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V6, XVII, No. 51. Whole No. 901.
A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE OAUSE OF (KISH INDEPENDENCE; {RIBS LITERATURE AWD THE INTERESTS OF THE [RISH RACE.
NEW YORK, DEGEMBER 18, 1920.
Published Weekly at 16
Subscription “year,
‘ereign, $3. Scare free.
William S:..
Saree acerca gates Jen18, toro. ar the Post
£
woder
the Act of March 3. 1879.
BRITISH BURN DOWN CORK CITY
“Black and Tans,” in Revenge For Being Ambushed,|&
Set Fire to the City and\Slaughter Many Peopl
Whole Streets Wiped Out-in the Business District
And Thousands Left Homeless, Without , Food Or|**
Shelter---Englishmen Break Into Houses and Murder
Indiscriminately---Worst Atrocity in all History,
WIPED OUT “BLAOK AND TAN8.” | fon were leaving.
ne the | TUeeday_ moraine,” 0
on huting of «tomb st? Sees Bain urday (Gent. “A man rushed up to thim ex
Thi claiming “You are th
uight into a police lorry on its: way
Fed. | trom Dillon's to the) Son? They Ten’
ity. The terrific e: wrecked | *¢¢ we ‘those rufians bere dove to my
Fee ee ee eer focrtoan |2hop.'Cmald the man. “Tf ‘them
“Black and:'Tans" were nin the | 9 Hop. scxittery pol stay: | -
roadway, The tora and bleeding baties |‘ at the hotel heard the man's sl
were carried into shops and thence to . hen Dr he ‘collar
. a
cele men are Pere one ted ition, [B24 drugged hint fnto’the hotel hal. He
precarious coma es d the
wr
.] smoking ruins. ‘The Cash Company’
yr the samo fiery menace that
sweeping this city.
it was.in the district of the explosion
where the fires
u | ways
sity ‘waa called out, “but: the hospitals:
10. overficwing in an ‘hour
= many “Vietlms | L were left on. the
Throwing Cromwell’s and Elizabeth’s Massacres
“Tato the Shade. ta
every one they. met in the streets bul
destroying goods
kinds toa bully. to take away, but a!-
‘The Menchester
Gus; gives.a vivid
pict 8 of tyrannical brig.
andage for which the British Govern: | ¢
tien of the Irish ‘Republi
a credit to Ireland’: They are sober
fearing.
village that is not
tarth
1
of Irland and spreatl‘térrer.
jean! Army are |
‘Therg-4s'not'a town or
gpaited.”.
jeocribed what, is
wn to America
how the “Black an@ ‘bo out night-
ly In lorries ito sees nthe young men |mén:
top
=e
RAIDS “MADE‘ON RELIGIOUS
ORDERS I¥ LIMERICK CITY
the ground floer. The window
foxes, ‘but, owing to being
ahnttered on the
and
ly—|of the gtass,
ich re-
octurnal ‘ ere, Evidontly | me the Jeoalt Order, The Crapcent, on ra
Members of t Sritinh Garris- dey Bisbt Novem
se, Visit Bev. Father Cotter wed,
Priory ap “Resjdenoo th
College of abs Senne. with Thakheptored ban: seat
[met telth elmiiar treatment, after which
S| the’ raiders
Ingress "was
gainéd by means of a ladder from, the
fin paced eetnst inst the parlor window,
wrlqnich was
i
f'to the Trish Republic
Charges Made Against I Tt are All False a1
s That Have Arizen — Mem
Support: Their Own Elected ofoen tnd Oy
of Trish ii of Lal ston Issues: Circular’ to
Out: That the Or; tion Has Done
bli to’ Its resident;
Others Responsible, for ‘tl
spe yea sd, the -plegauee of
rane Friesdy of Irish
‘guar mascomnpllhed
Rerenbe 19, 1920,
mrs, Saree and,
of Radons is be tmp ‘eln ore
BE:
eth
i
{
E
f
ireana,
‘other big shops were looted an:
‘3 Jewelry shop, the biggest 11
™ teotad and ugnieay
and store
store the ware ot of toenaie pI
ria Rae wane of rol
plost
ead
and sticks
ed,
between Winthrop
demolished and
it Street the
General ered. opt
bert bot patrols: i nrotine to shoot
took ‘up 4h
con:
{English ‘Labor Com
Characteristic. “Tnoident
: mi
streets,
In the bel terror,
lights of the whole ay went out 2
the water supply ok Then th
jarkness; was cskog by
me A big Dollding pas alight. "ke
other, and another, and another: 0
into flames,. t!
was a veri hell. :
FIREMEN FEARED BULLETS.
