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FEELING OF INDIGNATION PREVAILS
IRELAND INDIGNANT OVER ENUMERATION CAPTAIN BOWEN
coLTHURsT, ENGLANDs eurcHER-s BELIEVED TO BE SANE
CARRIED OUT ORDERS OF HIS suPER,oRs

Dublin, June 18.-Intense feeling Of
indignation prevails over the court.
martial decision finding Captain Bow
en-Colthurst insane for the execution
Of Editors Skeffington. Dickson and
Mcintyre. The evidence simply in
dicated that the captain acted queer
ly a year before and was eccentric.
Why, then, was he left in charge of an
important post, If insane. all Ireland
asks. He is generally believed to be
sane and guilty of ordering cruel exc.
cutions. The testimony was grew
some. The victims were pacifists who
opposed armed revolution. They were
unarmed when arrested at Portfolio
Bridge. The three men were shot in
the barracks containing $500 soldiers.
There were a number of prisoners.
Captain Colthurst picked out the three
editors for execution. He placed the
men at the far end of the wall, or
dered the guard to fire. Some time
after one of the officers noticed q
movement of one of SkefingtOn' g
limbs. Captain Colthurst then direct
ed the guard to fire bullets into the
body of the dying Skeffington.
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Dublin, June PA protest from all
parts of Ireland has gone up against
the decision of the Belfast conference
to partition Ireland. If arms could be
secured there would be few counties
free tonight from uprisings and armed
rebellions. The Dublin Daily In
dependent, most widely circulated
Irish paper, denounces the leadership
of John Redmond as fatal to the hopes
of the nation and demands his re-
tirement. No one of the Republican
organizations of Ireland were allowed
representation in the Belfast conven-
tion which was packed with friends
of government Office holders. The
Protestant Home Rulers object to de-
viding the country along religious
lines. Sir Edward Carson claims a
great victory over Mr.. Redmond and
his Ulster following is elated. Mr..
Redmond says the compromise will
last only until the end of war but the
Ulster Unionists regard the bill as
permanent. Speaking at Limerick
October 18th, 1913, Mr.. Redmond
said: "A unit il, and must remain
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CONGRESSMAN ASKS PRESIDENT
TO STAY SIR ROGERS Death
RESOLUTION ASKING FOR STAY EXECUTION FOR SIR ROGER
EASEMENT INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS BY sENA.sInn a.
TINE OF NEW JERSEY REFERRED FoREIe,sse GSf q
RELATIONS COMMITTEE. tol<e

A resolution requesting the Presi-
dent to ask the British government for
q stay of execution Of Sir Roger Case
ment, the Irish leader convicted OF
treason last week in London, pending
presentation of new facts, was intro
duced in the Senate last Friday by
Senator MARITIME of New Jersey. I'M
mediate consideration was sought but
on insistence of Senator Stone it was
referred to the foreign relations COM
mittee.
The text of the resolution was as
follows: whereas the Senate of the
United States has heard with deep
regret that the sentence of death has
been pronounced upon Sir Roger Case
ment, after a hasty (so-called) trial,
therefore be it
Resolved, That the President of
the United States be and he is here
by requested to ask stay in the execu
tion of said sentence in order that new
facts may be introduced"
Senator MARITIME introduced the res
olution at the request of Mrs. Agnes
Newman, Easements sister, who came
from New York to have a personal in
terview with President Wilson, but
was disappointed as he was leaving
the city and could not see her.
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AUTHOR 0F"e0Ds Save IREl lAND"DEAD
SULLIVAN, AUTHOR MANY TENDER ELEGiEs AND LOVE
SONGS, HAS PASSED AWAY-HIs NAME WILL LIVE FOREVER
As THE AUTHOR "eop IRELAND"

