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Vol. XV", No. 6.,‘Whole No. 752.
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 9. 1918.‘
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A JOURNAL DBVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF IRISH INDEPENDENCE, IRISH LITERATURE AND THE INTERESTS 01" THE IRISH RAGE.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
REDMONDITES WIN ELECTION IN SOUTH ARMAGII
With The ilelp Of The Ornngemen, And iiany Voters Remaining Avi'hy From The
Polls, They llelent Dr. I’ntricl dicChrIan, I'ho Is In New York And Did
Not Even Know Oi Ills Nomination lintd A few Days Ago Ila Read The
News In A Nelv York Paper-The Election I'ns Rushed, So Al To Ollie The
‘Sinn Feiners No Chsnco for A lost muss-The Constitncnoy The
Iirenirst llothed 0i Board OI Erin
DevliII‘ Chief Aid Was Born In .Itw
hundreds M Young Men Entitled
Iliheroianism In All lrelanl-Nngent.
No Regisirntion Since l9". So That
To Vole Are Deprived of The Fran-
ehise-The Envoy 01 The Provisional Government In America1 In State-
men! In The. “Evening Post." Talkie his Delent Philosophically And Say:
lie hot I hood Vote llnder The Chromium-Revolutionary Ambassadors
Everywhere Are tioing Through A Period 0i Ilord Tints, But All Are hopeIuL
he Redmndltes, yurtur .11 long series
all) a! Lha
1.1- South
0
very little iniormstion shoudt it. but
s ee ion was s nrriuuy.
Febru rusry l. snd tbs resultd or nthe poll.
in n; and on Saturdoy. It was re-
ported brinily In only two or three at
the dsily papers on buddy
to: the pullingy wsu us tol-
loDonnell! (glidmondite).
eCLriuI(
. 2,316
nFainaI’) . . . . 1.017
mondite Hilarity” 1.299
Omngemen.
one in which a Unionist cxndIdALe WI.
' nuti
ornl'w
‘ The last registration, in 1910. allowed
hu
urn in in: British nrmy at the
ride H m
with O’Neill.
his, who wns recently killed sit the
iront. Than mat the voting in ulIt
election were:
O'Neill (Redmondite)
Moynngh (Independent)
UNeill's Mniol’if!
in 909 the Unionists nomius I
t‘nndidnte unda tho rssult or the contest
WO'Nil ill (Rwednlonditti) ..
Best (Unionist)
Redm ondlte Majority. 1,532
here ore certulnly 6 ooo voters in the
now. exclusive of the hun-
undrz darsnsernen
conteyu was the shortest In re-
McC rtIn whn n
in hted
ten days tor the cum
OB. ' M'iililllli's STATEIIEIIT.
Me-
The following nthlement by Dr.
Curtain spneured New York Even.
(ml Post tI‘ll I-‘ehrlln
4'
ck‘McCh run. the sin Feinn
Candidate for the Pnrllume enury sell at at c
, Sallt
hArmngh,I (Lyrhose defeat by
a Nationalist ehndiduie was
rirr
South Arm hsud ken
he consideredh time he had “hey-2311mm?
recsiv d m tough“:
pollsd.‘ Iceordi 11g to dos .
I: to lows: Donne 1y 2.316; McCIl‘tnn”,
cCartan, who i! “the Bill! 01
hi
the people or South
; .Armsgh is overwhelmingly Catholic
eshsn
laced sell
JOHN LOAIIIIOII. WELL KllOWll
llllSH IIAIIOIIALISI. OEAD
PRDVIDENCE. R. l February 6,-
John L Gannon. who wss well known
in Irish Nullonsltsu el'eryvihens. died
.1 his revildrni-c. 69 Ouk51rset. It 8:15
11., on Sunasy. Mr Gunnnn hm
be": In iulllns hullh for u long 11111
This Iunrrll Wu held hhll (Wednrl
duy) morning.
Til: Glnln Aldrllcnx cxlend
symnsihy to the heresved volumes or
Ir. Gannon. No truer lover or lrpiand
All extended
hll nreer will bu printed in
this puper next week.
