The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-11
IRISH PEOPLE SEIZED
POLICE SUPPRESS WILLIAM O'BRI-
EMS WEEKLY PAPER FOR AN
ATTACK ON THE KING
DID NOT MINCE HIS WORDS
CAUSTIC COMMENT ON ADDRESS
PRESENTED BY CARDINAL
VAUGHAN AND NORFOLK
EDWARD VII. ROASTED BROWN

DUBLIN, May 1O.-The police of Cork,
Limerick and other towns of Ireland
seized all the copies of Mr.. William
OBrien's weekly paper, The Irish Peo-
pie, found at the news dealers today. Ine
offending articles, it now appears, were
abusive attacks on King Edward, Cardi-
nal Vaughan and the address to the king,
which, the paper declares, was such as
might have been presented to a Legree
half a century ago.
The following are some of the person.
alities Of the Irish People, which caused
the papers seizure last night:
RICH BROWN ROAST.
Down upon his knees before an old
bald headed roue-lover of every woman
of fair features who has appeared i'll
English society for forty years, including
titled danes and as yet untitled actresses
the English gentleman perjurer of
historic divorce case, the polluted hero
of one of the most malodorous scenes in
Zolas 8 rotten novel, Mana" the center
of a score of the most disgraceful scan-
dals of the most contemplate type, down
in front of this English king, whose latest
public performance was to stigmattze on
his solemn oath the whole Catholic world
as superstitious idolaters, kneft the Eng
liSh-born cardinal prince of the church,
with "a document that might have been
presented to a Legree in a Southern plan
tation fifty years ago. but not by an I'm
Gle Tom, poor but contented, of Harriet
Beecher Stoves great story, who would
have seen his black skin stripped off
inch by inch rather than put his mark to
a document like that signed and pre-
sented by Cardinal Vaughan and the
Duke of Norfolk on his solemn oath We
do not believe he attached the slightest
fact remains-this old and worn-out de-
scendant of race of scoundrels and
practical professors of hideous immorali-
ty asseverated that most of the sacred
doctrines of the Catholic faith were idol
atrous and superstitious. He has not yet
recanted. He has not said a word to in
dicate that he did not thoroughly ap-
prove of the terms of the oath framed
In the days of Titus. The oath of a
perJurer is no less vile than that of the
reigning king: but on bended knees the
prince of the church knelt before this un-
utteraply abomlnable person Let us
presenters We're English Catholics. who
are repudlated by the only really Catholic
nation now In existence. The loyalists
Fan11sts FTSpL1Gsen[ea 6. ENGLAND only, and if the
InsIlsn catholics choose to ACKNOWLEDGE
fault Of ours" 80 '''
I'he police of London are suppressino
copies OF the Irish People forwarded he
Iore the of1lce IN Dublin was seized.
IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
LONDON, May 1O.-At the conclusion
OF the questions in the house of com
mons today John Dillon Nationalist,
moved the adjournment of the house in
oruer 10 call attention to the seizure of
the Irish People.
Mr.. Dillon complained that the action
OF the authorities was grossly illegal. and
asked whether it was due to the attack
on Mr.. Wyndham, the chief secretary
for Ireland, or to the attack on the king
Continuing, Mr.. Dillon said he was not
concerned to defend the violence of the
attack but any seizure should have been
done through the courts. Far more
violent attacks on Queen Victoria had
been made in the English papsrs without
their being seized. The present action
was blow at the liberty of the press
William Redmond (Nationalist) second
ed the motion, characterZing the article
complained of as a very proper and
patriotic attack on the conduct of the
chief secretary
After John Redmond Nationalist had
commented on the policy Of the govern
ments action in seizing the Irish People
which would simply have the effect Of
fastening attention on the article of the
irish People, many copies of which were
IN the pockets of members then in the
house. and many of which had gone to
America, Mr.. Balfour, the government
iOehNCl' ueHieu uildI the government was
attacking either the freedom of the press
or legitimate Irish agitation. He asked
was the publication of an obscene libel
a necessary weapon for the Nationali sts ?
No epithets he could employ were too
strong to describe this foul and poisonous
article. No man in that house could ex-
pect any government to allow an act of
such gross indecency to lie committed
with impunity.
John Burns (socialist) expressed the
opinion that if the article had been sub
mitted to the king he would have smiled
and thrown it into the waste paper
basket
Mr.. Wyndham in defending the seizure.
declined to 'soil his lips with reading the
attack on the king. which constituted
seditious libel. nor would he wound the
feelings of millions by propagating the
outrageous, gross and scurrilous lies Of
the article
The motion for an adjournment was
defeated by vote of 252 to GA.