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LANDED ARISTOCRAT
RUBS ELBOWS WITH
WORKER in SENATE
Single Qualification Required is Ability and
willingness to Give ireland Service of Value.
Some Form Link With FenianS, and Many
Were Prominent i'm Sinn Fein During Dies
pcrate Effort of People TO Achieve Liberty.

building OF the Gaelic League and
It's program Of literature, art and
industrial enterprise.
ORDER OUT OF CHAOS.
The fear Of religious intoler-
ance, often Ileralded during the
Black and Tan war and before.
is unqualifiedly disproved by the
composition of the senate. Save
in the minds Of a small minority
in some sections Of Ulster no
such fear was ever held.
In every other part Of ireland
Catholics and non-Catholics lived
together as neighbors and friends
and shared the common vicissi-
tudes and neighborly anxieties of
life.
And It is worth noting In this
connection that the Irish consul
in New York, Lindsay Crawford,
is q member OF the Church of
England and was the leader Of
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Finally Col. William L. Saund-
ers, Of North Carolina, long
secretary Of state, was called.
He had been a brave Confederate
soldier, was a scholar and his
torian, and for quarter Of a CEN
fury in many ways the most in
fluential State leader.
AUTOSUGGESTION
Most of the witnesses had
proved, or undertaken to prove,
"a alibi. Attempts were made
with colored witnesses to connect
Colonel Saunders with the Khan.
The negroes examined knew he
would have permitted no wrong
to an innocent man OF their race.
They gave no testimony. And
then Colonel Saunders was sum-
moned. He was as frank as he
was brave. He declined to an
swer any question asked him.
claiming his constitutional priv
ilege that no man could be
compelled to give evidence to in.
criminate himself. That virtually
ended the investigation.
Before that time Saunders and
tho other prominent North Caro-
linians who belonged to the khan
had disbanded 1t. Used by them
for an exigency-and regretfully
they disbanded 1t when order
ly civil government was restored.
Last year, when organizers OF
the khan represented 1T as the best
way to secure Americanizatien,
some Of the descendants Of men,
bers of tho old khan Joined and
others who belonged to ne tough
element.
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Irish Editors Fare
None Too Well Now

that the editors of the two
Unionist organs, who are every
bit as violent in their denuncia-
tons Of the Republicans cam
paign have been ignored by the
De Valeraites.
The proprietors Of these jour
mails have more than once re-
ceived notice that their homes
viii be burned. Free State sol
diers now guard them.
Almost weekly some little group
of Republicans throw Q bomb at
some Free State publishing prem
ises or hold UP the employees as
they leave.
More than once these unfortu-
nate men have been maltreated.
The doors OF the offices are kept
locked by night and sentries
armed with rifles and revolvers
keep guard during the day.
Nobody is allowed to enter with
OuI OCAI16 AuCSL1OIAO0 0S W HIS
business and then escorted by
one of the guards to the particu-
lar department he requires.
Soon as one is admitted inside
the outer door a soldier covers
him with his rifle until the guard
gives the. o. K. signal.
The lot of the visiting journal
list may not be quite so bad, but
it is not by any means happy.
Cards are supplied weekly to
those attending the Dali. Each
week the color and the signature
are changed and the greatest pre-
cautions are taken against the
admittance OF any unauthorized
person. Before admittance to
the house a score or so Of detec-
tives closely scrutinize you and
if your pockets are particularly
bulky you have to undergo .
search.
A news writer's life in Ireland
is certainly q struggle.
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race nor creed nor clan," only
Ireland.
WELL-BALANCED BODY.
Landed aristocrats with names
far back in the Irish peerage rub
elbows with the carpenter, the la
Dor leader and the school teacher.
Irish manufacturers sit beside
leading physicians and surgeons.
Farmer, merchants and engineers
of repute are grouped together.
Industrialists who have won sue
cess in the teeth Of British COM
petition, backed by government
subsidies, are planning to extend
their operations, which means more
work, more progress and more pros
perity for the Irish.
It needs no straining of thought
to bring the conviction that, with
these elements Joined together in
a common effort, the Senate is an
exceedingly well-balanced body.
Kilkenny City, perhaps, points
best the moral Of the constructive
spirit that animates the Senate.
The Dowager Countess Of Desart
and Peter De Loughrey, four times
mayor Of the historic municipality,
are the members; De Loughrey
was one of the Slim Fem leaders
OF real worth. He was one Of the
small and selected group who res
cued De Valera from Lincoln prison.
Repeatedly imprisoned and held
as hostage for months by the Black
and Tans, his keen business sagac-
ity enabled him to retain a nucleus
Of his business, despite the ruin
Gus handicaps.
His colleague, the Countess of
Desart, belongs to the Industrial
side of Sim Fem. A study of the
Gaelic language developed in her
a wealth Of enthusiasm for the
beautiful in Irish art, literature,
the drama ana tradition.
sexes WORK TOGETHER.
But her practical mind, weaned
away from her aristocratic envir-
onment by her new interest in
things essentially Irish, saw that
what Ireland wanted more than
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By JOSEPHUs DANIELS.

