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‘A JOURNAL OF IRISH NEWS, IRISH OPINION AND IRISH LITERATURE, PUBLISHED IN THE’
VOL.
CALL
3. NO. 23
Entered ae second-claes matter
office at Philndelphia, Pa., undi
Jan. &, 1919, at the pont-
9.
jer the Act'of March 3, 187!
N U. S.-TO B
PHILADELPHIA,
Ww
WE
AUGUST 21,
1920
Meeting Here Demands That America Sever Diplomatic Relations
and Abrogate Treaties.
GREAT MAGS-MMEETING IN NEW YORK
PROTESTS ARREST OF OF. MANNIX
Fifteen Thousand People Attend Mighty Demonstration in Mad-
ison Square Garden—Denounce New British Attempt to
Establish Coercion in Ireland—Han. John W. Goff Presides.
Frank P. Walsh !s Cheered for Sixteen Minutes—De-
clares England ts Beaten—Rev. Maurice Murphy and
Rev. Norman Thomas, Protestant Ministers; Right Rev. | cov
Monsignor Mooney and Lawrence Ginnell Speak.
On Sunday evening, August 15, the = “We also bere & fe Americans ans
Feast of the Assumption, the citizens| t0 protest gain e Righty-eightl
, r t bi a
of New York turned ont en sonsee to] co*cion at wwhiek hae Jost been paste
rotest against the piratien! seizure by
the
forced on, the citizens of the Republie| ¢
lish fleet of Archbishop Daniel | of | Ire
Mesum on the ial seaw and algo to] | “This is a meeting of American efti-
est aK a the cichty-cighth Trish | zens, and one ‘rst duty is to open. the| P
ercian net. mst passed by the Eng: meeting with the. plaging of the “Star-
Spangled Banner,’ ‘and. the audignee will
tige and sing. it in conjunetion.”
‘The “Star-Spangled Banner” was here
¢ band, withont any.
with the playing
ish, iaviament
Madison, Squiare Garden, the seene
f the mighty massmeeting, was
TCdldom “or never. wae picked
played. ant oe
Tndnncenne, followed
LAWRENCE GINNELL, T.0,,
WISITS PHILADELPHIA
Ireland Will Never Accept Less
Than Recognition of Re-
public, He Declares.
Lawrence Ginnell. T, D., former mem-
ber of the British House of Commons,
who has often beeing imprisoned by the
itish, visited this city Inst Saturday.
Mr. Ginnell came to, the United States
al weeks ago.
He reqnived nevispaper men Saturday
in the Bellecue- Strat fors
ing the reporters Mr. Ghinell Wold “hem
that he was open to answer any
Hons they wieued toast. He was then
what Ireland
ze
jues- | reste
MAYOR OF CORK 13
DEPORTED 10 ENGLAND
Terence MacSweney Seized by
British and Taken Away
After “Trial.”
Terence MacSweney, Mayor of Cork,
hins been arrested, tried before,a British
Conrt on a charge of “edition
yored to Bngland. | Late Tenorts declared
that the Mayor had been on hunger-strike
since his ai
‘The follwing dispatch wae published
Friday of Inst
Cork, Aug. tthe Tord Mayor of
Cork and 1 sociates were, ar
z tending
fon Tein. Court im the
were. taken
Sin
‘They
questioned as, to would | Cr to the
ink of the latest suggestion of “do-| military barracks,
maine” vale ‘This dispatch ‘appeared Monday:
oetreland will accept nothing lees than | . Dublin,” Aw .—Terence Mac-
Sweney, ‘Lord Maror of Cork, and 10
cognition of the Trish Repub-
ie was his direet reply, “Ireland to
03, i te quly
giese "These officials have
bs more, than $0 per cont. of the popula.
a for grenter percentage than that
Winch elected’ Washington, for hie fret
ern,
“Since America has fecured her inde:
of the “Soldier's Song,” the whole audi- pendonce, 14 other nations have succes:
ce ‘ully declared national independence.
