Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-21
IRISH TO Outline:
ONLY ACCEPTABLE
HOME RULE PLAN
All Moderate Sections of
Opinion viii Join in State
nent to Premier.
by the Associated Press.

! by the Associated Press.
| DUBLIN, August 21.-AI moderate
sections of opinion in ireland arr
greatly interested in next Tuesdays
| conference, called 10 enable every
shade of home rule sentiment TO
united in statement TO Premier
Lloyd George relative to the
future government of the island.
This statement viii in particular de-
tai! what measures short of rcpuh-
| lie will keep Ireland within the en-
pire and which. though possibly opt
posed by the Sim Fein may satisf.
the general body OF Irish opinion.
The meeting. while suggested by the
dominion home rulers. VIII he open 10
every section and group, and viii IN
clude many men who until six months
ago were identified with the unionist
cause.
Withdrawal of irish Bill.
The main point for discussion viii
be whether Il demand should be made
for a complete WIthdrd~al OF tn
Irish bill now before the house o.
commons. or whether an attempt
should he made 10 graft onto IL a
! wide extension Of powers, rsp"c'Hlly
finance. which would maxi" 1t accom-
table and workable. Tine party h'Au-
I'd by Sir Horace Pluuhctt faNorS IN"
| conl,,I,te withdrawal OF the bill and
the establishment OF 4 conventions
, elected on proportional representa-
ton from all Ireland In put forward
ii joint Irish plan.
| Stephen Gwinn. former member OF
the house of commons, aud has group
believe the governments commitments
Ito Sir Edward Carson. the ttsttr
Header. would make this impiacticahle-
They suggest detailed amendments TO
1.-THE government bill that would
tstrengthen the power of the central
icounci by assigning to 1t Such DC
apartments as agriculture. railroads.
land post offices which concern all
ireland.
Seek Aid of Leading Men.
| An attempt has been made to assoc q,
ciate with the meeting leading Irish
men. who. though not declared SUN
Feiners. are in the confidence of that
Organization. Among them Is Law
renee O'Neill. lord mayor OF Dublin,
but it is known he intends 10 hnli
laloof. There will be present from iht
corporation. however. some men, IN
ciuding Alderman McWalter and some
former lord mayors who were iden-
Titled with the nationalist movement
and who, under the proportional rep
Presentation plan. have been able to
hold their seats in the city council.
1t is regarded as certain that Pre-
mier Lloyd George viii receive
ldeputation from the conference. no
matter what its decision may be. The
ence is put in few words by Arthur
Griffith. founder of the Sim Fein or
ganzation. in the leading article of
this weeks Young Ireland.
| "England's policy toward Ireland
he says. was disclosed this week. The
republic is to be ravaged while dupes
are to be set clamoring for dominion
home rule in order that the attention
!of the world may be distracted and
the minds of other nations confused"
!
| LONDON. August 2o-Miss Mac
| sweeney today saw her brother the-
Lord Mayor of Cork. who is in BriX-
ton prison. under sentence of two
years Imprisonment by a court-mar-
| tial on a charge of sedition. She said
she found Mr.. MacSweney very weak.
but determined to continue his hun
ger strike to the end.
Latr, Miss MacSweney tried to
see the home secretary. but succeed
ed only in obtaining an interview
| with the undersecretary for home
affairs Sir Ernley Blackwell. Relating
to the interview she had with him.
Miss MacSweney said Sir Erniey told
her the government would certainly
not relase her brother.
'"Do you mean" she said she asked
| the undersecretary. that You are
going to let him die in prison." Sir
Ernley replied, according to Miss
| MacSweney. that it was the decision
| Irish prisoners would he released as
a result of their refusal to take food
| and that their relatives ought to adj
Fise them to take nourishment She
! replied to this. she said. that the rel
atives of prisoners would not give
them such advice. and that If they
did the prisoner would not take il.
Miss HacSweney told Sir Ernley that
if her brother was allowed to die
in prison the citizens of Cork and of
all ireland would hold the home sec
| rotary and the government respon-
sible for his murder"
! Miss MacSweney has written the
home secretary asking him to grant
her an interview tomorrow.
Hunger Strikers Go 10 Hospital.
CORK. August 20-Four hunger
strikers in the Cork Jail were re-
moved this afternoon to the city hos
pital Fearing that the hunger strk-
ers will die. Deputy Lord Mayor
O'Callahan has written to Cardinal
Logue. the archbishop. the lord may
ors and the mayors of Ireland call
ing their attention to the situation.
Raiders Take Police Barracks.
MULLINGAR. Ireland. August 20
One hundred armed raiders attacked
the police barracks at Ballymahon:
near here. last night. and competed
the garrison to leave the premises.
| after a battle lasting an hour. Rlnes
land bombs We're used by the raidihG
| marty. The barracks were burned.
Stout resistance was offered by The
| po,icemen until their commanding
| sergeant was badly wounded. The
raiders permitted the policemen 10
depart unmolested after they turned
over the barracks.