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A JOURNAL OF IRISH NEWS, IRISH OPINION AND IRISH LITERATURE, PUBLISHED IN
THE INTEREST OF THE REPUBLIC-OF IRELAND
f VOL 5: NO. 8
nti
office, Philadelphia, Pa,
ees an second-class matter Jan. 8. 3810, at tho poste
‘under the Act of ifarch’, 1879.
PHILADELPHIA, MAY 6,
1922
DeVALERA GETS T
_ PRICE TEN CENTS
Remarkable Series of Questions From British and American
Journalists Answered in Detail
JS SOLDER COMMENDS ISH PRES,
EXAMAPLE TO JOURRALIGTS Of BOTH SIDES
Lucid Explanation of I. ‘R.A, Difficulty A. Difficulty—Soldiers as Citizens—
Politicians as Soldiers—Distribution of the Fighting Units.
Real Effectives in War Time—Army Will Keep Its Head
and Its Objective—British Must Clear Out of Ireland; All
Ireland.
Dublin, April 19.—A-Chara. The tone of your paper
is very dignified and sets a headline in the matter of
common decency which journalists on both sides here
might copy with advantage.
‘o read a pro-treaty paper one would think that ail
who did not accept the 6th of December agreement were
lunatics, anarchists and Anti-Christs; while some Anti-
‘Treaty publications would give one the impression that
the soul of a Treaty advocate is lost forever.
Both sides agree in this: They suppress all expres-
“sions of opinion which do not fall into line with the or-
thodox Pro or Anti-Treaty.
‘The result is seen in the action of the Army in saying] t
~ “You be damned” to both parties and réadopting their
old Constitution under which an elected Executive has b
supreme control of the Army.
ihe proportion of the I. R. A.
tnder control of this Executive| still do as an excuse for accept-
is about 80 per cent. of the Pre-|ing the 6th of December agree-
Truce Army. A false impression] Ment. (There have been so
of this percentage is given by| tween the same nary tint one
taking the Army by Brigades,|has to refer to dates.)
which are in Ireland geographi- Difficulties of Unity.
cal rathet than military units, ‘The agreement most desired, i.
, Wo explain, an area is mapped] e., a working agreement between
out as a Brigade area, keeping in those who were comrades up to
view facilities for communica-| January ‘last, is fast becoming|
tion, control, etc., little attention Gare Siificuts, owing go the ace
being given to the number of ef-|aiso (with one exception) the
: fective men in each area for this | Provisional Government.
- purpose. In this way it comes| Since the Sinn Fein Ard-Fheis
about that a Brigade in one| Money has been lavishly spent to
County numbers more effective) Puy, Over men who were opposed
fighting men than a Division in| they will have sufficient bought
another County. There are three] over to get a pro- ‘Treaty verdict
Divisions, which contain two-|at the resumed Ard-Fheis.
thirds of the whole army, the| Had half the money which is
other ousthind tring, vided [nee Sone hen buy of op
“amongst 16 other Divisions. In
x this way, while the Army Execu-| t0e State Army: been spent on
arms and ammuni ion, we could
ive have the men, the Free State|soon settle the
2
the same plea afterwards and| irom #
HONOR THE TREATY
‘OH REVERT TO WAR
England’s Alternative Never Put
to a Democratic People in
History.
SURRENDER THE REPUBLIC
And Enter British Empire as a
Conquered People Is Policy of
Treatyites, Claims Childers.
Dublin, April 30—I approach the
question as ove who is deeply avd ve-
hemently, opposed to the tevaty says
6 Cities i in the New York
ut I will try to aemime fine Me
Tesh people gives, its sunct
treaty at the coming lectins Sut that t
the’ Ere Seate fa ct up. st extra
ordi Position would result from the
election will have been
‘on an obsolete register, giving no
flection "of the ‘electorate as, it
‘took a most important share
si
destiny of their ante
is a wider question still, The
a
election will be fought under the threat
of renewed war by the British. Mr. Grit
95
hough these young women
‘ith thas declared that the issue will bel of
jontinued on Seventh Page)
FRAUD TS REPUDIATED
AREAL FOR LIBERTY
Count Plunket Replies to a Chi-
cago Critic of Irish Repub-
licans,
TREATY A CRUEL MOCKERY
lrish Shocked That Any Dele-
gate Would Dare to Agree to
Such Terms as Suggested,
26 Upper Fitzwilliam street,
Dublia, Iceland, April 19, 1922,
1 Sir: I have read with curiosity
at ‘Bterest your letior in today's Trish
Independent on Jrish-America and the
eal
| pation Br.
AMAINTAIN POSITION WON
ONLY WAY TO FREECOM
England Was Beaten in Recent
War, or She Would Have Im-
posed Her Own Terms.
SUPPORT THE REPUBLIC
The Men Who Itand
Fought for It Will Not Retreat,
Appeal of Sean Nolan, T.D.
