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Full Title	The Gaelic American - Vol. XX, No. 13, March 31, 1923, Whole Number 1020.
Contributor	O'Reilly, Michael.
Date Added	7 February 2020
Format	Newspaper
Language	English Irish
Publish Date	1923-03-31
Publisher	New York [N.Y.] : Gaelic American Pub. Co.
Source	Joseph McGarrity Newspaper Collection
Topic	Irish Americans > Newspapers.
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OCR amaattitins: 3 x adh, >tralla, in its issue of Febru severep TO THE CAUSE’ OF IRISH INDEPENDENCE, IRISH LITERATURE” and thc Interests of the JRISH RACE Whoje No. 1020. Published Weekly at Subscription, 1 year, $2.50; DE VALERA'S DOCUMENT |S ENDORSED BY MANNIX Vel. XX. No. 13. ~ Archbishop of Melbourne Comes Aut Flat-Footed For Proposal Which Would Leave England in Full Mili< tary Supremacy in Ireland, and Guarantee Annual Tribute to King George----Approves by Inference! De Valera’s Campaign of Terror in Ireland. AN ARDENT IMPERIALIST POSING AS SEPARATIST : De Valera, Right or Wrong, Was Attitude He Assumed} When He Passed Through America on Secret Mission — Bitterly -Resented Fair Criticism of Cuban Proposal and Viciously Assailed Life-Long Republicans Who Were Not Taken in by Scheme To Lower Their Flag. { hollc Press of Sydney, Aus-| promise or war to the death with Eng- ‘b-| land while he was spending in America in efforts to destroy the only real. Re- | publican organizations. and to replace -|them by Fake Republican ones the money given-to him by genuine Repub- Mcans that would have sopplied the Irish Republican Army with the arms and ammunition, eithout which it could not possibly continue the struggle. Tre Gariic Asraicax, by reprinting from Australian Catholic papers the ex- /eellent: speeches on which Arthbishop Maifoix had lous to his visit Here, had made De| him known to Irishmen in America, as & good Nationalist, while the Irish Worlé andthe other. spe Valera, organs had “ignored but the editor at Tur Game Awenrcax fe not. fit to ait Mend an, egltsh thetstlenia ene The bot » Demiaton Home Rulers, posing as Separatists. ctorate over Ireland and “an Pesan Monrde Doo vogrees nd will fave. her powdrless ‘ iva trine for the two neighboring iMands.” _delend herselt in case of Engtish Inter- i yention for which De Yalera is now|And the man who He said bitter| thse things is now the leader of the Tomes. Amops her offerings will be} LONDON, March 25.—Owfag to ind —needtees!y on ™. . as Sorpow Thy Days| cations that De Yatera and hie Yollow. “ieee of men he did not know for maS| eraded,” “The Coulin.” and “Emer wh hauling d the Re . © Coullin,” an ere ms are in receptive attitude, x ‘acti ch be hed 10 opposed hauling down tepul _ me “an enemy of the Irish |#rewell to Cucullain. hoped that Archblebop Harty's ‘ror and a “traitor to Ireland.”| ; Mt: McLoughlin and bis committee tr pesce in Ireland may bear frult at ert Troy the orale ot sham and ue tony, tences so rampant But n “ie a “leant timely at “arch, bishop “Mannix comes out openly for Document No. 2, which would leave . abowe England in complete control of the eftice and unvwiling to Naten to the oes and ports of Treland. the sob ine cables and alr tose acknowledge the *pritieh Kine ae as. Monarch of Ireland, and have Ifelend contribute to his Royal Stipend. THE SPERCH oF ARCHBISHOP other side mais, among other things, to & geeminent Irish-American: “If John of me what he sald of root with him.” What John Perey jbedJeaid up to that time of De-Valera| Following a the ‘ctitreas of Arch- bishop Manoir, as published in the Sydney Cathoi Mc Preat \ “I could scarcely im i reer aed the concert that, though I was as null” ina tontnentiy ae clined to believe that thelr sympath! ry in more abundant Now, y any ne-| may have noticed that for some time out to no coun! Weeder. to make which would give the) measure than to. ‘Trelan Eeglish ao great advantage in js best to hot one’s peace. * earlous. light on the shnreiter of the | tunately, there has been, for some Archbistop’s mind ai js ideas ot months past, The occasion tor me, or limita of public tecussion, of public tor ay friend of Ireland, to speak of = om <affairs with pleasure or profit, inster Gazette interview otters indeed. have not been as retl- as jous; they have rushed Oni Wille, ce S{renbtsbip was pasil t! United ‘States priests in) ~~ owing to British press so said, but apparently no‘man “bet De Valera oa any right to Seumine. st be De Valera’s com. al ferences. But, (Continued on Page 2.) ST PTS TT rye . ‘ 13, Will Willis evente in Ireland bee