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Full Title	Irish Press, Vol. 3, No. 39, December 11, 1920.
Contributor	McGarrity, Joseph, 1874-1940.
Date Added	17 March 2017
Format	Newspaper
Language	English
Publish Date	1920-12-11
Publisher	Philadelphia: The Celtic Press
Source	Joseph McGarrity Newspaper Collection
Topic	Irish > United States > Newspapers. Irish Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Newspapers.
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OCR Rd Be VOL. 3. RS. NO, 39 the post . Jan, 0, 1919, at Miho hot’ of March $n 1875" PH.LADELPHIA, DECEMBER . 11, LITERATURE, PUBLISHED IN THE 1920 INEY IN U. S. T COMMISSION FROM U. 8. 10 INQUIRE INTO BRITISH ATROCITIES (INDIA Appointment of Investigation Committee Decided Upon at Con- vention of Friends of Freedom for India—American Com- mission on Indian Independence Alsc Established—Many Irish Representatives at Convention—Iniquities of British Rule in India Recited—Greetings Sent to Ireland. commission of five to go to India and | New York, Dec. 6—Appointment of dev the British ob epire falls like @ house es r Gnvestigate charges of outrages and per secution against the British adminis- tration was decided upon yesterday by the Friends of Freedom for India at their frst annual national convention at the Hotel Mcalpin. In a resolution the conference charged Great Britain with exploitation, finan- mi extortion, and quthlesy suppres: and oppression. ment of a a _committee en oa ough and ial Tavestisation of tne | charges and. to report. back to Eriegds of Freedom for India and to the, Pmerican, was .decided Mtbat the committee shalt bo'samed ‘ay the aatonel ‘counl of the organization, together with, the Advisory, Woard, uid shalt as India Investigation ommiscion. anent commission of five, to be 88 American Commission on fadian Independence, is provided fox, ‘canstitutioh "adopted “by’ ‘tic’ mi originally drafted it specified that. Baol Gisaige Hichard. Le Query Anna Louise Strong, and two persons’ named by. the: Finda: members wera to com. the committee, but the section was amended ¢o that the commission wi the uational council Freedom for India and isory Board. without trial by jory w. a the appgint- 2! ‘was passed unt {00 Organizations Represented. Over 260 delegates, tions, atten s,epresenting 100 orgauizat the roms Ammoriean, irish am pole” for Indie,, was present part of Oreos Robert o *Lavolictte, Sean "Senator Jo hI. France, of Marsland, Supreme dge John Goff, Shion mas, a Sapasese representative, in ware: ington, and the Joint e Beeamated ¢ Giothing Workers of New Beg inning yith presentation of the inate the meeting soon developed epresentatives ‘from. the movement, and ese. ericdn Federation of Labor was attacked by several sneakers for not gpnosing deportation and for thus tacit |p denying the, right of political refu & in fy in this c ounts in Co-operation. Bindu revelutionists are working tp lose covaper other national: Sta, ing with soviet Russia, Sttegdranath Ghose, anzor of the Friends of Frodlom ior “Only the other day « soviet Russia a loan of 1,000,000 rubles to the jonalist ‘movement,” he. sa) J as a saa ot of the “ ‘einers,”” Swarasictn oF ‘godt el st the Swarajists in capturing schools, Industries, labor and ‘even 2 ebs oserate ‘pformist party for the Eeteme vatlooalist ca a Shere cara “taal te Soyo tho javernaiion ; of-the Indian gaetion. Bo said a Binds wrould an ulliance wit clan OF e J to Groat Britain. countries sg SeReE eBid te Tabor ie only, slightly, tess Seine to Mr. ‘Das He oie the lan of “federalization” propounded by British labor leaders ta ab efort tovolve the question of British that it was only another, way of "keep: ing, the empire together.” @ Indian revolution aickly. Sealing with Asia. We to 60 back om her tra Rice. Talibekt, Er Thao. chat f the con: rentic a the ire on the resol Of colonial cxplottation, a principle which must Veudalisg, and slavery went. ‘e in Amerjea cun't, stand aside and fay that what bappens in India or Tre tand is_vone of 0 eer,” he assert: ede. "We as a. nation are dedicat fe’ prigciple “euat Goyeromeste derive their power from the consent of the gov- cerned, neha * Threat to Peace, “Whatever threatens the peace of the world tent and whatev world. eportat 1S strongly condemned in a resolution, ‘hich , the, British Government, ad ix running Tampa" as aguerte lgbor organizations and from various, Boy, ung Sortia, of x5 Sa denied reports that the Hindus qui ig re Goverain Sevator a}, O) the ‘oficial oligarchy | posed to Sepanese. oe nay: | ther ing the boycott movement ‘America has turned Gaba into veritable ola vt'in Tudia. the death vate iv increas: Mind diveate thet eat be Prevented ed Be other. 