South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-10
IRISH 'AMAZONS'
'HECKLED' WORK
OF MIKE COLLINS
Militant Women Offered AL
most UnsOlvable Problem
to Martyred Leader.
BY DAVID VI. CHURCH.
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LONDON. Sept. 9.-Not the least
OF the trcebles which were faced by
Michael Collins, martyred leader Of
the Irish Provisional government.
were the irish AmazOns.
The exploits OF militant women
sympathizers with the Irish cause
are not allowed TO be sent out OF
Ireland In press dispatches. which
come under strict military cen
sOrship. Nevertheless. news OF the
ceaseless endeavors Of young Irish
women continue 10 reach London.
Attack MOuntjOy Jail.
Recent attacks upon Mountjoy
Jail. where the irregular prisoners
are incarcerated. are said 20 have
been instigated by women. The
Provisional government officers are
continually besieged by women de-
handing all manner OF concessions
and asserting their rights as citi-
zens OF the Free State. and in the
same breath denying the right OF
the Free State
The Irish Amazons are conduct
ing a constant huckhng campaign.
and no action is taken 10 restrain
them. The authorities know that it
would not be wise 10 make war up
on women; much less would II be
polite 10 Jail them. hence these en-
.lusiastic and huskling women.
many Of them girls barely out OF
their teens. continue these tactics.
The irish Amazons are not with
out their own convictions They
truly believe they are acting in the
best interests Of Ireland when they
strive to obstruct the Free State
forces. and their intensity is most
notable.
Resist British Allegiance.
we would rather see Ireland
wiped off the map than 70 have it
continue under the British King"'
one OF these Irish Amazons told
the writer net long ago in an inter
view IN London The young woman
made this remark with all sincerity
She was not a wilde eyed woman
instead she was a timid girl. whose
freckled face. sparkling blue eyes
and softiy-tOned brOgue relied the
fact that she was of the Irish mill
tants. They may kill our men folk.
hut they can never kill the spirit OF
the Republic" said THU Amazon.
We women are ready 10 die. be-
cause we have been betrayed We
feel that it would be better that
there should be no Ireland than an
= Gland under the domination of
Great Britain"
Put Up False Posters,
A fair example of the heckling
se.I
the recruiting posters" which
have been plastered all over Dub
lin. Amazons paste these posters
up faster than the Free State SOL
diers can tear them down. One OF
the posters given wide play. headed
by a reproduction of the royal arms.
is as follows:
YOUR KING AND COUNTRY
CALL!
Rally once more TO the colors
RENDER the brave lads of the
Royal Dublin Fusiuers and the
"Mdny other Irisl Regiments
Who CALAMITY fought for the
Empire and heired TO raise the
Flag in Africa, India. Egypt and
Many OF the battlehelds OF
Europe. Read the names OF
Many OF your countrymen
Inscribed upon the Arch 10 the
Royal Dublin Fusilliers. St
stephens Green, Irishmen. the
Empire is in danger; she needs
Your help. Join ur at the near
ct recruiting station!
"(Signed MICHAEL COLLINS.
Commander OF the Forces
IN Ireland.
RICHARD MULCAHY,
OWEN DUFFY.
GOD SAVE THE KING"
II Is such tactics as these that
make the Irish AmAzons a problem.