The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-29
IRELAND Not
PRO-GERNAN, J.
SAY LEADERS
Elements In Some Cities,
However, Ready To
Cheer For The Hun

Dublin, June 29-(Correspondence
OF The Associated Press)-'Ireland
is not pro- German" declare all the
Irish leaders, but there is a consid
cradle element in Dublin, Cork, and
other Irish cities, that is ready to
cry up the Hun" at every oppor-
tunity.
During the week following the ar
rest Of De Valera and the other Sim
Fem leaders, the strains Of the
Watch on the iRhineT' were fire.
quently heard on Dublin streets,
sung by small crowds Of Sim F'ein
sympathiZers. it has been fire
quently recorded that irish hood
lums at the moving picture theatres
have Kissed pictures Of British and
American soldiers and sailors, and
letter in a Dublin newspaper this
week states that a moving picture
audience Cheered picture Of the
medal cast by the Germans to COM
meTnorate the sinking Of the Lusi-
tania.
One Of the most remarkable scenes
which The Associated Press CORE
spondent witnessed in Dublin was
the enthusiastic cheering Of a ship
load of German informed prisoners,
who were being taken from a camp
in Ireland to q camp on the Isle
Of Man. A crowd Of several hun
dred persons, mostly wearing Sim
Fein colors and waving Sim Fem
flags, stood on the quay and sang
the Sim Fem Soldiers Song" to
the departing prisoners. Many Of the
members Of the crowd were relatives
by marriage Of the informed aliens.
The prisoners were practically the
entire population Of q camp estaR)-
lished early in the war at Oldcastle,
ireland, for German civilian pris-
oners. They were $50 in number,
and were embarked from Dublin
dock on a Sunday morning. From an
early hour their Irish friends began |
gathering along the sides of the |
quay alongside which the steamer |
was berthed.
Before the special train carrying |
the prisoners arrived at the dock, |
there appeared a freight train of |
ten cars containing 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 Liffey. There were pi-
amos, double bass violins, and the
whole set Of INSTRUMENTS for the
camp band; there were sailors sea
trunks Of great variety: there was
a grandfather clock of hugh pro-
portions, and complete set Of the
atrical properties" and stage seen
cry, which told Of entertainments
past or for future production.
Khaki clad dockmen perspired ov-
er 1.-THE job Of arranging these noun
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ing them on board the steamer and
slowing the stuff away in the hold.
The train with the German and
Austrian travellers arrived in the
station across the road from the
river, and was cheered by the crowd
outside the gates. Handkerchiefs
were waved by the women, and the
prisoners waved back out Of the
train windows
Several times the crowd made a
rush towards the quayside, but the
military and police allowed no en-
trance to the dock sheds and the
crowd Of onlookers finally took up
positions on top Of lumber piles low
er down the river wall, where the
poaC could be seen and cheered as
1t started down the river.
Sim Fein scarfs and ribbons were
worn by most Of the women in the
crowd. A similar crowd quickly COL
lected on the south wall, across the
river, where the men and women
sang over and over the Sim Fem
song, and cheered themselves hoarse
as the deportees were brought onto
the decks of the steamer.
Then suddenly the strains of a
brass band, playing a medley ofGer-
man airs, floated out on the water,
It was the aliens camp band in ac-
ton. AS they played, the boat start
ed, cheers were raised again, the
steamer gained Roadway, the cheer
Ing died down and the crowds be-
gan to dispense. The soldiers and
police on the decks filed back to
their barracks and the Festivities
were over.
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