The Washington times., 1920-12-11
M'SW|NEy'S WIDOW
ASKS Referendum
Declares U. s. Public Opinion,
Properly Directed, Certain
To Free Ireland.
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have no other thought than to help
make his sacrifice mean something
to the land for which he died.
1.-THE British are trying TO make
America believe that our struggle
for emancipation is u religious move
ment Nothing is further from the
truth.
'Some OF the most ardent patriots
came from the north OF Ireland,
where nearly everybody is a Prot
estant. My husbands own family
originally came from there. So did
John Mitchell. / know Americans will
not accept this great falsehood.
~ cannot tell you how much l
dreaded appearing before the COM
mission In Europe such bodies are
full of ceremony and red tpe. But
no sooner had / entered the room
than / felt the spirit of America. IT
was as if we all belonged TO one big
family The sympathy of that mass
OF people was concrete thing.
81 saw Immediately the great power
OF public opinion which we have no
chance to realize in Ireland. Legis-
iators listen to the people in America.
l determined. therefore, to make an
appeal for referendum in behalf
of our struggling land.
SAYS ERIN IS HUNGRY.
sour people are hungry. They
neea immcdlate rciieI. Even those
who have money In Ireland arc driven
away from the food stores by the
.BI,ck and Tans.' These men have
killed the cattle, destroyed corn and
other crop. and burned the dnirfes.
Children arc crying for milk.
"The British are trying TO starve
into submission the spirit that sur
wives torture. But they will not sue
coed.
II know you will not let us starvc
YOU have so much. Once we were
driven to such despair that our peo-
ple were overcome with great
apathy. Now we are filled with d.
vine energy. Ireland will be frec.
II want to take theis opportunity
to thank the American people through
the Hearst papers, which nave peen
of such great assistance to our cause,
for the sympathy and encouragement
they are giving us.
INV sister-in-law and | accept the
great hospitality that has been ex-
tended to us as a tribute TO Ireland
rather than to ourselves.
Mrs. McSwiney is anxious to return
to her baby daughter in Cork.
LOVES AMERICA.
"But we are in President De
yalera's hands" she said today.
"and what he thinks best for us
we shall do willingly.
y"J do love America" she added
with girlish enthusiasm, and l
should like to see all of 1t. ! feel
quite at home here. You Americans
are so friendly, so charmingiy in
formal You are even more IN
formal than we Irish. You are very
much like us Irish you know.
New York is so wonderful she
continued. u love it. never saw
ANYTHING more wonderful than the
woolworth Building. We woui@
hive high buildings like that in
Ireland II It were not for. the British
"The great crowds in New York
would disturb me IL they were not
so friendly when ] go back there,
have been promised ride in
TIE subway.
TELLS OF FUTURE rLANS.
yves. | like the way the American
women dress. like everything
about you. love Washington. and
know | SnOuld loNe your BI'dN west
"What do l plan to DO when ] ret
turn to ireland? Devote myself to
NV baby and Ireland. My husband
would wish me to continue my work
in Gaelic. and that I shall do.
"'rhe Irish women will shoulder
arms and fight. If 1t becomes neces-
sary," Mrs McSwiney said.
but hope it will never become
necessary" she continued. at in
horrible enough that men should
fisht. Let us hope the women of the
wbrld will remain noncombatant. IL
they. TOO. take up arms and fight like
men, we can never hope for universal
peace
s,sTER-IN-Lew COMEDIES.
"The guerilla warfare In Ireland Is
M affair Cor woman to take part
in" her sistor-in-law Miss Mary
added.
"During the Easter riots OF 1910
the Countess Markievitz. now our
minister OF labor. shouldered rifle
and fought by the SIDE Of the men.
7 don't think there are more than
two other women in Ireland who
would do this. Not that the countess
did not do a splendid thing. She did
Eut IL would be horrible to me TO XIII
even a fly. There are many things
for the women OF Ireland TO do be-
sides taking part in the nghting.'