Secretary Of the Navy i'm viii.
sons Cabinet)
"HE Ku Klux Khan can thrive
only by preserving secrecy
- az to its membership and
the practice Of hiding identity
when it does its self-imposed Job
Of regulating" such as was un-
aertaken in Louisiana.
1t 10 astounding how many
men have Joined the khan, en-
bracing Thousands of ex.service
men and other citizens who were
persuaded they could help indoc-
trinate Americanism and the pun
ishment Of violators Of the law
thereby.
A few days ago I met on the
train. while travelling through
Illinois. a young man who had
spent nearly . year and a half
In France in the American Ex-
peditionary Forces. He was a
Mason Of high degree, he was
an earnest church member, he
said he was watching the new
organization In the hope that it
would secure the enforcement Of
the law which is now sadly
wanting.
SAW MIGHTY CONCLAVE.
Il do not belong to the khan"
he said, "but I have q cousin In
Chicago who is q member, and
one night he permitted me to
follow him to see a meeting. The
membership is so large that
there is no building in Chicago
large enough to hold them.
They had paid . farmer for
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from the khan the mystery with
which it is now surrounded and
which attracts some people. It
would compel the assumption of
responsibility by its membership.
Nothing is more essential to
prevent abuses, for if the men
who have Joined the Khan in the
belief they can promote Ameri-
~canism feel that they must bear
their part in un-American pro-
ceedings they will come out and
no longer belong to 1t.
Publicity of the names of the
members and punishment for
members of the Khan or any
body else who assumes to admins
ter punishment committed by the
statute only to officers selected
for that duty will remove most
of the danger seen in Khan acti-
vities.
It is fitting that North Caro-
lima should be the first State to
register official disapproval of the
Khan. It was that State which
ended the Klan's activities in the
early seventies and brought the
Congressional investigation to a
close.
After reconstruction was under
taken in the South in the late
sixties, conditions became most
deplorable With most Of the
leaders of character disfranchised
and unfit carpet baggers and scala
wag politicians in control, the
lives of men and the sacredness of
women were not safe.
In some parts Of North Caro-
lima cut threats, incorporating as
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the Independent orangemen be-
fore he saw the light and brought
his splendid talent and integrity
to the nationalist cause.
Already the senate has started
a program Of constructive work
for the Improvement Of the living
conditions Of the Irish masses.
It has much to do in the devel-
opment Of Industrial resources,
hartor improvements, housing
system to wipe out the Dublin
slums and other things necessary
for the comfort and happiness OF
the Irish people.
That they are fully competent
to bring order out Of chaos, to
make Ireland a. power In inter
national relations and fling her
products over the seven seas Is
as true as that the blue skies Of
Ireland laugh softly on the slopes
of Slieve-na-Mon.
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That has been the ambition of
every sincere Irish patriot, an
ambition that has skipped through
the sleeping valleys and from
the spires of the Irish hills. The
character Of the Senate member
ship proves that the leaders of
the Irish Free State have absorb
ed this spirit. For the Irish
born man." and women. too, are
there with no questioning of their
religious or political affiliations.
LINK WITH FENIANS
Their single qualification is
ability and willingness to give to
Ireland a service of value.
Some Of them form a close link
between the Fenians and the
fighting men who won and estab-
hshed the Free State. Some of
them did not believe in the pol
icy Of the Sinn Feiners, who in
1916 went out in sheer despera-
ton to show the world that Ire.
land was still willing to suffer
and, il needs be, die for human
liberty.
But the admitted ability Of all
Of them is the surest recognition
that President Cosgrave and his
cabinet accomplished a notable
work for Ireland's future when
they picked the members of the
Senate.
The Free State leaders, lega-
tees of the policy of the '9S and
'4S men and the Fenians, have
hewed close to the line of the
broadest nationalism.
They have harked back to the
doctrines of the United Irishmen
OF 1898, largely Presbyterian.
They have cast aside old shibbo
leths and blared to the peoples
their slogan of "one for all and
all for one"
They have flung their standard
TO the high ideals of Davis. of John
Mitchell, grandfather of the late
mayor of New York; of Michael
Doheny, uncle of E. L. Doheny,
American oil magnate, and of
O'Leary and Hickman and Luby-
Of all the leaders who knew not
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II EINSTER HOUSE, where
~ the Senate of the Irish
Free State is in session, was
the town house of the Duke
Of Leinster, when Dublin was
the center Of social activities
that rivaled in splendor and
extravaganza any of the
great cities Of Continental
Europe.
In recent years, it has been
the home of the national
library. It has taken the
place Of the old Parliament
House on College Green,
where Grattan's parliament
sat before the Act Of Union
was passed.
the youth Of Ireland at home.
The Countess has made the Kill
kenny Wooden Mills a paying in
vestment. She has found a mar
ket for the beautiful products of
the Kilkenny woodworkers. Less
than a score of years ago, no two
persons could be further apart In
national ideals and imbitions than
the young mayor and the woman
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BY DENNIS. O'CONNELL.