Proposed both of | 27 "| will also contribute to the enjoyment 0. *7°! unturned im St. N.Y. reign.) $y Postage free. ‘CLANS WILL HONOR MARTYRS OF 1916 Rational President of the F.0.1. F. Will Speak Here Sunday NEW YORK, MARCH 31, 1923. Seventh Annial al Anniversary Celebration of the Ri Hotel Astor on Sunday Night —leading Singers and Famous|- > Harpist Engaged; for Occasion ‘ated Oratora to’ Speak. Surpassing all previous efforts, the, Clan-na-Gael of New York, ably assist- ed by Cum a mBan, Inc., has made lavish preparations tor the Seven nual Sanaey night next, starting at 8 ‘clock. "The orator of the evening will be Hon. Thomas F. Cooney, of Providence, R. 1, National Resident ot the Friends of Irish Freed akers will be Supreme our ustice Dantel F. Cohalan, and John Mr. Richard F. Dalton, ihe | Chairman, will be Introduced by Mr., John J. Sheahast who has been most active in of arranging the meeting | ” ned who avows his intention of sesing Able. THOMAS F. COONEY. 2 BOFIN, TERRORIST ~ LEADER, ARRESTED that ‘tt Js opened on 6 ausical Progrimie Is one othe Captured by “Free "State “Troops most Stractt r Sent to Rout Out Leitrim Nost to ra New werk sstiace tr long timé, Announcement of Progress Mr. Joae lin, the energstie Chairman of the Entertainment Com.| 12 Peace Movement’ Follows on mittee, having been singularly suc.| Cables Tolling of Many Re- ceasful tn ng services of} Verses Suffered by Irregulars some or the most celebrated artists inj Throughout South. the co DUBLIN, March 25:—General Befin, one of the chief Irregular leaders, has | been captured by Pree-State tops op erating from Sligo, eccording to an of- | ficial army report recetved here. Bofin is known as the “Irish De Wet.” He was recently at the head of ree number of Irregulars whose stronghold was in the Arigna ‘Moun- tains, County Cavan. Free State Joe MeAnallan, famous lyric tenor. | a native of Armagh, who met with in- stant success on his first appearance fn Dublin with a eauawis, th ¢ famous bart-| tone, and r ever since has ‘ succession of successes, has turned to New York ‘from a tour of the be on hand to sing ta hie inimitable °may the old ballads lL. nts en ‘be prams wn] come an- wi PEGE |S Se ear Kearney, 4: coflralte, of whow | gmonat of manana wring among. mountain fastnesses the rebels caped the Free State net, PEACE TALK RENEWED. pretive and expressive. Excejé in Irish ngs.” She ts a student of Medame ai not and thelr efforts here. Through oMices of the Charlés H. Dit:) 4 party of Irregulars, who yesterday son 7 Company they have been so. fortun- ambushed a group of Free State troops ato as to the services of Grace | near Wextord, were rounded up today Merton Stevenson, Washington soclety! 4, tne Government forces. In the bi girl, who has been acclaimed as one of the Ieregulere were Killed the world's most accomplished harpists. | 1, She will play her selections on a beau- tifat and. most valuable inetrumént, a Lyon & Healy harp. Her performances have won the highest praise from all the critics for ber finished knowledge of the sweet toned music of her instru- ment., Miss Stev full] a concert engageme: tew| y, weeks, so that an opportunity of hear: }ing her will not be afforded -| nationals suffered no casualties eter. he woe ee oi ti MORE DOCUMENTS CAPTURED. markably sweet singer, will gpen the) DUBLIN, March 21.—It ts’ reported meeting with “The StarSpatgled Ban-|that Eamon De Valera had another nar. ner,” and Mclntyfe's popular orchestra It ts IRREQULARS «DEFEATED IN MULLINGAR FIGHT. MULLINGAR, March 24. — Irregu-| lars early to-day attacked outposts of of the evening. taken into cu! Finally, while no stone has.besn left oortanea alleged to to provide a genuine Irish at- be of some im k Pe onsignor Luzio of the Sacred Con- pul sroratin at Rome. who has been sent afirm nd by le for which’ the men of Easter Week sacrificed thelr lives. The resolutions doing this will be rend by John Devoy. —-»_—_ t of. injetring into the situation, visited Cardinal Logue, Primate of Ircland, at Armagh toda: 21 IRREGULARS CAPTURED. WILLIAM J. BURKE DEAD UBLIN, March 21 y-one . sinh inaurgents were érrested today, William x ares Burke, aged forty-six, 8) including C. J. Lynch, Chiet of the Ir- - lawyer of Nassnu Street and 4 / regular putts bureau, and a mao cousin of Sustice Dantel F. Cobain ad named O'Bler of John P. Cohalan, fotmer 8 special cour! was seized with a heart attack on Mon day afternoon, March 26, at the bers Street station of the Sixth ‘Avenue elevated line « and ated ts . few minutes. body the Beach Eurest Pattee “Station ” where identifica- tion was made. Mr. Burke was born at Middletown, N. Y., and was graduated from Man-| vi hattan College and New York Univers. luc ity Law Schoo! whi bby of a motion hee wite died\ several” ears ago and | picture theatre. » No one was injured by e had been living in the canoe the explosion, but a man was serlously ie leaves a sister, Sister M: head of at Mary's Hospital e, sald to be De Valera’s er. TWO BIG VICTORIES FOR DE VALERA'S MOB ARMY. DUBLIN, March 24.