Mr. Scan Nolan, T. D., speaking at a
public mecting in West Cork, sai
‘Our nation is faced today with a
sraver question than ever before in his-
tory. What is the question of one set of
its trusted leaders asking for the dis-
stglishiment of the Republic by the wil
ople, and auother set
bi
Ireland's sovereign right
soverei
ifith and the whole of Dail
Bireann applaud
‘hole population, We ‘alt sound aus
(Continued on Soventh Page:
ign | Irish public life.
REPUBLICAN IDEAL EMERGES INTACT;
ROT A SINGLE LOOPHOLE LEFT UNEXPLORED
Complete Replies to All His Traducer His Traducers—Aititude on Coming
Elections Explicity Stated—Straightforward Arguments.
Onus for Situation on England—Army Will Stand Fast for
Republic—Every Means, Excluding Only Those Immoral,
to Save the N
Never More Opportune.
tion—Time for Real
Mr. De Valera in all his public utterances has given
a frank, open and manly statement of his attitude on the
present crisis in Ireland.
It is impossible to conceive of a leader in such dif-
ficult straits as he has found himself from friends and
foes alike, from his own countrymen and from foreigners,
who has conducted himself
with such dignity and for«
bearance as Eamon De Valera.
Arthur Griffith in an extract from his speech in
him to Parnell.
grave,
*
3 \the Ard Fheis, which we published last week, compared
The parallel is almost.complete, only he
has not yet been forced'a
Parnell was the victim of a deep laid British
living victim into an early
scheme to kill him and kill the great Irish movement that
Britain succeeded then by us-
ing some of the best elements in
‘The flower of
the Irish church, lay and clerical,
united with tried Irish patriots
——|to hound him to death, and his
ment of the Republic of
' May 7th, at 8 P.M.
[GH REPUBLICA us HEI IN GEREAANTOWE
Austin Stack, chairman of the Irish Republican delegation to the United
States; Rev. Michael O’Flanagan, Vice President,of the Sinn Fein organization
in Ireland; Captain Thomas O’Connor, Easter Week veteran, and financial
representative for Philadelphia and district of the Republican party in Ireland,
and Mr. Peter Golden, poet and orator, will speak on the present position of
the Republic of Ireland and the effort made by England to subvert the demo-
cratically elected government of the Irish people.
Only by the strong protest of the free people of the world can England be
made to withdraw her threat of immediate and terrible war against the govern-
Ireland.
The meeting will be held in St. Vincent’s Hall, East Price street, Sunday,
Party claims to have the adher-| question for all Ireland.
nce of a proportionally large A Glugger State. *
number of Brigade and Division- | , TH, whole thing is disgusting to
Bi
al Officers, some of whom have | mu
“been repudiated by their own | independ nee oad now to see
i gett
‘which I was associated was up oie fain truth is obvious that B:
, 1921, Jand_ wi to conced
to July, 1921, abie to put only as | nt, #5 pot prengred fo conce hea
many men in action at any time
as-a Battalion in whose area 1
was previously.
Politicians or Soldiers.
15 LASHES’AND 3 YEARS
FOR ROBBER IN BELFAST
Baltes April.27,—Fifteen ashes with
Tudge in the case of Frederick Lemon,
convicted of robbery with violence.
‘The use of the “eat” has been strongly.
udvocated as punishment for looting, but
|e the first instance where it is to be
> |conk STILL HOT FOR BRITISH]?
‘Two men charged at Fishguard ‘vith
deserting from the R. A. M.-C, at Co:
aid they were: taken prisoners by" the
I. Ru-A. as spies three werks ago, strip-| he
ped of. their uniforms and. threatened
with shooting. ; Ench ‘prisoner produced
4 passport, signed by a: Republican-brig-
5, anytiow,| aiier; permitting them. to pass" through
got y¢-:theth ;.the: politiciaa of-| Kingale and.get away frou Teelsud | im-
es lade excuses: for-not' get-| Bedintely. ot toyed:
nid
atin
fAvers.got-arms,
al
our own form
= CONNECTICUT DEMANDS
WAR THREAT RERIOVAL
a Boycott of All British Goods Un-
til Ireland Is-Free to Decide
tor Herself.
Resolutions,
‘Whereas, we, as Americans, are in
of. government committed
to the principle that all just government
rests upon the consent of the governed;
an
‘Whereas, the Irish people have since
the year 1172 fought and died for that
principle
and
eres, Premier Loyd George, of
ey, thatthe
realted Fre
ed under
‘Wher
Exelund, as declan
ish signatures to" the. xo:
Sate document were ot
threat of immedi
\ercas.
be-held in Zreland in the menr future, at
Pil cietion the Irieh electorate Will
15 to England's
Bremiet sate ‘avo af Beee* the | en
ee Stats or be extern
“Now, dieretore, we, officers and mem
bera-of' the Conncetest ‘State Directorate
‘of the American Association .. for the | tei
Resoen ion of the fake blic, renre-
25,000. Americans). in ineeting
25th
COYLE AS CANDIDATE
REMARKABLE RECORD
Was Never a Man Official Or-
ganizations Could Handle.
