The daily worker., 1927-07-18

Sligo. She is shown ~,,ove as she
appeared when she WAS sentenced to
death, this sentence was commuteJ to
penal servitude for life by Sir John
Maxwell. In June, 1917, she was re-
leased by the British government with
other Sim Fein prisoners.
those tools remain in The trade union
movement il order to better serve
their masters, wII others become
employers or foremen and presidents
of corporations or organize detective
agencies to spy on labor. The traitor
is to be found in all countries and in
all social groups fighting for free
dom. O'Higgins was political rela-
tive of the social revolutionaries and
mensheviks of Russia who joined with
the foreign powers in trying to drive
their own people back under the
Czarist yoke.
BECAUSE of the general confusion
that prevails over the situation in
Ireland and because Of its Importance
in the imperialist epoch brief sketch
of what trasspired in Ireland since
James Connolly, Padraic Pearse, Sean
MacDermott and several other revo-
lutionary leaders were murdered by
the British government because they
tried to free Ireland from British rule
and refused to ACCEPT as sincere the
feigned indignation Of the British
government over the German invasion
of poor little Belgium" whose rul-
ing class prostituted itself for Great
Britain and France This is a good
thur Henderson, the British right
wing socialist who is now so exercised
over the execution of several Czarist
conspirators by the Soviet govern
ment, was member Of Asquith's
coalition cabinet when James Con-
molly, fellow socialist was murdered
by orders of that cabinet Needless
to say Connolly was not an imperial
ist socialist louse, but a revolu-
tionist).
AFTER the reign Of terror that fol-
"A lowed the Easter Week uprising
the spirit of the nationalist revolution
seemed crushed. Thousands of sus-
pected persons-suspected of being
hostile to British rule-were in vari-
GUS prisons. The majority of the
Irish capitalist papers We're bitterly
opposed to the revolutionists. SO
were the clergy of all denominations
with the exception of few young
catholic priests. All avenues of ex-
preston were closed to the revolu-
tionary movement. But ways and
means were found and within year
as a result of the policy of murder
pursued by the government, the great
majority of the people were won over
to the Republican cause
WHEN the world war was brought
p" to a close with the defeat of the
central powers the Irish republicans
took advantage of Woodrow Wilson's
insincere speeches in behalf of the4
freedom of small nations and sue
ScSdcu III iudhHls q lOC VI IIOuDlt lOI
England. Here in the United States
a gigantic propaganda campaign was
launched which made the capitalist
politicians sit up and take notice.
They Jumped on the bandwagon, hol-
Tered for Irish freedom and kept on
shouting as long as there was. a vote
or dollar to be gained thereby.
IN the elections that followed after
the end Of the war the Republicans
won an overwhelming victory, wiping
the old renegade Redmondite crew
off the political map. The Redmond
gang favored constitutional methods
only, which in practice rleant agree
ing to the perpetuation of British rule
in Ireland.
THE success Of the Republicans =
frightened England and agents
were dispatched to Ireland to try out
the old method of political solution
But the militant elements in the Re-
publican movement held out for a
Republic and complete independence
The established the Republican Par
lament, called Dali Eireann and pro-
ceeded to organize government. The
British declared the parliament lille }
gal and sent a horde Of the most ac-