EDITED BY ARTHUR GRIFFITH

Vol. I. *No, 32. (New Series). SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1917. PRICE ONE PENNY.

J. J.- Coen, .Westmeath. while . we_ .a8k when was the valuation of the, WGBK* BIT w e m . Jt Bolger,-*.J.Pi, Vn^xfprtf Co>,Council. -‘ City Life ” taken, .&& advertised ^ M. J' Nolan, J.P.,£I£efry Cp. Council. <»■ u».-gaw^it^'la^Lweek.« W eta f® •* and ant enthusiastic- gathering in 'trlenties,'. * "D. 3T. Cogan, WickloV ■Council. ■ ■; „•, ./1 ’ttfWeatem ^Purehase% of Snares, iitc., in Law Donegal, addressed by.‘Professor JiacNeill-.-On M. J. Mirichy J.P., KjldaSe CoV'Cduncil. * Thursuay ^elfSst w&s entered, and St. Mary’s . «*» Iritegrity Insurance Cq ., Ltd.” This “ aSsefc” *.. * Hall could‘ not find accommodation for the is valued at the- substantial sum, of £22,644 ’ Mr. John Cullinari’s ^bffe# to pay £5 if it, ,19s. Od. In a footnote Xo' thejr repait the : thousands who wisheji to be present. Mr. were proven that he was- one of the Conspira­ Auditors mention that this sum wafs “ treated.. ,£' Denis McGuUagh* presided, and the speakers tors who seek to have Irelaild excluded from asy an asset.” Apparently the Auditors-- ■ included Dr’. Mc^abb,' Messrs. Herbert Pirn, the franchise jneasure on which Ht is planned thought it called for' somoFexplanationr arid Darrell Figgis, Eoin MacNeill, Eamon De to fight the next election can now be redeemed they tell its it ^presents thageOBt of scares , Valera and Arthur'Griffith. QriSund&y Down by him. • But^ if we know* anything of Mr, acquired at pai', toget^ie!- with^t/5B5 98.,J0d., and South'Armagh assembled at Newry, where Cullinan, 'the/^£5 wiltynever be paSl. $ ..‘Mother payments made l^ponnlbtion with th|*r ’ a similar proclamation to that issued at Omagh • - ♦ ♦ ♦ “ Dirty Dicfci'5’ as hi* lovmg colleagues style iransactioriv’ What-theSifc, were is not. dis« was promulgated, and* a similar display of closed. It is difficult to unu^stanu how the. *armed force made. -The vast meeting, which Mr. Richard McGhee, ]$£E£P.S held, a “ meet­ ing ” at Greericastle, Tyrone, *las^ Sunday. No “ other payments” could 6e treated.as an / was pressed oyer, by Mr. Robert Kelly,. Pre- asset. The-amount paid1- for tne» Shares -was ^sident^vof the1 Trades Council, 'and Which notice was giyen ^A he;i“ jneeting,” the. first intimation the ;1oct!1 people- had. of something • ^ over* £15,000'S- Kow, let u^ <.see ^ha^^his 4)ledged^its ^Hegiance to 'Sinn ’Fein, was ad^ ‘ ‘ asset” representedi W e'tuirtfto tlje^usj-' dressed by^Sffes^g. Arthur Griffith and W . L. unusual being^the arrival i’df a contingent of police, headeci by the District-Inspector from.; ness done by the Lajsr. IntjegEity. Its premium ; Cole, o£ Dublin ;T)r. MacNabb, of Belfastj and j : income, as the .Chairman, of the City^' Life Y Messrs, Sheridan•, *0’E&illy,- Donnelly and. D. Otnagh. •* ‘ The meeting ’ ’ was an indoor' brie?'* and consistedl>f Mr. .MpGJiee, Mr. McCatfron, stated, is largefy derifvejl from’ industrialJlin- McCann, B.*A. ^ Surance, its. sord£aarjt, Ijle business being-jve^y ^ o- • ■’ Ik ■ ex-R .I.C.; Messrs. P. McLoughlin.andStair^,. In the South, at' Limerick great meetings Omagh; the jdrivers of brakes, ten polfce con­ small. '■In the'lIn8uraucfe Directory,*191'r, we \yere addressed at Bruree arid Newcastle West stables, and thirty-i3lre''men, wonieri and oHil; iffii^d' the •foDpwing,4etaift by Countess Marckieviecz, Mr. De Valera and dren . In . tKe course of' his address, e Mr. JBritish Industrial Life Busiriess. V Dr. Hayes', while ”at’' Millstreet, - in Cbrk, McGhee stated that ]Qr. ^cCaftan» was 8k, spy Law arid jntegrity, 1915. . Messrs. Ginnell, M.I.P.* Sean Milroy arid Sean in the pay *of the Engli&n 0oyeFriment; thdt- ; . ■ ' £ •' Rro.wir wereytbc. speakers. In^.Connachl, at he got a\yay to Aineroca- through the^ help 'bf^ ;Tota| Preiriiums. '. .. 52r425’ t/lie- iSi in 'Anw- 1 ^ ; ' >■* $39 M .I.P., and Mr. Darrell Figgis addressed a fica'aoing ‘‘^bvernmra^wci^T®^ large demonstration; while at Newport, in tulate Mr. John Redmond ori Mr. Kicnafd Mayo, Mr. Figgis was the chief speaker. In McGhee. He is worthy of him. But when £ Leinster enthusiastic meetings at Naas (Kil­ Tyrone gets an opportunity Mr. McGhee will Claims 13,638 dare), Maryborough (Leix), Drumraney share the fate of the other liars. Commission and Other Ex­ (Westmeath), and St. Margaret’s (Dublin) ♦ ♦ ♦ penses 40,920. were addressed by Dr. Boyd-Barrett, Messrs. Mr. Samuel Heron, who appealed at Belfast Other Outgoings 153 W . Cdsgrave, M .I.P., O’Leary Curtis, .Harry last week against a sentence of four months’ Boland, Alderman Kelly, M. Collins, P. Cos- imprisonment for refusing admission to a de­ Total Expenditure £54,711 grave and Pierce Beaslai. In Waterford City, tective to a meeting and ceilidh