EDITED BY ARTHUR GRIFFITH

Vol. 1. No, 31. (New Series). 8ATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th, 1917. PRICE ONE PENNY.

"" ' 1 ' = * ■ • = " —• — r...... V ------' ------1 WBBK BY WBBK. order around the Excise Departments to ‘ the Dublin Castle has seen fit to take his Commis­ end of hampering Mr. MacDonagh' in every sion of the Peace from Jiim does not detract way. - from his well-deserved popularity in his native On Sunday the banner of Sinn Fein was ♦ ♦ ♦ district, where he is well known and appre­ raised in all the provinces. In Leinster great But Mr. MacDonagh went on successfully ciated by all.” public meetings were held at Ballymahon extracting. Irish money which the Commis- ♦ ♦ «. the chief Mr. MacDonagh branded the statement as pei- that your name has not been included therein.* speakers being Messrs. Ginnell, M .I.P .; Sean jury. We would as easily believe that two -You will accordingly understand that from this Milroy, Piaras Beaslai, and Con Collins.' In and three make six; as that Mr. MacDonagh date you cease to be entitled to sit or act as a Ulster great ✓meetings were held at Cavan would use such a phrase. But Mr. MacDonagh Justice of the Peace for the County. Town, Omagh., ■> Coalisland, and Tyron’e, the was, of course, convicted and sent to prison, I am, Sir, speakers being Messrs. De Valera, M .I.P .; and the Income Tax Extractors are thanking Your obedient Servant, {Arthur Griffith, Eoin MacNeill, Darrell Fig­ Mammon for the Defence of the Realm Act. GERALD HORAN. gis, J. K. O’Reilly, George Murnaghan, ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ and Dr. McNabb.-' Mr. McEntee, who was convicted by court- “ Gerald Horan ” is one o f the string of re­ ♦ ♦ ♦ martial at Belfast, has- had an unique experi­ latives whom the Lord Chancellor has pitch- The Mitchelstpwn Aeridheacht, at which Mr. ence. A report appeared jn the Press of a forked into sinecure positions at the expense of Ginnell was ‘fo speak, was proclaimed by tiie statement or speech* supposed to have been the Irish taxpayers since he7 got his job. ♦ -s» ■ British military authorities at the last pio- made by him. The' published statement was ment. In' support of the proclamation—we not the statement, he made. It grossly misre­ Mr. Hpran will have another full day’s work in dictating a similar communication to Mr. D. quote from the u Daily Independent ’ u of -Mon- presented, and falsified what he did say. ’ From J. Flavin, J.P., who has addressed the follow­ . aay— “ Qver police, under the command of whom did the Press get it? '200 ing letter to Mr. Horan’s benevolent relative: the Cc^. Inspector and. 5 District Inspectors, ♦ ♦ ♦ were drafted into the town, together with a “ Apropos of my trial,*’ writes Mr. McEntee, •Church SV, Listowel, • “ I see. in the account of the ^proceed­ 7th September, .1917. large force of military. Armoured cars and Secretary, Lord Chancellor, a motor ambulance paraded the streets, ings, as published in some of the Belfast papers,, and presumably .in the Dublin papers* Four .Courts, Dublin machine-guns were .placed at various ljoints of S&, vantage is ilie tO^ny and military snipers were also/ what purports' to' be a statement*of mine. posted on seveTOTxrees in the neighbourhood."’ I should have been ashamed to make such a I have been commanded by my local Sinn ♦ ♦ *•: statement. Moreover, I don’t know where tlfe Fein. Club to resign my office of Justice of the. Peace. The holding of such office, which is ' Thus the great war for Democracy and the Press got their report from, as there was no connected with the administration, 'to a cer­ Bights of Small Nations is being waged by Press representative present when I spoke. As tain extent, of so-called British justice in Ire­ England. it was, I simply re-asserted.our right to politi­ ♦ ♦ cal independence,' and our {ight to achieve it land, is inconsistent with the ideals and prin- * TyrQng rallied to the Sinn Fein banner at if we could. I -then crossed the ‘ t’s ’ and dot­ ciples of the Sinn Fein policy. Answering this Omagh, XJarrickmore, and Coalisland on Sun­ ted the ‘ i’s ’ of the police evidence, and told comlhand, I resign my office of J.P.-ship, and day.. The “ Competent Military Authority for the court they could make what they liked of ask you to remove/my name from list of Jus­ Ireland,” about whose identity ther^ seems to it:” Where did the Press get the false re­ tices for Co. Kerry. be a dispute at headquarters—both Sir Bryan port? x -Faithfully Yours, ♦ ♦ DANIEL J. FLAVIN. Mahon and Major-General Fry claiming and ♦ ♦ ♦ using the title— proclaimed a procession in The notorious Loughrea .Board— inspired b y , With a shudder we have read in a circular -Omagh which , had never been contemplated. the meanest sneak save one in the ranks of officially issued by the Ancient Order of Hiber­ At Carrickmore, where Mr. M. M‘Cartan, Y.S., the Redmondite Party— is at it again. At the latest meeting, Mr. P. Cahill presiding, and nians (Board of Erin), to its members, the presided, Messrs. De Valera and Griffith* ad­ following:— dressed an enthusiastic meeting of over the other members'present being W . J. Greene, 2,000 The only European country which has people and ten supporters of Mr: Redmond, James Staunton, John O’Loughlin, Martin - withstood the attacks of the enemy of re­ who having groaned at the opening of the Ward, and James Connell, Mr. Greene pro­ ligion is Germany, and she has been enabled proceedings, joined in acclaiming the resolu-^ posed a vote of condolence on the death of the' to fight her battles SQlely.on account of the tions at the end. In the evening a meeting of Bishop of Limerick— “ a great.^Irishman and a splendid organisation’of ner forces. Jlere is over 3,000 people was addressed at Omagh great Churchman.” There was no seconder. by Messrs. De Valera, Griffith, and George Mr. John O’Loughlin, however, delivered him­ an example, for Ireland to follow if her people are desirqus of keeping intact the faith of Murnaghan,' Father McKenna, C.C., presid­ self of a speech worthy of his head and his character. He said charity should begin at our people. ing. At Coalisland Messrs. Eoin MacNeill and ♦ o o Darrell Figgis addressed an enthusiastic home, and proposed, & vote of condolence with the parents of an infant a few weeks old which This is, we admit; an assassination of the gathering of 4,000 men of Tyrone. The only English language,' but there it is— Germany * person in Tyrone ron- Sunday who audibly de­ had died*. The vote was solemnly passed. The creatures who implied that the death of a little held up as the exemplar to Catholic Ireland— clared that the Sinn -Fein policy was unsound held up by the bosses of the A.O.H. to the was a person in charge of a keeper sitting on a infant was' a greater loss to Ireland than the death of the greatest Churchman and one of members ofjtne A.O.H. But then, this was in bank outside the gate.of the Omagh Lunatic 1913, before England gave the cue to the Asylum. the greatest Irishmen o f our time tempted Mr. ♦ ' ♦ ♦ Greene into, speaking some of the truth about placehunters who manipulated that organis­ . At Ashford; in Wicklow, on Thursday night them. He said they were a low, contemptible ation to represent Germany as the.enemy of crew of creatures in the image of m en.' To Catholicism* of last week *an enthusiastic public meeting ♦ ♦ ♦ 'in support of Sinn Fein, and presided over by the parents of the infant whose death these Mr. 0. M. Byrne, Co.’ President of the A.O.H., ' bipeds used-as a cover for insult to the ’memory A deputation from the Belfast Co-operative was. addressed by Mr. Arthur Griffith, Mr. of Dr. O’Dwyer we offer our sympathy, and Society'recently waited upon the British Chief , Darrell Figgis,. Dr. Boyd-Barrett, and other the assurance that- Loughrea will kick them' Secretary, in Dublin, in the hope that he might speakers. East Wicklow, next jto South Dub­ back to their natural mud when it gets an op- get the “ card” system of sugar distribution lin, possesses the largest number of Tory voters *portunity of voting. applied to Ireland. This means the provision of any constituency outside Ulster; but with ♦ ♦ ♦ of a fixed quantity of sugar for each house­ the rapid and effective organisation o f the con­ Mr ."Rohan, J.P., of Killaloe, Co. Clare, who hold weekly. The scheme, as practically every * stituency for Sinn Fein that is now proceed- signed the summons against the Cohstabulary- person' knows who reads "the newspapers, does . ing, the, Si uni Fein candidate1 can hope to beat man Harrington, convicted o f assault­ not apply to Ireland. Judge of the amazement of the uniled W hig and Tory at the next .election.. ing Mr. John Scanlon on the night of the East the deputation when Mr. Duke, K.C., be$an by ♦ ♦ ♦ Clare Election, has been removed from the list telling them that the system was identical in , The British' Commissioners of Inland Re­ of magistrates by the ex-“ Freeman’s Journal” Ireland and England-! Mr. McGuffin denied • venue arc happier men to-day. For eight reporter, whom the Irish people are taxed, to this. Mr. Duke called a clerk, but the clerk months past Mr. Joseph MacDonagh has been

posed to have-assisted in framing. A commen­ United ” to go down or be transferred we ac­ the circular te policy-holders quoted in the tary, this, on the behificent government ef this cept a very serious national liability and pro=: previous table. \ It will bfe noticed that the country! Public meetings of co-operators, by claim ourselves .incapable of practical finance item “ Invested Funds,” that is investments, the way, will be held in Dublin and Belfast and incompetent to divert homewards the mil­ are put down as £814,000. This is evidently shortly *to educate .Mr. Duke a little further on lions of money annually collected in Ireland taken from .the balance sheet of the City Life. the matter. ^ - . for insurance purposes by Scots, English, and But in, that balance- the investments are only ♦ ♦ ♦ W elsh.. The disappearance-of the '“ Irish given at £11,810 and £28,380, or in round We published in “ Nationality ” ' of * Sept. United ” would have a most qerious effect on figures at £40,000 in 4£ per cents. This is 1st,a letter from Mr. George Dench, Manager the future of Irish insurance, and would in all very different from the bold allegation, of in Ireland for the City Life Company, Ltd. probability create a lack of confidence fatal £814,000, a Slight difference of more than The letter reached us as we were going to press to further . financial effort in Ireland for a three-quarters of a million.' generation. * .and we had no time to examine its assertions. Taking the items in the balance sheet in It is .an interesting specimen of the wily W e examined recently the question of the order, there are first the mortgages and loans methods that are being adopted in order to transfer, and we now propose t# gc in ome amounting to £618,831. These are described accomplish the amalgamation of the Irish in the .