New-York tribune., 1920-10-30
MacSwiney's
Body Taken to
Cork by Foes s
Crowds at Pier in the Late
Mayors Home Refuse to
Receive Coffin Which
British Seized in Wales
Erin Quiet, Clash Feared
Sim Fein Flags and Uni
forms Are Barred by the
Government at Funeral
By Frank Getty
Speciu, Gable TO The y,4bun.


Copyright. 1920 New York yr,hun. rnc
CORK. Oct. 29.-The body of Terence
MacSwiney came back to Cork tonight
in the hands of his old foes. Not a
single relative, friend or Irish sym
pathizer accompanied the body of the
Lord Mayor on its journey rom Eng
land to this city Of his birth, where
burial will take place Sunday after i'm
pressive funeral services.
Because the British government at
the last minute refused to allow Mac
Swiney's body to be taken from Holy
head, Wales, to Dublin, where Sim
Fein had planned that it should lie in
state before being brought to Cork by
rail, orders went out from republican
headquarters that no one should acce ct
the body from its English convoy or
aid in its transportation.
Body Refused at Queenstown
The body was taken aboard the Rath-
more, specially chartered steamship
at Holyhead at l o'clock this morning
and carried to Queenstown. Only an
auxiliary force Of the Royal Irish Con-
stabulary accompanied it. At Queens
town al attempt WAS made to have the
civil authorities accept the body for
shipment by rail to Cork, but the
authorities declined, as also did the re-
tigous leaders when they were asked
to receive it. Unable to land at Queens
town, and lacking All Irish pilot who
would agree TO bring the Baltimore up
~
finally obtained the services OF an ad-
pilot and its flag flying at half-mas st
brought the body to Cork
The same scenes were enacted at Cork
as had been witnessed at Queenstown
! The thousands who gathered on the Gus
tom house pier to greet the return of
their martyr offered no response to the
effort of the convoy to land the body No
one would accept it, and for three hours
it was kept aboard the tug that rode idly
at anchor in the Lee The crowds re-
mained. while motor lorries and armored
cars were driven here and there by the
military, which had made preparations
to put down any disorders that might
arise.
About $50 o'clock the dead mans
relatives, who had come from Holy.
iiSHtt VII tic itS UIhl pdSScnEtl Sttalll-
ship after having refused the govern
ment's offer of d special ship, arrived
in Cork. They went imme diately to
the waterfront and received the body
No Demonstration by Irish
The day passed quietly in all parts OF
Ireland There were no signs OF dis.
turbance in Cork, where the shops, like
those in Dublin, We're closed in rccogni-
ton of the day as a religious holiday.
Tonight MacSwiney's body lies in
state in the City Hall. 1t will remain
until Sunday afternoon at 8 O'clock
when funeral services will be held
MacSwiney's last lone journey in the
hands OF his enemies made a great
( impression upon the minds of his fol
lowers, who had planned to honor hin,
/ ty an imposing demonstration from
the time his body left England till j,
reached the cemetery. The feeling
against the government awakened by
the diversion of the body from Dublin
IS higher than ever here.
CORK, Oct. 20 (By The Associated
+ Press The relatives Of Terence Mac
Swiney were accompanied on their
Journey to Cork from Dublin by Az
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