Brand-1cm He lc ’I-GMVIL
Iu suld, Hhe Iett this port on (kinder 11
tithe vessel It
llslliuxH and returned to New Yor
r
the halapmlll ”or "1:11d nnlialuln In dthis
sin nro connript u: mo lrelsvid. sndw
deny the right or Grout nrlhuln to con-
Llnuinx, in transmitting I
ure legslly exempteld train the British
Y dr Kntr
he made otdrs
mint.
them her eevor seriilcu with the British
srrnius. No dennlte statement, however.
has s on
FINDS IT DIFFICTULTn TO Coll-
“nEvu
3 Om) miles Iwny,
"My husk is msds no easier by the (3:15
Inst Lilo Iniormstiun ihst 1w wus nomi-
uied through s news item
1 s New Yorlrauorning paper, sud th
I bsve since not been nhlu o g on s
hint or what ws. huppenihs In South
The very prince or o u .
snti 1 ms to bs’in c 1.11 o! the
It 1 my venturt. 1
Irish cannot-h ll)-
oulh Ann
raglan whers s
111-111 rousin 11. .nd
Forges iu irelsu
In: oil in
evidem results byd hls polleyo at him 1
1113 [ha Republicuns 11nd no t disarming destroy lho trudltlonul lrlendshlp whlrh
the
care to pied sthem
tho election results In the Bllilc prov-
Incss unless stile Germ
wit trhdli
"nun": wIn not tha Ilightest hope st
' urrylug this Ulster constituency on he- co
1
11.1 .iiio thumpi- my. two;
on cledniest by 111. i presume. in order to
mm .11 opportunity roi- conducting no.
lstsr. in tort
r:
rivers to be 11 s .1
is, nthereinre. not vilthollt encourage-
“I have not yet Issrnod vihy 1 u.
owlm
ornin sled chm-tug on u .
ncsi s. vrti
grad. the Dnlslhevlkld wort-sen
ure. 0 lstcly WL‘I'L‘ trimmed in
r indictment i1-
” n“ on b Untied stiller
nllegerln lniructlon ol thel
h" Unltrd
I lmvius
Illa menial: K9! withw It'll
31323.11, u.r.....u..ic?m .
Re uhllc. 1 en lthlenn roll. by
oi the ll'isll" I: aw". To "1“ n
I
order to row"!
hnv‘nv -r-1u'duiontly ,oY-taiwe
States passport, by the .id or which, 11
to Ireland In
who: sent Inc the remit or thI. my .qu
t
y- 0“
tingulshed Irish writer
rent llrit- ' 9
. 1. give
in use It is re as economy
desirable.’ From this it is assumed Ire
thst Inss 111111 11.1 lrishm men In [rain
for n csndiduts it is . 1min 9' “1
m diilicuit to comment on
election 1n n constituency more thanll 5"
d
. press slated thst ths Engllsh'wors shout
Lila
. mncluded 'between the United sum.
the Government of "‘9
in
Loudnmll 11nd I am 1
1111 VIII: dcllvcrod to 1119 11
OEOROE RUSSELL RESIOIIS
FROM IRISH OOllVEllTiOll. "
I'iussoli ("Ali“). the dls-
hus r irued irom thu “Irish Conl‘en
lion.“ .iv rd no to . suole deep-11h
Iro don dsted rebruu-y 5. Mr.
liusseli is editor or the uni Howle-
ud the or an in!
midi unnaunf‘lnx his resignation rude;
ear 0 Run sell Ila r‘e glued
delegate 111 this lrlsh Convention.
Co
o reason (or the resignation
ventipu
IRELAND AND'FINLAND. .
9 Stan ndini; Committee or Slnn
.nst s11 ecln 1m etln 115, held recent-
ly in Dillllin pulsed the (allowing mo-
lutlon:
'As the represenmtlvel or s Nation
still hold in bondage w congrutu ulut
[hep ople or Finlnnd In their Alums:-
iiil eotshllshment at on Independent 19
public.- W
t
.5:-
without exposlng Itseli to the
room noi’ thinking
mlsslon and my only Ictivlty, In. the
United Sta
CRITIC OF BRITISH 6535012.
"1 1h llk the authorities a! the Irish
Republic were u r ed uhou
1112.er srrestod ut Hslilsx
tor the alleged orient-e which I um sold
in huvs committed In New York, the
spreudl
In 111.1 unloriuoate my. I
was rotur ed to ‘evv York. the
rison nulhorlllv-n ore-12 nine r11111.1
courted usly but the myi
plight probably lost nnthin: ll’111 rtheir
lrupsm lsllori
iudning by the IDWITnl-ihl
hs senduo rhore. his chiet ulm is
exists hslween the Irish: nd the Ameri-
nt sud
with regard to
Irish Nullonuls
Gov 111
nrtisln.
nasal oi
counlry.