5) Tustin, a graduate of Aligarh e spots A Mohammedang amon mealies, ind said that the Britis to foment quarrels x the. armas of keeping the various and . Mohammedan: are for t mi mae, a student at Columbia Uni- versity. etian Speaks. a wat, ent of the ‘Bespin spaper bi spoke for the “Deyptian nationalist Moho detailed indictment of , Britich policy in tadia, contained in lution calling “for ‘the ‘Sppeiniment ef of joa of investigation is as < “Restived, That we, tho delorates to| = annual che first Amencan Friends Topresentitive Iodians Grcomentury evidence as is available to al, make the following charges uguinst the, ai “creat Britiia We charee, that for 150. years of Great Britain how ruled anda ted India in ihe] exclusive interests of the British Ei end that sach ere fo welfare of all” ‘the “fadian le. ‘3 We charge that as a direct ‘salt of, “Brian exploitation the native Industrial system roken down and has almost or sisappetred, so that workers’ in the crafts have, been g 28 Foreed to abindon their accustomed a (Continued on Sixth Page) NO PEAGE OVERTURES, SAYS O’KELLY, ENVOY Paris, Det, 7—Sean O'Ce: Birenny, or its Minfotey, hs made any overtures for vapee, with England. b scorn" Be wit! sass s-vall suggestion of: compromie with England on the basis of her latest eo-called-Home -Rule bill.” She rage to negotiate Bog. Jand except as one free’: J. lonies, saying | i dia knows that, Ameticn will | Witeh cot Heriea 8 i | iabor for ris Frecdgne is in rer | 5 in correspond adjoins Eg ing the aie, MANY LABOR BODIES TOLAID IRISH CHOSE} 1,8, ARE TRUTH HUNGRY Respond Warmly to Cail Issued by American Commis- sion, Chicago, Dee. 6—More than 100 cen- tral labor bodies in as many cities of the United States have responded to the call of the Labor Bureau of the Ameri- con Commission on Ircland to form! local committees of five to oid in or- gonizing the sentiment sympathetic to Ireland im this country, it was an- uounced at the headquarters of the com- 168 West Wasbingtou 1¢ labor uuions, of the umes | Treland is s ‘the bursa d States labor is r to 9 organize oflectively for the aid ot prom a Battinore of, Seattle plies came. roug ‘eutiment OE F ie ollowing seluetious wade" publie We are wit _Septiment, bere 3 vill land, tant’ when Aseure you of our act all thin ing to indepen dencenBeatral ‘Labor Holyoke, Mast ctive co-operation reland’s Union, ae | tte tubers of our union were very en- usizstic over ther —- ; focal 418, Portland, Men er" his Tocatty. will dg its part im carry. successfully any plans laid (eentnues on Sixth Pago) BRITISH BURN AND KILL IN THE CITY OF CORK Drapery Establishment Burned, Young Man Mortally Wound- ed; Macroom Under Siege. fog. Cork, Dec, 1—A drapery establish- English iv: © company the upper part of the building were ‘burn: 0 previous attacks bad been made on the remises, the } e ben the store was forcibly entared and large quantities of de moved. O'Gorm: ere, was considerable shooting by.the British in ve fey dun man, who has ean, identited, wag brought to the Eeoral fatally woiin lace will be the ‘text to 507" business fa oe ‘each other to- in| day. If the aetrictin ‘of property cou: nightly ‘rate, the tintes at the Cork business fotrict soon, will be wip NAN of the town shopkeepers are adver- ported this afternoon that two men were. ehot dead last night in the Mucroom district and that four persons ere arn “qe tom of Macroom is ina state Siege an ane trate is al- Iewed escept for food Sistrbuton, BRITISH TRY.TO-KEEP Bate NEWS FROM IRELAND don, Dee. 2.—Sir Hemar Green- body of alia ened with death, ordered ‘to: hold cen rs. ~The, ervention rs pay fice Saved. them: oes oe gas pas f} one pro ere the bole Trish epullie’ Be Believing it- 5 Self the organ of ¢| griticlsm, for eritieisia long constructive | sales 10 order to convert | tl cash. ‘The exodus of peo-| in MANN OF IRISH IN They Ask for ‘for Bread an and Instead Are Fed Highly-| Flavored Cake, IMDATES IN THE TRISH press 3 $5900 PRIZE CAMPAIGN wa v, FIND THE 99.000 EXTRA VOTE OFFER KEY TO VICTORY | It should be borne in mind tbat t the | offer ie ta P.M, turning It in to the campaign o} Subseriptions Should be tars an 08 300u as they are secured, sv that the gubsoriber a set the paper at once. At ond of the offer'a ape ‘ial hal- jot wil) be Fes sued covering the extra votes due, ‘Candidates 1 are requested kindly to mark their subseriptis s. andidates ktndly iption correctly, as it takes consirae time jn the to make the necessary During the Redmonite regime in Ire- land there was such a fecling of discon- teat among intelligent people with the way in which Ireland's national fight wus being conducted that everybody was planning to start a new movement. a dew orgauization of @ new paper. ‘There Tor Ireland's ils that it was t ea “irish ceaging to be men a ing : eRe bee rah instead ‘of with leaves. Our editors were , well-meaning, siopately in .earnest, but. for, the’ ni et their papers weie almost ineffective ‘he need itt place in wi by many, Te Ley could tive samprossige & helt “opinions, could griticize freely vs pape, Republic ip it does not descend to abuse poor £ those who criticize ether the “Inch Press! 0 public. A vehicle of 60 Ga Fei -y Ivish- vepuper, welcomes bouest Hines is fa. valuable bel By paper. staf of the Iti 2 Feotn the rigger devil” ts. at the the Irish people, both bere } And, t2 borrow @ maxima @ delicatessen, man. Jet. us say d, tell us; if you IRISH REPUBLIC RLWAYS 15 READY FOR PEACE When Fighting Will End De- pends on England, Says Pres- ident de Valera. New York, Dee. 6—Asked by a rep- resentative of the New York Times a- to Father O'Flanagan’s standing and for what body he was entitled to speak President de Valera said: “Father Q'Flanagan is a deut of the Sinn Fein pol client organiza” tion, of which I was. president and Ar thue Gnféth the other vice president is political organization, as an or- ganization would correspond, say, wit fie Republican or Democratic. ‘party nization whose ans lar and cansed the bloodshed. id really wills abt e will at Dodstied. Tseland, infact, would Be one of the most peaceful, prosperous aud happy countries in the w 2 MANY BUILOINGS SEIZED BY ENGLISH UNEMPLOYED |=: foam and ebook bangs with them a8 they} filed Garrison Villard, whose guest she, and her sister-in-law stay here, Altitude of Public Toward Seiz- ures Is Said to Be Sym- pathetic, London, Dec. 8.—Seizure by unem- ployed workers of public buildings and | unoccupied residences continued bere to- day with no sign of official action ap- \t. So far as it bas been possible to ascertain, the. occupied bi today | 5 numbered residences, five pnblic Ubrarles, four town balls and two public oul sere gz baths. ‘The process is simple. The workers move ia, For the first few hours, or posefbly for a whole day, they barri- | ne cade themealves. Howerer, as the hours pass and the authorities fail to put fn an appearance, the workers proceed in their newly acquired homes to make themselves us comfortable as one can 7| be in new surrounc Boroughs where the Labor party numbers ite most supporters, bave re port moet selzures, “The general Rettude of the public seem: @ one of syrupathy Roxana te workers, Only one case invited tenants eject il ball bave the here rel from a d a ae cieetet as antowald. frame min the moment the seizures held the have just as much wail co ver.” Whereupon the Saint dows ber cloak 0 nthe ground and 5 ‘ie oa sireteh diately begs \ in coat one west, unt It a covered ea a the area of Tritans. alos wel ve rtit we oak onl nly rover we ane ony tse IRISH RELIEF FUND Money and che cheques payable to Rev. E,. J. Holahan, Treas- urerj No. 138 Spruce street. : ‘Donations “Of clothing and food may. be sent to Irish Re ‘lief Fund’ Head quarters, 18 Spruce § street . Be of Bas \ Rnowne Unetployment is aritting slow. By but aurely tq a crisis, labor circ here declar: eh week the number of un " omits its usual unemployment es, The. excuse given the Toarked itcrease of, the el tho resent coal strike, | This tes refuse to actpt as n pleuuble B Secret, sure 1° OE keeps planati ap tte bord Getree Dlandls loyed has been thrown ities of the respective col Nai orer sections are find: | black-haired, reland. Commission New York, thetic figure in reception 7 shrinking from sured that it was America’s rep- esentative testimoni: husband’s sacrifice, Such was | f° Mrs. Terence ther {ow of the Lord Mayor of Cork, when she landed from the liner Celtic yesterday She is the | and gray eyes. went down to three Coast G e ‘aw, She only. stood in ‘Oswald great fit, room. tieth street here, o- the g, them eon ‘the to yan hi ‘MacSwiney mn his coat. It the smiled softly. “the baby. has. gi thaf was taken.” she remar! aces Sioa outburst from ae sytny