^Directors’ Report , as advances out o f United Society 'With that office, and to mis­ detail into the position of the City J ii As­ surance Co., Ltd., to see what prosper it available funds, made to policy-holders to en­ lead-the policy-holders. He refers first to ther offers. The circular to policy-holders ssued able them to purchase house or shop property, balance sheet for 1916 and says: ‘/The expense by the Committee of Management 'o f the and to assist them in time of need by granting ratio was.exactly 37£ per cent, instead of the! “ Irish United ” Society contains very few par­ personal leans- upon the security of their 56 per cent., as quoted by you.” And he adds: ticulars of the standing and resources of the policies. Mark the phrase “ out of available / ‘ A large proportion of the business done re­ company to which it proposes to transfer the funds.” . Its importance will appear later on. lates to the industrial branch.” The inference) property, money, and funds of the society foi 1 These advances were ^nearly all (£602,000) here is* that his figures and his 37-i per cent.l relates to the industrial branch. Our figures nothing. *We are merely informed that it is made on mortgage. The procedure of the com­ were from the 1915 report. In the current “ provisionally agreed . . . . to transfer pany is as follows. An ordinary or endowment “ Insurance Mail ” of London, dated 8th Sept., to the company the assets of the society, in policy is first taken oift. After paying the 1916 figures of IQ British Industrial Offices return for which the company undertakes to premiums for five yearS the holder has the and 11 Societies are given. They are taken not only discharge every claim and respon­ right to apply' for an advance to purchase a from the certified returns sent to the Govern­ sibility when it arises, but also to (jive the house or shop on mortgage up to the amount ment by the respective offices. In this the Cityi "society’s policy-holders the benefit of its com­ o f his policy. He can then take one of two *Life (Industrial Branch) return stands thus bined funds, subscribed and unsubscribed capi­ options—either to oontinue the policy and pay tal amounting* to upwards of £1,250*000, made interest at 5 per cent, on the sum advanced, or Funds, £18,762 up as follows:— he* can convert the policy into a mortgage re­ Increase in Tear, £2,229 £ to liqui­ and American offices of decent standing is I (1916), £108,578. This leaves less than twenty thousand pounds Uncalled, instead of £392,000 date claims arising from Irish United endow­ about 12 per cent. The City Life 1916 figures ment or industrial policies. From a careful are as follows:— alleged in the circular,- an error of the slight proportions (from the point of view of these examination of the Prospectus Report and Funds, " £178,917 financiers) of 372 . thousand pounds. Chairman’s statement it. is clear that all the Increase in Funds, £24,250 It will be. seen, that the unsubscribed capital, available funds will be used for. house pur- Premium Income, • £80,029 amounts to the fine handsome alleged security chase and for financing English shopkeepers, I Commission and Expenses, ' £37,113 of £372,000, which the public did not invest in as will appear from £he following citation^:— Per Cent, of Expenses, 46.37 • the City Life. ,.T o misrepresent this as a “ Policy-holders have the right to apply ♦ ♦ ♦ “ security ” is a palpable attempt to play upon for an advance out of the available funds It will be seen that the City Life has an ex­ the innocence of a public which is not so e&sily upon' mortgage o f approved house or shop pense ratio of £46 out of every £100 it collects, able to distinguish the blandishments from the property at any time after the end of the fifth as against the Prudential £ 8, and the Refuge facts. The very audacity of this circular is so year to the extent, of £100 for each £15 paid £ 10, to name only two of the first offices which] brilliant as to. deceive all but skilled and prac­ in premiums.” — (Prospectus, December, occur to us If this is an example of what Mr. tical men of figures. There remains, therefore, 1914, p. 5). Dench considers an economically managed in all these figures above merely the paid up “ With a growing business and expanding office, one wonders what his ideas of an ex­ capital o f £108,000 with a call of £ 20,000, the resources, the company hopes to accelerate travagantly managed one would be. the House Purchase Movement) in which it ♦ ♦ ♦ security of which is very much reduced when we come to find out from the balance sheet is so largely interested.” — (Chairman, June Now, the basis of comparison with the Irishj 22nd, 1917). United Society working expense ratio must be that the capita^does not figure at all, for the in the Industrial Branch. The Irish United is convincing reason that it was spent long a g o! It is clear from this that the expanding re­ ♦ ♦ ♦ sources (insurance premiums) are used as 29 per cent.; the City Life is 56. Even if we The security offered to the policy-holders of ut the City Life Ordinary Branch against the feeders for the House Purchase Scheme—for f the / ‘ Irish United” is the capital of the City making advances on mortgages to policy-hold­ rish United Industrial it is . 2 9 -per cent, Life. We- turn to the balance sheet of the against 46 per cent. Mr. Dench’s office may, ers. .The same Chairman assured the Irish City Life for the year 1916, ana there find the United meeting last week that “ no change o f of course, carry on a loaning, banking, oi following set out as the assets in the balance house purchase business, or any other side-line any kind would be made in the existing policies sheet:— , . . of the Irish United, which carry no borrow* which it can. work at little or no expense, oi Assets. £ s which can bear no expense, but our comparison ing privileges under the House Purchase Mortgages and Loans 618,831 17 Schemes. The assets and invested funds of . was on the class of business done by the Irish Investments— United, and which the City Life is now taking the Irish United would be available for financ­ Deposit with High Court, 4£ ing tlie English policy-holders, while the over; and on that basis the City Life make& a per cent. War L'oan at cost 11,810 15 10 poor show. It is up to Mr. Dench to justify Irish United policy-holders are led to Other Investments— believe that the funds of the City .Life would the impression made by his letter, and to ex­ H I War Lorfn, £25,000. plain how he arrived at the figures he quoted. be available, for them/ The availability would <> ♦ House Property,’£3,380/14/5 28,38014 5 be on the other side. This is also made clear in The proposed transfer of the Irish United the Directors’ Report, which says (p. 5):— Assurance Society- to the City Life, a London 659,023 7. 4 “ One of the features in the company’s house-purchase company, has aroused a grow­ Purchase of shares, etc.,1 Law business hds been to continue the granting and. Integrity Ins. Co’ 22,644 19 ing volume o f resentment and opposition. A v 0 of advances out of available funds to policy­ Special general meeting held last week is stated Do., Nth. and Sth. Ins. Co. 2,358 13 10 holders to enable them to purchase house or Outstanding Premiums 8,224 1 to have resulted in the passing of an affirmative 0 shop property, and to assist them in time of Outstanding Interest, Dividends, resolution by a show of hands, but apparently need by granting personal loans upon the .the matter does not rest there, and another, and Bents '• 10,807 13 1 security of their policies.” ' -special gezferal meeting is to be held/on Oc- Cash . ' 6,685 18 9 ♦ ♦ ^ .tober 2nd for the purpose of confirming the Offioe Furniture 600 0 0 The poor English ' tradesman, the salaried ■ resolution to transfer the«business to the Eng­ Sundry Debtors 1,949 9 11 middle-class official, the harassed, down-trod­ lish company. W e understand that the writ­ Purchase of Business and Ex­ den, oppressed British shopkeeper, is to be tension Expenses 102,500 0 0 ten assent of five-sixths o f the policy-holders financed and' aided out o f the funds of the must be obtained. Meanwhile the fignt is pro­ Irish United Society. This is the meaning of 814,794 2 11 gressing, and the7various passages-at-arms be­ the proposed transfer. The Irish policy-holder tween Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Dineen indicate is to receive a “ policy o f equal amount and tbe opening engagements of the great battle. These are all the assets of the company. value,” as appears in the Form of Consent. The important principle as to whether we are 1 Before we proceed- to examine it to find out We must warn policy-holders against accept­ to have any Irish Insurance Company at all in what it is worth', -we must observe anothei ing any promises. They are as worthless as existence is at stake. By permitting the ft Irish glaring and magnificent misrepresentation in* the alleged assets. .What alone is binding is Saturday, September 15th, 1917. NATIONALITY.

the Form of Consent. ~ Equal value means RATHMINE8 AND RATHGAR. WINDOW BLINDS equally advantageous, or of equal actuarial These important Dublin suburbs have now joined value. But lt does not mean borrowing1 privi­ iu>, and a Provisional Committee to organise the local Of every description. Estimates Free. leges nor “ City Policies.” The position of Smn Fein Club has _ been formed. Communications BANNERS FOR SINN FEIN CLUBS. respecting membership should be addressed to Mr. the Irish policy-holder will not be bettered. T. Byrne, Hon. Sec., 48a, Rathmiues Road. This is Prompt attention to oountry orders. Workshop ♦ merely a temporary address, as negotiations are being Rathmines. To continue with the balance sheet, if space" made for procuring suitable housing accommodation' T. KAIN, II ARRAN QUAY, DUBLIN. permits we shall point out that most of the for the*Club. The ambitions and activities of the Club can be restrained only by inadequate support ASK TOUR NEWSAGENT FOR— assets are unmarketable or worthless..-The from local Sinn Feinidhthe. The Committee appeal mortgages are in course of being paid off, and through “ Nationality ” for a big membership roll. they are a vanishing asset and not realisable. ‘MEMORIES OF THE DEAD" The investments, amounting to £40,000 are By MARTIN DALY, Price 4d. (containing 9 sketches) the principal liquid assets, together, of course, CorfiluCc CongAnca ha n5dotx>,l 4gur with the cash, amounting to .£6t685, a very O gU d na h6 tpeann— Citaott-CorfcAiRe. small sum on hands for a company alleged to IRISH NATIONAL AID ASSOCIATION AND “ James Connolly ” have a capital of one million and a quarter. . VOLUNTEER DEPENDENTS' FUND—CORK ❖ 4» BRANCH. By GERALD O’CONNOR, Price 4d. (a reoord of The item of £35,003, for purchase of shares, _ . £ 8 Connolly’s work and worth). Dr. Cohalan, Bishop of~Cork ...... 5 0 Y. represents an asset which has no existence. It Dripsey Woollen Mills ...... 5 0 represents the money spent in' buying over the Miceal O Rioghbhardain, Sth. Main St. ... 3 8 Law and Integrity “ at par ” for their £15,696 Messrs. Richard Cronin, Undertakers ... 3 0 “ Patrick H. Pearse” paid up shares, together with £7,565 “ otliei Michael Barrett, BishopBtown ' ... 3 0 Mrs. Collins, South Terrace ' ...... 2 0 By Coilin,” Price 3d. (a sketch of the life of Pearse). i 1 payments,’ which apparently were “ aboVe Mrs. O’Brien, P'renche’s Quay'* ...... 1 0 1 th par.” What the “ other payments” were is Sliabh Beag ...... '. -.rt. ... 1 0 ilfu not disclosed. We are not surprised. If the D. T.^rSulhvan, P.L.G. ’ ... - ... 1 0 Wholesale Agents— ,* Edward Treaoy, Winthrop Chambers ... 1 0 can Irish United is transferred it will not figure at Dr. O’Connor, 17 Patrick’s Hill ... 1 0 EASON & SON, 1001 all as an asset except the “ expenses ” are put Miss Simcox, Bloomfield House ...... 1 0 oul; in, no money being (as far as disclosed) paid LT.D., Cork. ...' - 0 10 Dublin and Belfast. ■twt Alfred O’Reilly, Y,A., Q.C.C. ' for its goodwill or acquisition. But the in- __ 0 10 a bi vestn^bi: i s, amounting to £120,000 or more, Wm. Murphy, Chetwyna " ... 0 5 Mrs. O’Donovan, Youghal Road 0 5 der will swell the assets of the City Life. It is Mrs. O’Sullivan, 43 Horgan’s Buildings 0 5 Ursuline Convent, Sligo strange that a purchase which apparently does 0 5 Pnpila prepared for Matriculation, University Scholar­ bring assets amounting to. three times the pre­ Church Door Collection per Irish Volunteers *53 16 ships (13 won-in last two years), Intermediate, Bank, sent investments of the City Life should have People of Tracton Parish, per ]&iceal Lynch—• Incorporated Society of Musicians, Commerce, King’s (tel William Ahern ... ..? ...« 1 0 no value in' insurance book-keeping science. -•Daniel J. Lynch ~ ...... 