The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-30

MT. Feeney went into the Ulster interland as far as Monaghan, visit ing Donegal and Tyrone on his way. The graphic exhibits of the struggle that has been going on for four years in Ireland were forcibly brought to his attention in Donegal where in the wild mountain fastnesses the roads that simmer through their craigs were covered with the hi1locks of huge grotesque fashions. Many Of the roads were also covered at intervals with large square pits, showing a long drawn-out tedious labor performed by the Sim Fein soldiers for the pur- pose of preventing the transit of au- tomobiles or motor 1orries of the Black and Tans or their military CO., workers. At Carton, the birthplace of the great St. Columbkille, MT. Feeney was shown the ruins of the Police Rarrack, and other similar testimony of the exploits Of the Re- publicans were manifest in Falcar- ragh, Kilmacrennan, Letterkenny and Ramelton. At Gortahork MT. Feeney viewed the destruction wrought by the Bleak and Tans on the Ulster Col lege for the teaching of the Irish language.
 the extraordinary precautions which the English took when prisoners fell into their hands is illustrated by a scene which MT. Feeney witnessed at
 
 .sThere were two young men," he tells, standing on the platform, one with his head badly injured and the other suffering from a wound on ms arm. Neither of them, so far as 1t was possible to see, were capable Of offering any resistance or making good their escape, yet they were heavily guarded by military patrol under young officer, and two sol- diers kept their hands constantly on the arms of their prisoners.
 After leaving Ulster MT. Feeney proceeded south to Dublin and ms Strengthened sn1eTu his belief. he says, that nothing short of complete independ- enoe will satisfy the people Of Ire land. The professional classes espe- ward the necessity of doing away with all connection between Great Britain and Ireland on the condition that development and cultivation oi only be brought about un6F ma tive government. In Dublin and else where in the south MT. Feeney ob- served the working of the National students he says, are in no small way responsible for the transformation that has been effected in the ways and lives of the Irish people WlInln a. very short time.
 T was introduced to quite a mum Der of men who are engaged in the higher spheres of civil and physical engineering and also some who are, as subsidiary occupations. perfecting inventions, some of which will. when completed. revolutionize not few of the aspects of daily life," MT. Feeney remarked. EIt Is this pronounced feeling of enterprise which strikes one everywhere that compe1s the ad- mission from the most indifferent stranger that Ireland has drank a new elixir a wine that resurges, pur- files and makes over and fortifies with confidence and resolution to go ahead and wtn-'
 Dublin reflected the opinion of every other part of Ireland" said MT. Feency, "concerning the wisdom of severing the bonds between Ire land and England" There was no question" he continued, "in the minds of the Dublin citizens as to the logic of the matter; they all ap- peared convinced that nothing could be more desirable than for Ireland to go her own way unmoIested by any influence whatever save that of the people, and the arguments ad- vanced were couched In sober, dis corning words, free from bombast or hany tincture of hatred or envy of England. And among men and wo- men of the higest position this opin- ion exists. as it does among those in the humber walks of lffe- Time and again it waS borne tn uDW m9- hZ