The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
ADVERTISEMENT PROTEST AGAINST
 IRISH ARRESTS lightweight Members of House Ask That Speedy Trial Be Given Prisoners LLOYD GEORGE GETS
 REQUEST BY CABLE Representatives Praised for
 Stand Taken in
 Matter.

Protesting against further impris- onment without arTaignment or trial of persons arrested in Ireland for acts of a political nature, SS mem bers of the House of Representatives have sent to Premier Ilioyd George and the English Parliament, the fol- lowing cabFegram:
 With the profound conviction that further wars and acts of war should be avoided and believing that whole sale arrests without arrafgnment or trial disturb the peace and tran q1ilfity of a people, are destructive of human rights, and are at variance with that principle of liberty which is embodied in the United States Con stits1tion in the provision that no person shall be deprived of life, lib- erty or property without due process of law" the undersigned members of Congress protest against further fnnpr&scnraent without arraignment or trial of persons resident in Ire land arrested for acts of a political nature, and we ask in the spirit of American freedom and love of jus tice, out of our friendIiness to the peoples of England and Ireland and in the name of International peace, that, hereafter, if arrests based up on acts of a. political nature are made 4n Ireland, by co4or of any form of aut71orfty, the right of trial shah without unreasonable delay be ac- corded to the accused"
 Statement of Daniel T. O'Connell, Director of the National Bureau of used in connection with cab1egram sent by CongresSnen to Premier Lloyd George and the English Par 1iamenf:
 ~H is 8, fundamental principle of American liberty that an arrest of any person must be immediately fol lowed by an arraignInent, that the a.ecused may know what crime or of fense he is charged with The cable gram from the American Congress men asks simply that in the name of liberty and justice those now con- fined in the prisons of England and Ireland be told what offense they have committed in striving to win liberty and freedom for Ireland
 -fEixty-twO of the seEenty-fhree easctsd members of the Irish ParlIa- msnt, who, if they wished, could ae- eept seats in the British parliament tD which they were legally elected, are aeifffler in prison, or being hunted like fsRDK.
 The official records show that wffain fifteen months more than five thousand r1en and women have been arrested and jailed Except in a, very small number of instances, no charge is or has been lodged against them The writ of habeas corpus is not re- -cpgnfzed. Law and justice are made a mockery by the British a11- thor1ties.
 ~n is the concern of America and American Congressmen that ruthless disregard of the fundamental rights of humanity a whole should not be further countenanced in Ireland Congress protested to Russia when the Jews of Kishineff were denied humane treatment Another protest was lodged with Belgium when the CcGago natives were fn11unane1y treated. Protest was made to Spain in behalf of the 4Cubans Ireland is entitled to the same measure of sym pathetic demand for justice accorded by America to the Jews of Russia, the natives of the Congo and the Gu baanx.
 To permit English meth o6s to con- tiIBue is to invite nnassacres. Less than two weeks ago more than 40, ,oO0 men, women and children stood out side the prison at Dublin protesting against further Imprisonment o1 those political prisoners on hunger Strike. Tanks, machine guns, bayo- nets and large numbers of soldiers were there to terrorize the crying multitude.
 ~4when a spark would have set of the powder, and a. horrible massacre was suFe to follow, a young gfr. averted the threatened slaughter by appealing to God. She recited the Holy Rosary. The 40, 1000 with bowed heads joined in the appeal Blood shed was ayerted.
 % ~tA11 praise to the Congressrner whOs by their cable, follow in tht country he added, "gives tt b1oOdshed. They will also save Ire. land from 71oodshed by insisting tha. Tng1ahd recognize the human right. embodied in the American Deelara, ton of Independence and the United States Constitution"
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