Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-15
WOMEN TICKETS ARRESTED
 AT BRITISH EMBASSY


 Washington, Nov 14.-Mrs MurieI MacSwiney, widow of Terence MacSwiney, the lord mayor. of, Cork. who died in prison on a hunger strike. and two others of nine women arrested for picket ing the British embassy, today elected to remain in the. house of detention over night and refused bonds for ther ap- pearance at a hearing before a United States commissioner tomorrow
 The other six accepted bond furnished by Thomas W. Lyons, national secretary of the American Association for the Rec ognition of the Irish Republic. of which the wonfen are members. Remaining with Mrs. MacSwiney were Mrs. Mary Ann Nolan of Jacksonville, Fla, who is over so years of age, and Miss Minnie Rear ney.
 The arrests were made soon after the women started their demonstration in protest at the detention. of, Miss Mary MacSwiney, sister of Terence, who is a prisoner of the Irish Free State The police, in taking them into custody, acted under federal statute by order of U. s. District Attorney Gordon after they had issued warning against picketing the embassy.
 The women refused to heed the warn ing, however and armed with banners protesting the Imprisonment of Miss Mary MacSwiney marched to the embassy. and swung around the building When they returned to the front entrance they were arrested by squad of police and taken to headquarters, where bail was fixed at $500 each.
 The arrests were made without commo- tion, the women laughing and. chatting with the police who seized their banners, while a number of newspapermen who had been informed in advance of the pro I posed demonstration looked on as practi- cally the only witnesses. Just before en- tering police headquarters Mrs. Mac l Swiney succeeded in calling halt and being photographed with the banners [ waving overhead.
 l Al the women arrested. with the ex- ception of Mrs. MacSwiney and Mrs. Nolan, gave their addresses as Washing | ton. Mrs Nolan was arrested in a suf- 1 frage demonstration here some years ago
 and, refusing bail, was held in jail for
 several days.
 John F. Finerty, president of the Amer ican Association for the Recognition of
 the Irish Republic, who was retained by the women as counsel, stated tonight that they would plead not guilty at the hear
 ing tomorrow, on the grounds that they
 had violated no law.
 In response to questions. Attorney Cor don said there would be no attempt to
 make an example of the women prisoners 1 in an effort to stop picketing in Washing ton. but every precal,tion would be taken
 to prevent similar occurrences before the 1 embassies and legations of foreign pow l CTS. At the same time, at the house of detention Mrs. MacSwiney and the other
 two women who elected to refuse bail de
 nied that they would attempt hunger
 strike.
 In statement tonight Mrs. Mac. SwiDey declared that the charge on which i she was arrested was "absurd" T had no intention of violating any
 law of this country which has shown me
 so much hospitality and sympathy" she
 said, land so far as know I have vio, l lated no law"
 She asserted that she would a'inssit or 1 an immediate trial" befause, she added 1 she would mot remain under the impu. tation of violating the hospitality of a country which has afforded asylum to SC 1 many of my race"
 1 Referring to the statute under which l she was taken into custody. Mrs. Mac. I Swiney declared that s'it is absurd to say
 that by carryng a placard past the British
 embassy have assaulted, struck. wound. cd. imprisoned or in any other manner 1 offered violence to the person, of Sir Auck. l land Geddes" l Neither have-I violated any safe con.
 duct of passport issued under authority ol
 the United States she added. .