Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-25

the court, saying: ct am the lord
mayor of this city and its chief mag
istrate. / declare this court illegal
and those taking part in it liable to
arrest under the laws of the Irish re-
public'' %s- u
Deported to England.
The day following his trial, Lord
England aboard a destroyer, under q
heavy military escort and was lodged
in Brixton Jail. The government an
.nounced on August 10 that hea was
sentenced to two, years imprison-
,ment.
Macswiney's hunger strike brought
numerous solicitations and protests to
the British authorities, many Of the
appeals being from sympathizers In
the United States. Even a threat
from the Sim Fein in Ireland, that.
in the event of his death, a general
strike. and serious disturbances would
appeal was taken directly to the. king
but this also proved unavailing.
During his imprisonment, the lord
mayor received numerous messages
of encouragement and also petitions
to abandon his strike. He replied to
the latter that,if he gave up his fight
he would give away Irish liberty"
and that he would rather die than
do that" = s-~tes.
..S- &nlyil, t. ret orts that sustenance
was being given; Mayor Macswiney.
1 he is being fed we do not know It, :,
while members Of MacSwtney's family
denied categorically, that food had
been given him. u ~. 49,. =
Peter MacSwiney, of New York, q
brother Of the lord mayor, is an oH-
cial OF tire American Commission Tor
Irish Independence.
I'D Given Food.
When it was seen that the lord
mayor was approaching the end. he
was given nourishnent by the prison
ness. This fact appears in statements
by the Irish Self Determination
league, and by the home ofice: The
leagues statement showed the lord
mayor as becoming extremely indig-
nant upon regaining consciousness
and realizing that he had been fed.
They tricked me. and I did not
know it," he exclaimed.
The leagues bulletin on October 21
continued this statement: "It should
be made clear the meat extract given
the lord mayor during his delirium
on the sixth day of his fast, was the
first nourishment which had passed
his lips since his arrest of August 12."
With regard to the theological as
poets of the lord mayors hunger
strike and that of the Irish prisoners
\ abstention from food shortly before
MacSwineys fast started. it was stat
ed in Rome dispatch on October II
that Pope Benedict refused the prob
lein Of status of these hunger striking
prisoners to the congregation Of the
Holy Office.
His Holiness had received many
| nouncement regarding these cases
from opposite views, implonng the
! pontiff to reach diametrfcally opposed
decisions on the question whether the
deaths of the prisoners as q result
Of their hunger strike would make
them suicides.
7 He had found widely divergent
learned cardinals and other promi-
nent figures in the church. with
whom he had discussed the situation.
, and therefore had laid the problem
before the congregation of the Holy
/ office. which settles questions of faith
and morals and Judges. ThereNare NO
Indications as to when a decision
4 might be expected from this body.
The first death among the hunger
strikers occurred on sunday. October
II. when Michael Fitzgerald. one OF
\ the eleven striking prisoners in the
+ Cork Jail. succumbed to the results
of his self imposed fast. He had fast
! ed sixty-eight days. Several others
| of the Cork prisoners are Gaid to be
in a serious state. ..9
LATHE Disturbance.
4 Cork. ireland, oct. 26.-(By the
Associated Press. .)-Feverish interest
/ In possible Developments caused by
: the death of Lord Mayor Macswtney
/. OF this city which occurred in Brixton
prison; London, this morning, is
! ningled with the grief in which his
I death has plunged South ireland. AL
though the people appear stirred to
/ the highest degree OF bitterness, 1t ID
!, regarded as extremely improbable
that there will be- outbreaks or disor.
l. 3derly demonstrations IN. this city,
4 It. is expected, however, there will
4 be. q consId cradle extension and in.
tensification of guerilla warfare
against the police and military forces
4 which, anticipating reprisals. are
doubling their vigilance. especially In
,'remot districts. & $s
4 Cork Jail, where q number Of hun.
| ger strikers are in grave condition
ts guarded inside and out BY soldiers
lequippadsWiA machine gums
tSS tSSs There III exceptionally large
sventu alitisA has 4 nnmber Of tanks
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