1 0 Scholarship. Residential School oi Domestic Science This will show what little value “ purchase 10/-^ each—D. Kennedy, B. Corrigan, attached. shares ” have. - * Miss M. Lynch, J. Donovan, Denis ant ❖ <3> <* * McCarthy., Time thy Lynch. “ Christie’s," 'Shamrock House p n 5/- each—F. Cooney, Mrs. W. Ahern, Proprietor—C. KAIN. W e next come to outstanding premiums, in­ Miss Ll* Golden, J. O’Brien, M. Sul­ terest, dividends, rents, cash, and office fur­ livan, Denis Lynch, M. Lyftch. 11 Arran Quay, Dublin, niture— all assets of liquid character. Sundry 3/-.—P. .O’Sullivan. ant debtors, £1,949 9s. lid., is a questionable 2/6 each—E. Glancy, Miss K. Ahern, D. For Nationalist, Socialist & Labour Literature f i n / Dempsey, Mrs. A. Cotter, J. Lynch, 1st, item. C. Hurley, J. McDonnell, P. Coonev, <> <» • "THE NEW EVANGEL,” Icfa W. Flynn, Miss V. McCarthy, iJ. ... By JAMES CONNOLLY. Post Free, 2}d» We now come to the last item on the bal­ O’Brien, D. Buckley, D. Hurley, Mick - rn- ance sheet—‘‘ Purchase of Business, and Ex­ Sullivan, T. Kidney, Mrs. Good, D. Also Tobaccos, Cigarettes and Sinn Fein Novelties. r tension Expenses,” £102,500., This, of course, McCarthy, A Friend, T. Denehy, A Prompt attention to country orders. ir­ Any Book or Paper supplied to order. is worthless. It is the money or 'capital of the Friend, J. O’SuHivan. is, Smaller Sums - ... 3 5 10 “ Irish Times ’’ handbook of the Insurrection, new company which has entirely disappeared. It Ttftal 11 16 4 , edition. I/- each, post free, 1/3. f e is a fictitious asset put in as a book-keeping Camogie Association 7 17 0 All Progressive Literature Btockcd. decide to make up -the deficiency caused by St. Finbarr’6, West (14th collection) 4 0 9 r Do.. (15th collection) 4 19 6 the disappearance of the capital, which was We Fit snd Suit you with Suits that Fit you. expended long ago. ' To keep the “ game of Yourself, McArdle and O’Carrofl, heuse,” going, however, it is. necessary to get Your Country, hold of some coin, and this is the reason for HELP Your Fellow-Countrymen. 8TAFFORD AND FRONGOCH TAILOR 8. the company getting possession of the Law and Integrity and the North and South and By Supporting 136 UPPER D0R8ET STREET, DUBLIN. THE CITY OF DUBLIN ASSURANCE other business, and also the reason for the BANNERS. attempted and, we hQpe, fruitless effort to 8 0 C IE TY , Which is a Sound and Progressive The Beautiful New Banner with Portrait in Oils of C. G. capture the Irish. United for a song and dance. James ConnoUy, supplied to “ Killann ” (Co. Cavan) S. It is no amalgamation, but merely a plan to PURELY IRISH SOCIETY. EMPLOYS ONLY IRI8 HMEN. TRANSACTS ONLY IRISH BUSI* F. Club was manufactured entirely by catch the investments of the Irish United with­ NES8. CONTROLLED BY IRISHMEN. T. KAIN, 11 ARRAN QUAY. out paying the members anything for them. Worked on a Mutual and Co-operative Basis, all Estimates free on application. Portraits of Republican No time should be lost by members in taking Profits being 'the Property of the Members. ______Leaders a Speciality. the necessary, steps to protect their property. Additional Agents Wanted. MANUFACTURERS o f • ■> ❖ «$» Apply—THE SECRETARY, . A large meeting was held in Lecanny (West­ Head Offloes, D’.OIier Chambers, DUBLIN. ALL CHURCH REQUISITES. port) on Sunday, .the 19tli inst. Addresses Irish Poplin Vestments, had embroidered, from £8 16s. a set. Statuary and Stained Glass by certi­ were delivered on the Sinn Fein policy by Cork County Sinn fied Artists. Messrs. William Fergus (Chairman), Joseph Boats modelled from life by a rising Irish Sculptor, McBride, J. J. Sweeney, and Edward Moore. at a reasonable figure. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed. Fein Organisation. M. CAHILL & CO., 9 paW b¥K:t S7-

The Colmcille_ Branch of the Gaelic League is hold­ A Visit to JOHNSTON’S ing a grand Irish Concert on Wednesday .next, the All Clubs intending^ to hold Public 19th. inst., at 8 p.m., in the Mapsion House. A splendid programme has been arranged, and includes Meeting^ should give a fortnight’s Misses Joan Burke, B. Moloney, K. O’Tdole, M. Dingle, Messrs. G. Crofts, T. Bevan, F. O’Sullivan, P. J. Mac notice for Speakers to the- Hon Manus, the “ Quartette,” J. Hughes, etc., etc..An im­ Sec., Sinn Fein Executive, 56 Grand 34 Westmoreland St. will repay jots portant address will be delivered by the very Rev. Fr. Augustine, 0 .S.F.C. Admission, 6d.. 1/-, and ,2/-.' Parade, Cork. CASH OR EASY PAYMENTS. Seats can be reserved at 2/6 on application to the Secretary, 5~Blackhall Street. The Craobh na Cuig g-Cuigi classes start Monday, 17th. New members can be enrolled at 19 Ely Place on Monday and Friday between 6 o’clock and 9.30 Artistic Tri-Colour flags Engagement o’clock, p.m. ; and at St. Enda’s, Rathfaruham, at WITH STAFFS COMPLETE. the Aeridheacht.______- Designed and Executed by Rings IRISH UNITED ASSURANCE COLLECT­ ING COMPANY. s e A % A r \ mAC mtmCA’OA TO MEMBERS, AGENTS, ETC. 15 D’Olier Street, Dublin. T H E Committee of the Irish United. Assurance Col­ lecting Co. have called another meeting for Oct. Write for illustrated Coloured Catalogue. 2nd for the purpose of confirming a resolution to hand Special designs' submitted on application We hold an immense variety of Rings set over the money, property, premiums, and invested funds of the Society to the City Life Assurance Co., with Diamonds, Sapphires. Emeralds. Rubies, Ltd., of London. I have been requested to act on etc., in Half-Hoop, Cluster, Coronet, end behalf of large and increasing numbers of members who* dissent from this resolution until it is clearly Maxwell-Brewer Academy of Irish Dancing Claw Settings. shown (a)' that the transfer is necessary; (b) that the 35 NORTH GREAT GEORGE'S ST., DUBLIN. City Life is a suitable company to receive the trans­ Geheral Classes—Tuesdays and Thursdays. 3 ,1 t o C 6 0 fer. Committees representing*.'dissenting members Children—6.30 to. 7.30. p.m. Card of Finger Sizes on application. are being formed all over the country, and they should Adults—8 to 10 p.m. » insist on having a voice in the disposal of the mem­ Children’s Seleot Class—Saturdays, 4 to 6 p.m. bers’ property by .proxy. I am in touch with these Committees and will submit a scheme of reconstruc­ Prospectus on application. _ (Special Competitions for Children) tion as soon as we ascertain the exact condition of the TO SINN FEIN CLUBS. Irish United. We hope to present a properly signed Wm. demand for the inspection of the books and accounts Banners of all kinds made to order; also Portraits of Egan & Sons, 1* very soon. Meantime write to me at once, sending the Leaders in Oils. Manufacturing Jewellers and Silversmiths, name, address,' a'nd number or numbers of your WRITE FOR ESTIMATES. 31 Pstrisk Street, Cork. P° liC,e8‘ JOHN R. REYNOLDS. MURRAY & KJtLLY 1 College 8t.. Dublin, — • 50 BLESSINGTON STREET. 10th September, 1917.

rrm> 4 NATIONALITY. Saturday, September 15lb ,-1917.

— MWM‘” Qulotf yet Control, for BuoIrooo or Plooouro: •To-day Ireland’s mercantile marine* is of FLEMING’S HOTEL, small aocount. Ireland carries on practically Brian O’Higgins’ Work;. no direct trade with the world outside Eng­ 31 GARDINER'S PLACE, DUBLIN. AT THE HILL O’ THE ROAD—Songs and land- Before the war a small -line of Irish Pooms. Post Free, 7d. Two minutes’ walk from Gardiner St. Chapel or trams steamers ran between Dublin and a couple of A BUNCH OF WILD FLOWERS—Poems on Religious Subjects. Post Free. 7d. SELECT MODERATE. CONVENIENT. . Dutch«and Spanish ports, a tramp line of Glor na hOige—By'Brian na Bah ban. A beau­ steamers existed at Belfast, ail’d there 4 was tiful Rhyme Book for Children. Verses in the simplest of Irish, and delightful pictures 'possibly still surviving the ghost of an ancient by Micheal O Riada. 1 /•, by post 1 /2. communication between Cork and the Con­ 'SlOt tlA 8AOI RSe—Amp Ain «5»*r "UArcA S^e-pttse 8 BOOTS I b pi An da Da«b n. Cd., by po?t, 7d. tinent. Irish trade had ceased to be carried A Rosary of 8ong—A beautiiul book of devo­ ALL IRI8H. ALL 8IZE8. in Irish bottoms, and Ireland’s imports from tional Pooms. by Brian O’Higgins, with 60 full-page Pictures on art paper—Preface by ALL LEATHER. ALL ONE PRICE.! and exports to the Continent came and went Cardinal Logue—very pretty blue cloth bind­ via England. England had re-established 'in ing. 2/ 6, by post 2/ 10. 22/6— BOX CALF. Fun o' the Forge—Humorous short stories, in fact the old legislative restrictions she had im­ Brian O’Higgins’ best style—laughter on every posed on Irish navigation and commerce, and 'page—good, strong, artistically designed cover T. J. LOUGHLIN, 1 /mi by post 1/t . which the Volunteers 1782 compelled her to 8INN FEiN ABU I Badge containing gen u in e Headquarters, Parliament St., Dnblin. n| repeal: Photos of Cosgrave, Do Valera, MoGuinness, and Plunkett, with words " Sinn Fein Obviously an Ireland without ships is at the Abu I" In centre. Price 6d .; postage extra. mercy o f the English shipper and trader. She BROOCH oontalning real photos of the seven signatories to the Irish Republican Proclama­ SINN FEIN MUSTER IN DUBLIN. is confined in effect to England’Ss, market, as tion. The most unique badge yet produced. much as if .the infamous laws which two, hun­ Prioe 6d.; postage extra. Sunday, Sept. 28rd, 1917. All above Badges are genuine Photos, and will dred years ago confined her to that market . not fade. Eamonn De Valera and Arthur Griffith had never been repealed. The tonnage of Sinn Fein Clubs can have their own specially Will Speak at the British shipping was once five times the ton­ designed badges maide to order. Ropublloan Badges (Tri-colour), 2d. each, pos­ AeftfoeACc ni6n nage of Irish shipping. The tonnage-df British tage extra.. Wholesale to Traders. Organised by the Central Branch at shipping to-day is t wenty-eight times the ton­ 7/6 Large 8olid Silver Tara Brooch beautifully enamelled in green, white and orange. THE HERMITAGE, RATHFABNHAM, nage of Irish shipping. There are but 401,000 • '!/• Volunteer Silver Broooh—crossed rifles, harp Commencing at 2.30 p.m., Sharp. tons /of Irish shipping as against 11£ million and letters ,rI.V.”—game design as pendant St. James's Band, Fianna Pipers, Whist Drives, and for watch chain.. Numerous Side Shows fend Attractions. tons of British shipping. And Ireland possesses Playing Card*—designed and drawn on stone ALL THE BEST ARTISTES. the longest coast-line o f any European country by Irish Artists. Celtic design s^-Irish Kings ADM I88I0N SIXPENCE. and Queens. 1/6, by post 1/0. it it ■ and unsurpassed bays and harbours. 1/* Unique Fandy Match Box, with two photos of the leaders inset, or with tri-colour flag If we were again a practical and resolute on one side and photo of leader on other. SINN FEIN CLUBS. people we would set about building a mercan­ 2/9 Irish-made Knickers, with green, white and tile inarine The idea may strike tl^e slave orange side stripes, strongly made in black Progressive Sinn Fein Clubs are forming Libraries mind as ridiculous, but until it 1^ done Irish or white. for the convenience and instruction of 'their The Soldier’s Song—Full Musical Score and tirade and commerce can have no real freedom, Pianoforte Accompaniment. Correct and members. original version or both words and music. and no great development. Ireland, with a 1 /‘ » by post 1/ 1. population of 4£ millions, has less than half New Humorous 8ong, by the author of the We are snpplying their needs as Regards “ Soldier’s Song,” entitled “ Whaok Fol the a million toils of shipping. Norway, with a DtddfB." Full Musical Score and Pianoforte population o f 2 millions less, has two-and-a- Accompaniment. Words and Music, post Books & Stationery • free, 1/ 1. X . half million tons of shipping. W e see the Nor­ lOd. post free, Dainty Bone Rosary Beads in the (And all other Club Requirements). wegian flag in every port of the world. We Republican Colours. - Irish Crochet Bags to match 6d. extra. see Norwegian ships carrying Norway’s pro-1 Flags in Irish Republican Colours—6d., 1/-, 1/6, Complete Lists of Cheap and Useful Books and Quo­ ducts to every country and carrying back to 2/6, post free, according to size. Larger sizes , made to order on the shortest notice.