New-York tribune., 1919-12-22
Letter From Archbishop
Walsh, Read From Dublin
Affairs, Strongly Denounc-
es Attempted Murder
ssDastardly,'' Says Logue
Mayor of Belfast Joins Car
dinal in Congratulating
the Viceroy ON His Escape

DUBLIN, Dec. ~. - A letter from
Archbishop Walsh, condemning the at
tempt on the life Of Viscoun1 French
the viceroy, was read in al the
Catholic Churches in the Dublin rio-
cese to-day In his letter the Arch
bishop said:
The attempt at assassination of the
viceroy, which startled and shocked
the city yesterday (Fridayj, calls for
the melancholy protest of every Irish
man who loves his country and who
hopes to see the present rule O.
coercive government in Ireland brought
to final close
VIII Not Bring Redress
"Is. there any rational man capabe
of deluding himself into the belief Sna-
such a method of seeking redress for
the sgovernment Of this country is
likely to help the efforts of the
righteous men who are working earn
estly with the single purpose of re
establishing in our country reign o.
liberty and justice?
MANY among US are old enogh to
not far short OF forty years ago all
Ireland heard of the murders Of Phenl>
Park. 1t was the vain hope of the ac
tors in that AWFUL tragedy that the,
We're making the future government o.
ireland (by England an impossibility.
what was the result? Wrongly, Of
course, yet all but inevitabl,. The
prospect Of reform, such as II then
was, became far DINNER instead Of
under system Of coercive government.
the like of which we must all hope and
pray we will never be condemned to
again"
Cardinal Denounces Act
Cardinal Logue. Archbishop of Ar
magh and Primate of al Ireland, tee
graz he'd Niscount French hearty con
gratulations on mis- miraculous escape
from dastardly attempt"
In denouncing the CRIME Cardina
''VSfS 1t is s4trl true tha. Il are subjected to
sharp trail and drastic repression
such as have seldom been parallel il
modern times, even by autocratiC
Russia, or overbearing Germany. with
out serious effort on the part of our
have infa4lioly obviated the present
conditions and secured tranquility.
"We have been treated like chi dren.
our nurses dangling toys and taxing
their ingenuity to keep us quiet by
devising some snadowy stsaction. Bu.
our people should be patient, knowing
that such an unnatural and violenf
state of thin-s cannot last. Above ali.
there should be no reprisals. Tha.
way hes ruin.
Holy Ireland, the land of St. Pat
.tc1r ct,a i !.
deeds of blood or raised up by the
hama Of the midnight assassin
1t is reported that the man Savage.
who was killed during the attack upon
Niscount French, participated in the
1916 revolt and was a member OF the
party of armed men which held the
High Courts against the military.
Newspaper Office Wrecked
Unknown persons tonight forced
their way into the building of The
Daily Independent" ana smashed al
the machines Of the newspaper with
crowbars The raiders are said to have
been Sim Feinors.
Before sm4shing the machinery some
Of the men entered the editorial room
and overawed the staff at work there
with revolvers. When leaving they
said: You can consider yourselves
suppressed for some time"
The incident IS attributed to un
friendly comment on the Sinn Fein
movement by The Independent"