onthe. Judge. Goff said these 14 nations which America hus al-
t “In the paskage of a” eperion at there ready recognized, Hot one of theia ‘has &
and ilemonsteative a Hvers | is nothing new to Ireland. Better “right to "such recognition than
nie if “Kinglish “isenthvinesss and|en conturies, she bar lived continuensly ogt, bleeding
of th was hieeed and | under pena Jaws An cnere of si
Dood vigwai Selle every mention foliowed each ot te Ene e 8, eer Sule ine
in quick’ sue-
eSmgeniity of mam ha
0.0
of the Trich, Republic, of i pave
Valera, a
Eamon De dof AFenbishop
Mani
been exhausted to find some enactment] Take it today,
fhe British Isles
land for one
applauded and] that would cause Ireland t race in| occupation, Sith at het modern eqniy
love,and loyalty English rule in Ireland. Yment of war. Ts ghe ruling Ireland?
ont “hen Hon. DP. Walsh, the} OT the pnastments of ern | ent treland?
ne in re American Jeader and years have failed, and oi ennetieat will] British army o¢ combined could not do it.”
jAmericnn Commission | fail,” Trichmen ‘and Trish mm bave| “Mr, Ginnell he
en Irish adeneadence rane to | fren driven from there counter to. seek | placed fhe number of British troops in
Feeeived one of. the moat germerke Merand linerte im almost all the elimes| Preland: at 500,000 sehen Teugland only
ovation. ever Cvitneswed in Now York. | pt he world but. above all Ue were at-| claims §
notwithstandmg the
for 16 minutes,
tracted to, thig
intense heat,
and here
by the
me Fok We Gor,
ies eeause of ‘the alniming heat
and _humadity,
ize_ Gof, Bache
aor “Micnadl eels,
Norman Thorans and Rev. Mr.
Rey. Monstmnor Tight to sneak ng American citizens and
to denounce an infamy committed by a
nation that but yesterday was associated
with us in the fight for, small nations
and the liberty of humani
Ireland Stronger ’
‘This fs nothing new, 1 have said, to
England can exhaust
ments of Jerisiation and she will faily a3
she bas failed for hundreds of years, t¢
Bronk the spitit of the Irish people oF to
destroy the Irish ri
standing the successi
38
appeared on
stand he was generously
The Irish Carmehte Father:
Ree, Denis O'Connor.
3
coercion acts
and penal laws, Yee national Tife is
throbbing with the implse of hope as it
never throbbed before, ‘and the Irich rnee
1ore militant than’ it has ever been in
at the
ma: meet-
ee mere Right Rev. Monuznor Luke
$, Bre Jobn H. Doo or
34. T Benge Roe Joh Talbot Smeh; | Hs, history
LL.D.; Rev. 'T. J, O'Donnell, of Aus-| |, “From State Department, during
tralia, and Rev. Patrick O'Donnell, of | the past week. there hing issued a very
New York. ipportant, State paper which contains
‘itude of vernm to tl
Eacort of Veterans, Government of Russia, and anyone who
eakers were escorted to the| will take the pains to read that doc-
pletion by 8 see of warld-war| rent, by oR Oh the word ‘Ireland’
se 3 0
Boe of See Bol Heck | fore ward ‘Russia? will see with what
mrerosco ic our State Depart-
aed a splendid selection of! ment has Segribed the condition of Ire:
during the meeting.
Toad funder English rule,
eel
mbers of the Irish Women’s
censton denounced a
o The treaty. with Russia because
weonnei ‘of the Tsish Women Piekets,| what we condoned besentira tone
“ind the lady members of the Irish| tice, May we not with equal jrice one
Progressive League and Irish Speak-| and to be consistent nd to our
gre), Bureau, ‘all tm their, picturesque . x
Trish costumes, lent color to the 8
ne.
‘The hail was profusely decorated with
Anjenican and Inch Republican flaxs.
romptly at 8.30 Major Kelly called
the meeting ‘to order aud delivered one
the most. effective addresses ever] py
Beard Shs Madison Square | Garden.
e
of the
Pan "Rennblic, hse va proent ‘broke loose | Pin
into its first ‘remarkable outburst of
‘enthusiasm,
Judse Goff.
| In introduci the, hues Judge
ce.