* tations for Irish-made Writing Paper with Printed Norway the goods 0 1 the country with which O. A. A. * Addresses, eto, eto., may be bad on application to they trade. . People,think of Norway, therefore, as a populous country. Yet .the population of Camans vbest), 3/6 eaoh; postage 6d. extra. Camogs, 2/reach; postage, 5d. extra. The Irish Book Shop Norway is little more than half our own. Hurling Balls, 3/9, post free. Thirty-five years a^o Norway had less ship­ Footballs, 11/6, 12/6, 14/6, 16/6, and 17/6, acj> 50 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin. cording to quality. ping tonnage than we possess. In 1882 Nor­ Knickers, 2/- and 2/9, post free. ’ Shin Guards (Irish made), 1/9 and 2/3 each. way had but some 300,000 tons. Now she is Hurling 8hoes, rubber soles, strong canvass up­ An t-Aon Stopa ariiatn i mtX&ile Ata Cltat sujt 615m ■00- the fourth greatest shipping Power in the pers (American made), 3/9, post free. 5&c ourne fin oips eolAf •oo 5eic 4.156 ap ceansain na world, England, the United States, and Get- nSaefoal. many alone surpassing her. How did Norway WHELAN & SON do it? By co-operation*. Her people every­ 17 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin. All literary communications should be addressed to the Editor. where laudably conspired to buy and build "T H E OLD INN FEIN SHOP.” 8 All business communications to the Manager, ships. They fr.med co-operative ship-owning 6 Haroourt St., Dublin. companies—icey* invested -their money in For 8ubsoription and Advertising Ratee, see p. B. shipping, and thus built up in a generation the magnificent Norwegian marine. In Nor­ J. T. LEMASS, way to-day it would not be easy to- find a man, HATTER AND OUTFITTER, whether he be a labourer, an artisan, a farmer, 2 and 3 Capel Street, Dublin NATIONALITY. or a professional man, who is not part owner in a ship. All Norway is a great shipping com-., IRISH-MADE OOODi A SPECIALITY. pany. Napway indeed had a National Govern­ SATURDAY, 8EPTEMBER 15th, 1917. ment to sympathise with its ambition to be­ come a great shipping Power, and Ireland has The O’HANRAHAN’S not. But this fact does not alter., the truth that it is in the power of the people of Ire­ " The Graves at Kilmorna,” by Canon Sheehan, IRBLAND OUT OP THB CORNER 8/- ; post free, 6/ 6. ♦ land themselves to emulate Norway to an ex-* Works of P. H. Pearse, 7/6 ; post free, 7/11. Here is a paragraph from the “ Independent ” tent. “ A Swordsman of the Brigade,” by Miceal O’Hanrahan, 3 /61 post free, 3/10. A Ridiculous Proposal. Five years dgo when England placed a. cattle "The Felon’s Track,” by M. Doheny, 3/8; At a meeting of the N. Leitrim Sinn Fein Execu- post free, 3/11. * tive, in Manornamilton, .it wae proposed by B. F. embargo on this country there was no Irish " In Dark and Evil Days,” by Sheehy-Skeffing- Maguire, seconded by J* Kilduff, and passed:— shipping here to help Ireland to an alternative ton, 3/6; post frMk 3/10. “ Ipat communication be made with M.I.P.’s, such •‘‘Gill’s Irish Reciter,” 4/-; poet free, 4/4. as De’ Valora, eto., with regard to a competitive market. And the alternative markets existed. “ Rambles in Eirinn,” Wm. jBulfln, 4 /-; post market for Irish, cattle, in view of 'the ruinous re­ TJ^ey existed to some extent in all European free, 4/6. strictions now being imposed by the Food Con­ “ In Sarsfield’s Days,” by L. McManus, 2/6; troller, and also the formation of a mercantile countries, but mainly in Germany and Italy. post free, 2/ 10. marine fleet.” . The latter country imports lean live cattle “ For the Old Land,” "by C. J. Kickham, 3/0; .In the. description of this as a ridiculous proposal post free, 3/11. we have'the slave mind at its worst—“Nationality,” from Argentina—after a sea-voyage double 1 “ Land and Liberty,” by Laurence Ginnell, Sept. 8th, 1917. what it would be from Ireland—and the ruling 2/-;. post free, 2/4. • Irish-made Name Brooches on Mother of Pearl Before the A ct of TJnio,n was imposed upon price in the Italian market was always (orange, white and green); any name to order. this country Ireland possessed a potent mer­ higher than in the English market. But Gei- Post free, 1/1. cantile maripe. Irish ships carried Irish goods mahy offered the real field. The German 304 N.C^R., and 1 Goldsmith St., DUBLIN. t$ France and Spain and Portugal, to the urban population in 1912— the year England Netherlands, the W est Indies, and the North put the embargo on Irish, cattle-^-had outgrown the power of rural Germany to supply'it with SINN FEIN, GLASGOW. American] Continent. England’s mercantile meat. Germany was looking for cattle while Craobh Scumas O'Conghelle, 140 London Street— marine then, as now, was the largest in the Meetings, Lectures, and Ceilidhs at 8 o’clock every world, but the proportion of shipping as be­ England was embargoing tKe Irish supply. On Sunday night. tween England and Ireland was infinitely Sept. 21st, 1912, we w rote'in /4 Sinn Fein — 1 Craobh Padrak Mac Piaras, 178 Castle Street. Tawnhead—Meetings every Sunday at 0 p.m. nearer than it is at present. England has shut her ports against Irish

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cattle—Germany is. clamouring for cattle 7 (1) The.re-establishment o f the Indepen­ a'worker—each man and each woman must be­ and meat. W e’cannot get our cattle to Ger­ dence of Ireland. • come a miss ion er for Ireland. \ many, because we have*-no .vessels,, plying (2) .-The refusal o f' representatives( elec­ Work means organisation; and organis­ between Ireland and Germany The Depart­ ted by Irish constituencies to attend ation 'depends for its'character on the object ment of Agriculture, however, can .within a * the British Parliament or, recognise it has to achieve. There is no. sticlj thing as ' week, in concert with the farmers, arrange its right to legislate for Ireland. good organisation or bad organisation in itself ; for a direct service" of cattle Boats between - (3) The formation of a National As-. organisation is only %0od or Tyad in the degree Cork and the German ports. Forty-eight in which it-achieves its object. Now, the im­ hours after a ship, sails out from Cork with . sembly in Dublin composed* “ of per­ sons elected by. the voters of the Irish mediate objective before us is 'to .get the re­ cattle for Germany England will re-open all presentative backing of the Nation behind the her ports to Irish cattle. cities and counties, and delegates from the Co., Co. Borough, Urban demand for Ireland’s complete and absolute in­ Of course, the Department of Agriculture, and Rural Councils,1 and JPoor Law dependence/to be placed before the Peace Con­ (being an English Government Department, re­ and Harbour Boards, to devisepment through tolly, and that is a delegation that can show •Both the port of Hamburg and the. port of the recognition of the duties and fights of that it possesses a national authority. And by Bremen were willing to' receive Irish. cattle. , citizenship on the part of-the individual j and national authority we dO not mean national un- J The tariffs prevailing in Germany and else­ *by the aid and support of all movements animity— which no nation possesses—but the Originating frem within Ireland, instinct -backing of* the overwhelming majority of the where are published anntfally as a Board of nation. Trade return by the English Government. The with National.tradition, and not looking out­ Therefore our organisation must be made to import duty on cattle at Hamburg is 4/- per side Ireland ^or'the accomplishment of their meet this immediate need; and that brings us •cwt., live weight—on pigs 4/6. There are nos aims is vital to Ireland,” to the first point. The organisation must be import duties on cattle, in Finland, Denmark, based upon the. present constituencies. Elec­ Then they are Sinn Feiners in theory. To tions may ..arise at any moment; it is highly Russia, and Holland; but there is no great be Sinn Feiners in practice they must help in probable that a general election will come upon market for them in those countries. In, Belgium their positions and outside their positions to us before the year is put; or other contingen­ and Italy—dn the latter of which countries cany out this .programme, which was, the pro­ cies may arise with regard to the present *‘par­ there is a large market—there are light im­ gramme of Sinn Fein, at its * inception, and liamentary representation” ; and we.must be - port dutiesN In France, in which there is a ready for these things. To be ready for them which remains its programme, with the ad­ we must make each constituency organised market—but not'too large a one—there is a dition that the circumstances of the times and ready for an election, at any moment; each ■comparatively heavy import duty of 8/7£ per have made possible—appeal to .a World- Worker having his task ready to his hand. cwt., live weight. Tribunal. against the English occupation of In some .places a natural desire exists to W e tried at the time to induce the Irish Ireland. ’ - ^ • * i create County Boards. Now) in most counties, •cattle traders to charter a steamer to run from as experience has proved in other spheres of *1 Towards *that end the main effort' must be national work, County Boards are exceedingly Cofk to Hamburg with cargoes of Irish cattle. .cdncentrated. To secure that end the setting difficult bodies to gather together, owing to Some gentlemen at the head of the Association* up of a Constituent Assembly in the Capital the wide areas that have to be covered.. But were at first enthusiastic, but subsequently of Ireland is the immediate step; but we must at/the moment there is no. work for a County withdrew. They were afraid of angering Eng­ have behind that Assembly, which will speak Board to do that cannot be done better by a Divisional Executive. It is of no avail to cre­ land and losing their respectability by 4 ©fend- with the authoritative voice of Ireland to -the ate a body and then find work for it to do. ing their trade. What the Irish farmer lost he Peace Conference; the moral strength and the The simpler and more effective method is to .can calculate from" the following figures. On material resources of the Irish people. We perceive the need, and then to create a b o l/ January 2nd, 1913, the highest/price for Irish must have behind it—as solidly massed as in to answer that need. The present need is c*> organise the constituencies; and the obvious battle pel’ cwt. in tlid English market was the days when the Hungarian people refused body to answer that need is a Divisional Exe­ £3 5s. 4d. In Hamburg the average price was to send their representatives to a foreign Par­ cutive that understands the requirements of £4 3b . 6d. From that £4 3s; 6d. must be de­ liament, and assembled them instead in their its own constituency and that can frame its ducted import duty and extra'cost of transit. own country-r—the whole machinery of local labours within its own particular require­ The figures then stood government—the Civic Council, the County ments. ? Such Executives should be created as soon £ s d Council, the Pural Council,, and the Urban Price per cwt. at Hamburg ... 4 3 as possible. Even'though constituencies may 6 Council, the Poor Law Board and the Harbour Less import duty _ ...... 0 .4 0 not be properly covered with Sinn Fein Clubs Less extra cost of transit per cwt. ... 0 2 0 Board, and all the organisations of the people. the Executives should be created; and clubs that The first work of a SimrFein Branch, then, afterwards come into being can in due course Nett price .,..3 17- 6 at this juncture, is to look.after the register appoint their own- delegates to them. For there | is immediate work before such an Executive. Price in England ... 