Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-14
LORD MAYOR TELLS OF
"0UTRACEs" BY BRITISH
O'Cnlinghan Says He Has Not Slept
i'm Own Home for
Two Years.
HOUSE RAIDED EIGHT TIMES
Attacks American Newspapers for
Lack OF Publicity Given Irish
TrOMblcs-Murticr Gets Five
Lines on Back Page.
fHy Associated Press !

" a 5 II ! y g + o y. Jan. l3-Lord
Mayor O'Callaghan. OF Cork described
today before The Comm Sc ION OF one
Hundred investigating Irish condi-
;ions. his efforts 10 function as chief
executive OF "A city OF 100000 popula-
ton while "on the run"
ciiicials OF the city OF Cork. the
Lord Mayor said. found il impossible
TO devote their best efforts to admin
is,ratioI Of the city when they were
in daily fear OF arrest or assas ssina-
tion. The Lord Mayor said he had
no; slept in his own home for Two
years, ana that in his absence his
home had been ra!dcd eight times by
the crown forces. Visits 10 the CITY
Hall. recently destroyed by fire. the
Lord Mayor said. were few and far
between. and administration OF pub
lie affairs WAS carried ON wherever he
happened TO bc living.
Tho Mayor, ia appearing before the
commission To present his testimony
and thereby accomplish the object OF
his visit to the United States as z
stowaway and without passports.
wore an American made business
suit and gave his rccita! OF cond!-
lions IN ireland in voice devoid OF
Irish accent. but TOO low to reach the
outskirts Of a large crowd that pack
I'd the hotel ballroom where the com
mission holds it's sessions. lie scern-
eel wholly unper,urbcd over the pos
sibility OF . decision from the Amcr!-
| can government ordering his deporta-
ton bcturc competitions 81 his tcs,i-
rHony. which VIII continue tomorrow
The only mention made during the
days session Of the Lord Mayors
status in the United states followed
u reference by the Lord Mayor to The
coroacr's Jur? which Found Premier
Lloyd Gcorg. guilty o! murder in
connection with the killing ot Lord
Mayor MacCuriain. .! Cork
our immigration laws. then. would
bar Lloyd George from the United
states" remarked NJ. J. Doyle. couu-
sci for O'Callaghan. But the State
Department would lc; min in" Inter-
jccted Senator Norris. OF Nebraska. a
member OF the commission
The Lord Mayor presented a mum
Der OF instances OF what he char
ac,cr!z"d aS outragcs on the people o.:
ireland ana concluded his dag before
the commission with an attack on the
American newspapers as British CON
tro!led declaring that "outrages in
Ireland" receive little publicity in the
United States
Tho killing of young man in
Ireland. the injury of his sister and
other indignitics to his family" he
Haid received five lines OF publicity
on the back page OF one of your news
papers,
In addition TO his verbal presenta-
iioa 10 the conmiSs ion. O'Cailagnan
caused 10 he entered into the com
m!ttce's records thirty anidavits. in
dicaiing killings. hurninSS. robbcr!cs
and torturcs. which he asserted were
committed aCaims; the Irish by Brit
ish military and police lie dweit
largely on the execution OF the law
and the working OF the Sim Fcin
courts in Ireland and in that connec-
tion read several OF the afiidavits He
explained tha; he brought anldavits
describing cases that he thought were
representatives and had made no cf-
fort to bring Il great number.