Universal Service Staff Correspondent.
WY HO is the happiest man
" In Ireland? It is hard
to say, but, at any rate.
he Is not a journalist.
The newspaper man in this
country lives constantly in the
dread, not alone that his office
may be in ruins in the morning,
but that his life may be taken
by some youthful gunman in the
streets.
Every daily paper published
in the South of Ireland has been
wrecked. burned and had its ma
chinery smashed during the last
twelve months by the Republi-
cans.
It speaks volumes for the devo-
ton of the Irish journalist that
in no case was the publication
of the newspaper delayed for
more than a day or two though
in some cases the news paper
appeared in the form Of type
written sheets.
It is not alone the daily news
papers which have suffered, but
also the country weeklies. All
however, have again risen out of
the ashes.
The proprietors Of both the
Irish Independent and Freeman's
Journal dare not leave their Of
fees for fear Of assassination. For
many weeks now these men have
been confined inside these build
ings. taking their food and sleep
ing there. Both received notice
from the Republicans to leave
tho country within twenty-four
hours, but have ignored the
threat.
Both newspapers have been
lifelong supporters Of Irish self
government, and it Is curious
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an army, were menace and not
a protection. This was after the
real soldiers had gone home and
a rump army of stragglers had
been organized.
Conditions grew so terrible that
for protection Of decency, brave
North Carolinians organized the
Ku Klux Khan, and disguised,
whipped rapists and thieves and
murderers who would otherwise
have escaped all punishment.
THE judiciary is exhausted"
said the chief justice of North
Carolina when he was appealed to
for the protection Of men arrest
ed by the cut-throat army. AS
soon as the judiciary again func-
toned and men of character again
came into control of the State,
the men who had employed the
Ku Klux agency to punish sneak
criminals abandoned the Khan and
took steps to effect its dissolu-
ton.
They used It to protect the
home. When base men used it to
wreak personal or political VEN
geance. these men destroyed it
root and branch. No vestige Of
it was left.
EVIDENCE OF CRUELTY.
These men were high in stand.
ing, courageous, daring, but ami
mated by lofty patriotism, who
used disguise only because Of the
exigencies.
Later when the dolngs Of the
khan were investigated by a Con-
gressional committee much evil
dence Of cruelty was disclosed.
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COME Of the most talented
~ women In all Ireland have
been recruited for places in
the Senate Of the Free State
and are taking leading parts
in all of its deliberations.
They are standing side by
side with their men col
leagues in parliamentary
battles. -Four women mem
bers Of the Free State Sen
ate are pictured here.
Of what was known as Parnellism
and marshals them on their pill
grimage to Glasnevin Cemetery,
where they reverently lay floral
tributes on the grave Of Ireland's
greatest constitutional leader.
A member of many public boards
in Dublin, Mrs. Power has brought
to them a fine measure of ability
and constructive patriotism.
Brilliant literateur and historian,
Mrs. Alice Stopford Green adds to
the measure of strength the senate
displays. Thanking Mrs. Green is
Mrs. Eilech Costelloe, a Galway
woman, who in London in the dark
days and in Ireland later contri-
buted UNNECESSARILY to the up
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who was mistress Of Desart Court.
Now they are working together side
by side to evolve the best there is
in Ireland for Ireland.
The wrath Of Charles Stewart
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Parnell looms over the white hair
and fine intellectual face of Mrs.
Wyse Power, another member of
the senate. Every gray October s
she gathers together the remnants
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BY s. J. DoNLEAvY.

