hich was extended because of {ts
great popularity,
Thursday night, October 26, when any
articles that were not disposed” of were
sold at auction by the men ‘and
In. the various. booths, who. proved
tionee
In spite of all the opposition which
was manifested against {t, open
and cove e Bazaar, f
The Irish people of New York flock
to it every night,.and the energetic
womei? who so’ willingly volunteered
their services were all the time in at-
tendance and wi tireless in thelr ef-
forts to roll a ns m for the Re-
lief Fund. te hard, “telling work,
that required thelr Presence in the vari-
constantly, from early. in
nearly midnight
each Bight, | but they never once grum-
led al expressed regret on the
nleht a the * costae that it could not
e continued further.”
hpally” esponsitle Tor the “Bazaar's
triumph, much ise and
anything
nd practic:
charitable Irish enterprise. In
m the Bazaar was tremendously suc-
cessful and the varidus committees in
charge have every reason to feel grati-
ied.
SUBSTANTIAL SUM REALIZED.
It fs,not definitely known yet what
so far it
forty thousand dollars has
ed. This is a splendid return consider
fing the short time in which t e Bazaar
was got’ under way and the many
agencies that were sq actively at work
against
“4 REUNION or pre IRISH
Apart from fe ancl success the
Bazaar proved to
the aa people of New York, who
came together and, uaternzed each
night, aud in that e ft has
in this
Englany's | attitude and intentions, and
nothing could hgye served so well as @
medium to bring them into communion
with those of ‘rom
whom
Basar, tl cemented more strong-
ly than over the union of the Irish and
York who, working
as a unit, oan ‘ve able to succeessfully
safeguard the real interests of Amer
ica against the machinations of those
3
=
but from New Jersey
utside the city, The
by thi wi
various: mimitt tees
was splendid and their valuable ex-
perience gained from affairs
of their own olen e ims line made such
assistance invalual
mor or rite REPUBLIC.
Great Charitable Enterprise Which, Because Of Is Popularity, Had To Be Extended
Four Days, Closed On Thursday Night, October 26, Having Proved A Con-
spicuous Success From Every Standpoiat—at Least Forty’ Thousand
Dollars Realized For Relief, With Returns To Be Made Which Will
Probably Bring The Total U'p To A Higher Figare—Magnifi-
ceat Work Of Irishwomcn Did Much To Make It A Success
—A Lasting Reunion Of The Irish People Of New
York, Who Have Been Brought More Closely .
Together By The Easter Week Rebellion -
And Friendship Between Irish And
Germans Cemented.
{| was
be a real reunion of | ¢
‘CLOSING OF IRISH RELIEF FUND BAZAAR
delight to the eye and it was the sen tts
ments of the Irish Republic that were
in evidence everyw .
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where, ‘and “from away in the
where- Patrick “Rocky fountain”
O'Brien is at present sojourning,
themselves adopts ‘m the art of’ auc-| ou
the most interesting ex-
hibits at the B:
e Holland submarine, which was
being so splendidly advertised by Mr.
doubt the chief exhibit of interest at
azaar...When the aar closed it
was removed to,the Christian Brothers
time being, . .
to. the Christian Brothers in Ireland
but had to re the ler on account
er his Pealth and for that tl
They were prin-| prese
bin 2-Clas “Booth; tention ofa t
which was unavo' faably omitted - last
week realized a splendid sum for the
their magnificent various articles that were on 1
ith the single: h honorable exception | ton, ch praise cannot ‘be
of the Hearst. papers, who treated the|given to Mrs. D. Callanan, Mra. h
jazaar very devently ly, thé. entire pres: Brannigan, Mrs. Troy, Mrs. P. B. .
of New York almost studiously avoid- MeDosnell- Mrs. S. Holland, - Mre.
ed making any mention of such a thing is Healy, and Miss Dowling, who
eing in existe (On one oF two oc-| were always In attendance and tireless
casfons when some ot the other papers |in their endeavor - to. dispose ‘of their
did refer to {t, it was-In a manner far | ware . “
rom complimentary. Xo better. index 0 the work of Misses Mo-_ -
to the prejudice agelnee the Irish peo-|Kenna, Mrs, Walsh and her sisters, the
Misses Manning, the Pearse Booth pro!
jarger sum then tay
at the Bazaar, and
Shamrock. gm Booth Miss Comtey
rating constantly with the
Misses Murray and the other ledies
er id
charming little daughter, Vi who
Il eyes, taptivatea:
er “gracefu and
realized, therefrom a very respectat
sum. * -
al booths were dette | in
their wonderfully artistic
dtl in
e8
THE AWARDING OF PRIZES:
‘The ize Committee hi
most continuously at work since the
close of the Bazaar to determine who’
were the fortunate ones among: those
who took chances and the result of
their labor aw ith:
great deal of anticipation. It wilt not»
be known for several days yet just who
were the lucky prize winners.
however, a you!
0 would undo the vo- | Mr. erford, who in this case was :
lution and submerge the Uni ‘ates|the fortunate ome, considers - :
as of, the so-called “Mother | derfully lucrative investm
Count! Hésing “night there .
SPLENDID GERMAN ASSISTANCE, | !t#sh concert up stairs in the Concert
ople of New York 1 ‘Mr. Paul Haggerty, the wonder-
nert, who Kindly vol vol- :
untecred his services, came from Brooke
lyn to give some violin solos, and Mas-
ter William P. Stanley, the bey soprano
b
'. from._Eas'
se. Garden swathed ,in
(Continued on Page 1)
the “otore of “he Irish Republic was @
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