ers, to rush tows She ters oe ae, the px tog fs it ee to held uP pp. State aid 6,01 stay, the > crisis for’ any appreciable time. committe mem! with round face ale pretty. Her manner is quiet | §& | and reserved. Representatives of the dozen or more welcoming committees police boat John F. Hylan and Patrol to greet her. boarded the li Mrs. MacSwiney promptly retired to ier stateroom with her sister-in- Miss Mary MacSwiney, vhe accompanied her. In response to what amounted to en- treaties that she come out on deck, sbe| i eet the welcomers, but! cho: arranged for ber. to go out on deck for the phocgrapiers, She bravely smiled through that laughed once or Lands Before Others. At the pier st the foot of West Twven- she an went ashore ahead of ey, were escorted Biesreeath street entran Ib Be rats incident of thovgie was, slmost amothered by the street, where sd was’ plasing ihe SSE entrance fever wo! waving the the biclored. Trish flag, utarted Mayor's Representative ‘There, Setpere was a scramble of many-of the members INTEREST OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND PRICE TEN CENTS. TESTIFY Widow of Martyred Lord Mayor of Cork is Witness Before Committee of Investigation. GETS GREAT RECEPTION IN NEW YORK; TESTIFIES AT WASHINGTON REARING Wednesday. Dec. 5—A pa mourning, plainly he| astonished at the fanfare of the| way. accorded her and it until as- to & g MacSwiney, wid- y morning. true Irish type; She is engaging- Quarantine on uard cutters, the They ner there. the doorway of ber are be ext latoed, t@ ree'ption bad public D she a; and returned to her 8s cSwiney the other pas- by. Mr. i Iris: Repubiie, was the strect, Mrs. Mace tioual, ‘Long: op, a brushed formal tton-size picture of baby pinned eaught her eye and srown bigger since a mother's tender be there was ap rowd of | thousands of men. women in black. et Inside the car. ‘Villard, ‘of Washington, and to get into the other- ved fy ordeal he wil Mrs. Terence MacSwiney, widow of the martyred Lord Mayor of Cork, arrived in New York last Saturday. he came to the United States to appear as a witness vefore the American Commission on Ireland. This body 1s now conducting an investigation into atrocities in [ Mrs. MacSwiney went to Washington on Tuesday, in order to be present at the hearing to be held before the - CATs, but when, they sere filled alt turned and headed for the botel, tbs car with Mrs. MaecSwiney leading the In ixth aud guaran, The motors moved slowly. -thied street, between Si avenues, fix little Gresced. io of the Irish republic, stood in the street. The motor in which Bre, MacSwiney PEK West Tren she returned t ere from the Carmelite Schoot in Bast Twonty-eighth street. er turning into little gray-haired women started to along: SPeside the lending automobile, bis time the ear ‘stopped at Mrs Ma ac. y's request. She took a rose fro a Tange bbuneh of ‘American Beauties pre led to her e ' Commit- te eat the ier Tad gently tossed one 6 rhe old Firth syenue a 2 ‘God Blese You, “God bless you,” came from the tot- toring woman. The procession moved long Fifth avenue many perso ont in the strost to get a closeup view of the visitor. There wero cheers from the eldewalk now end then: e steps t. Patrick's Cathe ral stood merabers of the clergy in pur- ple and black ra Op the weideral Et thelr foet was a large crowd. Aga at the St. Regis there was a chron. e police having to clear a passage @ hotel entrance. ™ ent at once, to of Ameriegn aid to Walsh, who is acting a9 her fc stopped to ber sister-in-law on he to wom rons ned Share ‘Bfenoan, alittle Irish stewardess, was assign Serb miomber of the Woman's Com- (Continued on Second Page) WANTS NO IMMUNIT SAYS MICHAEL COLLINS Belfast, Ireland, Dec. 7— Michael Collins, Irish Minis- ter of Finance, referring in a statement today to a report that his safety would be as- ured if peace were made with the British Government, said: “There has been no such agreement. No person in Ire- and or anywhere else had any authority to use my name, My personal safety does not ratter and does not count as factor in the question of Ire- and’s rights. I thank no one of refraining from murdering at the present moment ‘ere is a very grave danger hat the country may stam- de on false promises and that there may be footish and ill-imed action. My advi to the people is to hold fast.” The staternent was given out through secret channels. “EIGHTY MORE ARRESTS Dublin, Dec. 3.—About 805 more arrests were made. in Dublin last night.