Firemen tor themselves
| inthe Light. to that began
the ballets
to whine through the chaos
distance.
e ban residents heard scores of
fugitives from the city tell’ of raiders
jouse to bouse, shower:
ing lead .on mail who. posed them and
thrusting torched into every. bullding
raided.
mit.
jootera on si
‘The tri devqutated covers more
than ten a
redee 0 OF BEAUTY GONE.
els gue dastraction of of, the City Hall
ft rere ‘archi:
tectaral beauty a and Cort Cork tose eltadel
of liberty. Vs
hall, 2 aud sere
at Wate hour tonlgit no statement
ad been mede by O'Callaghan, who has
ce exerting every efSctol and
Testore order and save
——--—
HOW “BLAOK AND TANS”
“PRESERVE LA’
W. AND
ORDER” IN” IN: TRELARD,
Commissi en mn Wit-|"
ness
enforce “law and
‘The Laborite art now ma Cork
festerdas asperienced a perfect
Tesson’ ja British, role, relana ne |e
auxiliary; péilee, wi tie British ex-
‘the onty British
cidents of ‘this kind.
{s not balt fi
‘and | fully sreved ay, “dough thelr tour
syne
SOLD. SEARCH COFFINS
oF OPS IN CATHEDRAL
——
Trish Girl Geta Letter From Her
Which
surprising
ing ntatement
great |ter Oe eee iat irl reeidlog |
Long Island from her people in Ireland,
on Noyember 20.
Writing to ery goat in New York ony]
thie irish irk
a teeter 6 yesterday
ney old me that the military searched
Qneei
the Cathedral, for guns, ete,
You ‘knee the undergrou
where tl Biahéna are urled ander the
the
Bishops cot no more Tp
pect foe “Bison or Priests’ thap ter
ney “(the trish Poon ue baving
dreadful ‘times... The, way thi
red and terrorized is beyund deecrip-
that they are prepared
\s-m phame that eons. other country does
1
Hall, and
of
officors;are in control in Cor!
cording. to, the Manchester: G
special co ‘correspondent, not gee Mio ~
rhs and ae
not
© | the
ig | Of the threatened.
. | carried
aise
bese waa he force 0 {Cardin 1 O'Con It's) it wil
‘Members. wavand the of Cardinal nel eaten
who went! to _Ire-| hom tadent histo b
suxillaries’
rey gre‘tor- |
‘on by thi
sand. Still other facts b
put on. gil
that the best results
sathat this request was
‘suspicios
fadite deal ith fnponel
by President de
pega
I @)
“Bankers,
other Wer De
oie oS) That sito 00
ore. the. entir
allocation
The oma,
‘Nq young ie is ba ip. bis, ‘bom
a alpay and dalle
their mumost, s st she Bond Certificates
and
President de Valera in care ‘of the
The aret ‘eathering, of Fepresentative
cedorp). held: in New™ work. at
Je: proposition
That the ‘Joan should ' be secured by. “Bonds”
That ¢SBosds" © of
inthe. U.S.
one more to
Rmerien f fom she foreigners who se ouat f0 to
id more ly fasten their
jose wh to the
ventually 7 ie whole stor -will
have
the“men and committees y/
Bond-Certificate issue, so
was generally complied with is beyond question. The
(Chairmen
jest amount of
le to ascertain—were
Jom had a Tange membership gave the
h the) Branch wi
ol
‘ork, but, as “often
Trish: Americaié (Friends of Trish’
which the, Irish Bond Issue was discussed,
6; présented iq. the nature of ultima
of the Irish
That fe ‘eo-operation bf the ott Prominent Irish-American
iets was to be had for ing.
sale of, tress sm should, a Pak be unders
inter by’ Ban!