—A violent explo. sion was followed by an outburst of re- w An’ o! her daughtdr were shot dead at Aughafin, County! Longford, by a raiding party. | . The daughter's husband is a National offcer and itis believed he was being sought, ‘Thirtieth Street, with burial at Middle- ro, . at-| wherever applied. is found to e Pontiff with the task h oof Imperial re fides —— Links ee Will Be Tested | Soo , He Declares. “when tke forces? at anarchy and farmed minority despotism have bee en finally overthrown and the cat country vitiitcated, Ireland wil eet her task of-wation building under con- ditions more Yavorabie th an those . Patrick at thefr annual, dinner the Bate Armory, Pitfston, Pa. on Mareb ‘1 Mr. Crawto the ‘prinepal of New York City; Municipal C ‘William E, Key, Clerk of.the Court of Kinga Count ‘ork; and _At- torney T. F. Farrell, ot Wilkes Barre.” Mayor Dante? F. tf Wilkes- Barre, was the aster. There were more than five hundred gu “AR id tke'Act r9t9, at OE Maret > ton IMPERILS draws ‘Interpretation of Britain’s By Nearly Two Over American Navy, Fuhds— Incident Fair (From Army and Nary Journal.),s ‘What appears tobe a drive against the’ present, the hall tastefully deco- rated with Americgn and Irish aed the musical programme was one of” t merit; the artists including Jamie Kelly, Mort Downey and William Kennedy, well known New York fav- tes, “This loins for the race’ upon which she now! enters, {8 richly endowed und splendid- ly equippéd for the ultimate tricmph of agatnst ish ‘pretehtions: of 94, the-British Imperial system: The con- stitution of the Iriah Free State sires t reland the implications of responsible govern- nt. This includes cabinet govern- | ment, self-government ant gor. ernment. Through cabinet forarmanent Ireland places her feet firmly of national por cralgnty. ‘or once established the ‘sponsibility to parliament and patible with subordination to tha sprit | which was the In- Grattan sgonatitu jon and which led to the downfall of he siete parliament. Thia is the great of the evolution oF Tesponstble government fn Canada—upon the con-} "| stitutional practices of which Ireland | “| takes her stand In conformity with the yz | Treaty of London—aad it reveals to us e n Ireland which, although theore ally since obsolete and which no longer ap- ply, ts: iimited only by-the spirit and vision of her people inthe final st advance by constitutional practice and international. repognition. EXPLAINS IRISH CONSTITUTION, Much has been writen about the de. feéts’ of the Iris te Constitu- tion, but it must be sald that, while. de- ‘fects exist, thé power to enforce them the jt ical ob- stacles with which the constitution is cu lish are great The Eng! mticklers er ancient* forms and cere- montes, Prerogatives of the sov- rele, now © vented im the responsible ministers’ through parliament, ore peated in the ancient formulas of days when o sovereign cerciee these ‘ives. “Their " the Irish constitution othing navo the’ attachment of the English parliament ‘to the frayed put pie and den crown of a Kingehlp ‘ing more formidetie, than a tbls symbol of the continuity of the state through all the cHanges of ministries and of parties. Be fore Tespanstble foverement, was won in England the King ruled. Today, ina more "gomocratic dispensation, he reigns/but ‘does not acts omy upon the advice | of responsible minister Even the clause in the Irteh consti-|" , A0ontinued on Page 2) je of cabinet re-! 