Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-28
REQUIEM MASS OVER
MAC SW|NEY'S BODY
Church Dignitaries, Mayor of Dub
lin and Many Organiza-
tions Attend.
nv Assoc .atcd Press 20 Every Evening

nv Assoc atcd Press 10 Every Evening
london, Oct 2S-A pontifical requiem
mass wa- celebrated this morning IN 81.
George. cathedral over the body Of
Terrence NacSwiney. Church dignitaries,
the lord mayor of Dublin. the deptuy
lord mayor of Cork and dcputations rep
rc.crtlng the British parliamentary labor
party and various Irish political and civic
or CARNATIONS attended
Thousands thrunged every available
space in the large cathedral. scores stand
ing on chairs IN the asles, strainlng for
glimpse ~ the chancel where the casket
reposed or catafalque with four officers
wearing the uniform of the Irish repub-
lican army standing motionless rs guard
" honor
The caskct was surmounted hv wreaths
and the hat which the lord mayor wore
~ Chmmandaut of the Cork brigade oF the
volunteer army. The plate of the coffin
horr an inscription IN Gaelic reading
Murdered hv the fnrcign1 1r in BriNton
Prison. London. October -. the fourth
wear oi the republic ,ecd forty years.
God have mercy on his soul
IN The front pew> reserved for the family
and oficlsl delegations there was one figure
missing, the lad, Nlavorcss. who col
laps'd this mnrulpi from the strain and
tIWNffN Inl WIS liiNlAi iti llf ilfNctilN II litf
ceremony m the cathedral
lust as the services were beginning the
four men VIII, with their comrades bad
hccu guarding the body throughout the
night We're relieved hv quartet IN
cNl'an clothes which they took of as
the, stcppc,, ta their plaCHS exposing the
uniform .. the Irish Republican army.
London Get y silent vigil was kept
q - George Cathedral during the past
nlght over the ccilr If Terence Mac !
>WlneV
When dawn filtered IN through the loft,
windows ~ the gray old cathedral first
nrcpatatlons began Tor The requiem mass
which was to begin st II o'cock
The guard composed uf members OF the I
london and Cork hrgades of the IRISH I
Volunteer Army WIS changed frequently /
during thc night The men were dressed /.
D civilian clothes and did not carry arms
lhc yellow light of the candles fell on the I
green. whit md orange colors Of The /.
~lnn Fem flag drapcd over the coffin /
y Inch rested On 2 catafalque placed before I
ne high altar of tho church
MANY oi 'hr leading English prelates Of 1
'hc tathohc church were sked 20 particle .
,'atc ~ the ceremonies AZ the church i
NmunC then, were archbishop Daniel J. 4
N~nnN. ~ Melbourne. Bishop Amigo. .
y Southwark and BiShop Potter of
= Sunuth
Plans for tskIng the body to EuSton
Station thus afternoon on the first stage Of .
d, lourlc, io Ireland announced on
luo~da, u,gh' had not been altered bv
o, relatives
L'dA Nlavnrc,, Nac~wirev collapsed
rom ~'rar a.d aaNIctv this morli.g
: 1.d Wa> able - participate N the
CREME II rhc cathedral Il l> lot cx-
'crfrt she Will acopmna 1y the body of her
hushasd 70 Ircla' q
\ew Nork pc' > Ii aarourci. g
ihat the Amer,cao commission on Ire
and would meet IN Nashir gton tomorrow
and SATURDAY, - plan n public rquir,
'o conditions IN lrelg, 4. tlc { umm.ttce
n' buc Hundred GA lrcla. q today mado
lslhlIc letter from >ir tuckla' d Ccddc>
Brfish ambassador II which he express
"a douhf as - whether the truth can
1" established urtll there has bcca
ncnod oi gusc' % lrola' d.
Glasgow >co'ln-d pc, -. The police
.urprisrd hpd, of villa, dor military
iull during 2 dci fog a. two o'clock
his moru,rg rear Boutwell,. eight miles
,nhihfd~i ~ NiE~EoW SHOTS were eX-
ma gel and oa = policeman was wounded
'erlouslN Several Of the CivIlla, were ar
'csfed
This sectioa : 2 hot bed of extremists
nanv ~ whom profess Bolshevism. and
40 are Sim Feiners
Dublin Ocr p Professor Carolan.
4 Al-Hallowes College. who was wour:ded
lurnr a RAID on M home October 10.
iled of IN injuries TODAY