We are to protest against the in- ze one erson here
and humiliation accorded by ire, whe dee
the British Government to a freeman of Dot ied ‘the ae, lemme of the present
our great city, Ww stood on, this plat ovcasion, and, that solemnity,
form here 2 onthe tonight, side by | there is no one, tT "enton®
fide with the President of the Republic concerned’ to
Se iclands CApplayse and clieeriae for) dent
several minutes.) He then received one| instincts of m:
of
night,” Monsig-
‘ ch they speak
uD atetng the war dred te vexe
t into the hieh seas and remove by
m the Bultic a prelate of the
the venorable and uni-
ico
rights’
ine fone tse
Ks Aigo
a ‘rou heated tone bis ne
ose OF
f you who were print
om hut occasion can alae °
ness
ier hh
Soe aud
that, et pert ot za of Be the better
(Continued on Soventh Pa:
yer
and Feitleme, after ail, there
“The English were not telling the
truth,” he replied.
Expects an Amritsar.
“The struggle, as Intest develonments| ble to arrest unde
indiente. mar be a one.’ he
contemplating
ere, kathering all strength available,
he turned to the reporters and sai
“May I not ask a question now:
And be both asked and answered his
own questior
The massacre of Amritsar in India
(Continued on Seventh Page)
PLAN EXTENSION GF
IRISH TO ALL IRELAND
The Government of Republic
Launches Scheme to Make
Language Universally Used.
Dublin, Aug. 14—Important work for
the language was done in a represente-
tive conference last week at the Mansion
Dublin, pted the
heme as adopted contemplates
a specified number o
ih will "Beco ‘the medium
wall be sega srded
e regarde
naiifed watess able ss
the program, andthe c
the National University to provide
0 enable teachers to
on
‘he conference, under tbe auspices of
Aiveashe ae Gacdhuls, of the Govern
i.
rom England and Scotland,
2 O'Gellaig, TD,
siding.
ell expltined that the committee”
whieh hai
managers
Schools, universities, ete,
Cardinal Logue wrote:
gortpST sh
it young priests
ith
have’ tried to gt a ook knowledge of
e
Trish; but ym would
is not true,” observed. Rev. P.
he
Moran, P. F., Claregelway, amid laugh
ter, Rev. .’ Wall said there were sev-
eral good Irish ipealcre irom, the Arce
flocete in Comman na Sagért Guoed-
Nominating Rev. | WV___ O'Keonedy,
president St. Flennan’s
Row. ‘be: Fogarty wrote: ort
to, make the @ cea of the trish lane
suage.2 9 t
me ing has my:heart-
Sra ‘on .8econd "Page) ,
je | have
f oe Trish Republican Parliament, aud of
hols, |
e were also present Guels
501
| Government.
men arrested with nm ‘Thursday night,
fused fond since they: were placed |
in a military barracks, and have been
jomed in their hunger’ strike by other
risoners,
w]
‘The Lord Mayor and other members |twé
of the eoiporation will he tried on the
charge of sedition, according to a state-
ment made here teday.
‘Terence Mac-
swenes tort "Fiayor oF Cork, was toung
guilty by Courtmartial of having
wae!
farrived apparently only in, the ick
BRITISH SLAY INVALID
AND BOY IN LIMERICK
Town Where De Valera Spent
Boyhood Is Scene of Out-
rage.
Cork, Aug. 11.—The quict little vil-
lage of Bruree, situated about three
miles from Kilmallock, County Limerick,
was vn Thursday night the scene of an
appalling tragedy. Bruree is the place
in whieh Prosident de Valera spent his
boyhood. Thursday, British troops,
porsted in an encounte armed
Forces near the valinge. took reveuge by
tarderiog aly vali tad a guild ‘Those
slain f 10 years of
age, m ic Duggan, and. t
other in "invalid named Thomas Harris,
aged al 34, who was subject to epi-
lentic its,
There had been military raids early
in the day in the locality. and these were
followed ‘by an attempted anibush of 2
pmty of the Butish military and pole
which resulted in a ain cneounter Ne
armed lyitiang, and
the military, pasty outside, the, villus
This Insted’ for about. urs, AN
large relief purty of vel ‘e and militar ’
all to ane thete besieged
5 ovo oy) tuken refuge in a cot-
en lowed hy fur
a
under
MtacSweney. aloo was found guilty 6f
ai as erdncxment in his possession uke
olice and ealtarg, "who, as “evening |
Joxed in, again catered the villdge and
hots at random in
ly to fel, a
of erat ie Cork Cory poration ne principal st
Heglames te the Dat win,| Tt was.on tl
ious speech on the oc-
"The trial was con-
se of the Realm
made a
casions of his clection,
ducted under the Defen:
itter oceasion—abou!
