South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-12
Asserts if Paris Peace Confer
enCe Does Not Grant Inde-
pendenCe War Will Go On.
REVOLUTIONARY LEADER
IN HIDING NEAR DUBLIN
Escapes From British Prison.
EludeS Secret Service Men.
May Come to u. S.
by RALPH T.. COTCU.
tCopyright 1880


By United Press,
DUBLIN. Feb. Violence viii
Dee the only alternative renlainiu.
10 Irish patriots if the peace confer
ence az Paris fails 90 take steps 81.
extend eIf-determination To- Ir.-
land
Edward DE Valera. fugitive pre~i-
dent OF the revolutionary Sinu-Fe.u
party made this prediction To- m
two hours ago at secret midnight
interview
This means something like con-
tinued revolution until Ireland
rights are recognized" be- said His
black eyes flashed whom he said it.
his big jaw squared He spoke quiet
ly. NevertheIess ne was emphatic
Soul OF Revolution.
De Valera, American born son sf
an Irish mother and Spanish father.
is the soul OF the irish revoluuonart
movement. British secret police have
been hunting him ever since hi-
romantic escape lI days ago from
Lincoln Jail on the east coast of
England. ] am told that only fr-
persons in the United Kingdom knew
he was hiding within few miles of
Dublin. Not far from where we met
there We're thousands of English
soldiers Dublin swarms with them
+ as does an ireland. These troops tir
hated. fully equipped and armed
guard every pubic building and alI
bridges. docks and railroad station.
Their presence has created "a tens.
feeling. Many continually fear clash
es between soldiers and civilians
De Valera is risking his liberty ~
permitting this interview said tl.
Sinn-Feiner who arranged it. -Bur
the chief is willing to take tnr
chance in the hope that he viii H-
able TO get across go the America1
people a message from the Irish re-
publican government"
BIoodshcd j. Threatened
No revolutionary action wilI
undertaken in ireland until t
peace conference shows conclusit
Is that self determination viii NOT f-
4 granted. he said.
/ we hope 90 avoid violence. Ie
declared 'It means bIoodshed-
/ deaths courtsmartial and perhaDs
+ executions. But il we have Goo fgt,
again To gain our rights. f that i+
+ forced on us. We shall not hesitate.
4 ireland must have independence.
ITS a big job we've undertak.
/ gaining complete independent for
/ Ireland Tn the message T'm to write
for YOU TN try 90 give fhe Amer e.
I can people the reasons whE we fsDi
! we must have f.
We're going go win 8 thiui etcrv
man fin ireland VIII be willing n
! back us in our demands when we
make them. Meanwhile wc have our
! government completely organized
We can take over the adluinistration
OF our country at moment notice
That's what the Irish republican
government was organized FOR"
Sim -Fein leaders said today that
bv the time this is in print in Ameri-
ca. De Valera viii be- on "a ship
bound for the United States They
plan 70 smuggle him out of Ire
land Meanwhile De- fits about from
hiding place 10 hiding place 20 elud-
the British agents and does the work
Of Sinn-Fein government
Take Elaborate Precautions.
Elaborate precautions We're taken
before ] was permitted 20 see this
former professor of mathematils
who was condemned 90 death Tor
leading the lighting during the Eas-
ter rebellion.
was told 20 be waiting al -
M. at the side entrance OF my hotel
This entrance is in "a dark. narrow
street Precisely az the hour fixed. a
closed automobile halted az tha
curb. Leaving the motor runninr
the chauffeur approached and wbis-
pered my name. I got I'm hurriedlv
The inside OF the machine was lux-
uriously upholstered. In corner 81
the seat was a young Irishman who
was 10 be the guide. he was one -
- sinn-Feiner Gnciuding De Val
era) who were elected member -.
the British house OF commons -.
/ the December elections On his knee.
he held a thick, heavy cane alr,os-