‘ ,
in (III:
in this
nlo
III. u if WI were I
a the spirit or the Irish
3 t
we deny
the right or Britsln to conscrlpt us
here.
"Our Nutlonsls he e mul nl y (ugl-
ill'u from English lniuulll‘o and will9
gls dly return to ud us in lrelund. we
roqlwlt (or the em lhll fnc iliuu hem
eric. to expedlto their sItle ‘7
Am
return to [re sud. We wou uld point out
via enlom this Anglosmericun‘ ur-
rIn ell-lent rallld he conirury to e
sud to the principle. which led
resent
Goverume 1 ve been nhovrn.
by the urrot treaties which the Run-
i
s.
>
a
9.
T
u
s
mnll Illbjec
lurid. Amcrlrl. we lei-l con
mil violate this right or tree pimples
srltdrtrrmlnivllon hy rons rtpiing the
lrlsli hcru without 111 srrcoulrnt enter- 11
pin vi 111 tell Prollslouul Govern-
ment. DI hill kill: my “bur."
Lust
“1 run only exist utter such .1. tion
‘ secure In the auto
, esl.
.lsves In her ownership would “"1
spot
1,. Illd should Illa rolm‘led Ind dlmrded
A REAL PEACE CONFERENCE.
Senator Farah Introduces Relo-
ution Providing That. mall
and Subject Nations Shall Have
13 Deliberative Voice in the
Gathering-That Would In-
clude Ireland-Also Against
Secret Diplomacy.
WASIIIhGTON, I). C.' Jluull’y 81.-
Senlior BOY-II: of Idaho, hlu introduced
resolution In I still: calllnx.
unions other Ihlngl,. tor repruesuiien
i iere re oi the 11111111
sublert nuiionslitlt-I. us vol 9
Isrrer I s. This uould Include IN-
Follow the is the resolution
ineres. ‘lost I'Irn origiosre in me
imperialisiis designs or eriul
lions 1o sbsorb uud exploit umsiier or
weaker peoplan
"‘VlleYeu. sue-h deulgnl vhenevor
succesivrul. on e ulwsys resulted in the
politicu. economic .11 mar 1an
tion o neopleu whose rights were
violrted; uno . . .
"Where-n iuture prom-u uhd
hunoiueu or msnliud depend upon the
eeisbliivhment or 11 rmonlouu rel-lion.
be tween the dlrsrcul pen us or 1 e
world. no sun-1h bur moniou. reluiionri
II 1111 led
yume 111 at. its ooliuul
und emnomli‘zl trsedom- 1‘“
' erss : 11 onnlitllel. constitut-
ihs us they do in“:Jl individusls olt inter
nstinnul IIIV. huv-e s right 1
to on. tree disposition nr thelmsnlvex
urid tho Iutsrhutioosl rerornition or
is palms entity; su
rtghrdl s
or the rights or other peoples Idented
d
s. pence contennceu oi the
putt hsve ignored the slsims ot llrlull
sud n. tinnnlltlen by dsnvl Inst
onlerrn-esit
by indilicrent. hissed or houile punleu; i
d
The" declared 'purpose oi
the pment war 1 to preserve sud ox-
tend-demorrary lmong‘lh! nutious oi.
arid. most or the Inlllgsrerits hove
reputedly routed 111st this wur lu bet or
touh Wtindeenrooite i
terrier 11!“:th notions: .nn
“erWh To 111111 ny shy people sdmis
sion into the Co osnmionwr sliho i
would be sn onense to the mom Ienu‘
o1 msuklh :
“Therein", b
"Where-s.
