Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-13
MACSW|NEY IN
STATE OF COLLAPSE
Cork's Lord Mayor on Thirty
Second Day of His Hunger
Strike.
Ry Associated Press tn Ev-ry Evening


London, Sept. 13.-Terence Mac
Swiney, lord mayor Of Cork, WAS IN q
state Of collapse and exhaustion TINS
morning at Brixton prison, where ne u
continuing his hunger strike IN protest
against his arrest by British authoriues.
This Is the thirty-second day Of his last
NaeSwinev passed bad and restless
night. according to bulletin issued carly
TODAY by the Irish Self-Detsrmination
League. :, =,
Mrs. MacSwiney, together with the
rnavor's sisters, Mary and Annie. and his
brother Sean, have addressed an appeal
70 the American ambassador and the
heads of the other embassies and legations
in London for submission To their govern
ments. 1t calls attention 10 tho case OF the
lord mayor and that of the eleven hunger
strikers ut Cork, and expresses the hsSpe
that the united councils Of the nations
addressed "wili prevent the tragedy now
pending and thereby calm the peoples OF
the world"
The letter deals fully with MAYOR Mac
Swinev's case from the date OF his arrest
TO the present time and says:
aI ord Mayor MacCurtain was nnur.
dered for the same reason for which lord
MAYOR MacSwiney is being murdered
now-because he WAS fighting for self de
termination for his country. IL the
present tragedy is allowed to proceed we
are confronted with the unparalleled
crime of two lord mayors Of the same city
being murdered within six months OF each
other by supposedly civilized govern
ment.
I'VE are of the opinion that this IS OF
grave concern for all governments. Owins
to the very close relations existing be
tween modern nations, a government out
rage in one country reacts IN another
1t is clear to lis that il the crimes nov
perpetrated in Ireland in the name Of The
| English government are tolerated TN
foundations of the governments OF al
nations will be imperiled."
Cork. Sept. 13.-The eleven hunge
strikers in the Cork jail were still alv'
TODAY but all of them were materlall,
weaker. Two of the striking prisoners
Michael Burke and Kenny, collapsed twic,
during the night and their condition L
causing especial anxiety.
Sean Hennessy, the 19-year-oid you'll
whose condition has been SO grave 70
several days, remains In a comatose stat
and in his semi-conscious moments he |
refusing to take the customary quantit,
of water. During last night he accepted
only two sips.
All of the eleven strikers are becoming
very restless, which, according to tn,
doctors, is a new and not reassuring phas'
| of their cases.
| II was learned today that both tn,
government physicians, DIR. Pearson ant
DR.. Battiscombe, had received threats.
London, Sept. 13.-Rumors that Irisl
hunger strikers in jail in the city Of Corl
are being fed surreptitiously are denied il
a Dublin dispatch to the Daily Mail
which declares the only nourishment the
are receiving is from oil with which the,
are rubbed to alleviate the pain they suf
! fer due to wasting tissues. While tn
deaths of the more delicate hunger striker
NAV be expected at any time the dispatcl
says, they may not succumb Tor severa
days.
Belfast, Sept. IA Belfast citizen
| John Toner, proceeding along the New
tonards Road after Curfew on Saturday
was shot dead, making the thirty secon,
riot victim here, or, including the Jul
disturbance the fifty-second.
The total number of deaths in the 1888
riots, heretofore reckoned the worst in tn
city's history was 81 Fifth-eight arrest
were made in Belfast Saturday night afte
the curfew hour.
Armed raiders visited the Torr Hea
Coast Guard Station last night and seize
arms, ammunition, telescopes and othe
articles.
Boston, Sept. 13.-Eamonn de Waller
addressed huge gathering on the Con
mon yesterday and conveyed the gree
ings of the people Of Ireland to those her
who are in sympathy with the movemer
for Irish freedom.
He likened Ireland's position to that {
Belgium under the oppression Of German,
and added that Ireland would never t
content until she had gained her ind,
pendence.
The Irish leader put in busy da,
making several other speeches in til
city. In the afternoon he reviewed
parade in his honor in which Thousand
marched past the reviewing stand. A r,
ception will be rendered him tomorro
and he will make several more speech,
during his stay in Boston.