NHOSTS of remembered past, rich in history and
patriotic effort must be smiling kindly the per-
~ sonnet Of the Senate of the Irish Free State
Through the arches of the decades from 1898 1916
the slogan of the who through their leadership
gorfied peoples fight for liberty and Numbered through
the world the demand that has found ruton par
lament that sits in Leinster House. Dublin.
That slogan has found Judgement the the Dali
Eireann dignifed constructive body of Irish and
who have set themselves the task of building
land into high position of prosperity.
Thomas Davis Ireands national poet and great patriot
sang this note natonasm the troubled period Of 49,
Stdrt not hTsh-born man, If you're to ireland true
Eve heed not creed clan, hearts and
hn0do
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ABILITY NOT CREED ALONE COUNTS i'm IRISH FREE ST
WOMENSHARE WITH MEN BURDENS OF Governments
FREE STATE POLICY
NEWS ALONG LINE OF
BROAD NATIONALISM

Senate of Dahl Eireann is Dignified, Construc-
tive Body of Irish Men and Women Who Have
Set Themselves the Task of Building Ireland
Into High Position of Prosperity QueS-
tiOn of Religious or Political Affiliations.
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TELL THIS AT
DINNER

The door Of the post office
opened, and a man whom the
postmistress did not recognize
as one Of the people living in the
district walked in.
II am expecting registered
letter to be left here for me-" he
announced as he approached the
counter.
What name, please?" asked
the postmistress.
The man gave his name and
the letter was produced, but the
woman had some doubts as to
whether she ought to give it up,
as she had no means Of identity
ing the caller.
Upon hearing this the stranger
took a photograph from his
pocket and handed it to the post
mistress, remarking:
IT think that ought to satisfy
you as to who am" a..
She looked long and earnestly
at the portrait. and then said:
Eyes. that's you, right enough.
Here's your letter."
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By Ruth Logan.

KIT the writer Of that cele-
brated fairy story about the
ugly duckling or Cinderella
had been modern and working
from knowledge, he would have
found no greater setting than the
banners home. Take those two
girls-Lenore and Avis.
Lenore has a face for the
movies and Avis is so bedraggled
that she looks like the slavey she
Is. I can't see how parents dare
make such a distinction. It's a
burning shame. Avis has moth
ing and looks it. Lenore has ev-
erything and looks it likewise"
So said Mrs. Stevens to her call
err, Mrs. Burke. And Mrs. Burke
carried the story home to Patrick
Burke, whose tnfatuation for L.
more had been the talk Of the
town for some weeks.
Don't you ever believe it,"
said young Burke, heatedly. lie
more is the most unselfish girl in
the world. 1 know her better
than Mrs. Stevens or any Of the
rest
But you have to believe your
eyes," said his mother. Poor
Avis always appears and acts like
a downtrodden little SOUL
''She acts like the very devil in
carnate sometimes" Pat Burke
pounded his fist on the table. "If
you ever get to know that family
as do you'll feel sorry for Le-
nore."
His mother was occupied with
q seamstress that day and hast
ened away from her son.
"You know the banners fam
lily, don't you, Miss Engers?" she
asked of the woman bending over
the sewing machine.
Rather we'll. / do their sew
ing"
THAT is you do the sewing for
the belle Of the family?" ques-
toned Pats mother.
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The Ugly Duckling, Story of TwO Sisters

, But before they could reach
the couple, the young people had
left the room and were found
outside on the veranda.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burke hesitated
as they heard the sound of the
voices in the semi-darkness. II
just can't dance, Pat. My feet
are killing me. You see. at the
last minute Avis just wouldn't
wear her own dress-this hideous
thing that I tried to talk her out
. of. I wanted her to come so I
gave her mine. And she couldn't
wear these awful white kid slip
pers with blue velvet and I
changed-and I wear a size larger
than she does-and"-a fearful
gasp escaped the girls lips and
Pat put his arm about her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burke withdrew
and left them alone.
Inside they found that the piano
player had tainted.
who will play for us?" the
dancers were crying.
Avis banners will have to.
She has taken music lessons all
her life" The cry went up from
one of the girls.
II can't play without my music"
said Avis stubbornly. ''Get
Lenore. She plays by ear"
Two OF the boys sped away to
find Lenore. They brought her
back, wreathed in smiles. For
she's a jolly good fellow" they
shouted. avis takes the lessons,
but Lenore takes the cake. Three
cheers for Lenors banners"
Pat Burke sat beside his parents
and watched Lenore at the piano.
She's a peach!" he said to his
mother.
IT think you are right, son.
Your father and I were a bit
hasty, perhaps, when we opposed
your marriage to Lenore. I'm In
clined to think 1t might be a good
idea after all. She's had enough
training in the business of giving
up to get along with our spoiled
SON."
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WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

