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The chambers of commerce confident that i\u .,iicss would win i ...ibo, iuious vote of confidence >e) the convention is to be and other industrial interests in Ire­ News from Ireland and that South l.o..^.oid would strike in ... ..jiison, pledging him ui. helu behind closed doors, and the land, with their expert knowledge, per­ a great blow for Ireland. their i against the insidious at­ chu T...an is to be appointed by the haps might also better adjust their tack muuu .-.n liim for exercising his rown; (f) nothing but special war special claims in the harmony of a Defence of Realm Act. right, as a member of the Corpora­ considerations would induce the Gov­ committee than in the chaos of an At the Petty Sessions' Court in GOD MADE THE FLAG OF WATERFORD. tion, in supporting the conferring of a ernment to take up the settlement of open debate. Longford, Pat. Gowan, Bawn, was fined merited honor on Count Plunkett. the Ir:sh Question at this time. IRELAND. 7s. 6d. for demanding a price over Given Both Desire and Opportunity. Petition Against Partition. A fair and impartial analysis of the that laid down by the Food Control­ Given the desire for settlement, and Thousands of people in Dungarvan The Countess Marckievicz. foregoing provisos will convince the By Rev. P. A. Sharkey. ler for potatoes, contrary to the pro­ The Sligo Corporation have adopted the power to settle, there is nothing town and district have signed the pe­ unprejudiced mind that the proposal inherently impossible of settlement in visions of the Defence of the Realm a resolution proposed by Councillor to allow a convention of Irishmen to God made the dag of Ireland, tition against Partition. The list will Act the Irish situation. Conditions can be remain open for signatures at the Reilly, and seconded by Councillor adopt a constitution for the govern­ His angels wove each fold, Monson, calling on the Government to laid down by which every legitimate And wrapped around our sireland Town Hall for several days. ment of their country is illusory and interest in Ireland will be adequately KINGS. treat Countess Marckievicz and the deceptive, for the following reasons: The Green and White and Gold. Irishmen, sentenced for the rebellion, safeguarded. But, even with these It crowns old Ireland's mountains TIPPERARY. (1.) It excludes all means and •op­ conditions assured, will a settlement The Late Dean Scanlan. as prisoners of war. portunity for the adult population of By Heaven's supreme decree; A resolution of regret at the death be reached? The decision rest entire­ The New Movement. Ireland to give free and unrestricted . Above the graves of Ireland's braveB of Very Rev. Dean Scanlan, V.G., P.P., LEITRIM. ly with the extremists. If these, Re­ It waves serene and free. Rev. Father Culligan, C.C., Silver- Birr, was passed by the Munster Coun­ expression of feeling and opinion. publicans or Reactionaries, believe mines, who presided at a Sinn Fein cil of the Clerical School Managers. (2.) - It limits representation to cer­ themselves assured of support outside Though Britain's brutal laws have meeting in Nenagh, said that the mem­ Great Rejoicing. tain public bodies, professions, inter­ » banned There was great rejoicing in Car- of Ireland,, support from America or bers of every , new movement in Ire­ QUEEN8. ests, and classes, which in the major­ from England, support greater than The Gold and White and Green, land were called felons and criminals. rick-on-Shannon over the result of the ity of cases are either under Govern­ i, God's angels wove its every strand, South Longford election. Tar barrels their numbers or their claims merit, General Rejoicing. ment control or susceptible to its in­ they may remain obstructive and re­ And lo! its glimmering sheen CLARE. were lighted on the hills, and the fluence. v Is, seen upon the mountain tops The triumph of the Sinn Fein can­ Drumlin A. O. H. Band, with a crowd calcitrant, they may refuse all com­ didate for South Longford has been (3;) It in no sense can be a repre­ promise, they may frustrate every at- v In folds of golden gorse, Clare Farmers' Protest. of young men, paraded the streets, and sentative body with a mandate from hailed with delight throughout the cheered Joseph McGuinness, Archbish­ tempt .at settlement. It is, therefore, Where white buds washed in dew- The Clare Farmers' Association has the people to speak for them, since its drops county. When news of the victory op Walsh, the Bishops -who signed th^ now of value to canvass Irish opinion passed a resolution protesting against arrived there were processions, bon­ members will be Government- ap­ Grow, and streamlets wend their anti-partition petition, Count Plunkett, in America, to place on record the at­ the stoppage of racing in Ireland. The fires and a display of Republican flags. pointees, and consequently care will titude of Irish-Americans toward this course. Bishop O'Dwyer of-Limerick, and Fath­ be taken that a majority ^rill repre­ resolution emphasizes the injury to er O'Flanagan. convention, in order that irish aims horse breeding and the number of t sent the Government. (Sod made the flag of Ireland, KILDARE. here may be defined, lest extremists, people that will be thrown out of em­ (4.) The inclusion of the miscalled ( • No puny human hands Body Found in River. deluding themselves with false hopes, ployment. People of Naas Rejoice. Sinn Feiners is a specious semblance plan to defeat its purpose. No elabo­ •!'• ^Can tear from her, our sireland, A body taken from the Shannon at of generosity,, since among their brav­ The love for which it stands— The result of the election was re­ Athlone, has been identified as that rate inquiries are necessary. , Catego­ LIMERICK. ceived with great rejoicing in Naas. est and most gifted are those con­ rical answers to the following «three The White of Erin's virgin love, of Driver John Wyn'ne, aged twenty- demned to imprisonment, whose voice The Republican colors were flown five, of Drumshambo. He had been questions would give all the informa­ „ Forgiving times untold, Killed1* by Passing Train. and influence would be as useful and And bridging by His will above from several houses and a tar bar­ missing since March 24. tion needed: Mr. D. Flynn, an extensive farmer rel was lighted on the Fair Green. potential as were the voice and influ­ (1.) Are you in favor of a.conven­ The deathless Green and Gold. ence of the warring Boers who were of Knocksouna, Bruree, was killed at MAYO. tion of the Irish TnTlreland determin­ God made the flag of Ireland; a railway crossing on his land by the Serious Motor Accident. iirvited to council in South Africa. ing the plan of the future Government* • He made her sons to be Limerick to Cork train. A serious-street accident occurred Triumph of Unselfish Politics. (5.) A convention chairman ap­ of Ireland? The warders of their sireland, near Leeson Street Bridge, Dublin, The Mayo News, referring to the pointed by the Government would to (2.) If that convention be arranged j N A nation pure anil free. CORK. when a motor car, driven by Mr. P. South Longford election, writes: "It all intents and- purposes be a govern­ on a basis as equitable as is consistent | Today no tyrant's bluster McCann, solicitor, of Naas, collided is the most magnificent triumph of mental instrument, having in his hands with the present .exigencies of war, Shall cloud the Easter Dawn, P'Brien Not to Retire. with an outgoing tramcar from the pure and unselfish patriotism over the the whole machinery of the conven­ will you abide by its decisions? •Beneath God's flag we muster, Persistent rumors have been in Nelson Pillar to CJonskeagh. The mo­ worst elements of political corruption tion, the formulation of rules and pro­ (3.) If the British Parliament le­ Our cry "Sinn Fein awaun!" circulation in Cork to the effect that tor car was smashed, and Mr. Mc­ and chicanery that, perhaps, Irish his­ cedure, the uses of arbitrary power galizes these decisions, will you loyal­ I Mr. William O'Brien has decided to Cann was thrown violently on to the tory can record. Irish hearts all over without responsibility, and by reason ly and whole-heartedly co-operate with DONEGAL. retire, from the Parliamentary" repre­ pavement, ^sustaining very severe in­ the world will rejoice at the glad tid­ of the secrecy surrounding the pro­ the* Irish Government thus consti­ sentation erf the city, and that the juries to his head. He was conveyed ings. ceedings, the authority to suppress tuted? Famine Threatened. question of finding a candidate to con­ to St. Vincent's Hospital. His con­ free discussion and bar public criti­ Information Necessary for Convention. Mr. T. W. Russell, M.P., after a tour test the seat has been exercising the dition is serious. Lace Instructress Appointed. cism, so essential to a constructive This information is necessary to the of Northwest Donegal, said that he minds not only of Mr.
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