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Vol. XVIL., No. 47. Whole No. 897.
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 20, 1920.
Ofice at New Yorks Me
fatter, Jan. 18,
YY, umder the Act of March 3.
1919, at the Post
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4 JOUREAL DEVOTED 10 THE OAUKE OF TRISH INDEPENDENCE. TRIS LITERATURE AND THE DPTERESTS OF THE TRISH RACE.
SP ee
(LAN-NA-GAEL REPLIES TO BOLAND: or
Cesfutes All the Falsekeeds on Which He Based His
Decision to Cut Off the Organizatien That Has Kept
The I. R. B Alive For Half a Ceatury and ‘Appeals; ==
To the Supreme Ceuacil For Reversal of. His Us-
warrastable Actioa—Detiands His Recall as Envey
And Repudiation of His Absurd Statecients, Which
Are Part ef the Prepaganda Planned at the
British Ecabassy -Deriag the. War.
The Executive of the Clan-aa-Gael hes issued the following
reply to Mr. Harry Boland’s pablic attack on-the organization:
Nov. 7, 1920.
.
To tee Supreme Cogneil of the I. R. B.
Gentlemen: Mr. Harry Boland bas™aken the wholly unjustifiable course
at Eedor x to the American Public the private relations of the I. R. B. in
Ireland acd the Cian-na-Gael in. America, and, as he bas cut off our’ means
af communication with you'for the moment, weiare.compelled to: publish our
reply, in order to in some megsure undo the nriectilelhe has done.
He has arraigned us before’ the Cogrt of Public Opidion and the Executive
Witherefore obliged to make its defeace before the’ same court
_ We respectfully protest against Mr. Boland’s decision, claiming to set by
Jour authority, to sever tht relations which have subsisted for half a centary | your sanction for
between the I. RB. and the Clan-na-Gael, and submit the following reasons
for our action:
51. Mr. Botand's action was taken without coamnitation or communication
irih the Exccative, or affording’it any opportunity fb refute the vague and
indefinite charges he makes.
, 2 His is publication ot the statement was-a ‘olation of the obligation of
fecrecy that has governed the relations between the 8 for the
.Spast fifty years and inalsregacd of the interests and ‘Jeviare of both.
“LE "3. He bases his decision on a false statement of the fact.
that the Executive has broken any agreement with the
SER Bo in te Boland 3 its envoy, is false in every. particnlar.
‘statement that Jud) ie Bees oe has exercised-a
mtroe and
5.
= be’
r or t! the active, of
Degen teed aad He sticn of
American newspapers attacking two
{ Share in-making President De Vatera's tour a success.
7, Mr. Boland condemns ae Beenie on a tramped-up charge unheard
prejudice
iutigdiction and imposes sentence by a stroke
tended every meeting of the Executive since his arrival
tional, Convention, and he has had.
court
us by privately spreading among our members th; false
charges which he now repeats in the press.
very member of the Ctan-na-Gacl is entitled to a trial, et which be exo
him,
“SL. The evidence regarding the British Embassy conferences is incontestible.
Ir /ome to us through a confession made in- the presence of foar
able witnesses by one of the men who attended them and made for the evident
Perpose of winning their confidence. And it is corroborated By other evidence
and the persistent along the same lines of 10 made the
confession an: the activities vot those who have
All these activities are directed to making a split ind destroying Cohalan.
have been ca out relentlessly and” oo the letter ever since
ought to be soficlent reason for the
Supreme Counal to stand by the: to knock down England’s most
eficient enemues in America is not a work that wrillewin the approval of the
Inth people
12 The Clan-na-Gael has (or many years been the chief factor in defeating
British intngues in America which, if successful, would have made Irish i
pendence munch more dificult of attainment, if not impossible. In this
it has been true to the highest ideals and interests of the United States, where
many millions of oar race have found a permanent home. Their work for] sion
has been of great benefit to-the Lrish Cause because the real interests
under his influence, |
of! the United States: and of Ireland are in the main, identical, England and
is fact and therefore seeks to di erupt our movement and destro;
ose leadership ts work bs ‘accomplished. It was
} which Tonized the fate against the English
League of Nations which the America 5 people buried under an avalanche of
the men under wh
men that onrsted aed materially to the greatest victory for Ireland ever
mis The world is DO looking on while the fighting men a oF Ireland are making
& new and splendid recard, but many American states: to Iretand
are grievously disappomted at the sad display of tack o of tiatemanship and
even of rudimentary political knowledge, made by whom Iretand
has ~sent here to plead her case. Instead of welding together the forces
they found here working ior Ireland, they are devoting their tnergies to
tegratic
the work of destruction and disi ion. y found us a united people
they landed and they are now working might and mai ivide us and
n leaders. The impression made on the American
down
people is very bad aad it is adlifyiog. the splendid effect of the magnificent
stand made by the Irish people at. d from all we can learn you in
the Old Land epplaed this Gestructiee | ‘work and encourage these men to go
Has Iretand lost her fine oe polit fitical instinct or are her leaders
Minded by the stupid to happenings here? Whatever
may be the cause, the policy f followed tows towards ts ia A who have done
our fall share in making the Irish Republic possible is indefensible We
solemnly war you that if the present course is persisted in disaster will
the it.
14 Mr. Boland’s high-handed action is an insult to our intelligence and
a reflection on the capacity of the race for the handling of political affairs.
Te burt the standing of the race i America at x moment when tha standing
has been retrieved from icago last June. Ms. Boland’s
9 and
disappointment and gloom that preceded er who hb:
1g, almost against hope, that the old LR. B. would prove itself equal
‘to the new wen at the our,
imposed we appeal to
you not to add one more bitter disappointment to the many whieh Ireland
bas bad 16 bear dosing the test hundred years.
