New-York tribune., 1920-09-07
Mayor of Cork Will
Be Released if Irish
Call Halt ON Murders
of Policemen, He Says
Other s'Strikers''
7 May Get Out, Too
Life of Imprisoned Off
cial Ebbs Fast as Wife
Sends Plea to u. S.

LONDON, Sept. IA dispatch to
The Times from Viege, Switzerland,
quotes Premier Lloyd George of
Great Britain as saying that if guar
sntees are given that the murder of
policemen in Ireland will cease, the
Premier is convinced that Lord
Mayor MacSwiney and the other
hunger strikers will be released from
prison.
Other special dispatches tend to
confirm the interview printed in The
Times.
According to The Times, the Pre-
mier said that not single one of
the deluge of appeals for clemency
offered the slightest assurance that
such killings would be stopped. He
added that the unconditional release
bf the imprisoned men would be dis
hstrouS to the morale of the Irish
police and make government in Ire
land impossible.
According to the Times, the premier
said that not single one of the deluge
Of appeals for clemency offered the
slighest assurance that such killings
would be stopped. He added that the
unconditional release of the imprison-
ed men would be disasterous to the
morale of the Irish Police and make
government in Ireland impossible.
The Daily Mail says it learns that
new activity has been noted among
certain well-organized units of the Sim
Fetn republican army. 1t is believed
In official circles, the newspaper adds,
hat q new series of armed outbreaks
hsre been planned and that it is con-
sidered likely these will begin on or
about September 25.
Efe same newspaper asserts that
after the governments definite refusal
oa Friday to release Lord Mayor Mac
Swiney, his friends in London addressed
sas urgent petition to the repubiican n
government in Ireland. asking that the
Lord Mayor be released from his oath
and that permission be given him to
take food.
Inc Lord Mayor spent a restless
hght Fathe! DoaAnic. private chap
aih TO the Mayor. visited the prison
sals mornirg and said on leaving that
@aeSw'ney VS. cry low"
3, On leaving the prison tonight
rather Dominic reported: Lord Mayor
aeeowiney is facing away. The alter
sIioh IN his coun.enance since ny visit
ms afternoon was very nc ccablc."
MS VIE anl sisters spent several
nours IN the prison to-day On lcav-
tns this everln" his wife said:
. ioq can hardly im@gine tnat he
solia De SO bad and still survive. Our
SnIy nope now IS in America, and for
nmerlcan tinanciers to withdraw their
n. ~Uney rom English securities. Ap-
Parently labor in England can do moth
mg for us''
veh aaeh day as the fast of the Lord
Mayor progresses traric little act is =
''aged oy the bedside of the dying man.
Every morning food in some form or
snsI saosher Is brought in by the prison
as;.s .s;no.lties and offered to the starving
wmsoheF IN the hope that his almost
saSonirollabie craving will master him
Sautha1 Srau tha1 ne Will be tempted to eat.
t.ety t. morninG there is the same end to
sas mas act. MacSwigcy, who is too weak to
wv. ssef spoken refusal, crushes his de-
sne ana turns his head away. So it
~ nsj gone on until the twenty fifth day
"'s munger strike has been reached.
Is Not Being Fed
- There have been many rumors that
i".SSWlhey T. SYey was being given sustenance
slnking water or otherwise. This
f,;ssIieo ;sedieo Indignantly by relatives and
SrsI, ana The Associated Press was
aa... ,aer informed in an authoritative
t;s. Today that the prison authori-
foad nave ;N not given the Lord Mayor any
aisS 10 TINS manner. Father Dominic
siso denied that the prisoner was heinz
'ea. and added: 'e
SSsslfe for food disappears after few
WSays abstinence, it is not 40 in Wavor
Snss|,hey's Sns sy's case. He is still hungry
il Ia hses hrn 70 take anything, although
The Lord Mayor looks naie drawn
nini.tasa this morning when I ad-
ths is..s the usual sacrament, and
lass s.ai rumor that he received the
Naesse;ssIam Iament to-day is not true
ana !. mas intervals Of dizziness
snd sn'' o~ing TO difficulty in breathing
az; any attemp. at continual conver.
''"h rs impossible"
In Casement's Old Room
''a Mayor MacSwiney is in the