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Mag 15, 1915+
The Saetic
Cmenican.
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[EAVES FROM A TRAVELLER'S NOTE BOOK.
Im
pressions of an American Visitor During a Journey
‘to Europe Soon After the Outbreak of the War.
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"| found among the people of Dublin
ng of the surrounding country a great
tide on just where they should stand,
‘and this perplexity is Increased by the
lack on rellable inform:
glish and ‘ans trish journals
teem W! ith reports of German atrocities.
They bave exploited the alleged vandal-
jsm of the Germans at Louvain until
the people seem to have totally fo
that these are the same papers
the great majority The
consequence is that a very large num-
e of the Irish people are animated
ferman sentiment.
that pon further reflection these pi
ple will awaken, to the incongruity o!
ngland's posing Me the defender of
the persecutor of Catholic Poland.
The ignorant gullible portion
wople are duped as usual, The sho-
pees and Castle-hacks are not duped.
clearly stating their position, and thus
fording a’ platform pen which the
true Nationalists may .
otal defection of ‘Ream ond
Ms appearance in his true character, as
ad and
revealed in the ‘yole of a
crulting sergeant for England, and T,
U'Connor’s repudiation of the Pier 80
frequently used by 0" ,, “Eng-
d_ the pro:
mond meeting next Friday will furnish
the occasi :
_ While speaking of ‘the _temporarity
confused state of mind whieh T found
eneralty prevailing amongst the "pete
whom 1
could, in the end, be worked out with-
out any great sacrifice, such as a revolu-
tion would entail, He hoped for a Ger-
n victory, but not an overwhelming
one, believing that a moderately suc-
cessful Germany and a weakened Eng-
land would give the Irish people the
opportunity of asserting themselves
He believed, too, that such an outcome
would be best for Europe and for the
world.
} feel disposed to believe that while
many of the Catholic Hierarchy are, for
on e
parochial clergy might be deemed so
by reason of their utterances, yet it 1s
jue, in large part, to the sense of
es with high
sponsibilty which
fice that conservatism wnien
usually nncreases with ‘maturer yea:
This leads them to hope, like the clergy.
man already quoted, that events may
work out in Ireland's favor without a
Tesort to extreme measures.
Of course, all of them consider the
question | ot religion before that oo race
ality, ot
am the ex-editor of
Peasant, clever book, “
in his “The Pope's
Green Isle,” distinguishes between the
Official body of the Church and the in-
dividual menbers of the clergy and Hier
archy. The official body is bro-riteh
the Vatican is yong lish. The British
Empire counts for more than Ireland.
Nevertheless, the Irish priest individu-
ally is a patriot,‘and why should he not
be? Is there any different quality in
make-up to differentiate him from
cther saintly and patriotic
dinals Cullen and McCabe,
ere will be regarded with sorrow
_ ret.
was credibly man
1 as good opportunities “ learn the
genuine sentiments of the Irish M. P.s.
tnat very few of them sincerely desire
mn the contrary, the;
more particularly «their w
refer to, remain
informed by
ishments of some “Georgiana of Devon-
ne
mmetimes wonder if the Shangenble
rest clim
in groups of. Irish characters. Other-
wise, how can we account for the fact
that a small minority of learned and
saintly Irish Catholic clergymen almost
atta ally themselves on the
side Power. which has been the
sreatest perseciitor of their faith in the
past
a
e
a
a
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=
a
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5
e to Cathe
olics, certain
public sentiment just as effectually ‘pars
ir offices.
These Trish Catholic clergymen pre-
fer the Russian persecutor of Cathiolies
had become so accustomed to regard it
as the only remedy and the least intelli-
gent among them were actually dls-
pored to blame the Young Ireland Party
for having brought it about, » dispost-
tion which was, with the usual cunning,
fostered by English agents and organs
How successfully this was
m what many
d from some
e moral
never been dispute
of the brain. a en hei
England's cause is elm sided again
by mistaken or traitorous Irishmen w’
seek to fasten on the advance:
dN
alists the binme for the dismal fallure
‘There is sonie paili-
ation to be onered for the bland stupidity
of some O'Connellites in regard to the
2
lutely none for the irreclaimable Red-
mondite, [It is inconceivable, the idea
f the great Tribune tamely agreeing
to the mutilation of his country or the
idea of his ralsing his great voice in a
shameless appeal to his countrymen to
sacrifice their tives in the service .of
perfidious Albion.
*Since the above was written the real
men
thereby drawing fa line which divides
rply and unmistakably the boundary
between the Irish and the West British.