T. D. Sullivan, author of Ireland's
best known -antham, "Cod Save Ira.
land" is dead. Timothy Daniel Sulli-
van was born in 184S and though
brought up in small and remote
town, still had ample opportunity to
obtain thorough education. He first
tried his hand as an artist, but early
in his life showed his preference for
a literary career. He came to Dublin
at an early age and began writing for
the Nation" where his writings at
once attracted attention and the poeti-
cal genius of "T. D." was not long in
being recognized. Although he wrote
many love poems and tender elegies,
his preference was always for the
muse that stirs and cheers. AS an
illustration Of the popularity of his
writings we Gull the following from
an exchange:
A we'll known story with regard to
the "Song from the Backw0ods" will
illustrate the influence of T. D. Sulli-
vans muse. Most Irishmen know that
splendid little poem, with its bold
opening, and it's splendid refrain:
Deep in Canadian woods we've met,
From one bright island down;
Great is the land we tread, but yet
Our hearts are with our own.
And ere we leave this shanty small,
While fades the autumn day,
Well toast old Ireland!
Dear old Ireland!
Ireland, boys, hurrah!
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AN APPEAL FROM DUBLIN TO
AID The STRICKEN HOMES
AN APPEAL is BEING MADE IRsHmEN IN AMERICA
THEIR BRETHREN IN THE HOME LAND-coNDiroNs
cRIeEo AS WORSE THOSE
DONE YOUR BIT?

New York, June 26.-The only au-
thorized Irish relief fund in the Unit
ed States is in charge of the national
committee Of which Thomas Hughes
Kelly is treasurer, Beekman street,
New York. His Eminence Cardinal
Farley is honorary president, Dr.
Thomas Adds Emmet, president, and
George ]. Gillespie, chairman of the
executive committee. The committee
has the endorsement of Archbishop
Walsh Of Dublin. Donations given to
the enterprising Lady Aberdeen will
not reach the destitute families of the
victims of the Irish revolution. Other
proposed funds and several in active
operation expressly rule out from all
participation the poor women and chill
dren whose husbands and brothers
were slain in the insurrection. Amer.
leans are again advised to send all re-
mittances, intended for Irish sufferers,
to Thomas Hughes Kelly, Treasurer,
Irish Relief Fund, Beekman ST., New
York, N. Y.
The following appeal from Dublin
clearly explains the need of the fore
going statement.
To provide for those in Dublin, and
in certain other parts of Ireland, who
have suffered as the result of the re
cent insurrection.
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OF IRISH REBEL
LEADER REVOKED - APPEAL
REASONS MADE.

London, July 1.-The appeal filed in
the case of Sir Roger Easement al
leges three reasons for setting aside
the verdict of guilty of high treason.
They are as follows:
First-That no crime had been COM
mitted under the statute of Edward
III by which Sir Roger was tried, be-
cause no such crime as treason with
out the realm" was indicated in the
statute.
Second-That the Lord Chief Jus.
tice erred in the use of the term, laid.
ing and comforting the enemy"
Third-Because the Lord Chief Jus.
tice in his charge to the jury did not
properly set forth the defendants side
of the case.
Sir Roger was today transferred to
Pentonville prison. King George has
directed Sir Roger be degraded from
his order of knighthood. 49,.
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The song which was published in
the Nation in 1857, first became popu.
lar among the members of the Phoenix
soctety-who, It will be remembered,
were at work in 185S---and was car
ried to America by Captain D. J. Dow.
ling, one of the association. 1t rapid
ly became popular, both among the
Fenians, who were beginning to be
organized, and among the Irish SOL
diers who were fighting in the Ameri-
can army. Every man of the Irish
Brigade knew it, and it was often
sung at the bivouac fire after a hard
days fighting. An extraordinary in.
stance of its popularity was given by
a writer signing himself Romeo" in
the New York Irish People of March
9, 1867. ION the night" he writes
''of the bloody battle Of Fredericksburg,
the Federal army lay sleepless and
watchful on their arms, with spirits
damped by the loss of so many gal
liant comrades. To cheer his brother
officers, Captain Downing sang his ia
vorite song. The chorus of the first
stanza was taken up by his dashine
regiment, next by the brigade, next by
the division, then by the entire line
of the army for six miles along the
river, and when the captain ceased, II
was but to listen with indefinablt
feelings to the chant that came lik'
an echo from the Confederate line,
on the opposite shore of
Dear old Ireland,
Brave old Ireland,
Ireland, boys, hurrah!
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deported without trial and of about
four hundred awaiting sentence by
No doom of law condemns to priva-
tion and penalty the relatives of i'm
prisoned men, or the families of the
sentenced dead.
The voice of Justice forbids that in.
jury shall be inflicted upon the Inno-
cent.
Gods precepts command US to COM
fort those who mourn, to assist those
who are bereaved, and to protect the
fatherless child.
Many are the mourners in Ireland
today, many are the bereaven, many
are the children fatherless, many the
homes made desolate.
Other associations have charge of
the question of general distress, and
met its special and urgent claims.
Our association appeals for imme-
diate and national aid on behalf of
another class. not included here-the
destitute families of some three hun
dred men slain during the insurrec-
tion, of fifteen executed by Courts
martial, of one hundred and thirty
four condemned to penal servitude, of
two thousand six hundred and fifty
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K. c. ATTRACTION
ST. LOUIS CHORAL CLUB WILL
SING AT DAVENPORT CON-
vENTION.

