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Full Title	The Gaelic American - Vol. XIII No. 20, May 13, 1916, Whole Number 661.
Contributor	O'Reilly, Michael.
Date Added	11 January 2014
Format	Newspaper
Language	English Irish
Publish Date	1916-05-13
Publisher	New York [N.Y.] : Gaelic American Pub. Co.
Source	Joseph McGarrity Newspaper Collection
Topic	Irish Americans > Newspapers.
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Disclaimers	Disclaimer of Liability Disclaimer of Endorsement

OCR , A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF-IRISH INDEPENDENCE, IRISH LITERATURE. ‘AND THE INTERESTS OF THE IRISH RACE. Vol. XIIL, No. 20, Whole No, 661. NEW YORK, MAY. 18, 1916. Entered aa second-class matter, Oct. 1, 1908, at the Post Office at Rew York. N. ¥.. under the aot of Congress of March 3, LIT% PRICE FIVE CENTS. Military Massacre In Dublin Under The Rule Of An English Courtmartial. ‘Within a Few Hours After the Surrender. of the Revolutionary” Forces, Three of the Chiefs Were Shot by a Firing: Squad and the Slaughter Went’ on for a Whole Week Until Twelve Mea Were Added to the Glorious Roll of Irish Martyrs---Patrick H. * Pearse, Thomas. J, Clarke, “Thomas MacDonagh, Joseph Plunkett, Michael O'Hanra- han, Majer. John’ MacBride, ‘Edward: Daly, William Pearse, Cornelius Colbert, Ed- ‘sand Kent, Michael Mallon and J. J. Heuston, the Names Which vill he Cherished for all Time by ‘the Irish Race-=-Many Others, Including Sever Protestants, fet ~ Long Terms of Imprisonment and Thousands. of Captives are Sent-to England and Belfast: British Government in a ‘Panic, Adds Fuel to the ‘Flame of Irish Revolu- . tion and Hatred The Traitor Redmond. Appieves the Murder of the Leaders, His Political Opponeats, and Then Prates. of “Clemency” for the Rank aad File---Irish- men the World Over, Aroused to Bitter Anger, Vill Exact Heavy Retribution. Twelve men taken 4 in arms in Dublin in the miltery uniform. of the. Irish Republic, and therefore having the right ‘0 be treated have been murdered b: authorities in Dublin, with the approval Arch Traitor Redmond. .A num- er of other men, several of whom are Protestants and somé of them Ulster- men, hi been ave long terms o! imprisonment and ‘al. thousand men from all parts of the country have been taken as prisoners to England be- cal m ign of ter- ror prevails all over Ireland, but_even Joi Redniond: agnits that “tha” people are not terre but are” growing angrier PROVING TREDARDS OYALTY.” Thus is England proving to her Allies had the _risoners to- day are at least fifty tim ¥ as in the darkest days of Fonianiam, Bu Ireland {s “loyal,” and Augustine Bir- tng in Dublin, its findings approved or tered, as suits his fancy, by General Sir John Maxwell, England's Chief Butcher in Ireland, and the result an- Rounced in the House ~ of .Commons - When ithe slaughter has been done by Herbe: He ore is “reaponatble for os ° u NTENCY "tended to i the Irish pri sentong the murdered “insurgent are Sra wi ) are mero’ boys. - Young Cornelins Colbert, whose picture is re: od hen the es will, it will be found out, as it surely that this .galant Limerick boy,” wh lived. in’ Dublin, performed deeds of herotsm: for whicu. the ardly and incompetent British ofScers. too mary vengeance. lok Ma caride, was a veteran of the var, who’ certain- iy did a roldier’s part in Dublin, but, bo was slaughtered as much for .what he. did’at-Colengo as for his part in the Irish insurrection, At Colenso the lit: ed largely in British barracks and 4 herited Gael. American lunatic’ asylum) w ed and sentenced to imprisonment: for life. He remained tn Prison until 1898, when, with many, others, a waa leased, after nearly | sixteen vyeare’” con: and; fnement, to -Amerien, * Edward Daly: one’of the me = Daly; ‘GROUP OF TRISH VOLUNTEER OFFICERS. ft Limerick; and ‘roth in-law of Thomas. J.-Clarke, ia exated - 1D. the: eft courtmartial,.. nephew of “Joba Pad he’ com. sl “got "with Bride in the Castle Yard in Dublin: The cabled reports that. the first “executions” took place in thi er of London ahd that Sir Roger Casement heard the shots were impudent ne 1 the murders was Castle, which is Dublin tee _canetited by the blood of Irish tow | OLARKE'S FIGHTING GAREER. The Britishers were: also “getting square” mith arom . Clarke, the strong: jong welve martyrs. This o can be veald without any disparage ment-to the other eléven. ‘gon 0! an Irish sergeant of the British army who won the Victoria Cross for gal- lantry in the Crimea, Clarke was rear- 89 he "foncht the. British Goveranient and came ow rison uated rem- ant of the stalwart ‘nan who had en- prison. - His f knew nothing whatever of his ston