0. Resolved. by tho
Sandie of 11111 l‘ilIt-d Ftii to am 111 1
Toni
t In indispensable to the
future perm sll ilnr t rir re 11
tout the nnllulllii rolltll‘n l um! rollnmlc
rlsht oi sni dsuhlart nutlonalltleu
b toged nmi
ti o romlle pme is nol.
to lie lllllnol‘y 11 ms he lnsnlre o by
d not 1- sintovi- eon-
lh! few ‘1. Illro
provlhiovln whirh.g lye shy ivilou on
si-d some privilr‘ge or 11111111110 on nut
eouslly shu- ed In bra
that hrrealler up... outside nsstrunre
eolilrrd by up; rountry loi- Ihn do
veiopmsht ot its potentirlliiru ihe op
roriun niyl em to
111.11 be Ire: sml open to 1111 oiliei- mun
tries on cousl trrrns.
-3. he 1 ill. vigil! oi evil rmsll .nd
berstive ranrenen
n.1iouullties into the Pence Coniersncu
disturbed beca Isngus so or
ucrouul bu sub-
ths t
0 III! s right in civil eonslity.
to liberty oi conwlxent‘enn dreligion. to
the rresu slu unsuugu sud the
pursuit or hupp
.hT ut the” rep:trlnuun or sll per
moved i'r mm
s Illeged rs.
nis the urn obiigstion or the power
immediately responsiblet
"I. st complete restitution should
mule by suc 1 r1-.
property airstroyed snd rull reburution
non: exiled or r(nl'i‘l
t11edlutelyt responsible [her eio r
re! ill piano“). on. of the
h
tnditlons or uulocrutic nn personIl no
government. th e rhlel wcupon oi despot-
m Ind
rnn hsys pop
by .11 civilised notion-
HIGH COST or ROAD REPAIRJNO.‘
The County Surveyor submitted to
perry llls1rlct ‘Coun 1 his sstlmsts.
vv-hic hvi .pprovsd, or lmemo tor mud
maintennnm-t 1he lnr
1111111:qu in nndln‘ conirlciol‘lh
other nailons and 30011
9
dusiricsotlhese tvro suit-s,
m hhuuld III! one be lit)
‘BRlTiSH NAVY IEAGUE OPPOSFS lRISil FREEDOM
Igues A Vicious hlcmornudum A: All Appeal To The Br
I And Amelia: Peoples
Against Tiling Any The Control 0i Ireland‘s Western Mon from Tile
English Ooleromeni‘Cd'ls Ireland “
Tlie lltligoland of The Atlantic." Says
It Dominates The Most Important Trlde Router M The World And Claims
That America's Interests ll‘onlil lit Injured lly lreland‘s independence. Ignor-
ing The luconlrolerlible Fsct That
l'nited Slates in The Whole World
The Irish Are The Best fri M The
The Contention That lr‘elald. II Not
Controlled By England. Must Necessarily Be [not Herman Domination Is
Wholly [uten'ahle-Thst Country. Under The Fostering Crre (If A Entire
Government. Could Support 25.030.
out People And Delend Its Independ-
euce’liuuy Miss‘ntements Iod Falsehood: In The Document. "ill The
Purpose of Turiling Sympathy Di American People All‘ay from lrelnnd.
The British Nsvy Lune hss issued
I Memonndum. Iddresoed In the Ens
llsh an Amerirsn puhllc. on “The
Siru1egtc lmiortsricu or Irelsnd to the
Allies." with the hnlumpltoh Lh
Is imporunt to Furl It. sll times Iii
land. perm rnnl ent Imllananle to
.11 or Ellisllnd‘ s Europe-11n Alllcs slid to
he er Am rii:d this present
wur. II .‘1 trunk, hlunt
confeuiarl thstu Enirluhd holds Ireland
downs mply snd pole 1y Enghndl
benellt snd mnrtnleuce.y sna thus it the Int
:hlluul) Wilton-
The reuonln. or the Nnvyu khslllei 1
hsssdu un irlse lire cruises Indl
out or .ileged Iom 1. full of onl'hblel
.nd diutonionn. Without silt-mp lint
to prov '0 it b
urs Inrontrovertlhle. or even pres ssuni nip
tive Magus el me it tor
inr lrelsh d
Eng In lid of Germany. They Itndloull!
omit ull mention oi the rod thut I
EIKIM sud and may expect the world
to ham-o thut her present weslrnes
must tontlnd .
Leugue is not the British
Government. In min am no
lrerlresent only. it: own organ
lu “Moe!!! lid “I: l! ”I IDPQII [0 Public
rlln are-t nrituln .nd the l nits
Staten nl‘hk’h rails-tor public discussion.
