Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-27
German Sentiment
Still Apparent in
Many Irish Cities

Correspondence Associated Press1
Dublin, May 24.-'1reland is not Ger
there is considerable element in Dub
lin Cork and other Irish cities. that is
! ready &c c-. Up the Hun" .. every
opportunity.
During the week following the arrest
of De Valera and the other Sim Fein
leaders the strains of the Watch on
the Rhine" were frequently heard on
Dublin streets, sung by small crowds
of Sim F'ein sympathizers. 1t has been
frequently recorded that Irish hoodlums
at the moving picture theaters have
Kissed pictures of British and Ameri-
can soldiers and sailors and letter
in a Dublin newspaper this week states
that moving picture audience cheered
picture Of the medal cast by the
Germans to commemorate the sinking
of the. Lusintania.
One of the most remarkable scenes
which the Associated Press CORE
spondent witnessed in Dublin was the
enthusiastic cheering of a shipioad Of
German informed prisoners, who were
Ebeing taken from camp in Ireland to
"a camp on the Isle of Man. A crowd
of several hundred persons. mostly
wearing Sim Fcin colors and waving
Sim Fem flags, stood on the quay and
sang the Sim Fein Soldiers Song
| to the departing prisoners. Many of
the members of the crowd were rela-
tives by marriage Of the informed
aliens.
| The prisoners were practically the
entire populations of a camp established
early in the war ut Oldcastle, Ireland,
! for German civilian prisoners. They
| were $50 in number and were embarked
from Dublin dock on a Sunday morn
4 ing. From an early hour their Irish
friends began gathering along both
sides of the river A strong military
| force was present and took complete
possession Of the quay alongside which
| the steamer was berthed.
Before the special train carrying the
prisoners arrived at the dock. there APP
peared a freight train of ten cars, con-
tanning the baggage" Of the Germans.
| This amounted to ten carloads of the
most unusual baggage that was ever
handled on the bank Of the River
1 mere "eic ptdIloS, dOuplC-
bass violins, and the whole set OF in
struments for the camp band; there
were sailors sea trunks Of great vari-
ETY.: there was grandfather clock of
huge proportions and a complete set
of theatrical properties" and stage
scenery, which told of entertainments
past or for future production.
! Khaki clad dockmen perspired over
the job Of arranging these mountains
Of baggage into sings, hosting them on
board the steamer and slowing the
stuff away in the hoid.-
The train with the German and
Austrian travellers arrived in the sta :
ton across the road from the river
and was cheered by the crowd outside
the gates. Handkerchief were waved
! 5;y- the women and the prisoners waved
back out of the train windows.
Several times the crowd made rush
towards the quayside but the military
and police allowed no entrance to the
dock sheds and the crowd of oniook-
| ers finally took up positions on top OF
lumber piles lower down the river wall
where the boat could be seen and
cheered as it started down the river.
Sim Fein scarfs and ribbons were
worn by most of the women in the
crowd. A similar crowd quickly coll
lected on the south wall across the
river, where the men and women sang
over and over the Sim Fein song and
cheered themselves hoarse as the de-
portees were brought onto the decks
Of the steamer.
! Then suddenly the strains of a brass
band, playing medley of German airs
ioated out on the water. 1t was the
aliens camp band in action. As they
played. the boat started. cheers were
raised again. the steamer gained head.
/. way, the cheering died down and the
crowds began to disperse. The soldiers
and police on the docks fled back, tc
their barracks and the festivities were
over.