Fevokeds This is England's usual ‘Tom. “Clarke could not possibly have e the antenatal aml ‘whom he was en- gaged, Grace Gifford, the daughter of a Dublin attorney, gives an unusually fine ouch of romance to the Insurrection, ‘There were plenty of others, The cable (Continued on Page 5.) OR'JOHN MacBRIDE, One of the ingest Irish victims of Britis ‘translated, had e. Ir BRITISH POAHRED A POGROM. Secret Military” Order Which Ar- ranged for the Seizure of A!l the Leaders, the Officers of the Irish Volunteers, the Gaelic League and Other Organizations Revealed by Alderman Thomas Kelly in the Dublin Corporation a Few Days Before the Revolt Broke Qut—The Dublin-Police and the Royal Irish Constabulary Were to be Confined to Barracks and the. Redmond Volunteers Isolated, Showing the Government Did Not Trust Them, and Archbishop Walsh's House Surrounded—The Petriots Struck and Foiled the Intended Massacre. The secret military order which was the immediate provocation of in Ireland was made P man ed in the Dublin Corporation on Apri 19 and published in the dafly papers. It revealed the whole plan of den stroke by the English milftary authorl- hich Dublin w nder martial law, cei trite, bulldinge and public bodies ‘rotated, the in indoors, the leadera .of all sections of Nationalists, the Executive Committee of the Gaelic League and all officers of the Irish "vat unteors arrested, the arms of the selzed gad all attempts at resistance stamped o1 The docu: creat, issued fn cipher end been of PATRICK H. PEARSE, THOMAS MacDO> AGH, MICHABL O'HANRAHAN, - © EDWARD DALY, ° CORNELIUS COLBERT, . MICHAEL, MALLONS Tee MARTYRS. THOMAS J. CLARKE, : JOSEPH PLUNKETT, a LJOHN MacBRIDE, bes TULA PEARSE, Just‘as Tr G. gram Dublin ric AMericax Was going to press on Wednesday a cable- was published stating that Premier Asquith had an: n April 26, without ofticer responetble fe nell's Courageous Action. 3° That John Redmond approved the murder of the Patriot Chiefs in’ Dublin ders, that Mr.: Redmon from. the. first pleaded for: leniency towards the rank and file.. This means that he did not de ii thé leaders. ot gon at, either by: shooting or im prison A cable denpateh published in New While approving he not’ tp show und rs. to “the Oreat- mass of unfortunate dupes in- volved. Mr. Ginnell opened the subject again by a question Tast Mor nday. cabre despal YS: Anquiths Statement That- the Arch. Traitor - Ha d . > Olemency for “the Rank and File” Is:an Admission That He — “Sanctioned the Shooting of | His Political’ :Sepenenss oie of the Dublin uprising. In response to a question fi Mr. ell, Premier } Asquith sald he could not give an under- “Pleaded - for - e-Irish question again’ was raised tn the House.of Commons to-day by Mr. Laurence Ginnell, Nationalist, who at- tacked the it Inst week on ac count of the putting to death of leaders jons., On recelving this * Ginnell shouted, bold, action -of! Ginnell forced eamond's hand and compelied him. © put himselfon record. ; He asked Guestion of Aequith in which he sug. gested that the continuance of military executions in Ireland . was causing raptdly Incresaing bitterness among & jon of the population which had no mpathy “with the ineurrection. . He asked whether, following the precedent © Wontinued on Pave 8) DISMISSED, CHARGED WITH CALLING WILSON: TRAITOR. WASHINGTON, Ma nat Bruncken. Assietant “Fe velstrar a “the Copyrighy Division of the Library: of Congress, was dismiss ad to-day 0 for mak: ing statements derorat y to Pr t -esid: Wilson and the United "Seats in “gen- eral.~ Brunch, formerty city attorney of n under investiga- mployees com- plained ot ts taternente, ‘tome of Which were alle “President Wilson is 8 traitor. side him Benedict Arnold ‘woul matron salt.” Be be mertea. is but the tall end ‘of Brit It had been know: to the Nationalist leaders in Dublin for more months that the militar: the and -demanded ‘military action. His statement was a malignant lie, as the small number of cases be- ‘enny, Catholic Unionist, had been el Parliament from the Stephen's Green Division of Dublin by the most flagrant d of corruption, a1 ‘as later m: a nudge to do the very kind of work he in that speech. ALDERMAN KELLY'S BOLD ACTION, a e poor rate, which. includes a police rate of 7 it was adopted by 18 & in the resolution, many Nya 3 elected for Stephen" 's o ‘there w out- e pa epers in connection with the elected—the ledger voter ‘and the children who were en's Green division, The “iministering ies, seph Downes seconded the mo- vimpartial ~ “Alderman Kelly mov ed as an amend- ment that the police rate be reduced to 4a. ts “clalecton. a “The Lord Mayor said he could not q = pee nne " | ] i