Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-23
RISHPARLIAMENT
NAMES PREMIER
Four Other Ministers
Chosen at Short Session
of Sim Fein
INTEREST IS LACCINC
Politicians Expect Terrorists
Will Begin Campaign of As
sassination and Destruction
INTEREST IS LACCINC

Dublin. Jan. 23--The sim FEN par
iiament provided only a Cne-day sensa-
tion. Its members held a brief meeting
~ the Mansion House yesterday, but be
hind closed doors. Afterward state
ment Of the business transacted was fur
nj ,hed to the press thus following the
precedent Of the Paris conference
4 ~ The official report of the meeting says
that twenty-four deputies were present
- temporary prime minister was elected
Unanimously and four other ministers.
nominated by the speaker were approved
blythe parliament.
A group of 100 young men gathered
0utside during the secret session. but
no excitement of any kind was shown
The public was far more interested
In the murder Of two policemen in
.Tipperary Tuesday at the time the
9fParliament was meeting This is taken
TO signify the beginning of n new period
Of terrorism, which veteran Irish poll
ticians expect will include other assas-
sinations and attempts to destroy gov
ernment buildings snd public works.
Seeking Explosives
The extremists are exceedingly anx-
ious to get explosives. Two policemen
w-re guarding carload OF gelignite,
which was being taken to a mine. whe
they were surrounded by masked men.
The policemen were shot dead and the
explosives carried off The immediate
sequel was a proclama tion placing Tip
perary under the crimes act. which
means a regime much ike the occupied
German cities are undergoing.
The address to free nations. read at
the Sim Fein parliament. began
THE nation of ireland. having her
national independence. calls through her
elected representatives, in Parliament
assembled, upon every free nation TO
support the Irish republic by recogniz-
Ing lreland's national status and her
right to rindication at the peace con-
ference"
1t declared that Ireland was radically
distinct from England in race, language,
customs and traditions. Ireland. it said,
was one of the most ancient nations uf
Europe. She had preserved her national
integrity and Nigor intact through seven
centuries of foreign oppression and
never had rellnquished her national
rights, which she had dcfiantly pro-
claimed every generation throughout the
era of English usurpaton, down to her
last glorious resort to arms in 1916"
"arpors ~ De pus.
After referring TO her geographical
position, the address continued:
"1relands independence is demanded.
BY the freedom of the seas her great
harbors will be opened to all nations
instead of being monopoly TO Eng
land. Today these harbors are empty
and idle. solely because Ireland, IT,
revocably determined at the dawn of the
promised era of self det tsrm.nati ton and
liberty that she will suffer foreign DON'T
nation no longer. calls every free ma
tion to uphold her national claim to COM
plete independence as an Irish republic
against the arrogant pretensions of Eng
land. which was founded on fraud and
sustained by overwhelming military
occupation She demands to be con-
fronted publicly with England at the
congress OF nations. that the civilized
world, having judged between English
wrong and Irish right. may guarantee
Ireland it's permanent support for the
maintenance OF national independence.
4 Paris. Jan. 23.-Although no official
notice has been received that the COM
Ynittee named by the irish Parliamen,
In Dublin, comprising Count Plunkett
Prof Edward De Valera and Arthur
Griffith was coming TO Paris to pre-
sent the claims OF Ireland to self
determination to the Peace Conference
It has already been determined that il
the delegation secures passports its APP
plication for admission to the confer
ence to represent Ireland as an indie
pendent nationality will be passed upon
by the committee on credentials under
the rules.
This committee Is the sole judge
i initially on all applications for admission
I. 10 the conference. although possibly an
appeal might le' to the full conference
in certain circumstances.