3 5 4 and secure a declaration of the local represen­ One of its first tasks should be to purchase a tatives in favour of Sinn Fein. But it is only Extra profit per cwt. to Irish farmer complete set of the present Parliamentary selling at Hamburg ...... 0 12 *2 the .first work. There is- other work—much Register for its constituency.. It is possible other I shall detail hereafter ; bu£ it is the step that if a general election come it will have to Ireland missed a Continental market for her of which DaVis wrote 70 years ago in a para­ be fought on the present register. Anyway, if a more extended or revised register were .cattle in i912 because Ireland had not learned graph which had much- to dq with suggesting .Sinn Fein. Ireland was therefore thrown back available most of the new comers will come the present Sinn Fein policy“ The first step with a resolute faith in heart and head; and for into England’s market, and the Irish farmer to Nationality is tlie open and deliberate re­ this reason England is afraid of-a change—and ilost his 12/2 per cwt. on his beast. Ireland cognition of it by the people themselves. Once England’s ambassadors to this country are yet ,must not ‘lose such mai'kets again. After the the people declare the disconn ction of them­ more afraid. The present register provides a war Germany and Italy will afford alternative good basis for immediate work. selves, their feelings and interests, from the A dozen typewritten copies should be made markets for Irish cattle if Ireland will take men, feelings and interests of England, they of this register, townland by townland. Com­ .advantage of them—markets to compete are in the march for Freedom.” mittees should be appointed for each town­ against which England must pay, not as now, The first step is being taken. It will be ac­ land, each-of whom will take its own set and her own price for our live stock, but a price in complished when an Irish • Constituent As­ undertake to canvass that townland thoroughly ^competition with the prices of other countries, for Sinn Fein, marking opposite each name on sembly meets in Dublin, which it should do the typescript “ For,” / “ Against,” and who, too, eat,beef, although the Irish farmers in. the next six months, if the Sinn Fein “ Doubtful.” Care should be taken to mark Were led to doubt that they did so. Branches apply themselves actively to work. no man “ For” unless he be absolutely certain; What the Constituent Assembly can do, and and in the other cases each man’s objections what the other work of the Branches must be, and difficulties, should be marked down and re­ ported to the Committee." Such 'difficulties THB WORK OP A SINN FBIN I shall describe hereafter. might possibly bte met • by some other can­ BRANCH A r t h u r G r i f f i t h . vasser, or by literature from headquarters. If inot, the’ Committee would report the nature t>i the difficulty, to the Divisional Executive, ' i . w o r k . which couljd in its turn ask headquarters for In response to a promise I have made to some literature to meet the case, or to deal with the ’hundred branches of Sinn Eein which have The immediate necessity befo.re Sinn Fein is matter in “ Nationality.” Some of us know work; and for two reasons.' The firpt and most by personal experience through the country .^ommupicated with me on the subject as to the obvious reason is that, with the short objec­ how acute and sane (and unexpectedly inter­ immediate work' they should do, I recommend: tive before us, there--is much to do and little^ national !,) are some of the difficulties raised; 1; Procure your Voters’ Register, examine time m which to do it. That is to say, we must and by this method, the Publicity Committee it and mark off the non-available voters, and set to work by the most economical method! and the country aire brought into a definite relation one to the other. From top to bottom liave it ready in case of a general or bye- The. second reason is 'that, unless the noble spirit aroused among the people o f Ireland jtlie whole organisation becomes a living election. is to become like wine spilled on the,sand, as in unity—and a Hving national unity. 2. Request your local representatives on earlier movements^ 'the enthusiasm that rallies Then this Executive could with advantage, Urban or Borough or* County, or Rural Coun­ to great meetings must be turned' into an en­ and after careful thought, appoint an Election cils or Poor Law Boards to state whether they thusiasm that undertakes difficult, and dogged Manager, under whose direction the canvass­ ing would take place, and w&jo would at once 'are lr* favour of— work. That is to say, everyone must become Saturday,. September 16th, 1917. NATIONALITY.

ANNOUNCEMENTS. "THE 80LD1ER’8 SONS.*' Irish-made Shirts Original Version, with Words and Musio, II- each, by post 1/1. Wholesale to the Traoe. Aepi’OeACc thOp " EA8TER W EE K." On Sunday, September 16th, 1917 3 / I I EACH Words and Music 6d., by post 7d. Wholesale to Trade. At Millstreet, Co. Copk Postage, 4d. Extra. Irish Horn Rosary Beads (green, white and orange), made throughout in Dublin, 1/8 poet free; whole­ •Grand Irish-Ireland Festival. Best Singers and Dancers 8PLENDID PATTERNS, AND WEAR sale to the Trade. in Monster. Several Bands will appear. WELL. Irish Poplin Ties (tricolour), best quality, 3/8 each. Addresses by Laurence Glnnell, M.I.P., Key of Heaven (Irish-English), 8d. and 1/4 post free. Life of Robert Emmet (cloth bound), 1/8 poet free. Sean Milroy and other prominent LUKE BURKE Tricolour Celluloid Badges, 1 /9 per doe. post free. Speakers. 105 Patrick St., CORK Wholesale to the Trade. Small Celluloid Photo Badges of P. H. Pear sc asl IY. other Republican Leaders, 12/- per groes, poet free. Football Match—CORK v. KERRY. TRADE ONLY SUPPLIED. Tricolour Post Cards Id. each. Wholeeale to the Trade. P. PENDER Id. Photo Postcards of the late Dr. O’Dwyer, in GAELS I Rally to ROSCOMMON 12 WARING STREET, BELFAST. mourning, with verse at foot. Wholesale and ON retail.' Also larger Photo of same. WH0LE8ALE BOOT A 8H0E WAREHOUSEMEN. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th, ’17 Specialities i MEN'S, WOMEN'S and YOUTH'8 “ THE MOTHER AND OTHER TALES," . i FOR THE' 0 ’ FIELD B00T8. By P. k . PEAR8B. Aeni-oeACc rh 6 r t IRISH-MADE fcOODS. In Irish, 1/6; in English, 2/6; Postage, 2d. extra. A Magnifioent Toilet Saloon is attashed to the P r* Jrlsh Ireland Songs, Recitations and Dancing. For MEN’S SHIRTS, HOSIERY, CAPS, &•. Addresses by Count Plunkett, M.I.P.; miset, where the Frongosh Barber le slwtya is Joe MaoOulnness, M.I.P.; Darrell attendanae. F ig g is . pAt>iiAi5 o ’tiAUrhu^Aiii Pipers, Brass and Reed Banda will attend. J. J. W A L SH ’S Admission - Threepence sit&ro viAm io, UiwineAC. UP ROSCOMMON. IRISH EMPORIUM, NEW IRISH INDUSTRY. 26 Blessiestos St., 19 Berlelej St., DiM ii. Lisacull Cycling* & Athletic ST. ENDA SPECIALITIES X. THE 80NG OF THE MOMENT. ST. ENDA THICK RICH CREAM. " Vourneeni w jll They Never Understand ! " MbGREAL’S LITTLE IRI8H CHEESE. A Patriotic Melody, just published. Words asM ST. ENDA CREAM CHEE8E. x Music, 3s. net. r (CO. ROSCOMMON). Obtainable from— Manufaetured with utmost odTe. “ TH E NEW WAY" OFPIOE, To bo had from all Purveyors a n d Family Grooors. On Sunday Sept. 23rd, 1917 , 28 South Frederick, Street, DUBLIN. WHOLESALE DEPOT- HOME FROM FR0N80SH AND LEW ESI (Under G.A.A. Laws). 24 S O U T H CITY MARKETS, DUBLIN. DWYER ami O’NEILL, Cycle Agents. Ladies’ and Gents’ Secondhand Bxhec from 85/- le Entries Close on September 16th. L. NUGENT, Proprietor, £6. Tyres, all sizes, 8/- to 14/-. Tubes from 2 /8 Phone ss*7. to 6/6. Bikes lined in Republican Colours 7/8. "O. 0 ‘OOCAHCAlg, An fl6nar6e. Chains, all sizes, 7/8. Orders from Country resolve Prompt Attention. -Shamrock Dental Surgery- DWYER A O’N E ILL,3 Church St.,4 Arran Qy. IRISH VOLUNTEERS ATTEND AT M0N8TER The healing tousto of Cenptots Destal Servioe at Moderate Fees. GIB80L Instantly ban & AERIDHEACHT Ishes the agonizing Ir Is ritatlong st iong-standlBg 1 - •At NEWMARKET, AN EXCLUSIVELY IRI8H FIRM. skin trouble, and speed The 6reat Irish ily oures Eszema, Ring m SUNDAY, 23rd SEPTEMBER; 1917. worm, Piles, Sores, Cuts, B • - W e pride ourselves on— Skin Remedy. Wounds, Burns, eta. Our “ Shanresk Ideal Set," at 21/*, and Addresses by JOHJT MacDONAGH, LIAM DE RSISTE Of all Chemists 1/-, or dlreot (post free) from the Our Guaranteed Absolutely Painless Ex tract Isa Manufacturers, J. GIBSON, A Co. Clare Lane, DnbNs and other prominent Sinn Feiners. OUT FOR VALUE? . Hours ,1t to • daily. Consultations Free. RIGHT! IT’S HERE FOR THE A8KINQ. "UNO" A n Interesting Programme of Song, Musio, and Danos THE 8INN FEIN DEPOT IB 1 -29 MARY STREET, DUBLIN will be presented, SHARKEY LISTERS, co m As 0 onOmti), Hon. Seo. mArne nf ttAjAttAiJ, beu t AtA' wa mtniiLLf, nth. roscommon Aerldheacht commencing at 1.30 p.m. {Irist^Tlme). 87 UPPER DORSET STREET, DUBLIN. CA8H TAILORING COMPANY. Stationery, Books, Newspapers, Magazines, Toys, “ The Irish Tweed House,’’ 4 Capel Street. Dublin, Sweets, Tobaooos, Cigarettes, -Fancies. and Kingstown, are fortunate in having probably the S o 1T1 Alt'i"6 Ap nSAe'Ditg SlAn. Orders through Post reoelye Careful Attention. largest stock of “ Indigo Blue. Serges ” and Irish Suit­ ings in Dublin, bought in July, 1916. It will pay in­ lAt)ARCAR 5Aet)1t5 At! SO. tending purchasers to inspect our stock. Wo guaran­ tee perfect fitting garments, and all Irish workman­ Sinn Fein Demonstration. DON’T PAY INCOME TAX ship.______JOHN NELiCAN, Proprietor. Before Consulting Me. Repayments and Abatements ERested. Forms FiUed. Experi Work. GENTS'VELOUR BATS— IRISH TRIMMED A MONSTER PUBLIC MEETING JOSEPH MacDONAGH CENTS' STRAW HATS— IRISH TRIMMED For Cork City and County (Late inland Revenue and Exoiae), will 'be held St MOYNE ROAD, DUBLIN. Or 8UNDAY, 23rd 8EPTEMBER, 1917 GLEESON & Co. A t CORK OLD O A V E money by having your soiled suits or costumes dry-cleaned or dyed in the Eustace Tailors and Drapers. or way. Almost equal to new at a fractiou o f the The following Speakers will attend cost. All suits tailor pressed. Carriage paid one IRISH GOODS ONLY. NEW way on country orders. Price List Free. •Countess M arklevlez, Count Plunkett EUSTACE BROS., 110 and III Cork Street and M.I.P. ; Laurence Ginnell, M.I.P. ? lb BUss>aft*a Street, Dahlia. ’Phone 1108. 11 Upper O’Connell Street. Arthur Griffith, and others. ACCURACY. THE CANDLE PRES8 BOOKLETS. •Country oontingents will please communicate with Selected Poems by HERBERT MOORE PIM (A. T h e SECRETARY, Sinn Fein'Rooms, • Accuracy in a watch is of more importance than NEWMAN). 56 Grand Parade. appearance. We do not recommend so-called Prloe One Shilling; post free 1 /2, from the Manager, “ cheap” watches, because accuracy is often The Candle Press, 158 Rathgar Road, Dublin. THE DAY OF THE SMALL NATION8.’ sacrificed to appearance. For really dependable Wholesale Agent—EASON and SON, Ltd. watcheef—good in appearance and workmanship, and moderate in price-roome to :: GREAT COUNTY Typewriters! Typewriters!! GANTER BROS., All makssfor Sals or Hire. Machines to DEMONSTRATION write In both Gaelic and English. Will be held in 63 Sth. G t George’s St, Dublin. Repairs done by Skilled Meohanios. Supplies itooked. TH0MA8T0WN, On SUNDAY, 30th SEPTEMBER, 1917. A. S. CLARKINKIN (Under the auspioes of Sinn Fein Club). F. Loughnan & Co., COAL MERCHANT . * LIMITED, 208 Ct. Brunswick Street:t, Dublin. I Tlve .Founder of Sinn Fein,. Mr. Arthur Griffith 15 Eustace St., DUBLIN, and 14 Howard St., Editor.of “ Nationality rt-j Eamonn Do Valera, M.I.P ■ Telephone 2700. ______BELFAST.______' Eoin Mac Neill, Uachtaran, Conn radii na Gaedhilge Councillor William T. Cosgrawe, M .I.P ; 8ean Milroy MISS E. MacHUGH, and other speakers will attend. P . J . M c C R A N N , Auctioneer & Valuer LANE8B0R0', 80UTH LONGFORD. S3 TALBOT STREET, DUBLIN. A Trial 8oliolted. Bisysies, Repairs, Aoosesertss, Prams, Grsssaphsnesr Sitin P6in, Sinn f6tn AthAin Telegrams—MsCrans, Laneeboro'. Repaired. ^ NATIONALITY. Saturday, September 15th, 1917.

