Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-07
S|NN FE|NERS HINT
THEY AGREE WITH
| DOMINION PROJECT
Leaders Intimate They Will
Not Oppose "Broad"
Home Rule.

iof the Sim Fein have intimated that,
although they desire complete separa-
ton of Ireland from England, they
would not oppose a broad measure of
dominion home rule if it can be
proved a majority of the Irish people
demand it, says the Daily Mail. This
intimatfon. the newspaper declares,
was given in response to approaches
made by the Irish peace council, badly
OF moderates from all parts of Ireland,
which has just completed plan for
dominion home rule in the island.
! Prior to adjournment of parliament,
members of this council interviewed
| Premier Lloyd George, who told them
that before submitting any scheme,
they must be ableto assure him of
sufficient support in ireland to guar
| tee that the scheme would be
| workable. This support the council
| claims to have obtained, and the
Mail asserts the premier will receive
a deputation from the organization
next week to take the initial step in
! the scheme The first thing that will
| be done. the newspaper says, will be
thecreation of a constituent assem-
bly, for Ireland, in which Ulster will
be given representation.
MacSwiney Very Weak.
Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of
| Cork, who this morning began the
| fifty sixth day of his hunger strike
| at Brixton prison. passed a fairly good
| night but did not appear very much
! rested early today, according to
bulletin issued by the Irish SeIf-De-
| termination League. He was very
weak. but otherwise there was no
! particular change in his condition, the
! bulletin added.
The noon bulletin of the league
| read:
Except that he is very tired, there
| is no change in Lord Mayor Mac
Swiney's condition The doctor who
visited him this morning says he finds
the mayors body in shocking state
of emaciation and is unable to state
how long he will live
LONDON, October 6-The Gaelic
League announced that Mayor Mac
SWiney today sent a message to his
fellow hunger strikers in Cork jail.
asking them to join him in prayer
for the intercession of God in behH If
of suffering and martyred Ireland"
Mr.. MacSwiney adds: Comrades
If we twelve go in glorious success
sion to the grave the name of Ireland
will flash in the tongue and flame
through the world and be a sign of
hope through all time to every peo-
pie struggling to be free. Let that
thought inspire U.S."
CORK. Ireland, October e.-Third
Engineer Russell of the American
! loading grain here. was shot through
the right shoulder last night while
! returning to his ship with another
| member of the crew. Russell, who
| was treated at the city hospital, said
| the missile was an expanding. soft
! nosed bullet. He heard no challenge,
| though three shots We're fired at him
and his companion. who was not hit.
Grimth Denies Report.
| DUBLIN, October 6.-Reports that
the Sim Fein organization has be-
leone divided against itself were Wig
lGriffith, leader of the organization.
iduring a long interview with the AS
sociated Press. He reiterated charges
he recently made that raids of re-
prisal were a result of calculated
policy of British government officials"
and challenged Sir Hamar Greenwood.
chief secretary for Ireland, who re-
icently denied these charges. to sub
nit them to an investigation by an
impartial tribunal to be appointed by
the British government or the United
States Supreme Court.
There will be no settlement except
upon the basis of Irish independence"
Mr.. Griffith said. The British gov
Especial effort to terrorize the Irish
people and force them to abandon
their claim for independence before
the British parliament reassembles
and the american presidential cleo
tion is held
He refused to comment on the
statement made by H. H. Asquith.
former British premier, last week in
discussing the Irish question, and
asked if the Sim Fein would enter
into negotiations with the British
government, he replied:
THE government has made US no
proposal. and is trying to ignore our
existence. We have a mandate from
our people to set up a republic. and
until that mandate is withdraw we
have no authority to accept anything
less than complete independence"
Offer to Buy Freedom.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, October g.
Members of the Knoxville Society of
Friends of Irish Freedom at meet
ing here tonight came forward with
"a proposal for the solution of the
iquestion of securing freedom for the
Irish people. By a resolution. it is
proposed that New York headquarters
of the society get in touch with the
Irish parliament to offer to buy Irish
freedom at a price mutually agreed
upon by Ireland and England.