When was the stamp act
passed?
2-When was the absentee tax
levied in Ireland?
3-When was the absentee tax
in Ireland repealed?
4-When was Benjamin Harri.
son President Of the United
States?
. 5-When was heraldry intro
duced?
Answers to these queries will
be printed tomorrow
ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions.
1-Puccinis opera, La Tosca,"
was first produced in 1889.
2-The battle Of Trenton took
place December 26, 1875.
3-Izaak Walton, the father Of
angling, died at Winchester, Eng
land, December is, 1888.
4-The first permanent lodge
of Odd Fellows was founded in
the United States in 1919.
5-The Ohio Company was
formed in 1749 by the Virginia
and Maryland colonists, who were
granted 100000 acres of land in
the Ohio valley.
Copyright. 1929, by King Feature
Syndicate. Inc.)
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. Burke chaperoned a dance for
their sons fraternity. Many
beautiful young girls fluttered
over the room in the embrace of
the towns incest young men.
els that Lenore banners in
blue velvet?" asked Mr.. Burke
Of his wife.
Must be. Miss Fingers said
she was to wear blue"
IT don't think she looks so
very pretty tonight. Who is
that girl sitting over with Pat
lin pink?
"That must be Avis Daners.
know Pat thinks she is a
wretched dancer, but that's no
excuse for his forcing her to sit
it out. Let's go over and see
what Is the matter"
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eyes, and a joy it is to sew for
Miss Lenore. Such a figure
such a skin"
"Her poor sister hasn't much
looks, that's sure. Does she ever
have nice clothes?"
II just finised a dres for each
of them, Mrs. Burke. The one I
made for Lenore is a beauty,
dark blue velvet with silver trim.
ming. Miss Avis wanted a pink
one. 1 tried to persuade her to
go in for heavier materials, but
she had her heart set on chiffon.
Lenore hates chiffon and tried
to talk her out Of it, but chiffon
Avis would have, with white kid
slippers"
Three nights later Mr.. and Mrs.
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Rushing Into Marriage
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: ;

-
I am. twthty-two. I love
a girl of twenty-five whom I
met in Florida. Due to my
dads serious illness, I was
called to New York Tiny home).
Ever since I've returned. my
girl has sent me kilograms and
letters. and even called me on
the long-distance phone and
wants me to return at once and
marry her. I, am greatly in
debt to my people financially
and otherwise, and on the
salary I received down In Flor
ida I can't see my way clear to
marry. I've written her every
thing, and, in spite Of this, she
insists we marry and make the
best of matters: My dad is
against me leaving New York.
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THE HAND OF PERIL, By Arthur Stringt
lRBING SERIAL or EARLY sWEDDEDfLIFE1

e
afraid TO go home to- Bettyss
apartment and-again find no
Jim.
Suddenly + realized that Jim
might go to. Betty's and depart,
because there was no one to let
him in. SO teiephoned for .
taxi and in a wild furry made
my preparations. to rush home.
Then, the business woman grin
ming almost n1aliciously &C the
frantic woman in love. I tele-
phoned to- the. reliable door man
at Betty's.. and on being told
''Mr. Harrison has not been here"
I left word that ] was on my
way home. With a new serenity
TAXED to - RESTAURANT near
: the apartment, ordered q chicken
waffle dinner for two sent to the
house. paid for. it with pride
that almost was pain and hur-
ried home.
But waited until nine before
touched It, and then couldn't
eat.
It was long after that before
Jim appeared. I let him in.
you can1e"-I cried
Jim stepped in and closed the
door behind him.
Naturally I have come.
"ShaIl we go into. the living
!, room and make ourselves COM
fortable?" he asked.
nodded and led the way.
When / sank down in one corner
Of the. couch. Jim took the op-
posite corner. ~
There are great many things
: for US to talk over" he. began
. We've a lot OF time to-account
for. The. first thing ON our books
is this Dad Lee matter. The
mans name is Louise Lee. He's
no kin of your. fathers. But ne
knew hiTn-well. We won't 50
into that. nor into the matter OF
the railroad accident in which
your father was killed. You're
free to go back to thinking OF
that splendid man, Andrew Hy.
land, as your Father Andrew"
CTo Be Continued Tomorrowl