The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-24
IRELAND PROCLAIMS
A FREE REPUBLIC
Birth Of A New Nation
Is Proclaimed To
World

Dublin, Jan. 21.-Infuriated over
their detention in Jail while their
comrades were inaugurating tho
Irish Pertinent" Sim Fein prison.
ers--how many is not known in
jail at Belfast. started a riot today,
The police interviewed and quelled the
rioters. Details are still lacking.
The streets of Dublin were filed all
day by huge crowds, which distin-
guished themselves by their orderli-
ness.
Mansion House was jammed when
the session of Dali Eireann' was
opened. There we're at least 5000
persons in the meeting room.
The declaration of independence,
read to the assemblage amid thunder
Gus and constant cheering, asserts
that "the Irish people alone have
power to make laws binding on the
Irish people,"
1t demands the evacuation of Ire
land by the foreign" garrison.
All members of the parliament SOL
EMMY rose after the document had
been read and pledged themselves
to use every effort to give effect to
the declaration. Mention of the
name OF Count Joseph Plunkett was
cheered to the echo. And the name
of Sir Edward Carson was greeted
by Kisses and catcalls.
E. j. Duggan read an English
translation OF the declaration of in
dependence. which was first read in
its original Celtic text.
Two Policemen Killed.
Twelve men, with blackened faces,
this afternoon shot and killed two po-
licemen. mcdonnell and O'Connell,
three miles from Tipperary. These
are the only casualties of Ireland's
independence day" recorded so far.
The two patrolmen were guarding the
conveyance of explosives that were to
be used for blasting purposes at a
nearby quarter.
What the twelve men did with the
explosives is not known at this hour.
The situation here Is Unexpectedly
quiet. The Irish Parliament has just
been convened, the Irish Republic
been proclaimed. and the session is
developing in orderliness and sereni-
ty. There has been no interference
by the British government so far
with the proceedings of the Dali
Eireann" Qiish Parliament.)
But the atmosphere, still as it may
seem or the surface, is tremendously
charged. Any moment may bring an
explosion. A spirit of restiveness.
daring and defiance is sweeping the
Isle Of Erin on this. the day which
the Sim Fein proclaim the greatest
in Ireland's history. '-.1.
The trouble near Tipperary is all
that has been reported so far in the
way of violence. One thing seems
certain-that if there is any sort of
recurrence of the disturbances and
the bloodshed of Easter, 1915. some
absolutely unexpected provocative ac-
ton from either side will be RESPONSE
BILE.
For at this moment the program OF
the Sim Fem is running smoothly.
and the British government officers
and armed forces in Ireland, though
known to be fully prepared for every
emergency, shows resolute determin-
alton not to interfere.
Briefly. the situation is that the
Sim Fein have resolved not to pro-
woke violence of any sort, to main
tain a defensive attitude all the way
through. viscount French, past
master in the art of suppressing re-
volts by sheer violence, is determined,
on the other hand. to apply lessons
of former experiences TO the present
situation. He refuses to give the
other side the excuse that he started
it.
In the mansion house, at the top of
which floats the Republican banner.
sits the Irish parliament The gall
leries are crowded. An army OF cor
respondents are present The pro-
ceeding are in Celtic. Not far away,
at Dublin Castle, sits Field Marshal
French. grimly silent, watehfully
His whole attitude appears
to be to the effect Now that you have
il, what are you going to do with it,
There lies the crux. II things con-
tinue as serenely as they have been
going up to this cabling. then the acid
test will not come until the Irish par
Lament attempts to act upon some OF
the measures which II is outlining in
eloquent, il somewhat antiQuated.
language.