the same fines and
and even as much a9 $25,000,000 could be
ind that the ase could be conducted simul
¢ U.'S. within such as
“mie” Sot the U.-S. by: Dail "Eireann was
the en Republic (unrecognized) could not
efesred_to never. did :co-operate in the
nd would not underwrite’ Bonds et the
=|MAC SWINEY’S SISTER AND WIDOW
er
the testimony of Miss
MAKE SPLENDED PLEAS FOR IRELAND:
Notwithstanding Their Great Sacrifice and Undeterred by Perse-*
cution and Suffering, They Think Only of the Interésts of
Their Country and Plead Elognently for Its. Freedom—
Show Unusual Intelligence and Fine Spirit in Their State-
ments Regarding British Atrocities in Ireland, and the Un.
British Bule—A Historic Scene in Washington.
The New York American of Decem-| men have beet murdered she denounced .
ber 9 printed the following report of |as-falres »
4 ry. MacSwiney,
sister Of ‘the martyred Lord Maver ot
Cork, before The | Nation Commission
investigating conditions in Ire-
mber,” she declared, tretana.
(tn a state-of war. ‘When Irish’ Vol-°)
unteers are killed we do not denvenes: :
the police as murderers.
one of
whom an ready to die f tor ot hie county
This ringing declaration, made by
Miss Mary MacSwiney, sister of the
Lord of Cork who died
‘on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, be-
Commiasion imves-
eating, conditions’ fn Irejand, at Be of
erocest, forth thanders "at" applanse i
from the Jazze au audience which. packed outs, _ Maccwiney denounced
ve Treland was com
alt of Southern States
. “are toe true papal te tomnd tn 1726
When you. were. fighting for InBased °
merfeans have not made the
ise al ils Mac. | ¥'
“You
wealth of the eerth,
righ
ganizations. The States
ta | Erandew
11
declaration... She ~ join
Plause apd thet, leining over, whleper
ed con) imtions.
Mrs! MacSwincy éutered the. ‘pall; at
the ‘beginaing of the aftern
Garrison viata eal.
tor of The Nation, and aise Jane ia
Addams, a mem! misaton, | While the Hogtish Government shipped |
‘She sat quietythrourbout the hearing, |food walued at. £18,000,000° out of the re
only, whispering Dal wagkes;| Country every week,. Mine” Mactwingy
tion to Miss Mi Tomorrow |eaid. She confined: th
‘she will take tho stand. “This fo famine. It was af de"
Dr. Frederick C. Howe, former Im- ioarntely planned campaign’ of" atarre :
of thing is deing attenwe-
Montana, cat with the committee.
MISS M'SWINEY TESTIFIES.
weaty yours, Bilis ABBEY |
teacher... She
great
, and, although nominally a éefent.’
Tor the Trish, It was great’ moral tic. -\)
. Since then
cour rece A .
there has been’ mo 3.4:
. * SRITIGE
Mio subject of Fontana SNputs a
on the be subject ‘o repel Bri Republican
thods bt Republieas | ea to re
tiministration. Sbe
ory with a wealth of ‘amusing and
jad anecd
“The Baia system at justice tn in'ire-
land. has broken down entirely,” Miss
MacSwiney Now , everybody,
Unionist and Sinn Felner’ alike, kee
bis cases Sinn Fela
sit
by
y
g
patriotism’ and courage since
AMERICA FLOODED WITH' LIBS,
ing in at least 90 per ela:
She British plea of law and Shier
as Aoxtiscation tor | barbarities
raid.
seats of the accused
raiment. and cited ee he
10 obtal ts for the Benn ry
eto
erica against: 5 ca
“t koow our Trlah Kio are with on!
rant to appeal to the frankly and,
to
ume. No steno Tan ‘
justity tb rutal murder.
wate eae, with apologies Son
nganaot’ ‘This mesat hid Bue
‘This meent he wi ‘eo
the ‘Srivitege of furnishing: bis:edlt in
manner be lUned, reéeive visitors,
pave chotco food and drinks, Attér. ht
nement
Glecreditabte . ¥
upon Hes)" You are told hat this
mient in Tretand {9 of 8
extracts, yuich the Basia salt a
weeks
so S eeiriel Oprione. spins, '
et
ane
that "Black and. Tan” police |. \(continved on Pove a
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