One of the attractive features of the
national convention of the knights of
Columbus to be held in Davenport, Ia,
July 31st, Aug. 1, 2 and 3, will be the
Columbus Choral Club of st. Louis.
Mo. This is unique singing organ
ization; in fact, the only one Of its
kind within the order, and it is to play
prominent part In the entertainment
of the visiting delegates. 1t is planned
to have them appear in public con
cert in Wander Veer Park on Tuesday
afternoon, Aug. l, and they will also
sing at the pontifical mass which will
officially open the convention on Tues
day morning.
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ADDRESS OF SIR ROGER EASEMENT
Correct Report Of Death Speech Delivered BY the Famous
Irish Peer the Dock In London Court 29th When
Asked BY the Chief Justice As Why the
# Death BY Hanging Should Not Be Pronounced.
France on their royal shield down to
the union with Ireland on January l.,

France on their royal shield down to
the union with Ireland on January l.,
1901.
Did the Kings Of France resident
here in Windsor or the Tower of Lon
don hang, draw and quarter as trail
tor every Frenchman for 400 years
who fell into theF hands with arms
in their hands?
ITO the contrary. they received the
embassies of these traitors, presents
from these traitors, even knighthood
itself at the hands of these traitors,
feasted with them, tilted with them,
fought them-but did not assassinate
them by law! 4s
"The judicial assassination Of to.
day was reserved for one race of the
Kings subjects-fOr the Irishmen: for
those who cannot forget their al
legiance to the realm of Ireland.
"The Kings Of Hngland. as such, had
no rights in Ireland up to the time oi
Henry VIII, save sssuch as rested on
the contract Of mutual obligation en-
tered into between them and certain
princes, chiefs and lords of Ireland
This form of legal right, such as II
was, gave no king5of England the law
full power to impsach an Irishman fol
high treason under this statute o.
| Kino rS3x,,ou,3 TYffst
And what is tie fundamental char
ter of an Englishmans liberty? Tha
he be tried by hh peers.
with all respect, assert that thi
court is to me-An Irishman charged
with this defenie-a foreign court
this jury is for mean Irishman-no
} a jury Of my peers, to try me in thi
} vital issue, for it is patent to ever
mans conscience. that it is his inde
feasible right, if,tr1ed at all. under thi
statute fog higk ieeaesn, that he b
, tried in Ireland before an Irish coul
and by an Irish jury.
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ARCHBISHOP GLENNoN's PRAYER.
Archbishop Glennon of st. Louis Of
ferred the following prayer when the

Archbishop Glennon of St. Louis Of
ferred the following prayer when the
democratic national convention was
called to order on June 18th:
"Omnipotent, eternal God, Master of
nations and of men, we humbly be.
seech Thy protection and benedictiOn.
Thou hast made us in Thine own
image and likeness; drive from our
hearts the blood lust and barbarism of
the jungle; preserve our nation in
peace-peace rooted in honor Our
trust in Thee is absolute; grant that
our trust in Thy people, whatever their
nation, may not be in vain. Give US
strength to do bravely-sanity to act
wisely-to exercise justice toward all.
Give us leaders in whom the pas.
sion of service shall supplant the lust
Of Office, strong men and true whose
patriotism shall be as broad as Amer
lea, whose sympathies shall be as deep
as humanity. ....
Drive from their hearts all mar
rowness of sect, or caste, or tradi-
tions, or locality. ...
blessed then and prosperous will
this nation be, If they who lead shall
live pure, speak true, right wrong
remember Thy kingdom and serve
Thy people,"
The delegates joined with the Arch.
bishop in reciting the Lords Prayer.
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MADE BY THEM.