get into touch with headquarters in order to be ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANNpUNCEMENT8r put on to the lines o f the election experience as gathered in the four elections of'this year, from ConnpA'd «a gAptiitse—CpaoB na ! National Aid Acridheacht ' the canvassing to the Counting of the votes. 50615 50615 Adjourned to A t a general election each constituency will need to undertake this vital part of the fighting Follow the Crowd THE • SUNDAY, 30th SEPTEMBER, organisation within its own borders, withbut At PETER PLACE, ADELAIDE ROAD, DUBLIN,. A e m t ) e A ( 5 c depending, as in bye-elections, on expert exr Owing to another Aeridheacht having been previously perience from headquarters; and the time to At THE.HERMITAGE (8T. ENDA’S), RATH* fixed for 23rd inst. Great Attractions. Admission,. prepare for this is now. FARNHAM, Finally, the Executive will need to' choose 6d. Tickets previously purchased and not used at its candidate. On that it is unnecessary to NEXT SUNDAY, 16th SEI^T. Mansion House can be exchanged for Double Tickets at 10 Exchequer -Street. say much. Two things may be said, however. Pipers’ Band Competition and Grand Parade. During a general election each candidate will Tug-of-War Contest. Also Impromptu Match ConntuvO nA SAetJitge— Cpao& ttuAfftpi O tttdp-Oxv have to fight his own corner; and after such an (North v. South Dublin). Camog Matoh (Crake election a returned Sinn Fein candidate may v. Erin’s Isle). Step-Danoing Competition will have to face the cell. A country’s liberty is not be held from conolusion of Pipers Competition to to be won by a path of roses. The road will be. 8 p.m. ' Handball Tournament (by favour of AerutjeACc ifi6tv Dublin and County Handball Exeoutlve). Also stern, but the end thereof of exceeding worth.' G. A. A. GROUNDS, MARYBOROUGH, There will be much Other work for such an a Medley of Numerous other Attractions and Executive, backed by hard and willing work­ Side Shows. Commenoing 2.30. On SUNDAY, 16th SEPTEMBER ers. It will be o f first importance, together ADMISSION—6d. - CEILIDHE, 8 p.m. At 2 O’Clock, p.m. (New Time). with the canvassing, to take a plebiscite, house OARS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM TRAM b y house and head by head,, in support of the TERMINUS. Addresses by ^Councillor William T. Cosgrave, M .I.P .5; national demand for independence.;". Tet the The Exclusive Cifiema Rights have been granted taxthe General Film Cinematographers. first necessity is to form the Executive; not as Alderman Thomas Kelly, and Councillor Seaghan T. an ornamental but as a working body; and'forj Kelly. Songs, Dances,' Reoitationsj Music, etc., by that Executive to, see. that each Sinn Fein Club The Dublin Celtio Glee Singers (late of Frongoch and: Nth. Roscommon : Plunkett. Sth. Longford: McGnlnness member becbmes, according to his or her Lewes), and a host of other Artistes. natural ability and Opportunity, a national Sinn J?6«n—CumAnn C. S. 0 Clfiipis,’Opuim-TlAicne worker. The worthiest member is not he who (Tom Clarke Sinn Fein Club, Drumraney, Moate). occupies the highest place, but he who does CEILIDHE MOR IN TOWN HALL. the hardest work. AefU’OeACC & Demonstration Admission— d. : : : cars— /ts D abrell -Figgis. At DRUMRANEY on 6 1 2 SUNDAY, 16th SEPTEMBER, 1917. .______ANNOUNCEMENTS. The Chair will be taken at 2 p.m. sharp (I.T.), by Cu Altaic tfluipe ip tcjrcAm Hi tuAtAit le- Rev. Fr. Clarke, P.P. ajlie Meeting will be- addressed iiAgAit) peAP CAicile<3CcC. Connp nA' SAe-Oilge— CpaoBUip An 1uOAip by Irish Members.of Parliament and ex-Convicts of eAgtAii* p p o m n rW Sai&iap tlAOtfitA, SpAi'o- Easter Week repute. The Musical Section of the Pro­ SAijtT)in6Ap. gramme will be ..contributed to by distinguished ar­ tistes, - including exceptional Dublin ana Limerick An 66a v Cpuinntu eile ‘Oia h^oihe, 14a* LAr A e m t ) e A C c talent, and Massed Bands of Irish War Pipers. 8.30 cpAtnOnA. i 6 5 0 1 1 e^ntiA, nat t?eAnn^iii “ Time’s Cycle finds the Irish People fighting the same AippeAnn ip CotriAoine An La a s a 9 a CI05 ' (ajv iapa6c 6 beAti a pia]«jvms) old cause—the Emancipation and Freedom of Ire­ land.” —Davis. C|tAO& Itlic 6 it t)e ConnjiA,6 nA SAe’OiLse. A n 30rfut> mf FOgrhAItt, a Clog For full particulars see posters and next week’s issue of “ Westme&th Independent.” cu'irim ceoit 6d. c a h ifrce -A C . Reserved Seats, 1/-. Admission, 6d. Cars, 2/8; In Mansion House HELP A NEW BRANCH. Motors, 6/-; Brakes, 2/ 6; Charabancs, 5/-. (Brakes and Charabancs must enter field empty). On Friday, September 28th, 1917* ConnitA‘6 nA gae'dilse, ttlAinipcip £eApmuige East Clare : De Valera. Kilkenny City: Cosgrave Address by Eoln MacNeill, President Gaelic League' AepitieACc rn 6 p Con tipa * nA SAetnlse, CpaoO Haottfi pionnttApttA Will be held on Sunday, Sept. 16 ConntuvO nA SAetJitge— CpAOft flAoriv riU ijpei-oe A t F E R M O Y THE A N N U A L The Very best talent in Singing, Recitations, Dancing, AejinOeAcc rn6p Instrumental .Music, etc., secured. o - Some of the best Upholders of the Gaelio League including: On Sunday, September 16th, 1917 Aepi’oeAcc Aguf * ceitnSe Rev. J. O’Flynn, Cork; Sean O Muirthille, G.L.O., etc., . At CARRKxAIjINE . Of above will be -held in will attend and address the gathering on the general work ST. MARGARET’S of the Movement. Commencing at "3 o’clock (new time). AejiTOeAcc opens at 1 o’olock (Irish time). On Sunday, September 16th, 191T ADMISSION - - - 6d. GREAT DANCING COMPETITION. Commencing at 3.30 O'clock, p.m". 50 matpr6 Camogie Matoh: Address by Pierce Beasley. Football Match and Camog Match. Songs, Dances, Recitations. ■' Good Work. ) [ Fair Wages. Carrigdoun v. Clan an Phiarsaigh ’Phone, 491. (Carrigaline) (Cork) ADMISSION TO AERIDHEACHT—SIXPENCE. MIRROR LAUNDRY SERVICE, NEWKY Dolphin’s Barn, Dublin. Aefii’Oe^Cc xr\6\\ Branches at—ARKLOW, MO ATE, EDEN DERRY. H. 0. WATSON, -Director. MONSTER COUNTY DEMONSTRITION On Sunday, September 23rd, 191T Irish Materials. ] [ Prompt Dispatch. At Granard AtORAN & O'SULLIVAN. Speakers—Professor Eoln Mao Neill, The Irish Cut, Make and Trim Specialists to the Trade. Messrs. Arthur Griffith, John Grand Irish-lreland Festival. Irish-lreland Songs,. All garments made on the premises in ouriown workshops. MaoDonagh, etc., etc. Recitations, and Dances. Garments in best style Ladies and Gents. Large or small quantities. Price List on application. ADDRESSES BY PROMINENT SPEAKERS. 80 WATERCOURSE ROAD, CORK. On Sunday, 16th September, 1917 Football Match—Longford,v. Cavan. Commenoing1 at 8 p.m. (new time). ADMISSION, . 1: i] SIXPENCE. The “ Kilkenny People” Ltd. Sinn P6tn -Atftitn. All Kinds of Commercial and Job Printing. CpaoO ColmCille ^e-ConhtiA* nA SAetntge^ Posters, Handbills, Catalogues, Programmes, neatly C.Y.M.S., D0NNYBR00K. and Promptly executed at moderate prices. . a ft a ti a r iA o m cum m ceoit m6n (“ Arran of the Saints") Wednesday Next, 19th September' Pending the republic^tion of the “ Kilkenny People,” MANSION HOUSE, at 8 p.m. the Proprietors are anxious to find work for the staff LECTURE AND CONCERT Miss Joan Burke, Messrs. G. Crofts, T. Bevan, and disemployed on the suppression of the newspape/. MANSION HOUSE F. O'Sullivan— Irish-ireland's Best Talent. Address by VERY. REV.. FATHER AUGUSTINE.. AddressJam es’s Street, Kilkenny. T h u r s d a y , 2 0 th September, 1917 O.S.F.C.', President of the Branch.. CumAnn Sinn —-Ati'o-Coipce, CopCAige Doors open at 7.30. Oommence at 8. Right Hon. the t)ut IrceAC .... 6d., Is., 2s. (Cork City Executive) Lord Mayor will preside. Seats can be reserved at 2/6 on application to the Secretary, at *5 Blackhall. Street, f A' Lecture on " Arran of the Saints,” Illustrated by 5 o ITlAipit) Ap n S A e ^ ilg SU in. WANTED Lime-light Views depicting some of jthe Earliest Monu­ an Organising Secretary, must be ments of Pagan and Christian Ireland, will be given by a thoroughly competent man, a REV. AtJGUSTINE FARRELL, B.A. cortiltiCc C A m 0 5 tn*6 e ^ C c A , Vocal and Instrumental Items will be contributed by MATCHES FOR NATIONAL AID. fluent Irish speaker and able to Prominent Feis Cepil Prize Winners. At Ballinadee, Co. Cork, Sunday, Sept. 16th. address public meetings in Irish TICKETS, 11- ‘ 11 2/-, 1/-, and 6d. Camogie—^Plunketts (Ball inha ssig) v. McDerm'ote' and English. May be, had at Presbytery, Donnybrook; C.Y.M.S., (Clonakilty), 3 o’clock. - 59 Morehampton Road; or at Mansion House night of Hurling—Ballinhassig v. Kilbrittan, 4 o’clock. Apply to— . the Lecture. ADMISSION— 4d. x\n fttinAitie, 66 Grand Parade, Cork. The * RAINBOWCHASERS.” All genuine '^Rainbow Chasers ” should wear the new ST. MALACHY’S WARPIPE BAND, . —------r—------“ Viotory” Flag Badge (Price Id.:)} illusrtating the Sinn' BELFAST. Fein Victories. Send 2s. to-day for trial order (wholesale). Trade only supplied. A few of the Bishop of Limerick* Ballot in connection with above Band postponed Mourning Badge are still available for wholesale orders. Largest Wholesalers of Sinn Fein Novelties. till September 29th, owing to non-return of blocks. Winning numbers.will appear in “ Nationality” on Saturday, October 6th._ THE G AELIC PEES S , 30lip,LiflejSt.,Ml. “ r 8 NATIONALITY. Saturday, September 15tji, 1917.