7.30 in the evening—that poor Duewn
and Harris met, their deaths, | Harri
was shot through the eart in, bis own
home, eonet as he was taking his eren-
Act regulators. | ‘The veutence imposed] ing
will be ‘promulgated ta lat
Mayor, MacSweney, was weak when | whi
called before the Court, as a result of his i
\sal to take food at the prison. He
End
“Tam the
Lord Maror of this sity and
Court
i
‘ork, Ireland, Avs, 17,—-Terence Mac:
Swoney, Lord Mayor of Cork, was de-
ported fo Lingland this morning a
destroyer, after having been found reun
of sedition Court-martial yesterd
MacSweney at refused to
as Teftsed food since
night,
voney
createed tase
was convicted of having ‘ander his on!
rol the secret police ember, of having
made as ‘occasion
of his election, und of hay
Pentiament whiell th
glared
‘mari
Defense of the Itealm Act regulations.
WILL APPLY 10 STATE
DEPT. FOR-REGOGHITION
ion Must Lie With
Says
Final -Deci :
lrish Government,
De Valera:
Washingtov. D. C., Aug. 15.—In ref-
crence to a statement which appeared in
the daily press to the
purposed in a short" ‘time making formal] 1.
for, recognition i
it was
lication would be
whic!
Freedom" is without ‘any foundation
r.
is obvious that in matters of this
lst the, advice of ows frieuds
final deeis
tive is determined in rel
world situation as a whole being >
of course, on the
in
bined action it
sible only by tegarding Ireland as the
co-ordinating centr
MELLOWS’ FATHER DIES
We learn with regret of the
death of the father of Liam Mel-
lows, member of the Dail Eir-
eann, and commandant of the
Trish, Volunteers,in Galway dur-
ing Easter Week. The death of
| Mr.-‘Mellows,- Sr., took, place-in
Dublin last month.
effet that he]
Nett ondon for the Continent.
situation i o the
evel
Tite store of the events of Thursday, 5.
is cast such a pall over, Bruree,
ig simple, yet tirilling, At 8 ove
fhe nfterndon a party sf five soldiers an
wo policemen, in Thi ge of # jong Tew:
fenabt, entered the village of Bruree, a1
parently wi ject of carrying ou
some Taide, and ‘eure rhe iKalted
fatel, where they bnc
Mine annie he barmaid, seeing ther
enter and thinking they were about to
rai S the officer, in
barge that the proprietress, Mrs.
at the Rail
any. searc} ile ther were
bar,
(Continued on Fourth
BRITISH PREMIER AND
UBOR LEIDER POT =
Pro-British Minority in N. E. Ul-
ster Province Rapidly Becom-
ing Republican.
(Special to, The Irish Press.)
Paris, Aug. 18—It is learned on good
authority that a serions split has oceur-
in the ranks of the Loyalist minority
7.
thenst corner of
in the nor!
of Ulster, / The utter helplessness of
the Bi dm
‘Loy
pressed many
aly
it ix snid. bas 3
lists that they are. rapi
reconciled to the Government of the R
of this ele-
oF | Bices
-| will continue to be
| attention
Province | The
g
Ireland, | tak
WOULD STOP BRITISH WAR ON IRELAND
Intense Heat and Short Time for Arrangements Do Not Prevent
Demonstration at Metropolitan Opera House From Being
Great Success—Crowd Fills Big Auditorium—Abrogation
of Treaties With England Called For—Michael Francis
Doyle Presides—Speakers Are Rev. E. 0’Shea, J. L. Faw-
sitt, Dudley Field Malone,
Rev. T. J. Hurton, Dr. Arthur
Keegan, Rev. John Martin and Wm. J. Boyle.