that is just as splendid as the valor
of men who look death steadily in the
eyes for the dear sake of the land they
love above life.
We are all Americans, and poor
sort is he whose loyalty is confined to
the borders of any State. Still, there
is nothing unbecoming in the pride that
we men and women of New York take
in the fine, solderly readiness of our
citizen soldiers.
The guard has honored New York,
and among all the regiments 1t has
fallen to the sixty-ninth to be first to
blazon the name and fame of the city
before the eyes Of the Nation.
We are particularly glad and proud
that this is so, because there have
been little Americans who have not
been ashamed to oppose military pre-
paredness because great part of the
cost of that preparedness must be
spent to make New York City secure
The answer the Sixty-ninth gave yes
terday, and other gallant regiments
will give in quick succession, is thai
this city is always more then willing
to do here own part in the genera
defense, and that the men of New Yorl
are Just as ready to defend with theil
lives, the States Of the West and Soutf
as they are to ask the states of thu
West and South to contribute to thu
defense of New York.
To this cheap and mean politica
propaganda of the little American, ou
soldier men give the generous answe
of practical deeds and the effect IL
binding US Americans all together II
stronger bonds of common loyalty, AM
common affection, is bound to be YER
great, and we trust, very permanent.
!, We haven't all the good soldiers II
New York State of course. The coun
try is full of good soldiers, traine
or ready to be trained. But there ar
! none better than our New York citize
| soldiers, and among the New York cit
zen soldiers there are none bette
: than the fighting Irish lads who swun
, along to the music Of their ban
, through the streets lined with cheerin
. thousands yesterday morning.
b Heaven bless the lads and sen
3 them safe home again to the wome
r who wait
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Sometimes in the past the patriotism
of Catholics has been challenged by a
class of men, of whom it has been
we'll said "are invincible in times of
peace and invisible in times of war"
A striking proof of the falsity of this
statement has been recently furnish
ed by the gallant Sixty-ninth, who were
the first of the New York State troops
to mobilize on the call to arms sent
forth by the President, and it must
be borne in mind that the troops were
summoned to proceed against Mexi-
co, a country which is estimated to
be 5000 Catholic, and that they were
called forth by President who,
against the protest Of all the Catholics
and fair.inded Protestants Of this
country, recognized Carranza-the des'
troyer and pillager Of the Southern
Republic.
When the call to arms came-this
Irish Catholic Regiment was the first
to respond. This has been brought tc
the attention Of Congress by the Hon
Murray Hubert of New York, who
has had the editorial from the New
York American of June 22nd, on the
the subject of mobilization printed II
the Congressional Record, as follows
again the Sixty.ninth was the frs
to answer.
The fighting Irish showed agail
that they know how to be ready, which
is the first fundamental Of dandy fight
ing men.
Early yesterday morning they march
ed from their armory to entrain TO
Camp Whitman, and a fine sight the,
made, and we'll they deserved tn
cheers that rolled down the long Ian
tof onlookers.
There were many in the livin
hedges that lined that lane who di
not cheer. One does not expect cheer
from mothers, wives, sisters, an
sweethearts when their lads marc
faway to fight for their country an
their flag.
But Irish lads do not come by thei
courage through any craven wome
folk, and If there were no cheers o
their lips the eyes of mother and viii
and sister and sweetheart shone wit
pride in their men-and their heart
. were high and glad with the vale
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(1rish Press and News service.)

