Evening star., 1921-01-07
O'CALLAGHAN GOES
TO n. Y. TOMORROW
Demonstration for Lord
Mayor and MacSwiney to
Be Given in Metropolis.

NORFOLK. Va, January with
feter MacSwiney and j. L. Fawsitt.
consul general of the Irish republic"
Lord Mayor Donal O'CalIaghan Of
Cork. Ireland. who arrived at New
port News as a stowaway on board
ii, une 1hmeriean amer steamer West Canon.
VIII leave Norfolk tomorrow night for
New York. where a demonstration
VIII be given in his honor by the
american Association for the Recogni-
ton OF the Irish Republic
IL Is expected that the party will
pass through Washington. where
Judge Joseph T. Lawless. counsel for
the paroled lord mayor and ,his com
pan1on. Will file an appeal with the
Department of Labor in their behalf.
me visitors are devoting today to
sightseeing ana receiving hundreds
of callers
Disguised rs Dock LabOrer,
Donal OCallaghan, youthful lord
mayor of Cork, last night dropped the
veil of secrecy which has shrouded his
movements, and told how he had
eluded the vigilence of the British
soldiers. boarded the West Canon
ana Al MADE his way to America, where
submit Erin's brief before the com
mlttee of 100 in Washington.
How he boarded the ship, remained
hidden seven days in a bunker until
driven out by sea-sickness. was told
tersely by Mayor O'Callaehan. Con-
ditions in his blood-stained CITY We're
also told, although he remained firm
IN his determination to say nothing
that would anticipate his evidence be-
lore the committee, at whose invita-
ton he made the perilous trip.
Macswiney Put to Work.
That Patrick MacSwiney, brother
Oh ms predecessor~if office. was also
a stowaway on board the West Canon
three days. /was stated by Mayor
oCallaghsnc Macswiney, three days
after thg ship sailed, came out Of
hldlng and was put to work in the
IorecIstle. Through him Mayor
OCNlaghan received food for four
oaYs' when the pangs of sea-sick-
mss, caused by the excessive rolling
6f the ship. which was in BALLAST
grove him out of the bunkers into a
punk, where he was found by a
member of the crew.
seated in his room in the Monticello
Hotel, Mayor O'Callaghan broke the
silence that he has maintained since
his arrival at Newport News. Friend
ship only induced him to talk, and
while he was perfectly willing to
be quoted, he rigidly refrained from
saying anything that would cause
embarra ssment to the committee
wnich invited him to testify.
O'Callaghan, was the first to board
the west Canon, which was at the
quays, 100 yards from the ruins of
Corks once magnificent city hall.
Awaited His Chance.
Getting aboard the ship was not
as difficult as it may SEEM" he said.
Dressed as a laborer 1 hung around
the quays for about an hour. watch
ing my chance. Many of the crew
We're absent from the ship, and when
saw my chance 1 climbed a ladder
and slipped aboard and into the hold.
When Mr.. MacSwiney made his
presence known. calling himself Null
ligan, our small store of food was
about out. He was put to work at
once. and it was comparatively easy
for him to reach the bunkers with
food and water for me. 1 would have
made out all right, but the ship was
rolling very bad after being out a
week, and I succumbed to sea-sick-
ness. Finally, 1 determined to lie
down awhile where the air was bet
ter, and went to a bunk where the
watch was on duty. One fellow, how
ever, came down and discovered me.