Despite the intense leat, and the short
notice on which the affair was arranged,
the mass-meeting held Sunday evening
am the Metropolitan Opera House was
an overwhelming success, A crowd that
filled the great anditorium cheered en-
thusiastically all the speakers and ap-
proved resolutions protesting against the
action of the ‘Tuitsh Goverament in
barriug Archbishop Mannix from his
country, and calling upon the United
States to break of iplomatic relations
with, Great Britain thecause of the war
win ritish are waging against
the ineeting was held under the aus-
of the American Commis)
Trish Independenee. aff MES Eo BP oD
only about fort: jourr’ notice.
Michael Francis Hoste, distinguished
lawyer, presided. Cablegrams of support
ere. forwarded: to Archbishop -AMunaix
and to Arthur Grifith, actmg President
of t public. Speakers were
Rev. Edmoud O'Shea, of the Church of
the ‘Aununation ; J.D. Pawsitt, Trish
nsul General to the United States:
Dudtey Field Malone, former, Collector
‘the Port of New York, and Farmer-
Tabor candidate for the
at § Rev, Thom:
hur P. Keeway, ‘i
Rey. John Hi Mit
"Pathe O'Shen on bebalt a
mittee on arrangements, prevent M
Doyle as chairman,
chairman. Fath
a told of the
der tne Seleetire Service a
of ho been soured by
vie sa ea
the world. which
Trish Rept
States.
reeognize the
ible should We these United
5, and T we that these meetings
ti
Of the Amerienn’ Goversment
and the world that Ireland must be ree
ognini
howeyer,-a yong clerical stiaent,
the | onder.”
Visit of Dn Mann
joxle recalled the
bishop Mannix to
© s0 very disturbing to
pi
he
the British Government, these
meetings
which you are holdin
ait over the
ved.”
nd
fe Archbishop off the Battie “Phat
isan example of their confidence in thats
pecaming| navy,
“This good man is being Punished for m
isl
terime’
public. ‘The rapid, geeess! a not, committed
ment to the republican cause 3 have the effronters
ee eect ane OF tae 95] say tiat though this man oe wate
Government. Councils recently | made these remarks in America, he must
glectea cn “proportional ‘representation |be punished for them br the Tritish
the Province of Ulster only 19 are ake it upon. themselves
opposed to the re munis spenking in Amer:
It is rumored that Sir ‘ard Car-
con, leader of the. died chards, ‘Das Decors
gusted with the situation, and has
"The bel-
the British Bremer
e House of Com-|
wag seemingly dictated
wy a desire to. conciliate the wounded
Haines of Sir Edward and his friends.
‘There is no mistaking the fact that)
the relations between this country
Great Britain are strained t¢ the Timi
he" reneh Government i thoroughly
disgusted with f Lloyd
George t
licose attitude, of
toward Irela
mons on
foward Russia, and itn
en
‘H. Thomas, the English Iabor leader,
who is.as great an Smnperialist as the
Premiet hhiemselt
1e Ang over Russia
creates fig “Interesting situation 80
ras the British are . Tt is
ho seeret iat, the representatives of the
Tinsel ‘ian Republic now in Lon
¢ than skeptical about the altruistic
Intentions of the Lloyd George Govern-
ment toward Russia. Taken fa a whol
itnation bodes no. gond for the tm?
Detialie ‘Mlottere of Downing street,
"7 war against Ireland goes
of whnbnteds Towntare being, destroy-
ed.nightly,-and the Irish. péople‘are anz-
(ontinued on Seventh. Pagey
it. | stronger
fear over which they have ‘uo dominion,
is it not time that a mericans,
shoud enter our protest?
Ne Ghaieman, ‘tien presented Mr,
Fagwitt. who said:
150 rears there
aud bas, not ‘been imder
coercion imposed by
Sretnud has survived, and Trish
ism bas survived, ‘and it wi em
han it is tonight.
espite
thelr coercion acts. the fact remoaioe Yoat |
epublig is now an estab-
‘he ne' h act sete un mi
Courts to try he teak Ree
public Courts are snetoning the Brit-
dish Courts are not’
Told the Truth.
