New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-03
Ma;cSwineyTo
Weak to Speak;
All Pleas Fail
None of Mercy Asked for
Lord Mayor Was Shown
to so Policemen Slain i'm
Erin, Says Sec. Greenwood
Raiders Get Army Plans
Royal Air Force Quarters
Are Looted Near Dublin:
Belfast Death List p

LONDON, Sept. 2.-Lord Mayor Ter
ence MacSwiney Of Cork was reported
to be very much weaker this morning,
but despite his rapid failing was still
bright. A sudden weakness developed
during the night, but this was some
what offset by two hours of fitful sleep.
Mayor MacSwiney's brother remained
with him in Brixton Jail all night. This
morning his brother said the Mayor
was so weak he even had to be assisted
to drink glass OF water.
The Mayor was still worse this even
ing. One of his sisters. upon leaving the
prison shortly before 8 o'clock to-
night, said that for the first time he
was unable to speak to her.
Mrs. MacSwiney and the Mayors two
sisters, Mary and Annie, took turns at
the bedside watching during the day.
Death Approaching Rapidly
But for the two hours, sleep last
night the Mayor would have been dead
this morning, said his brother. This
was the twenty-first day Of his fast.
Visitors who left the prison late to-
night said the patient was cmaciated
and that his voice was almost inaudi-
BILE.
Miss Mary MacSwiney said one Of the
foremost specialists in England visits
the prison occasionally to see her
brother. He was not called by the
Home Office, she said, but came. she
believed, at the invitation Of the prison
doctor. Mice MacSwiney reiterated, on
/ the authority of the doctor. .tnar No
food is being given Mr.. MacSwiney.
apart from occasional draughts of
t water" said Miss MacSwiney, "all that
he gets is some salts in the morning to
prevent blood poisoning"
Appeals in behalf of MacSwIney will
not be recognized h. the British gov
eminent, Sir Hamar Greenwood, Chief
; Secretary for Ireland, strongly !ntimat-
ed IN an interview with the correspond
| ent of The London Times at Lucerne
! to-day. Sir Hamar also indicated the
/ government would unswervingly adj
! here 20 it's Irish policy.
None Of the mercy which some seek
to invoke for the LORD Mayor" sale
! the Chief Secretary, "was shown the
eighty policemen who nave lost their
/: lives in ireland"
"Thc present lawlcssness in Ireland,
The Times correspondent quotes Sl'
Hamar as declaring. "is the work OF
small body of lncn who are striving
by carefully planned anarchy to i'm
pose secession from the British EN-
pire on 80 per cent of the people o.
ireland who do not want to secede."
Sir Hamar declared that if the SIM
Fem had been willing to accept any
thing less than complete Irish indie
peadence Premier Lloyd Georges pro
posal to meet Irish leaders would no
have remained unanswered. He reiter
ated the government was willing t.
grant to Ireland any form OF govern
ment acceptable to the majority OF tn
people, SO long as the rights OF tn
empire should be employed to proven
secession in Ireland.
Air Force Quarters Invaded
A Sim Fein raiding party invade
the Royal Air Force headquarters a
Baldoyle, near Dublin, Saturday night
and carried off a large number OF sc
cret military documents, including tn
army code and cipher used at the pres
ent time, according to The Daily Mai
1t is declared the coup was the mos
daring and important that has bee
attempted in Ireland since the presen
unrest in that country began:
were orders relating to the joint oper
alton Of the army, navy. air force an
the Royal Irish Constabulary; tn
! scheme Of Irish defense plans, the de
tails for lighting airdromcs for nigh
. living, and proposals for new develop
! ments Of the Royal Air Force in Ire
land. Revolvers. ammunition and feel
glasses were also taken.
CORK, Sept. 2.-The citizens pro
test against the treatment Of Lor
, Mayor MacSwiney and other hunge
strikers now contains more than 3O,Oc
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