East Cork Executive at a recent meeting suggested PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS— Con. SINN FEIN. that Mr. Muldoon should see if he will realise £400 per year, working in any capacity, s-i Mr. G'umbleton, J>EARL- TIE PINS ^still leading), Id. and, 2d.; 9d^ R.D.G.v presided at an excellent Conference, where and 1/4 doz. Brooches, Rings, etc., 3d., 4d.,- and NEW BRANCHES. delegates from ' the locality devised plans for Work- Ulster. 6d. All in the Tricolour. In Memoriam Ca^’jis, with- during the _wintei*. , the names, of the Executed Leaders, Id. each; 8d. Tanoghmore (Down), Pres; ,H. Boyd, Vice-Pres. Colmcille". (Longford) O’Rahilly Club refers to Mr. Seamus 0 jSTuadt, Troas. A, Nfxou, Sec. J. .Doran; doz. Sample lots sent on1 receipt of 1/1; larger range Dillon’s performance*' itf Armagh as a concentration of of samples for 2/1. Tricolour Silk Badges, special for Bailieboio’, Oraobli Hisceard O CnaiinJiiglio (Dun-na- “ asinine platitudes.” .. nGall), .Swatraghr i M (Derry), H ), Pres; P. McEldowney Vice- , Bagnalstown branch has passed a resolution urging Pres. 33. Muiholland, Irereas. D. O’Louglilin, Sec. M. thk, necessity of supporting Irish manufactures. Sinn O'Loaghlin; Aughamullin (Tyrone). Pres. Hugh Feiners) particularly converts, in the rural districts Canavau, Sec. Patk. McKee, .Treas. F. Dorman;. or Banners,V with or w^iojn;' inscriptions, made to. should realise that they must use Irish matches, and order.—A. J. Byrne, 37 Wexford St,,' Dublin, Templeport (Cavan), Cookstowu (Tyrone), Pres. Jas. lriph commodities as far as' possible. Undoubtedly in- 0 ’Hagan, Sec. Jos. XJorr. Treas. Jas. Quinn; Drum-, central; comfortable.— Miss Dohaghy (2297) •the smaller districts the exception is to find the Irish gINN FEH'f—West Ward (Cork City). General lion (Carrjck-on-Shannon), Newry, Ardee' (Armagh). article pushed. ” ,> Pres. W. Rynue, Vice-Pres. Patk. Kearney, Sec. ana meeting of members of above Ward Friday nighty Carrowroe (Sligo) Club is unanimous ‘that Mr.. Sept. 14th. 8.30 p.m., at 56 Grand Parade; every Treas. T. Keenan j Camloch (Ardmacha), Uacli. 'T;.V O’Dowd, M.E.P., does not represent local feeling, O liAodha, Cisteoir P. Mac Aodliagain, Run. M. member asked to attend; intending members can be* whether at the Convention/or anywhere in fact. The enrolled. O’Beirne ; Moy (Parish of* Clonfeacle, Tyrone), Jones­ mombers also suggest Mr. Scanlon, M.E.P., should boro’ (Armagh), Pres-. F. Jordan, Sec. H. J. McKin- J AILORING—L. Doyle is carrying on business at resign. 2 Talbot St., - upstairs over Shephard’s Dairy. ' , ley ; Ballybay (Monaghan), Pres. IJev(. Fr. Murphy, i Ballinrobe Club is canvassing^ all the adjacent vil­ Treas. M. Duffy, .Sec. P. Coyle, junr.; Carrickroe Customers, note change of address. lages in the, national interest. Branches who want to 'J’O LET-vFiH'nished bedroom," sittingroom, kitchen; ; (Monaghan),. Pres. J. Floqd, Vice-Pres. H. McKenna, know what_they are to do might take a note. Treas. T. McKenna, Secs.. B. McKenna and Owen cooker/j' use of .bath';' ah- ideally situated house Mr. Sheridan is Vice-President of the Club at Lav- (North sid&); ’penny tram to city. Apply O. 82, this- Treanor: Clones' ‘(Monaghan), Pres. Rev. James aliaghmore, Balia (Mayo). In answer to inquiry, we O’Daly C.C., Vice-Pres. Rev. P. McQuaid, C.C., and 'Office. .. . desire to say that Hungary obtained its "WAN^ED-^For North Antrim, a competent Oatmeal*' Rev. F. Donnelly C.C.. Treas. M. Kierans, Sec. Jos. •freedom -as - the « result of. democratic action Odnnojly; PortnacOire (Dilin), Pres. R. Taggart, Vice- alone, . 'years - after an. abortive rising, ruthlessly Milfei:; comfortable,home for suitable man^' Apply Pres. J. Lennon, Treas. H. McCarthy, . Sec. H. M. L.'Mcfliugh, Holywood, Co. ©own. .crushed. Hungary just sat tight and forced the diplo­ "\\TOULD any. kind C.onnenjara reader let advertiser McGratli,->junr. . . £: matic sit&trt ion, when Austria was losing a war to Prussia. . know, best fail', date/ etc., where he could get Munster. ' young Connemara ponies. Replies to “ Connemara,” ; Kildimo (Limerick), Pres. J. Fitzgerald D.C., Treas. - Excellent work is being done in Ballyhaunis in the S. O’Madagain, Sec. Maire Ni Bhriain-; Bawnmore -direction of creating a heaUhy .public opinion. ' Air. this Office. "(Cork). Pres. M. Aherne D.C., and P. Horan, area# Titzmauriqe, Secretaiy, lias, forwarded £ recent cheery YOUNGr VMAN wishes to hear of a position in an- T. McAuliffe, Secs. S. Kearney and IV Goggin; Castle-', report to us, amply Justified in the . view of our or­ Irish-Ireland house; can drive Ford car; three haven (Corbh Pres. J. B. cO’Driscoll, Treas. D. ganisers. years’ experience; private or business* house; could' Buckley, Sec. P. J. O’Sullivan; Teamhar (Cork), Pres. f An Executive has been formed in North Leitrim,, devote spare time to bar attending or other capacity; D. Daly, Vice-Pres. J.' McSweeney, Treas. M. Murphy, with -the following officers:—Pres., James' Nolan; .comfortable home; strict T.T.; excellent references. Sec. D. McAuliffe; Brenor (Kilkenny),-Pres. M. Car­ Vice-Pres. T Gilginn;, Secs., F. Levins and C. Apply C. 28, . this Office. . , '(13107) roll, Treas. J. Carroll, Sec. W. Healy, Kilmurry, Timoney; Treas., C. Cullen. VOUR Name, in Irish or English, made on Mother of Ivnckane (Clare), Pres. M . Mooney, Vice-Pres. P. I Mr. Etchingham, D.C., prosided at a recent meet­ Pearl with rolled gold ..' wire, enamelled green, Sexton, Treas. J. Daly, Sec. J. McNamara; Kil- ing at Holyfort (Gorey), wh'ere he explained the Sinn white and orange, 1/1 post free; also Mother of Pearl feighney (Kerry), Pres. Ger. O’Sullivan, Vice-Pres. Fein policy sinc£ its institution by Arthur Griffith. Name Brooches, without colours, 1/1.— Edward Healy^ P.- C. Galvin’ Tress. _.R. J. Walsh R.D.C;, ;Sec E. J. He was followed by Rev. D. Sweetman, Mount St. Manufacturer of Gold Wire Name Brooches, 128 Sheehy; Bally roe. (Cork), Pres. Rev. M. Coughlan Benedict, who urged his hearers to adopt the Sinn Francis St., Dublin. (2297) C.C., Vice-Pres. J. O’Neill R.D.C., Treas. T. Griffin, Fein policy as the only one*to lead to national sal­ Sec. S. Hennessy ;• Ma.inistir O’Dornaigh (Kerry), vation. Among the other speakers were Mr. P. THANKSGIVINGS. Chairman T. Fitzgerald, Treas. M. O’Connor. (Fron- Doyle,' T.C.; Miss Maud Eden, Mr .M. Mervyn, and Q.RATEFUL THANKS to Our Lady of Lourdes for och)_. Run. C. O’Oathain: Rossmon? (Tipp.), Pres. Mr. S. Kirwan. favours' received. Pubb'cation promised.—Fermoy f’. Fitzgerald, Vice-Pres. D. Moore, Treas. P. Ryan, Sinn Feiner. Sec. P. O’Keefe; Castlegregory (Kerry), Pres. M. JJEARTFELT THANKS tq the Sacred Heart for O’Donnell M.C.C., Treas. T. Brosnan. Sec. J. Casey; . temporal favour. Publication promised.— .Castlecomer (Kilkenny), Sologhead (Tipp.), Pres. J. Domhnall.” Treacy, .Vice-Pres. Wm. McCormac, Treas. M. Lyons, Prepaid Advertisements. J THANK the Sacred, Heart and St. Anthony for' Sec. T., Quillan; Kilbrin (Cork),' Ennis (Clare), Dun- favours received. Publication promised.—P.F. gourney (Cork), Pres. "E. Ahern, Vice-Pres. T; Dono­ 12 words, 6d ; 18 words, 9 d .; 24 words 1/ - ; every 'J HANKSGIV1NG to the Sacred Heart and Our Lady van, Treas. Wm. Ahern, Sec. M. Ahern (Frongoch additional 2 words, id. Minimum Charge, 6d. for miraculous favour received.—J.D. ’ (2997) O.T.C.); Kilmurry (Cork), Newmarket-On-Fergus {Clare), Pres. Rev. T. D. Tuohy C.CL Treas. T. Hast­ ings, Secs. M. F. Brennan ana R. 1. O Maoldhomh- A BARGAIN—Gent’s Suit, 3 0 /-.