TRUSTED BY RQOSEVELT
His’ Career Here Marked by a
Continued Series of Suc
cesses.
Mr. Coyle was born to humble par-
cats ii modest circumstances, in a sub-
urb of Pottsville, in Norwegian town-
ship, Schuylkill county,
Jearly youth-in'that vic
later the family ‘removed to Mahanoy
township, where the subject of thié brief) $744
ketch dttended public sebbol uu
other bors, he
breaker’ at an earl
ie was | fe, thot the ‘umnbition, and
ent to work in the,
thi
DE VALERA’S REPORT
ON PEACE CONFERENCE
Gives 0. K. to Labor Sugges-
tions and Appeals for Post-
ponement of Elections for
Six Months.
Dublin, May 1—Hemon de Valera
issued tonight a detailed explanation of
his attitude at the peace conference last,
week, in which he calls the proposal
inde by Michael Cobian for a plebiscite
on the question of acceptance or rejec~
tion of the treaty one for “stone age
machinery.
~ Mr. de Valera in his explanation deals
Srot with his objection to, ap dection or
a plebiselte, except for all Iceland, Ye
Tenews his objection, to ‘the
Finn convention agreement
at ot ely the treaty, but the consti-
nat form should be before
|i Mr. "De. Valera make, a ny -to
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to oblivion.
All unconsciously we believe
the foul work was done, ‘The
Irish people, sensitive to-a de-| Re
gree unknown amongst other na-
tions where national honor is in
question, will tear limb from
limb their hero of yesterday if
the foul breath of dishonor but}
dim the lustre of his nam
Is England in her machiavel- |
lian unprincipled - conduct to
wards Ireland preparing the way
for such another sacrifice? The
newspapers of America are car-
rying such vile editorials on Tre-|
Jand and the Irish cause, and on
De Valera in particular, that it] a
were blindness not to see a uni-
form: effort through them all.
The big leading dailies of New] x
York, Chicago, Philadelphia and
the petty little weekly echoes of
these are carrying the poison gas
to millions of Irish readers. Ire-) §
land is flooded with journalists
who are given a latitude un-
known in any other country
passing through such a’ crisis.
‘They are allowed to interview
whomsoever they wish and pub-
lish as much or as little as they
wich.
forts to rally the people to their
allegiance to the Republic of Ire-
land has had a thousand ques-
tions ‘a day. fired at him from
every angle from every conceiva-
ble type of a journalist, His an-| conn
swers are clear, concise and to
the point, carrying conviction in} |
d.
every wor
f
Let us consider some of these
questions and the purpose lurk-) ¢
At ling behind them, and then read|"%
the answer very carefully.
<r. Collins cays the treaty ives
im only, be interpreted.
De Valera in his hesculean ef- | #50
uE grew up and solidified around his remarkable personality.
that the Irish people can be deprived of
free government and violence is being
used to aeorive ther of it, namely, the
violen ish Government thet
threatens “inmediate and terrible wae”
unless we accept Britain's terms,
No Legal Authority.
Af there is a movement toward a mili«
tary dictatorship it is because the pres+
ent executive of Dail Bireaun hes broken
its pledge to maintain the authouty of
ity from Dail Biresna wa
derives bony solely from a forei
Parlicinent
"The interpretation which Mr, catins,
the, Dress porting bim,
choo:
et
om ond my contcol.
Tspeak ‘the teuth and vee hoses argu
ments now ag before and I shall continue
10 do 0.
Q—The London Daily b saya
Teland 35 threatened. Sith he ettiog
ip of @ military despotism of a new and
Biaey monstrous kind—a “tyran-
maintained by arm
What
does vot concern us, I go-not know what
is cela fy but this 1 know, th
the threst of war by which Enelan
im
e
the Republic who svould not abide by
fhe -resuit of a free ection.
‘The action of de
solely by the desite to ze, the pale
from tho ‘besianing, 36 es salesea
be rights and iberties of the Trish peo-
Barta Available Meanc,
there 20 the
sister’ ‘and the £ a, ie'agees with:
yiolei
~The Pree Beaters aod the I. R.A.
even should that
mublie, ‘The difference are
solely by England’s threat of war oa the
Irish poople valess they abandon their
Tight to independence,
.—If the aims of the Republicans
ot be attained a other ‘means,
they seek to obtain them by violence and
armed force?
On 8 proper understandigg of the
eople. ‘Their spirit and espira-
tans Ge never. be feconelted to euch an