The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-10-25

and even though free pass to free
dom for AIacSweeney might weaker
the governments head, why help thu
separatis cause by giving it martyr?'
were the arguments put forward ever
by British unionists
Stand by the law and do not ere
ate precedent which would make the
will of a convicted rebel the decisive
factor in determining whether he
shall be punished" was the argument
of the stand fast faction. A majority
of the British papers including the
London Times and the liberal press,
the labor unionists, and many mem
bers of both parties in Parliament
joined in the agitation for. MacSwee-
neys release.
The theological argument over the
course of Bishop Colahan and Mac
Sweeneys chaplain, the Rev. Father
Dominic, in, as critics say, encOurag-
ing him to commit suicide was large
ly biblical. The Rev. Father Bernard
Vaughn, was the only priest who pub
llicly criticised them. A lecture which
he was to deliver in Glasgow, a CEN
ter of labor unioniSm, had to be can
celled on account of ~the unpopularity
his words brought upon him.
The human aspect of the Lord May
or's hunger strike was the one that
chiefly interested British people and
compelled the sympathy of even his
hardest political enemies. Mrs. Mac
Sweeney and his brothers and sisters
+ were treated everywhere with respect
and on their side had nothing but.good
ito say of the jai1ors and police with
whom they had to deal.
Anyway out of MacSweeney's i'm
lprisonment except his death would
have been welcomed by the whole
public but his family were as firm
as MacSweeney in refusing to listen
to any end except release or death.
There can be no doubt the irish re-
public9ns believed MacSweeney had
piven their cause the most valuable |
service in his power and that, ike |
Jchr Brown she will trouble you
more than ever when you have nailed
his coffin down."
MacSweeney's hunger striAc was
begun on August IL when, with ten
of his associates lie was arrested by
soldiers in Cork while attending a
session of Sim Fein court. After
trial by a court martial under the
Of the Defence of tie Re-
aln Act, he was found guilty Of Sc
1;tIon and sentenced to two years i'm
prisonment, which he was serving in
Brixton Prison in London.
MacSweeney, then an Alderman of
Cork, was elected Lord Mayor of the s
.ity at a special session of the Cork !
Corporation on March 80 of this year. Il
lie was a well known Sim Fein leader d
md prior to his reelection, had been L
leported and imprisoned severalte
lines, one of the latest notable in
tances of his confinement having g
een in 1916 in connection with the Q
rish Easter revolt. "
When arrested on August IL, Mac s.
weeney managed to escape to the "
treet from the back of the City Hall, al
7hich soldiers had surrounded, but W
1as captured outside. He was taken 10
, the military barracks and came up .
or trial on August 16. The court a
lartial found him guilty of having a.
ontrol of the secret police cipher, of y
aving in his possession document q
kelly to cause disaffection, namely, ne
,py of resolution of the Cork Cor IN IN
0ration pledging allegiance to the II
all Eireann, the Irish Republican Iy
and of having made Sc ov
tious speech on the occasion of his WI
ection WI
Already weak at the trial because IN
his refusal to take food, Mac {"
weeney disputed the jurisdiction of W.
e court, saying: 81 am the lord al
agistrate. | declare this court illeg- sel
and those taking part in it liable to le.
rest under the laws of the Irish me
public" me
The day following his trial, Lord no
ayor MacSweeney was deported to 10
lgland aboard a destroyer, under IN
heavy military escort and was lod- an
d in Brixton jail The government up
nounced on August 19 that he was !,
ntenced to two years imprison- tnf u
mt. Ihe
Body to Lie In State mo-
A. P)-Following cai
: inquest MacSweeney's body will no
taken to St. Georges cathedral. dol
ndon, where it will lie in state Until del
zen to Dublin, where it is planned an.
place it for day or two in the pu'
nsion house The cause of Mac tio
death, according to a home an
ice statement issued today, is given PAL
heart failure. PR
Another Death Expected Hourly Is
Jork-(By A. P.)-The death Of san
eph Murphy, one of the hunger W
ikers in the Cork Jail, is. expected LA
and prayers for the dy- =,
are being said by the jail chap we
/. Murphy's mother, two sisters Wn' @
brother are at his bedside. the
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ATTLE BOMB OUTRAGE imE