Urish Press and News Service.)
:.My Lord Chief Justice:
"There is objection possibly not
good in law, but surely good on moral
grounds against the application to
me here of this English statute, five
hundred and sixty-five years old. that
seeks to- deprive an Irishman of to-
day of life and honor, not for 'adher-
ing to the Kings enemies but for
adhering to his own people.
Being tried, in truth, not by my
peers of the life present, but by fears
of the dead past; not by civilization
of the twentieth century, but by the
brutality of the fourteenth; not even
by statute framed in the language
of the land that tries me, but emitted
in the language of an enemy land
so antiquated is the law that must
be sought today to slay an 1rishman
whose offense is that he puts Ireland
first.
Loyalty is sentiment, not law. 1t
rests on love, not restraint. The gov.
ernment of Ireland by England rests
on restraint, not love; and since it
demands no love, it can evoke no
loyalty.
| "But this statute is more absurd,
even, than it is antiquated; IL it be
potent to hang one 1rishman, it is
still more potent to gibbet all Eng
lishmen. =, .~~s.-.'ssA~s--
Edward Ill was King not only o1
the realm Of England, but also of the
realm of France, and he was not thu
King of Ireland. Yet his dead hani
today may pull the moose around al
Irishman's neck, whose sovereign HI
was not, although it can strain M
strand around q Frenchman's throat
whose sovereign he was.
4 ".F0r centuries the successors o
Edward III claimed to be the King
of France and quartered the arms o
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. But for the Attorney-Gener of
England there is only England'-there
Is no Ireland and there is only the
law Of England-no right in Ireland:
the liberty of Ireland and Irishmen is
begrudged by the power of England.
yet for me, an Irish outlaw, there
is land of Ireland, right in Ireland,
and a charter for all Irishmen to ap-
peal to as last resort; charter that
even the very statutes of England can
not deprive us of-nay, more, char.
ter that the Englishmen themselves
assert as the fundamental bone of the
law connecting the two kingdoms.
"To Englishmen l set no evil ex-
ample, for l made no appeal to them.
asked no Englishman to help me. !
asked Irishmcn to fight for their rights
III l did wrong In making that ap
peal to Irishmen to join me in an Of
fort to fight for Ireland, it is by Irish
men, and them alone, that can be
rightfully judged.
From this court and its jurisdic
tion I appeal to those whom am al
legged to have wronged, and those
whom am alleged to have injured by
my evil example, and claim that they
alone are competent to decide my gull
or innocence.
1T was not l who landed in Eng
land, but the Crown who dragged m,
here, away from my own country t,
which l returned with a price upol
my head; away from my own country
men. whose loyalty was not in doubt
and safe from the judgment of m.
peers, whose judgment do not shrinl
from.
Il admit no other judgment bu
theirs. accept no verdict except q
their hands.
Il assert from this dock that l al
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TEMPORARY RESTING PLACE OF
. POPE is COMPLETED.

The temporary resting place of Pope
Leo XIII and of future Popes is now
ready in the chapel of the Presenta-
tion, only yard or two from the spot
where Leo Kills body now lies, the
place which will be occupied in future
by the monument to Plus X. Cardinal
Merry del Val, archpriest OF the Basil
ica, inspected the work short time
ago and was pleased with the way it
had been made to harmonize with the
ancient majesty Of the Basilica. 1t
will not be long before that part is
completed by the removal of the mar.
BILE urn containing the body OF Leo
XIII, unless His Holiness Pope Bene.
dict XIV thinks the moment inoppor.
tune to remove it definitely to the
magnificent tomb SO many years wait,
ing ready in st. John Lateran.
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BULGARIAN PRINCE is CONVERT

BULGARIAN PRINCE IS CONVERT.
The engagement is announced of
Crown Prince Boris of Bulgaria and
the Archduchess Marie Alice of Aus
tria. Prince Boris, subject to Russian
influence from childhood through his
membership in the Greek Church, the
national church of Russia as we'll as
Bulgaria, is believed to have re.en.
tered the Catholic Church few weeks
ago.
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SEMINARY HEAD DIES.

The German Catholic papers an.
nounce the death of DR.. Franz Gaes.
donck. He was going to meet his
brother, the well-known Jesuit, when
he was suddenly struck down by q
heart attack which resulted in his
death
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DEATH SENTENCES MODIFIED.

Limerick, June 18.-Francis Martin,
Dennis Leahy and James Sally, who
were sentenced to death for their part
in the armed rebellion in County
Louth, have been commuted to penal
servitude for life. They are students.
18 years of age.
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the conventual Mass, tierce ard sex.
At a quarter Of seven there is break
fast and then begins their arduous
days work in the classroom and in
study. This is again Interrupted for
prayer. At q quarter of twelve the
monks say none and have their par
ticular examination of conscience; at
five o'clock there is spiritual reading,
at twenty minutes of six, vespers are
chanted; and at half past seven they
have complin, litany, and examination
of conscience. This is the order, prac-
tically without any exceptions, day
after day, year in, year out.-Ex.
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Mexico City, Mexico, June 27.-Gen-
eral Carranza announces that none
Of the American prisoners at Chihau.
hau will be executed as this is con-
trary to the law Of nations and only
practiced by savage countries. In con.
demning the British government for
the execution Of Irish prisoners Of
war, the Irish Nationalist Society Of
Mexico by resolution condemns the
British military system in Ireland as
compared with the Mexican methods
of handling war prisoners.
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A number of Tyrolese Capuchins
have taken up work at mission sta
tions in COnstantinople.