11 nvlderl s11 nrpeul tsuinsl 1ne
untiripuieo h'i‘tian o the Government in
thereioru
l‘h here should buy. 111. privilege
discussing the proposiuonu
resnrn
Irinhm
oi i'rlhkly
‘ret forth in the Memorandum
FALSE PREMISES .4th MIESTATE-
XTS
The era In Ievei‘il falsehoods and in-
ccurncie cu in 1 e documoh e :11
i7.
lthe terms or press iiilollld exclude h:11 sullen tbsl irelsnd hIn nuilhsroosl‘no;
re sn
iron 11". dou-nrisbt isl rehood.
hnI pe
dial-Io In the "hi oi lLI Mill UK min
Ireland Ill-n Kr!“ nowilzllllien in Lh!
y oi developing her remz'lr on
in Wit. Ind there in collisidrrshle Iron
beneath her soil, But Ireland could lm
Dori Iron lrnm Sweden and the United
Int-nit of England. Susi
the canon industry 11 one oi bcr
coon on Is rows 1
lisssschusoitu or Rhode Island. yet not
uisc turn is one oi the mat In
Irelsndcould
or the in
Isrturins countries
rellnd. ,
IRELAND COULD; LIVE HER OWX
'I'h Nu Ivy Leugvieru know thst then
wen over 8.500 0th People in Ireland In
1846; Lilli. in that yclri ac ounl
that
system of lgrlclllturn. to (eed i ice
number.
luhdu mion sna inulion which rnIde “‘ ‘
h
The
illlut deruluoment Is the b
h1e.r1i And 25.iloo,oooh oi lrishpeo-
thee country n1 eot indus
trly by the 11-1 s11 genius und ciphciiy tor
msnuiscturlnz. bee
demourtm ed in Amcrlcu. with control
at relnlld’n uanv-slled wuter power
rspsbillues oi elertr
would hsvo
tho Ail tut. Germ .ny
nor England would be bill? to control
[
.liy the
ycluuon at (Mill [III at to
nough. under In sntiqusted 5
them. They would be controlled soldy
irish peopln, viho Ire more
triendly io Am orics thnh sny 0111s: peo
ple inl. e uhole norm
The United Slut-s won uld be In
beneiltied by lrel und. ndl‘peudeno-L
mmrs needs Irish produiu; Irelnnd
e
u
need to tour lrelnrid u Ion ssr:
land behlved hermit and retrslneuo irom
erference with Ir elund
A Man’sTlmL‘s CONTENTION.
s. 111111 111119
Si
or ban-
edt. hie r plea in prutiuily thiu shut
preserve the 11 or the vi- rid Irv
In a ust em in perpetuu rubles-
uon lo Bristol-id sud lie rom ring
tron or developing Ilonx usiursl
lines It is t or s contention ror
uny es nshls man outside or linirlsnd
1'5 to ICCE)". Ind! nd l‘l an
-llnd‘I 1.. ur In pnlntion and upon; the uni
industries-nu been delli'verntiely sullen it is not only lsibuurd.pu1 11 1. um...
um.
The outemcnt In". the $11111 Femor-
wsnt to "hsnd orrr Iroi
runny" is u lie nude out at vihois cloth
and it too Hdll‘lllolll Lo mu war I
u on is yrogl‘lmme did not
include any on th thinr. nor doe.
VII er. nor Arlhur Grimm‘
THE STRLGGLE HAS Lssn‘o
SEVEN t‘Eh TL‘RIES.
The men or lreLund todny hhvvs the
sumo objective as Ind their unmet-mi
in the noelong struggle with Engisnd.
The demnnd tor irish lndepmdcnre dld
not berm vr e hrs-sent Europe.
my. Thu demand was put four-rd by
every Irish louder iron: Roderlt‘k O‘Con-
ih Iho
bee
K011.
y. The I‘nlted
up lrom generution to
present ds
in
Elnter “eel Rebellion in contributed
by Irish men .1111 women. sh
will incur
inlorlner
Mondl)’. April it.
1916.
emomdnm will he iounn
A FRANK AND BRUTAL PLEA.
Since the boa-g! main! of the great
struggle (or the libsrsu on or mnnklnd
r sluts
“I‘M Ill Ch emphasized the lmvol’tanl
-icoiilirioed on runs 5.)