New-York tribune., 1920-08-08
Baltic Postpones Arrival
Until Tuesday and Prel-
ateS May BE Forcibly
Taken Off at Fishguard
British May Dupe
Irish at Liverpool
Fences Erected Around
Dock; Sinn Fein Will
Attempt to Reach Liner
By Frank Getty
Special cable to The Tribune


Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 7.-Docking of
the steamship Baltic, on which Arch
bishop Mannix, of Melbourne, Aus
tralla, is passenger. has been post
poned from tomorrow until Tuesday.
This development, and the prospect
that the prelate would be forcibly
landed at Fishgp lrd, have considerably
dampened tho ardor of this city over
the arriva' Of the churchman, who
Premier lloyd George has announced,
will not be allowed to visit Ireland.
Uncertainty as to just what action
the government intends to take leaves
the Irish leaders here who have been
planning demonstrations entirely as
much at sea as the Archbishop him
self. Irish organizations at Liverpool
are continuing their preparations, al
though the prelate's arrival here is not
certainty, and already there are cvi-
dences to the contrary. There is no
excitement in the city to-day and no
evidence that there will be nearly so
many as 10000 Irish rnen and women
who arc reported gathering to wei
come the Archbishop.
Fences 10 Hide Pier
Fences have been erected outside the
White Star line pier on the Mersey
River, but they are of himsy nature
and it seems doubtful that the authori-
ties would entrust the holding back of
the thousands of ardent Irishmen to
such incompetent barriers. In fact
they are taken as an indication that
Archbishop Mannix will not be on the
Baltic when it arrives here
Assuming that the Archbishop is
coming to this port, the authorities are
doing everything possible to prevent
newspaper men and friends Of the
passengers on the Baltic from gaining
admission to the pier. "No passes
whatsoever" reads a notice posted or
the Mersey dock and at the harbol
board office.
hundred and fifty miles west of Fast
net All we'll Expect arrive Mersey
b II 5 p. m. Monday"
Harbor officials say this will near
the early landing of passengers Tues
DAY morning. The Baltic will lie in the
river Monday night, however, and her
presence will open the way to two in
tcresting possibilities in case the arch
bishop is still aboard. First, there pos
sibly will be an attempt by officials to
get Archbishon Mannix ashore secretly
under cover. Second, there will almost
unquestionably be an attempt bv some
Sim Feiners to get aboard.
Precautions May Be in Vain
The most elaborate precautions taken
by the immigration authorities can be
overthrown by Irish sympathizers
among some of those upon whom en-
forcement Of the regulations against
such a maneuver depends. For the
ployees of the Liverpool docks are
from the North of Ireland, with sym
pathies, therefore, alien to the prel-
ate's. But there is a sufficient num-
Der of Irish workers with Nationalist
tendencies, particularly with Catholic
sympathies, to cause no end of trouble
if the archbishop is brought here.
The Liverpool police fear secular
rioting and extra drafts of police are
being organized, while the military
will be held ready. Small groups Of
Irishmen, some of them in regalia,
arrived here this Afternoon from other
English cities and the Lord Mayor of
Dublin is expected Addresses of
welcome are planned by HIM and
Canon Madden. The Irish Self
Determination League, Irish societies
of Liverpool and similar bodies re-
hearsed to-day, and the procession, if
held, will march under a hundred
Sim Fein banners.
Plan to Dupe People
If Archbishop Mannix were to be
brought here tomorrow there would
be wild scenes and probably trouble
with casualties. If the authorities keep
their plans secret and succeed in mis-
leading the Irish organizations to the
last minute, then allow the Archbishop
to land early Tuesday morning, there
is likelihood that the present wave
of enthusiasm will be at low ebb.
Friends and relatives of other and
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