Mr. tas, doubtlees, rome qualities which 6 it him for other work
in your service, but he is utterly incompetent/for his present task. We there
fore demand, his as Eavoy of bation
TRE & EXECUTIVE OF THE CEANSNA-GAEL-
NEW YORK LABOR VOTES TO
IGNORE BED CRO GROSS APPEAL
Befuses to Contribute Dat
Has Been Done: or Wa Vic-
tims of British Rule in Ireland
—Locat Council of Friends of
Trish Freedom Also Acts,
inion, com-
or
ion has done some
who aroused 8 elorm of cheers when Re
“We have read reports ot how the Red
\Cross has aided the distressed people
&
Crocs bas Dlinded to comdfitions\ in
Ireland. We have. no knowledge that
they have even sent one bandage.to.
ew YORK CLAN-HA-GAEL PROTESTS AGAINST
| senate Be Recalled by the I. B. B,,.
Which th for Half
Continued 8
fort Ttaelf. the
‘otes Full C
fidence in the. Executive and Condemns Attempts to Split the
Trish Movement in’ America.
ecutive by our
roland.
ts power to help Ireland ‘o her
strogsie to put an end to English rule,
werwhetming me-
io the
November
Jorlty of oor Race In
Presidential. Ex 2
of the
Miection on
endorsement
American
‘comfort to the British Government
extermination against the
largely
that we | ti
BOLAND’S: WARFARE ON T ON THE ORGANIZATION|=
shirk
ft!
vember: ‘siph. thoe asthe: Bed
Croes aids the suffering people of Ire-
dard. | -homelens. by the sreon,
piage, and murder of tbe British sok
Copies of wore pent.th
all branches of the John
Buckles, Gecretary of
ee ee ene
a
kk formally
teation at the society the conditions
J. Rogers, of the Ausntic Dt Division,
replied that he had referred
to National Hi
REFERRED TO BUROPE.
Assistant
muld Lyneh, National Secretary of the
Friends of Irish Freedom,
22 wrote to the National Authorities of
the Red Cross, urging
26 Mr. Gloan answered
he was ing “a very
from the Paris office of the Red ”
Mr. +h on October. 30 wrote Mr.
at
of our leaders not beeo
by
the first step to formal Recogni-
tion of the Republic tod would have ae
Loyd
“Sixth—We protest against the cam-
paign of against
cur organization fm Ireland and America
responetbilit, for their
Si
-| weeks will seo them on tho road to
health.”
bis policy of cxtecminatiog the Irieb
o
Of Men “Shockingly Low,”
After proving their devotion to Ire
the men, according to a Cork despatch,
o|at the end of their terrible ordeal “ot | *
Jagban from
the Gimp Fein
out:
“I am of the opinion,” read the mes-
our countrymen in the Cork
May a.
Arthur Grifith, founder of
organization, was gtven
now, as they were to die for
Ireland, again to lve for her.”
‘This was ted to the
nine surviving strikers Jail.
po called om im immediately, expressed be-
‘Het that Jt ta stilt possfbie to nurse the
men back to health.
“Lord Mayor MecGwinsy’s strike ac-
the purpose of attracting
id attention,” he adds, “The ‘nation
me “ahve for bis life, but the continn
it strike is only a
‘She Cork hanger sirfke began on Au-
gust ti. There were eleven
of the strikers.
the lat-
ter within a tow hoara of te death of
ey, of Cork, in {a
Brixton’ Prison, on the
an
+ th
ish Government In Ireland to Imprison |
t
EXPECTED PO'LIVE.
While the Irish Republican prisoners
in Cork Jail who brake their long .fast
fer freedom after ninetytour days, on
the advice of their leaders, aro not yot
out of danger, they aré“expected to re-
‘cover, to despatches from
ener b
ger Une within fourteen
Home Oftice!
ween are taki
vain y
ovirits, History resents né no paral
remarkadie
conclusively tut the
ed them with "cod
ot a | tren
ight, meen
The men a took i
e ners are ae
skeletons.
n wal alk ne sticks.”
e105
the prisoners grested Dr. Pearer
mo!
th a emile and
HUNGER STRIKERS IN CORK JAIL END!
LONG FAST ON ADVICE OF GRIFFITH
Nine Surviving Irish Republican Prisoners Take
After Terribls Ningty-Four Days’ Ordeal—Conditien
To Recover—Doctor Thinks They Will be Out of!
Danger In Two Weeks—aAll Are Living Skeletons.
“I am able to eat anything now, -
nsry.”
leaders to take food. Tho condition of | dactors
ped
ninetyfour days was “shockingly low." | °°)
Hngh Martane "Dail ily News
Three Month: see T
Leaves With Feeling of «
iliation—Declares Silence
Fitegerald,
other, Joseph Mepty, (who was born | Day:
23,
day of the Mayor's hunger strike ‘The
: race,
“And leave this
a little while to share in my own
jon victory
‘8
idea of
CRIME TO PRINT: PICTURE. /
OF BLACK AMO TABS" NIGTICY
Photograph Sh F
Back of Boy Fi Britixhl
Barbarians in County z
humen
is able to go an unlimited .period truth fom Treand, ad Tie Saer a
intimidated and ii
tans ort ‘he New York Wor Xn Worse 9)
“At six in the evening | gave ea ? Hooper
f
T on November
rr, editor of the Dablin Press =:
}on's Journal, Is by a Brite.
«
prisot cually A laborer named Mul
‘Their limbs are no utexer deat in Cork oa a military
twenty-seven, one of alors
m this|tbey sald that
ids orders to halt,
Food
Be
But They Are Expected
now as I
of the J
what olee can I'd0,"
glishman, except to bow my.
it they publish » they
night, November 6. The
gare a favorite “
be thrice
