New-York tribune., 1922-12-31
Police Eject
Irish Rebels
At Consulate
Both Sides Compelled to
Sign Truce Until Tuesday
When Free States Envoy
Orders Besiegers to Go
Mrs. MacSwiney Defiant
'Cowards!' She Cries, Hold
ing Out for Two Hours;
War Will BE Renewed

The Irish Consulate was closed lAs'
,ight After four days and nights
of amiable occupation the tempestuou'
800. nm The tenth ioor Of the Temple
CeI,, building. Beekman street
Sramatieallv boiled over. FollowlI &
sev.r.i forciblc elections Of the lfish
.a,,,hi;ear troops. the beGicgcrs OF m,
.orsnfotc. a truce was dec Jared untll
,r,,.sdsv morning at . o'clock, When
tho 6Chtinr promises 10 be reneWeu
vitb even greater bitterness.
The final struggle occurred in tne
.s,ar,oon when Lindsay Crawford
Froe s.atc consul and hero Of the siege
aidcd bv Professor r. A. Smiddy, DIP
iomstie representative Of the Free
Ststc in Washington, and four bury
Proe State privates attempted 10 eject
~ entire republican army from the
hat,ie6cid n succeeded In ejecting
~ in a most undignihed manner,
Jv.,sing them out OF the door and
no n Yelling crowd Of feminine sup
norfers who blocked the corridor. 10
eiect Mrs. Muricl MacSwlney and a
lone defender, Mary sullivan, was
moro difficult. All efforts 10 get rid OF
bcr oven those Of Lieutenant James
Cegan and four other members Of the
homb squad. aided By two uniformed
nolicemen. proved futile until two
hour later. when. winning Pyrrhic
vivtorv. she left OF her own accord.
The whole scene was worthy OF
C.orge Barr McCutcheon's most melo-
Jr.watic manner. Promptly at
o'clock the four Free Staters hled into
Tho Office. Directly aftcrward came
Lieutenant Gcgan and his six men.
Crouping themselves In q circle they
waited Tor Professor Smiddy to ad-
vance. lie did followed by Mr. Craw-
ford.
"Thcse premises belong 20 the Free
state announced Professor Smiddy.
'sYo, people have prevented the trans
action OF business in this Office Tor
four days. | ask you each one 20 with
draw quietly and sensibly. VIII you
or viii you notl' ,.
backed up against the wall and loudly
retortcd;
not lrishmer. You are towards! Ana
vou"- pointing 20 Mr. Crawford
"are o renegade
Then after Lieutenant Gcgan had
read 4 receipt for the rent Of the
consulate signed with the name or
Professor Smiddy, the latter ap-
proaehed each Republican in turn,
asking him IL they intended 90 leave.
None said be did. so out they went,
dragged by the husky Free Staters.
Professor Smiddy then approached
Mn. MaeSwincy and asked her the
same question.
"Anv Irishman." she replied. rub
bing her elbow IN apparent nervous
ness. "who touches my husbands vile
"a worse than coward.
She wasn't put out then. FOR TWO
hours. during which Mr. Crawford was
called names that were hardly hatteI-
ing and were met with digniicd self
possession. similar fare-Ups kept oc-
curing. Mrs. MacSwiney kept rushing
10 The inner Office TO call up every
newspaper In the city. Several times
she called the police, although Lieu
tenant Gcgan and his six men were
standing beside her One Of the re-
publican sympathizcrs, Michael O'Brien,
n brother.in- Of Stephen O'Maru,
who had been elected once but some
how had managed 10 squeeze back. had
70 be removed all over again. Jeremiah
OTcary. Mrs MacSwiucy's lawyer
yainly tried TO get inside. When Mrs
MaeSwincy wouldn't go out TO him he
left.
Presently Lieutenant danes Gegani
had a bright idea-thc brightest OF
several which he had during the trying
afternoon. lie would call up the build
ing superintendent, George Bronze
hauser. and get him to do the eieetlng.
Mr.. Bromchauscr came, accompanied by
timid and unwarlikc aid, and soon
became nonplussed by the situation
Whenever he asked Mrs. MaeSwipey 10
get out she told him to talk 20 that
"pcrson.' Mr. Crawford. Bickerlng
ngair became hectic and almost as lorG
as the noise from the fifty or more
synlpathizers who were crowding into
The corridor and dcnouncing the Free
State and an It's representative. The
hall was cleared az least ten times, brt
still the crowd, majority Of whom
had never seen Ireland, kept coming
back.
Once again, at o'clock. Lieutenant
Gegan interyencd. asking the superin-
tendent to clear the premises Of both
warring parties. BrOmehauser tried
again. with the result that Mr. Craw-
ford and Professor Smiddy said they
would go and Mrs. MncSwincy said
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