The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-07-05
CHEER HUN
WHEN
LEAVING DUBLIN
Leaders Declare People Are
Not Pro-Cerman But Ac-
tions Indicate Opposite.

enCc OF Ine ASSOClateu PTeSS) ire
land is not pro-German," declare all
the Irish leaders, but there Is a con-
siderable element in Dublin. Cork, and
other Irish cities, that is ready to cry
up the Hun" at every opportunity.
During the week following the ar
rest of De Valera and the other Sim
Fein leaders, the strains of the
Watch on the Rhine" were frequent
ly heard on Dublin streets, sung by
small crowds of Sim Fein sympathiz-
ers. 1t has been frequently recorded
that Irish hoodlums at the moving pic
ture theaters have Kissed pictures of
British and American soldiers and
sailors, and letter in a Dublin news
paper this week states that a moving
picture audience cheered picture of
the medal cast by the Germans to
commemorate the sinking of the LUIS.
itania.
One of the most remarkable scenes
which The Associated Press cores
pondent witnessed in Dublin was the
enthusiastic cheering of a ship.load
of German interned prisoners, who
were being taken from a camp in Ire
land of camp on the Isle of Man. A
crowd of several hundred persons.
mostly wearing Sin Fein colors and
waving Sim Fein flags, stood on the
quay and sang the Sim Fein SOL
diers' Song" to the departing prison
ers. Many of the members of the
crowd were relatives by marriage of
the interned aliens.
CROWDS GATHER
The prisoners were practically the
entire population of camp establish
ed early in the war at Oldcastle, Ire.
land for German civilian prisoners.
They were 45O in number, and were
embarked from a Dublin dock on a
Sunday morning. 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 appeared freight train of ten
carloads of the most unusual bag
hot hon11a1 ho
bank of the River Liffey. They were
pianos, double.bass viOlins. and the
whole set of instruments for the camp
band; there were sailors sea trunks
of great variety; there was a grand
father clock of huge proportions, and
complete set of theatrical proper
ties" and stage scenery, which told of
entertainment past or for future pro.
ductiOn.
Khaki.clad dockmen perspired over
the job of arranging, these mountains
of baggage into slings, hOisting them
on board the steamer, and slowing the
stuff away in the hold.
WOMEN CHEER
The train with the German and
Austrian travellers arrived in the sta.
tion across the road from the river
and was cheered by the crowd out.
side the gates. Handkerchiefs were
waved by the women, and the prison
ers waved back out of the train win.
dOws.
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 Onlokers finally took up pos
itions OIL top of lumber piles lower
down the river wall, where the boat
could be seen and cheered as 1t start
ed 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 Fein
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 medley of German
airs flOated out on the wfter. II
was the aliens camp band in action
AS they played, the boat started
cheers were raised again, the steam
er gained headway, the cheering died
down and the crowds began to dis
perse. The soldiers and police on the
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