4 peo alth a difference in the range of the ‘bound to restrictions that are tone fleets is the real bas! tor ceovea tor| re. | really the letter of j modernization Pi as, arte Government categorically denied {hat any alteration’ has been | made - fe abips of Great Britain |stnce ‘the signing of the Waval Treaf -! In response to the demiands of the Bat ae tate | “rteeent rey of bial Secres Roose’ siatament in bebalf of the Neve Dep ove ts set forth in Colonel ‘Roosevelt's! ted below... the Depgrt: sa a “ba jh q from ™ ts given out atthe epertment; repre sented that thid was a charge of all pad. faith on ite pert carvyitig out {he jtreaty. The retractions of Secretary | it really ,deal with ihe an of nyine out the provision the treaty. There {s nothing i sicher statement to Indicate, and it 1s jof the British navy does not exceed | that of thé United States Navy. The questior to, whether, the origtanl Bao of the British fleet give antage over the American Novy really determines the relative strength of the jtwo nay The original designs of the British fleet give it a range of 3,000 yards In excess of the American fleet. rc, | Httle jess than two shore miles. Su: ha the moderntzation foe yt. ime British navy ‘ba one capl- p with a range of 30,000 yards, ma 0 ‘ot ita abips have a range of 247, rards. 000 five ships with a Tange of 30,000 ya but thirteen yards’ range. The 21 ships in thet But ish navy. with 24,000 yards’ the range of the British fet at 1 090 yards. The thirteen ships in the United States Navy fix the range of the fleet at 21,000 yards. ELEVATION OF BIG GUNS. ‘To put the United States Navy on the same basis with thé British navy and thus carry out not only the spirit but. the-treaty, under the modernization programme, tt te pro to elevate the guns of the twen- ty-one ships and thus increase the fleet of the United Statés Navy to that of the British navy. The statements of the Secrelar a Stat of its fleet to gi as ‘range as that of the British fi fa nothing in the treaty which indicates secant such a of its fleet. In this connection the following 1s quoted from the treat “No retaine od capital ships or aircraft IRISH LITERATURE @ hy toa. of- the tutret guns of ;the, earns sit ‘wap dene, ’ Hughes and Acting Secretary of: the! reapect sh Navy 2080 ed, was done before February 6, defence of ch aad Une Materestsof the IRISH RACE: PRICE FIVE. CENTS. HUGHES’ BRITISH BIAS — U.S. NAVY. ny Pay! . . From Secretary of State, at London’s Bidding, Slavishly With Naval Treaty Which Would Permit - Elevation “of Guns Now Out-Ranged By Kiles----Had Approved Eng: . land’s Modernization Plans in New Haven Speech. we IN SHARP CONFLICT WITH NAVY DEPARTMENT. ‘| “Army and Navy Journal’? Points Qut There Is— Nothing in Treaty Entitling Englan ‘0 Advantage and Nothing Forbidding Adjustments: For Which -Congress Has Provided- Sample of What Would Happen If United States Entered British League. nse against air and submarine ‘at- , and subject to the following attack roteetion, providing the gree ot. isplecement thus. affected dose not ex- ed 3,000 tons (3,048 metric tons): dis- each ship. No alterat! ‘general type of mounting, of mat Tent shall be-perm! jan for an inoreane in gun ele tion of ane modernization pi wat not alter. “th , 1 peor PROTECTION: , a protection against al! tacks i iatsay provided for in the pro- Yieian’ of the treaty which 1s quoted.” What the British navy has done in thls ould not. concern our naval” authorities. It hes been admitted that . sums of money have been expert: ed by the British Government.on alters ations to give additional defense against air attacks, but this, it 1s claim. 22, when the treaty was sisued.. There 1s,“ however, nothing in the treaty to pré- hibit the British Admiralty trom don: '|tinuing the work it has already ron on {ts fleet tn this respect, It robably do this in the fut Prpurely there is nothing in The tredty to-prevent the United States fram mak- ing the sane {improvement in $6 ate ital “that hi ng eyen if this-should have tak fore the signing of the treaty, The only Imitation placed in equipping “ex. isting tonnage with blister or enti-ajr attack deck protection” is an increaa® in displacement of 3,000 tons, ‘ ‘That this provision should be invtha treaty Indicates that the framers-of thé the capital ships, The United Navy will be clearly within its rights. to equip tts ships with all of the mod oe air attack protection so long as-it eps within the 3.000 tone Tm matter of fact, it {s stated that the appropriations for modernisation will only. provide for the elevation of the guns. measu’ : seademto and will be until the Navy Départment: goes to Congreris again for additional appropriations for the mod- ernization programm ‘he only con- struction that can be Placed upon the ng activities of the British Government tn the Konnection is that it wishes to fur ih December \29, 1922, I made the follow- ing statement with reepect to altera- tions in the Britiae fonltal 8 “°Th tina constiers ble number of Britten vahips dulges have reconstructed ‘except providing’ means of carriers shall be purpose of deen fitted, elevations of turret guns tn. 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