(To Be Continued.)
—~+»
CAPTAIN MURPHY’S RECORD
American Officer Charged With
Being a British Deserter Was
an American ‘Soldier From His
Eighteenth Year to the Close
of the Civil War—His Wife's
Maiden Name Was Kelly.
When writing of the death of the
widow of
phy,
Ireland to fight in 1865,
interest just now, the following particu-
lars of Captain Murphy’s military his-
tory are given exactly as printed, eve
‘dently aa '& Massachusetts paper, som
years _
a BRILLIANT RECORD, ~~
made a captain in the
Teentlets Massachusetts Regiment by
merit alone in July, 1861,
Colonel. W. Raymond Lee, Liew
Colonel J. Winthrop 1 Palfrey, Major Paul
evere, the Crownshields, Oliver
Wendett Holmes, Jr., now judge of the
me Court of Massachusetts; Major
r
digability In consequence of his wounds
and is in receipt of @ pension on that
sevcaptatn Murphy was a sergeant
@
paign in Rlorda under General W. S.
Harney a as on duty in Kansas dur-
in ns tee owt perlod of “border Ruf-
@ known
I casually met several
rom various parts of Ire-
_ I found sentiment to be about
evenly divided in relation to Germany
n the one side and to France and Bel-
ing laity were, by read-
ing the cooked-up, lying reports of Ger-
mand. other
that a majority of them,
While Nationalist in spirit, had follow-
s cimond, but. wee now shocked a
°
3
i nd
Une then some hed “pelieved that, he
‘as playing a deep: diplomatic game,
Buch ag Bagh O'Neil did at the Court
of sonata |
* a, a ut by Germ: rmany. ome * who entertain-
ing enced views was twitted with be-
za * Fenian, and sai
d:
Tai »
other mes a Fenian,” whereupon the
&
Tin the last resort.”
with
events were infallibly
our T way and that our salvation
Nn.
public sentiment
has existed at times in the past. It ex-
e of O'Connell's career.
just!
position had somehow undergo!
yellous change and henceforth the only
bond connecting Ireland was to be “the
golden link of the crown.” The public
ware “jollied” end dazzled into the be-
lief that great assemblages of unarmed
held on historic
English Government looked on comp!
cently and the English people Tooked
ewhat amused. However, when
Movement.
ment reached forth its hand and laid it
heavily on the projected Clontarf meet-
ing which was proclaimed, and the con
stitutional leaders—logically enongh—
did nothing. The whole scheme of
moral force and peaceful agitation col-
lapsed. The incongruity of its jeader's
of bi
sr a eneratio! jon or more the Irish
people had, been taught to look to con-
stitutional agitation alone for relief,
and a when this failed a large number
was one of
Fort Pickens fi
1861, under the
‘’, Slemmer, afterwards killed at Chick-
amauga.
MEDALS, FOR VALOR,
‘cements arrived the
brave Ute band, compe tely worn out,
@ who com-
to osed te were prevented with medals as
a reward of their valor by the New
York Chamber of Commerce.”
HIS WIFE
Mr:
wary sane Kelly. She was the daugh- |
he late James Kelly and her
mother's maiden name was Anna Mur-
ray Murphy.
jer the death of her husband Mrs,
wurphy made her home with Mrs. Ellen
M. Kelly, except during a six- months
trip to Ireland, While she loved the
4 of ber fdontton she never forgot
ber’ nat!
The tact that Captain Murphy was a
sergeant in the United States army at
the ose ot eighteen, that he was station-
a a @ of the forts in Boston Har-
or fron 1854 to 1856, served In the
Seminole War and the Kansag troubles
and remained e Regulars until he
outbreak of the Civil War in 1861,
ne joined the Twentieth Massachusetts
TRISH AND GERMANS PICKED
AS SPECIMEN CRIMINALS.
Commissioner Woods, in General
Order Issued ic we
Police Department, Shows His
Dislike for Both Races—The
Proverbial Straw in the Order
Indicates Plainly How the
Wind Blows,
Police Commissioner Arthur Woods
of the ork Departoient, judging
ued 0}
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e Irish
¢ particularly eriminal. To
illustrate ‘the manner in which Desk
Officers should make entries, Commts:
sioner Woods out from all the races
that make up the
of Greater New York
Gen mans, but the latter are given sec-
id plac
and
It will ‘te noted that in the specimen
showing what ai
he has of the criminal tendencies of
the r
The order ‘Treads:
POLICE DEPARTME \T.
cITy oF NEY
New Yorks, April 16) 1915.
