Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-02
De VALERA IN ERIN,
SAY FRIENDS, WHILE
BRITISH SEARCH ON
enjoyed His Share Of Christ
mas Goose" Is Claim.
i Ship From N. Y. Scanned.
MRS. MAcSWlNEY
SAILS FROM NEW YORK
Carries Message of Encouragement
to President of Irish
Republic.
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, January 1.-Eamonn ut
Valera is in ireland, where he en-
joyed his share of the Christina:
goose" it was declared today at Z
meeting of the Irish Vigilance Society
by Tim McNulty. who presided. The
Evening News says that word OF dt
valera's arrival in Ireland caused
sensation in Dublin. His intimate po'
litical friends. however, could moi
be induced to admit even the prob
ability of his having landed, the
newspaper adds.
DUBLIN, January Leading Sim
Feiners and government officials
alike deny knowledge of the arrival
here of Eamonn de Valera They
assert that he did not arrive OF
board the steamer Portia from New
York, and telephone inquiry at sew
eral Irish ports failed to reveal that
the president of the Irish republic
has made his entry into Ireland.
The dock workers have declined to
unload the Po1tia while the soldiers
remain on board. If the troops leave
the steamer the lockers will dis
charge the cargo. which the military
can then search ashore.
The crew has been carefully ex-
amined 1t is considered that there
was no possibility that De vaie} as
on board the, vessel when she ed
in Dublin. It is suggested that he
might have got ashore during the
time the vessel was being piloted to
the quay.
Mrs De Valera has declined to pc
interyiewed.
1t is stated that there would be no
need to arrest De Valera on the old
charge against him. that Of having
eseaped from jail, - he could be
taken into custody u1des the restora4
tisn Of order in Irezand act. The
esessnd Ter fhe dstent OF Akshux
Griffath. founder of the Sim Feii or
ganization. and Prof. John Mactsein
president of the Sinn Fem volunfeers,
is the desire OF the government TO
ascertain the responsibility fors the
alleged employment OF republican
funds on ambuscades and other opera
tions involving the loss Of the lives
Of troops, and it is said this desire
might include De Valera as the al
legged source of the fuhis.
There would be-no dif5iculty in De
Valera remaining hidden here as long
as he chooses, as there are many per-
sons who would not rik harboring
the average suspect wing would give
him asylum. The expectation is that
II De Valera is in Dublin he first will
consult his inrimates and then make
known his presence and await ar
rest.
MRS. MACSWINEY SAILS.
NEW YORK, January Mrs
Muriel MacSwiney. widow Of the late
lord mayor Of Cork. sailed away from
America today. carrying to Eamonn d.
Valera. president of the Irish repub.
lic." message that "all is weIP
among the sympathizers with his
cause in this country.
This message to the Sim Fein leade,
was sent by his secretary, Harry
Boland. who announced yesterday thai
his chief had landed in Erin to direc,
the Irish fight for independence. after
spending fifteen months in this country
Several hundred Irish sympathizers
surrounded Mrs. MacSwiney as she en-.
tered the pier to go on board the steam.
ship Panhandle State. bearing aloft the
three striped banners of Ireland's re.
public New York's fighting Sixty.
Ninth" Regiment Band serenaded her
and the crowd sang Irish airs.
Nine little girls costumed in green
orange and white escorted Mrs Mac
Swiney Up the gangplank and into he,
steamer suite. fragrant with roses sen
by many admirers.
The widow of Terence MacSwiney
who starved himself to death ia
Brixton prison, London, came to the
United States several weeks ago ts
testify before the committee of on,
hundred investigating affairs in Ire.
land. Today she said the expression,
of sympathy she had received in
diuSEicd hau sunshine 'lnlf
the very depths of the sorrow
brought by her husbands death.
In farewell message. she called
upon America speedily to relieve tn.
devastation of Ireland, and help il Il
stand by your side. a free and inde
pendent nation"
She pictured Ireland as the victim
"of such cruelty and crime that eve,
its tormenters condemn themseive
as they strike. where no home is saf
frona the fircbrand and ravisher. an,
no person is sure of his life from da,
to day-all this because she seeks t,
walk in the path of liberty. whicl
the United States first made"
ENFORCE WEAPON Law.
LONDONDERRY. January 1.-Th
rigor with which the authorities ar
enforcing the law against the posses
sion of firearms was shown here toda,
when a court-martial sentenced a ma,
TO seven years penal servitude 70
possessing a revolver and seventy
five rounds of cartridges A solicito
was sentenced to six months i'm