Evening star., 1921-02-13
SOCIETIES Of IRISH
SIN, SAYS CARDINAL.
Archbishop of Westminster
Charges Some Oppose
Laws of God.
BY the Associated Press.

By TIE Associated 1'reSs.
| LONDON. February 1..--cardinal
Bourne. Archbishop OF Westminster.
| in n pastoral letter to his archdiocese.
| which will be read in the churches
| tomorrow. refers to the horror and
outrage" in Ireland.
I'm the midst OF this welter Of
confusion" the letter continues. II
of my own flock. impelled by legiti-
| mate love of country and urgent long
ing for realization of their lawful
aspirations. are unwarily allowing
themselves to become implicated. by
active SymEathy or even actual CO.
operation. in societies and organiza- :
tons which are in opposition to the
laws OF God and the Catholic Church"
Cardinal Bourne refers to the
warning of Cardinal Manning in 1867.
in which Catholics We're reminded
that the church. through the Pope.
had declared all conspiracy. whether
against the church or state. was
sin against the former. because it
could not be without heresy and
apostacy. and against the latter be
cause it was rebellion. Cardinal
Bourne adds:
Urges Parliament to Act.
And | take that warning. heard
tifty-four years ago. and make it my
own today The name F'enianism is
no longer in use. but the activity it
connoted is still alive. and the ,ie-
nunciation of the second Archbishop
of Westminster applies in unchang
ing measure to that activity today.
by whatever name ii is called
The cardinal concludes by declar
Justly and promptly with this
tragedy in Ireland
The labor party and Peace With
Ireland Council for the last few weeks
have been conducting great cam
patgn through public meetings
throughout the country. intended to
arouse the English people to de-
nunciation of the governments policy
of repression in Ireland. The leaders
of tho movement report that great
success is being attained. the effect
Of which. will probably be shown
when parliament reassembles.
Lord Buckmaster, presiding at such
meeting at Golders Green today.
declared that conditions in Ireland
were calculated to corrOde the very
foundations of the British empire.
We do not claim to be imitation
Gladstones, as the premier sarcastic
ally described us the other day" Sa id
Lord Buck master, but if we were. we
would light such a flame in England
as would not be quenched until it had
consumed this government and the
evil it has done
Death Follows Attacks.
DUBLIN. February Zone man
was killed by a police volley today
at Clondrohid bridge. in the martial
law area. which armed men destroyed
yesterday. A party of police visited
the site of the bridge near Macroom
and ordered number of persons
nearby to halt. They refused to do
so and the police fired. with fatal
effect for one of the civilians.
An attack was made last night upon
the barracks at Elphin. County Hos
common. The police held out all
night without injury to any of their
number. although explosives were
used in the attack and one of the
gables of the building was blown in.
An official report of the attack by
armed men on passenger train in
Cork today. reported In news dis
patches from that city. says the train
was about to leave Mallow station
when armed men boarded the engine
and compelled the engineer to pro-
cutin near the Mir Street station.
There it was halted and a heavy fire
Immediately opened upon the fore
most car. in which fourteen soldiers
were riding. 80, .-
A fight lasting quarter of an
hour followed. in which a sergeant
was killed and one officer and five
soldiers were wounded. four seriously.
Rifles and equipment were taken by
the attacking party. which numbered
200 men. and the engineer was ordered
to proceed.
In view of this and Of similar in
cidents involving danger to railway
men and passengers. the official re-
port says. a repetition of the occur
renee will lead to the closing Of the
railway in the martial-law area in
which the attack occurs. a..-