General Order No.
Arnest Reconns axp Rero
Desk Otncers in entering the facts
as for ex:
tue column headed “Father,”
ample;
.
the prisoner is not employed
at the time of the arrest, the desk of-
ficer shall ascertain the occupation at
whieh the prisoner is usually employed,
n entry thereot
under this entry the hall
be written, indicating that the prisoner
ig not e
When vt is apparent to the Desk Of-
ficer that a prisoner is misrepresenting
hig natfonality, the entry shall be made
in accordance with the statement of the
desk officer shall add
making an entry such as pe follow-
ing: “Probably German,”
The additional entries as 5 required by
his order shall also be made on thi
ar est,
int
sertbed ahora except that the Desk Of
ficer’s conclusion as to nationality, if
it ‘lifters from the prisoner's statement,
shal] be entered on the reverse side of
the card under the heading “Remarks.”
DrrartMExt Equip:
Rule 688 ‘8 hereby amended
way alter any
ing thereto, replacing, or in any way
changing same, except In cases of emer-
gency; and when so ni 1
report shall be mad
to the Bureau of Repairs and Supplies.”
Artuur Woops,
Police Commissioner.
++ —_
HARLEM GAELIC SOCIETY.
On Wednesday evening, May 5, the
headquarters of the Harlem Gaelic So-
clety, Sylvia Hall, 112 East One Hun-
dred and Twenty ttn Street, was filled
with an enthusiastic gathering of the
jends, who came
clusion of the play there was not a oat
g the curtain went
each scene songs in Gaelic and ene
were Miss Stasia Smedick,
George Potter, Miss Christina Kelly and
Miss Gertru
The harecters in “he play were as
Volunteers, utterly, Alsproves the
ng:
lish charge that h deserter from
the British army. * Yet the y picked him
from among the civilian “prisoners in
Mountjoy Prison in 1869 and put him
in. Arbor Hill Military Prison, where
the soldier Feni
and he wou!
convicted but for the timely interter-
ence of, the United States Government.
His record of continuous service in the
could not be wiped out by the perjured
testimony of informers,
Brian MeGaban, oeolonel Me. |
Miss
rr ay, “He Jen ” cccarthy, his
wife; Timothy M, Carmody, Conor Me-
Carthy, bis son; Miss Molly Kavanagh,
Marjorie O'Brien, in love with Con
Miss Christina Kelly,
Mar for! ter; Frank O'Brien, Ralph
O'Brien, their brother; Miss Nellie Mc-
Mei
Carthy, Anna O'Connor, M. are
thy’s mald; Joseph Dennison, Larry,
the Colonel’s valet; Chris.
red officer and f
ndrew
crulting officer Sixty-ninth Regiment;
Lenihan, Mr. berg:
O'Dowd, , Thomas Francis
Colonel of _ Sixty-ninth;
ell, Tom: 2 ha la ce,
J Carmody,
ate and Fe sera 1 caidlera= adie Ford,
Thomas Kelly, Wien Cur P. Me-
Donald, John Kavanagh,
Robert Wi ‘illams, George Connell, John
. Naroire aod 's2. Nurses Mls
#e),
‘hisses Josephine Kelly, aan Mosnas! rn
Stasia Emetick, Delia Foley and Molly
water the play members of William
J. Hogan’s Municipal band end orches-
va sosed for Irish and American
dan
WILSON WILL SPEAK AT
NATIONAL SAENGERFEST.
German-, ‘American singers from a!
= yer Connecticut, Penne
nd, te 0 will
tend the iwentsfourth XN I"saens.
ertest of the Northeastern Suengerbund
of Americ ca ‘in the Thirteenth Regiment
ory, in Brooklyn, from May 29 to
june 2, will have an opportunity to hear
President Wilson, who has promised to
come to Brooklyn on Decoration Day,
May 31, and deliver an address.
Major Carl Lentz of Newark, Presi-
dent of he Northeastern Ssengerbund,
The programme of the festival, which
will be held under the leadership of
Dr. Felix Jaeger an@ Mr. Carl Fique,
two of the best known mu: directors
of Brooklyn, is as follows: Saturda ay,
g concert; Sun!
ists; Monday, May 31,
singing contest of the Individual socie-
ties of the second, third and fourth
ing contest of the city organizations;
Tuesday, June 1, at 8 P. M test for
the Kaiser Prize and prize singing con-
test of the individual societies of the
first class; Wednesday, June 2. pienic in
Cypress Hills Park and awarding of the
prizes to the winning societies.