Fawsitt told of goin San
Francisco to greet Archbishop Mannix
5a the name of the Trish Republic and
of its President. “I traveled with
across the continent, and listened to his
speeches. and the one crime he sta
mavieted of in the eyes of the Bri
Government is that, of felling tbe truth,
They landed bim in Cornw
non on | th
‘on, | four or 40,
m) hare, dased! ta take bi
tl
‘Jn'introduemg the
O'She:
cos Hegatty held ase by
| in the
elt
ly 15 years in which’ Ire.
me form
Great Britain, Bot fan
nation- | f
‘all because | Con;
“Archbishop Mannix recognizes the
Irish Republic. The Irish people in Ire
land have recognized the Inish Republic
by establishing it, Whe Republic i
Poeling has now issued instructions to
er forces to break ese Go rts,
the Tord Mayor of Cork
bers of a Court have b
ngland’s ts will not prevent those
Courts from functioning.
“The Trish Republic has a network
a plonatie and consular representa-
all over the world. ‘There has
fren snore direct trade promoted between
Treland and other gount excent
Great Britain,
ip the: revius 0 years, I
say with truth that I have met with
considerable en-operation from. business
men in this country in Promoting trade
~ here is now a. direct
ee between the Lrish, and
‘American’ market
s.
“We have been ‘tndeavoring to, get
American Passenger ships to eall ‘at
Trish ports (\rehbishon Mannix,
in acenrdauce witht hit with, as. ex:
pressed to me in San. Fravelseo, ber
enabled to travel across the vAdianibe on
an American ship, the Eng!
or 440 0! them,
would
him
ereat reas of immi-
geation from “Feeland
hat the country,
mand women were being replaced
y bullocks, ‘The Government of Ir
lund has determined that the people
all be put back on the soil, It bas
established a land bank. and many of
the ranches already, been, broken
up, Muli work, has also, been done for
the fisheries, When you are asi
your Gi o recoguize the Trish
Republig, remember that you are
asking for the recognition of a myth.
The fepublie caste in Ircland; it exists
people of Ireland,
i¢ shalt 60
not
and, God wilting,
Matone's Address.
Mr, Malone said i
MWe meet here tonigit as Americans
who love liberty vertavhere, Wott tall
and pass resolitious, but to demand that
our Government at Washington make
immediate representations to the Brit-
ish Government on the situation in Tree
ago when Louis Kossuth,, the
great. ‘Hongasian patti ceived
am New York with 2 pubhe celebration as
the guest of the minded u
with’ ebarming tact that there was no
‘thing as ‘American hberty,’ but
Tine
ranking,
‘Insh
the
Mion ight
’ we demand liberty for
he Ireland: And what is this strangetpara-
spoken in the terms of British
aganda but printed in the
some of our that it ig. highly
this slander are the conscio
Us 0
thee. sinister ‘financial
talking in our
Swe land, aad whieh is trying fo bolster
up the shambles of the present British
ernment itself de-
nounced and rejected by. the combined
n_and women workers of England.
“ie wag mdeed patriotic and an ex.
country's view of libert}
welcor e, Paderawokt inthe name te
9 shower with un
Staesal Jofire for the
scious agents
pression of our c
ice fro an nile
ism; it was “in ‘the very spirit of our
the freed our
of the world, Car.
dimal Mercier, vo. enme to spe: of
elgium. But when a great
and patriot comes from far
ia to usk our support for the
Ireland, the Hand “ef his
blood and his birth. be scarcely leave:
gur ‘shores before He i serzed, ange
miliated, placed on board the Bri
destrose find escorted under guard into
ngland because he hns dared t
Tait’ the unspeakable offense. of asking
ae ip, Amenea to aid the cause
hee. fx American citizens
well. -acqante he tradition and
policy of the republic toward the 0
presied. We are not the Provneiais
and ‘Tories in this country. In 1824,
ress, speuking on tne of the
Grock Revolution, Daniel
ey dared not land him at Liverpool oF ster tune
Southampton or London. ‘They knew| nounced the fixed ‘policy of our republic
at _in those places he would have re-| toward ‘ptresnel Peowles when he said,
ceived, & reception which would have ‘Our pln he side of free insti:
made Lloyd George shake, This much is| tu ¥ we not owe to the
certain: ‘That the ‘igbbishon will land
ea. the, soil of Treland,
ions
causg of clvil and religious liberty?
(Continuod on Seventh Page)
