The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02
U. S. THREATENS
Deportation OF
MISS MAC SWINEY
Irish Leader Hounded
by British Agents
Especial to The Daily worksrl

WASHINGTON, April 3o.-Federal
authorities are conducting an inVesti-
CATION into the status in this country
of Miss Mary MaeSwineX Irish re-
publican advocate, but denied today
that their action is preliminary to
deportlna Mas MaeSwlney If II is
found she is illegally in the United
States.
Burden of proof Of their passport
qualifications rests with aliens and if
Miss Mary MacSwiney, leader of the
Irish republic movement and sister of
Terrence MacSwiney, martyred hun
ger striker of Dublin, has no pass
port, as she is quoted as stating, she
is liable to imprisonment and depor-
tation, according to Howard Ebey,
chief of the Chicago bureau Of the
department of immigration.
Il do not know as a matter of fact
whether or not Miss MacSwiney has
passport or whether she ever had
one" said Ebey today. Il know that
my ONCE did not act until ordered to
do so by w. w Husband chief of the
bureau of immigration. l sent an in
spector to see Miss MacSwiney and
though she insisted she was in this
country legally, she refused to show
her passport or to tell the date or
port of her entry into this country.
81 reported this to Washington.
had not been instructed to hold her
or to take other action than to inter
view her."
The DAILY WORKER has inform
alton from a reliable source that the
bounding of Miss MacSwiney by the
immigration authorities was started
as result of the representations of
the Irish Free State representative in
Washington, Professor Timothy Smid-
dy. 1t is also reported that Smiddy
received his orders from the British
embassy.
Deporting Radicals
The deportation of alien radicals
with or 'thout passports is a common
occurrence in America. But it is sell
dom that Nur ruling class resorts to
threatening with Imprisonment and
deportation, visitors who do not ad-
vocate any revolutionary change in
the economic system prevailing in five
sixths of the world today Miss Mac
Swiney favors the present capitalist
system of society, but she is bitterly
opposed to British rule in Ireland and
because her propaganda is inimical to
British imperialism thruout the world,
the Washington administration is
taking steps to make her either shup
up or get out We believe she will
not do the former and if the govern
ment takes steps to deport her, we
are of the opinion that it is in for
real scrap.
During the black and tan war in
Ireland. Donal O'Callaghan, mayor of
Cork, arrived here as sailor on board
a vessel. He landed and went on a
speaking tour. Steps were taken to
deport him and they we're ultimately
carried out The power of British
Imperialism is great in the United
States. 1t is strong enough to compel
Washington to do its bidding, even
tho the deluded Irish workers in
America seem to think it is the land
OF freedom. Most of them want an
Irish republic after the fashion of the
American model. The action of the
government against Mary MScSwiney
may help to bring them to a realiza-
tion of what freedom means under
capitalism whether it be in a republic
OF monarchy.
The National Question
So-called revolutionists who do not
understand the insistence Of the Com
munist International on the import
ance of the colonial and national ques-
tions. should take lesson from the
MacSwiney case. The big powers are
mortally afraid of losing their colon
les. Britain holds Ireland and India
for the same reason that the United
States holds, Cuba, the Philippines
and the Hawaiian Islands.
The American working class should
rally to the support Of Miss Mary
MacSwiney and prevent her deporta-
ton by the American imperialists act
ing as the policemen OF British imper-
ialssm.