THE GAELIC SOCIETY.
executive meeting of The
Gaelic Society held at G24 Madison Ave-
lay evening, May 9, it was
a euchre and ceilidh
May 19, The
well attended. The E1
1, the Emmet Arcade,
Avenue, room 201.
The dancing class
clety will meet in future
and Sunday evenings.
AMERICAN-IRISH SOCIETY.
* On Wednesday evening, May 26,
American Irish Society will hold a wre
624 Madison
of The Gaelic So-
on Wednesday
ssive euchri alors, 529
Venter Avenue, near Fulton Street,
Brooklyn, The Arrangement Commit-
tee promises a sple: nad atray of prizes,
and the members are working hard for
success.
At the meeting of May 5 the Missea
Mery Brads, Margaret McCormack,
Peter’ L, Bennett were elected ratees
for the coming. quarter.
mittee was appointed je an
range, tor the first of t
ings. whieh wa be eld ot Greenwood
yn Jun
Mis 8 ity * Doherty was initiated to
membe ersh
‘ustee’s report showed ‘the or-
gontsation to be in splendid shape.
——+--
MAYOR PRESTON RE-ELECTED,
7 DALTINORE. May 4,—Mayor .James
ocrat, Was reelected at
the municipal election to-day by an esti-
mated majority of about 15,000 ov
Republican opponent, Caarles H.
candidates by about th ajori-
ties, and both branches of the City Coun-
ci} will be overwhelmingly Democratic.
Mayor Preston's majority is the larg-
est ever received by a Mayoralty candi:
gate in this city.
It will be rememperea oe Mayor
nted maniacs
cpagendiets
pes a
the Francis. Scott Key
Rose O'Brien, .
OLD BUSHMILLS
IRISH WHISKEY
10 YEARS OLD
Made in Pot Stills Exetu-
sively From Irisi
Barley Malt.
WOLFE TONE ANNIVERSARY,
Demonstration in Honor of the
Great Leader of the United
Irishmen Will Be Held at the
Plot Where His Wife Is Buried
in Greenwood Cemetery.
A preliminary meeting of delegates
from the Clan-na-Gael of Brooklyn and
‘hi
theses Wolfe Tone, which falls on
Sunday June 20. “A larger meeting em-
bracing delegates from Westchester
County and New Jersey is te be he is
2 .
Club, Manhat
The tentative, programme provides
for an assemblage at 2.30 P. M. on
wi tation, Atlantic
ooklyn.
to Green
patriot’s birth will take
t orator “ih “Geliver the
eulogy. Irish societies in the Greater
City and adjoining districts should com-
rally for the national it
THE. LATEST SUBMARINES.
English Description. of Germany's
Powerful B
The following description of the new.
was
cabled from London last satura iv
“It is believed in naval circles in this
city that the Lusitania was sunk bd;
one of the German U boats that have
been lurking for several days thi
coast of Ireland. These vessels are
larger and much swifter than the ordi-
nary type submarines
as Zeebrugee.
si
hour,
aoly less, probably about 10 or 12 knots.
Lusitania when off Kinsale
Heaa would be doing about 25 knots, it
might seem difficult for an enemy m¢
Bs at only two-fifths that speed to hit
On the o hand, it should be
Nmenbered that the German skipper
had the advantage of knowing to half
an hour when and where his prey would
ata given moment and could b
waiting for her. He then could move
athwart the liner’s path and meet her.
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enally controlled. So strongly ‘oullt are
these craft that they can plunge to a
depth ot 150 feet, at which the water
She can remain under water for a whole
and pene or even longel
of the U-36 type it “described
Fulgent,
ae
49 Jong. carted six
forpedo tubes, showed ni im
had powerful suns on the ‘deck, Such
a vessel is as long as a modern destroy-
er and must displace about 1,000 tons.
In effect se a
Tulse’ oa Fano
tol Cheanel by one of these submarines.
——
BRITAIN FIRST TO DECRT
BELGIAN PAPER CURRENCY
After bringing ruin on Belgium, Eng.
land is the first Power to decry Belgian
paper currency. A despatch dated Lon-
don, May 6, :
An official proclamation announced
today prompts the entry into Grest
Britain of Belgian bank notes.
The probibition of the exportation of
Britlsh coal anyw here except to British
centenary into an Anglo-Saxon demons-
$ration.
possessions or to t Britain's allies,
also was aca gazetted to-day,
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