South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-24
MAYOR PRESIDES
OYER MACSWINEY
MASS MEET HERE
Brother of Irish Martyr AID.
dresses Public. Relating
Horrors In Ireland.

bound Thursday night by a recital
I Of conditions OF horror in Ireland,
as related by Peter J. McSwiney. eld-
er brother Of the late Terence Mac
Swiney, late lord mayor or Cork, who
gave his life. by starving. for the
irish cause in Brixton goal last fall.
Men, women and children repre-
senting the antecedents of several
nauonahties riv.ted their attention
upon the noted orator as he unfold
/ ed in rapid procession what he
branded as the infamous program
of the Black and Tans in ireland
which, he said, made the little
country a place OF terror.
Carson Presides.
The meeting, which was under
the auspices Of the Commodore
I Barry branch Of the American AS
ISOLATION for the Recognition OF the
Irish Republic, was presided over by
/ Mayor f. r. Carson, in Lieu Of 2. ].
/ Houlihan. chairman of the local
/ branch and after a brief introduce
I ton, in which he summarized the
terrible plight Of Ireland, he pre-
| sented Mac Swiney, who he an
nounced despite the popular idea il
an American citizen.
Mr.. MacSwiney, in a style Of ac-
CELEBRATED Oratory. graphically told
I of the exploits OF the Black and
I Tans in Ireland. He declared that
this organization was recruited from
/ convicted criminals. degenerates
and outlaws of the abominable
stamp in England who are given the
alternative Of going to prison or
! Joining the Black and Tans He ex-
planned that they were responsible
to no authority for what they did
and charged them with the burning
| of the city Of Cork, a place Of no.
principal cities in Ireland Mr.. Mac
Swiney said that the channels Of
/ English propaganda attributed this
to Sim Feiners and that Sir Hamar
! Greenwood, whom he branded as a
\ contemplate liar, had endorsed
/ this statement in the British parlia-
ment. He charged the Black and
Tans with outrages Of the most de-
gererative character. saying that
/ crimes against the womanhood of
Ireland were committed and repeat
ed with impunity from English in
reference.
The Religious Fight.
In the city Of Cork, Mr.. MacSwin-
ey said, the curfew is rung at 10
o'clock every night and at that time
is compulsory to walk through the
city streets with appraised hands to
facilitate the black and tans TO rob
pedestrians. If they are resisted the
result is death. The speaker said
that when America ammo need her
entry into the war that the Irish in
Ireland halted their warfare in that
country and relied upon this country
to open the doctrine that Ireland,
along with the other nations of the
world. would be granted the right of
/ self-determination.
That the ancient cause Of trouble
between ireland and England does
not rest upon a religious foundation
as is said by English propaganda,
MacSwiney said was disposed Of by
the fact that the two nations quar-
relied 700 years ago at the time when
both nations had a common religion
and long before the advent of Mar
tin Luther.
The leaders Of Ireland in the last
century, declared MacSwiney, with
the exceptions Of Daniel OConnell
and John Redmond, were all Prot
estants and not Catholics as is the
popular belief. Hubert Emmett,
Charles Stewart Parnell. Henry
Grattan. Wolftone. Henry McCrack-
en-. Thomas Davis. John Mitchell,
William Smith O'Brien, Isaac Butt,
and Lord Edward Fitzgerald, he
said, were all Protestants.
The real issue between England
and Ireland, 1t was brought out, Is in
economic and political issues.
The smaller country is essential to
the financial stability of England. he
declared, and taxes garnered in Ire
land have been the cornerstone of
English economic well-being.
Spradlng Talks.
The argument that the English
controlled press presents that an
Irish republic means secession is dis
solved by the fact that there can be
no secession where there has been
no union, the speaker said. ireland
was never united with England. he
said. He quoted Gladstone, the Eng
lish premier. as saying that the so
called union was brought about by
means so indescribably foul that It
had no moral title to existence what
ever"
Mr.. MacSwiney closed by stating
that ireland does not wish the Unit
ed States 10 declare war against
England on Ireland's behalf. 1t
merely wants The United States to
continue her traditional policy of
recognition without military inter-
ference. which policy brought indie
Ipendence to the several South and
Central American republics. among
them Paraguay. Uruguay, and Ecu
ador
This policy was first propelled in
the recognition of the French repub-
lie of 1898. MacSwiney said, and
i policy OF consistency would result
from its declaration and enforce
ment In the case Of Ireland.
Charles T. Sprading spoke upon the
irish question from the American
standpoint Mr.. Sprading declared
that he was a descendant Of May
flower stock and that ne was a
+ Protestant. He said that the Irish
question was not a religious issue
but an economic and political issue
lin religious garb. colored by English
propaganda.
He announced that Il is the moral
duty OF Americans 20 recognize the
Irish republic as the freedom Of all
nations was one Of the major issues
OF the world war.
Il was said by P. ]. Houlihan
chairman after the meeting that