—Doyle,. Upstairs, Smokers—Fill your Pipe with Irish Grown Tobacco. naign: Limerick (Sean McDermot Club), Pres. P. 2 Talbot St. • Mild, Medium, or Full, 3/- Quarter lb., post free. O’Halloran, Treas. J. Sheehan; Sec, A. O’Halloran ’• ADDRESSES artistically illuminated from £ 1._- W . J. GLOVER & CO., Edward Dolan, Mnllinahone (Tipp.), Pres. T. F. Cahill, Vice-Pres. 10 Elizabeth St., Drumcondra, ROYAL AVENUE AND NORTH ST., BELFAST. A. A. Redmond, Treas. T. Brett. D.C., Sec. P. Mans­ Dublin; field D.C.; .Dunmore (Cork), Pres. T. Kilgarriff, Vice- ADDRESSES, Badges, Window Tickets, Engrossing Pres. M. Finnegan, Treas. M. Halliday, Sec. M. T. Work neatly executed; Celtic design a speciality. Walsh. — P. O’Malley, 42 Donore Avenue, Dublin. (13107) B U N DORAN— Halt at Kelly’s!. WASTE” PAPER. Leinster. Edgeworthstown (Longford), Chairman P. Roddis, QASTLEBLANEY—For Sinn Fein Literature and V^TE are prepared to pay highest cash prices Vice-Chairman P. Kearney, Treas. T. Sweeney, Secs; Novelties, call at Phil McMahon’s, Hairdresser, for all kinds Waste Papet, Send us sample . P. Ross and.J. Cullen; Durrow (King’s County). Pres. Newsagent, etc. • (6107) lot to-day, You will be satisfied with result. We J. Berry,'Vice-Pres. P. Donoghue, Treas. J. Murray, QAVAN AERIDHEACHT—Drawing of Prizes post­ pay carriage on lots from country of 1 owt. and Sec. P. Ravenhill; Kilmore (Wexford), Pres. J. F. poned until Sunday, 23rd September. upwards ; if in city or suburbs we collect Jree. Browne. Secs. Miss K* A. Browne ana P. Fortune; QOATES’ EMBROCATION—Irish made; splendid Ballykelly (New Ross); Pres. Rev. W. Harpur C.C., value. Sold by all up-to-date dealers. - (1127) • Vice-Pres. Wm. Power, D.C.,1 and J. Foley. Sec. S. QOMHLUtJHT CAMOGUIDHEACHTA—Fixtures for Cleary, Treas. S. Murohy; £tean Connolly S.F. Club Sunday, Sept. 16th. At O’Neill-Crowley Grounds, P. O’REILLY, Ltd., (Dijblin), Ballinacree (Meath), Pres. M. Hughes C.C., Cork, at 6 o’olock, Emmets v.*Killumney (Semi-final Vice-Pres. J. Snlyth D.C., and T. McCabe D.C., Sec. Senior Championship). At Ballinadee, 3 o’clock, Plun­ Great Strand Street, Dublin* P. Hennessy, Asst. Sec. N.'McCabe, Treas. B. Tighe ketts v. McDermots (for Nati6nal Aid^ 'P h o n e 1934. * i u and J. Butler; Kilbeggan (Westmeath), Clongill (Meath), Pres. P. O’Ragnallaigh, Vice-Pres.' J. Mar­ J)AMP HOUSES made dry; the latest patent used; tin, Sec. P. Hoey, Treas. T. McCabe; Pulladoey special' attention country orders.—J. J. Kenny, (Longford), Tubberplair (Westmeath), Pres. ------, Plastering Contractor (late of Frongoch), 287 Rich­ Stationery, Fancy Goods, Vice-Pres. Wm. Ganly D.CL Trearf. Wm. Ganly, Sec. mond Road, Fairview. (8127) Michael McGrath (late trf Frongoch). J)ON’T forget, Gannon’s, £1 Ellis’ Quay, is the Sinn Haberdashery, Connaoht. Fein Shop. (2997) Carrowroe (Sligo), Highwood (Sligo), Pres. ,J. Mac DRAWING for Liam Mellow’s Fianna Enrolment Religious Goods and Books, Cormack, Vice-Pres. P. Martin, Treas. E. Foley* Secs. Form. Winning No. 304. D. Gijldea and J. Duffy; Lahardane (Mayo), Pres. T. , DUBLIN made Ready-to-Wear Suits, 30/-.— Doyle, Jordan, Vice-Pres. P. J. Hegarty, Treas. T. J^McHale, Upstairs, 2 Talbot Street.. 27107 D.C. ;-oec. P. McHale; Moylough (Sligo) Pres — Luke, fT.CCLES HOTEL, 70 Eccles St. Bed and Breakfast, sen., Treas. T. Brennan, Secs..,C. J. Gildea. J. J. Hunt; 2/6. Full Board moderate. . John Kivlehan Balfinrobe (M ayo)P res..------Costello. Vice-Pres. P. J. Casey, Treas. T. Walslie, Secs. J. J. Hession and J£XCHANGE-^-Six n.p. petrol engine for set of union M. Turner; Mayo Parish (Mayo), Chairman J; Begley, pipes, or sell £5 10s.—Eudmonn Mac Daibid, Sec. M. McNally D.C^; Miltown (Galway)^ Pres. TJ Castle Place, Strabane, Co. Tyrohe. 2 O’Connell Street, uuuuGoodwin T. uu. Vice-Pres. P. Meehan, Treas. P. Lough- pLUTE BANDS—Irish marches (beautifully harmon­ LIMERICK. nane ana T. Grogan, Sec. P. J. Greene; Cully (Sligo), ised) ; full set of parts, 1/6 each; quicksteps, Pres. E. Phillips, Treas. P. Durken, Sec. ML Carroll; 1/6 for two.— P. Salmon, Bandmaster, St'. Mary’s, jLOiainivaufIslandeady \(ftlayo). *Pres. ‘vo. ***•M._ Staunton, Vice^ ' *vv *Pres. *vw* Limerick (composer Of “ Walls of Limerick,” Boosey ' E. Mylott, Treas.- P. Tuohy, Sec. E. Mylott; Knock- and Co., London). SUBSCRIPTION RATES. roghery (Roscommon), Pres. >J. Kavanagh, Treas. P. JTOR SALE—A few tons of coal. Apply A. S. Clarkiu, Post free, payable in advance. Kelly, Sec. T. Kelly: Clonberue (Mayo), Pres. M.iM. 208 Great Brunswick St., Dilbfin. / ’Phone 2769. Three Months, ' ... * ... is. 8d. Feeney, Treas.Tre^s. M. Mullin, Sec. T. Gannon; Edmonds- A. 2997. Six Months, ...... 3s. 3d. town (Mayo), Pres. M. .Coleman, Vice-Pres. J. Gol­ One Year, ...... es. 6d. den, Treas. J. Hannon, Sec. D. McCoy; Tuam (Gal­ pO R SALE—Rally Trap, walnut body, lancet shafts, cushions, tyres; fit 15 or 16 hands; made by Cheques and Money Orders should be Crossed and1 way), Pres. S. Brown, Vice-Pres. M. Dwyer T.C., made payable to the Manager. Secs. J. J. Waldron and’ J-. Moloney, Treas.- R. Aylesbury Bros.; only used a few times; in perfect O’Connor. condition. Apply C. 30, thip Office. (2997) ADVERTISING RATES. QENTLEMEN’S Own Material Cut, Made and Trim­ Single Insertion, . ... • - ... 3s. Gd. per.inchi • „ * , . j med.— Doyle, Upstairs, 2 Talbot St. -27107 6 Insertions, ...- ... 3s. 3d. per inch. CLUB NOTES. 13 Insertions; ...... ; 3s. 0d’. per inch. H E AV Y Winter Overcoats, 30/- (worth 50/-).— 26 Insertions, ...... ' 2s. 9d. per inch. Mr. D. McMahon addressed Toomebridge Branch Doyle, Upstairs, 2 Talbot Street. 27107 52 Insertions, ..a ... 2s. 6d. per inoh. last week and briefly explained thp policy to the JF you want a Chesterfield or a good Divan Easy (Larger Spaces pro rata). members. Some practical suggestions have come from Chair, buy it from the maker at factory prices.— O'Connor, Practical Upholsterer, ’ Cabinet Maker, WHOLESALE AGENTS: this quarter, and they will be duly considered. Mean­ Dublin—Messrs. Eason and Son, Gt. Brunswick St,, time, all hands must work hafd to make the Conven­ Polisher, Rere of 12 Parliament St. Repairs in above by best workmen; and Belfast-. tion a success. Nothing-^ more important' than the Messrs. Dawson and Son, 5 and 6 Molesworth selection as delegates'Qfiufcal men or women of com- IRONMONGER’S ASSISTANT disengaged; over 12 Place, Molesworth Street, j, j monsense views. years’ experience in first-class lioflses; capable, ‘ The Gaelic Press, 30 Upper Liffey Sfcl The Con Colbert Club '(Castlpfin) and the William sober, and not afraid of work; Irish-speaking district Pearse Club (Monev) have collected £15 for ihe preferred. Apply C. 31, this Office. Belfast—Messrs., C. Porter and Co., 123 and 125 Old National Aid Fund‘ through a ceilidh?. Other branches JRISH Tweed Suits to measure, 55/-.— Doyle, Up­ Lodge Road. might imitate with- advantage in the furtherance of stairs, 2 Talbot Street. J 27107 Cork—Messrs. Sean O Cuill and Co., 95 Patriok St. the National Fund of Sinn Fein. J. ELLIS, St. Joseph’s Place, off Dorset Street. Messfs. Nows 'Bros., 20 Bowling Green St. Bawnmore (Cork) Club reports-that local, farmers Carpentry, and Furniture Repaired. Tralee—Es'-O’ponnor, 42 Nelson St.** are shy about coming in. but it is felt that the blue- j^INOTYPE OPERATOR disengaged (society)*;,; ex­ I Glasgow—William Cribbin, i67 Saltmarket. blooded coalman, Rhondda, , will organise effectively perienced ,newspaper hand; All models.*1 Apply for us tKrough the medium of his Cattle Pripes Order. C. 33, this Office. ■ ' Liverpool—Poter Murphy,. 13 Scotland Place. Mr. O’Dnspolk P.L.G., is active, we notice, in F IL L E R desires situation; can do all lands'of re- Gastlehaven.* He made a thoroughgoing Chief of Pan-s. and overhauls. Apply C. 34, this Office. Police in Frongoch. 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