at St. Mary's Killarney and Kenmare other , meetings were Hall, in the course of a speech said he learned It will be noticed here that the income of this company, for which the City Life paid over addressed by Mr. Sean Milroy. the first lessons of nationality from the man who was prosecutig Jrim—Crown Prosecutor £22,000, did not meet its total expenditure. Mr. Wmi O’Malley, M.E.P., the London Moorehead—who in foririer days talked of; the Moreover, the cash paid to the officers and company promoter, arrived iri Clonbur, Gal­ wrongs of Ireland, and some other lessons agents of the company was three times as way, on Sunday, and used the Catholic church from the man in court acting as Clerk of the great as the amount paid to the public. This grounds for the purpose, of holding “ a meet­ Crown and Peace, Martin J. Burke. If, said “ asset” appears to have been valued on the ing,” speaking from the church steps. Ap^ Mr. Heron, Mr. Burke at £1,600 a year was basis of the low ratio of claims to commission, the less the public get and the more the agents parently since a priest was banished by Bishop as useful to the Judge as he had been to the Higgins to an island off the coast for protest­ cause of Nationalism, he wished Judge Craig being apparently the “ bull point” in this ■transaction. To such a company it is pro­ ing against this Stock Exchange adventurer’s luck of him. Burke, we may add, secured his language, O’Malley believes he has a right to appointment through the efforts of Mr. posed to hand over the “ Irish United So­ use the Church property. What would hap­ ciety.” Joseph Devlin, M.P., two years ago, to whom ♦ ♦ ♦ pen a priest in the Archdiocese of Tuam who he acted as a political spy. used the chapel grounds for a Sinn Fein meet­ ^ ♦ ♦ The circulation of •“ Nationality ” has be­ ing ? O’Malley’s “ meeting” was boycotted Mr. E. C. Dooley, of Birr, member of the come so large—‘■it now exceeds that of any by the people, the local band refusing to at­ King’s Co. County Council, does not think the journal published in Ireland exccpt the tend; but locally there is much comment on death of the Bishop of Limerick is a matter foi “ Daily Independent” —that it is impossible the fact that this man could use the church the County Council’s condolence. The Bin for our- machines to get the week’s edition steps for his political purposes. What is the Sinn Fein Club regards Mr. E. C. Dooley as a printed in time for simultaneous publication influence this notorious person—this promoter person of vicious political bias, and it will, at on Thursday. In consequence Dublin and of' a* score of bubble companies and owner the first opportunity, help to kick him out of some other centres have been obliged to wait of “ Chic ” —possesses which enables him to the position in which he misrepresents Birr. until the Friday of each week for the edition have Catholic curates bariished and use Ca­ ^ ♦ ♦ of “ Nationality” which goes to press each tholic church property, for his political purr The Ennis Board of Guardian?, at their last Tuesday evening. Considerable inconvenience ' poses? meeting, adopted resolutions deploring tho i.to-.our readers and ourselves has been caused ^ ♦ ♦ death of the Bishop of Limerick and request­ by this fact, and to meet the difficulty we have We understand that Mr. John Cullinan, ing Sir Horace Plunkett and the members of decided to alter the form of the journal from M.E.P., has announced Ms? intention of parting the Convention to withdraw froni the | Con­ an eight-page to a larger four-page “ Nationa­ with 1J per cent, of the annual salary he draws vention unless all prisoners now in jail for lity^* which, printed in smaller type, will from the English Treasury for helping to up-* political -offences are released. permit us to get more reading matter into each hold English government in Ireland if it be ♦ . ♦ issue and to print the issue so much more , shown that lie liad anytfcrfngtO;do with the We notice as we are going to press that the rapidly that it can be published simultaneously passage of the- Resolution of the Executive Chairman of theyOity Life has contributed a throughout Ireland each Thursday morning. Committee of .the;General Council of County letter to the “ Irish Independent’ ^.on the sub­ Our next issue will, therefore, appear in the Councils asking, the British Government to ject of our comment last week on what'is-called new form, and on Thursday'morning. ■j:the proposed fusion with the Irish United *t> y ^ <> strike Ireland out of the‘Franchise Bill. We Mr. R. A. Anderson, Secretary of the Irish have pleasure in 6'onvictin‘g Mr.’ Culliriijn. On- I Assurance f Society. Our readers will do Well to compare th6 lfettetf’with our statements arid jOrganisation Society, The Plunkett, House, the 17th ..feine .th>' ,‘ Executive Committee ri\ has- contributed much enlightenment iri his met and smuggledHlirgugh the resolution. The i to note'the omissions, and' to recall that it is only "cash asrfets or assets convertible'into d&feh better on Butter Prices. He has revealed the jlist of 'those, accor^irig totlie minutes and the# ^working o£ the ‘ 'Clutohing Hand ” in one most report ot^he . Government organ, the Free­ which c^nt.V Book assets are perfectly vahie- fless“fEmn a financial -point of view, and it is linportant branch of our export trade, . TKe man’s Journal,” wlio passed the appeal to Eng.- correspondence published by him in the “ In­ land to exclude Ireland from the Franchise useless and misleading to tender thetn as secu­ rity to policy-holders. W e shall deal next dependent 5 ’ lacks nothing in fullness o f in for­ Bill is as follows:’-^} I - „ mation. It shows how idle and foolish' it is P. J. O’Neill, Dublin County Council. week with the “ official explanation.” Mean­ 2 NATIONALITY. Saturday, September 22nd, 1917.

for Irishmen to expect any sort of fair treat­ coal; and this, too, in Ireland. A recent order of those who address me as * My lord,’ wrote ment from either the British importer or the has been issued allowing British shippers to a Catholic Archbishop of O’Connell's time to British Government. It proves the fact which charge Is. 3d. per ton extra on Irish shipments, the Duke of Wellington. Leave to live seemed we have revealed before, that the British while the Controller has prohibited Irish ship­ a great deal to men whose youth had seen the Ministry acts as the agent for the British ments from Stafford, Derby, Notts, and most., 'discoverer** and the ‘ priest-hunter’ at trader. It is to the last degree hopeless and of Lancashire. This leaves practically South work.’* , - _ • impossible, and even imbecile, to expect that Wales to supply the Irish trade,' and thus the j “ O’Connell, whose eloquence was massive such a Government can ever be suspected of Grand Inflater is presented with a monopoly and rugged, sometimes coarse, and rarely clas­ favouring or encouraging Irish trade or in­ as well as an increase in the price of ship­ sical, answered back the Catholic aristocracy dustry. Mr. Anderson relates the impression ments. Meanwhile poor Mr. Duke is vi&iting with vituperation and scorn for their slavish­ that he at-once jgained, “ that while little re­ Arigna ‘‘ to see what can be done;’ ’ Why not ness and cowaMice. The Bishops*he studiously gard was being’ paid to the interests o f the visit the Grand Inflater? • passed by. He had at his back a few of the # producer, those of the importers, wholesale ♦ ♦. ♦ Catholic gentry, nearly all the Catholic mer­ merchants, and retailers, were being extremely The imports into the “ U.K.” in August cantile* and middle classes, many of the secular well looked after.” Of course they were. Where amounted to one hundred ^millions. The ex-[ and parochial clergy, and the Religious Orders is the individual who thinks that the British ports only amounted to forty-nine. England to a man.” I Government will look after us, except to in­ can only pay the difference in (k) freight re­ Further on, when describing the great help jure the trading interests of our country ? If ceived by her shipping; ‘ (b) income from O’Connell received from the parochial clergy, he exists he should read carefully the corres­ foreign investments ;«(c^,gold. Her shipping A. M. Sullivan tells us:— ‘ The priest was pondence we quote. All efforts to obtain a fair is mostly engaged' in military supply, and her j the one man whom the simple and unschooled market price for Irirfh butter were turned foreign securities sold. .Question: How Ipng I but resolute peasant felt he might endow, with down by the Ministry of Food, which sent is the country going to last which imports an unrestricted proxy. Experience soon came three representatives to the Conference at Gros- goods to the value Of double her exports of to tell him that by implicitly trusting and venor House on Aug. J22nd^. There were five merchandise and has no visible means or gold) obeying this political proxyholder rights were merchants’ representatives. Mr. Anderson was to meet the difference? won and,disabilities swept away in the devious the sole •. producers’^ representative summoned ♦ ♦ ♦ and difficult, ways*of public conflict. The by the Ministry - of Food, which carefully In a moment of unconscious, self-revelation priests themselves, who at first very reluctantly packed the 'Conference in the proportion of 8 the British Under Secretary for Foreign (and most often despite the displeasure of the to 1 against Ireland. It is not surprising that Affairs revealed the inwardness of England’s pusillanimous Bishops) assumed these new under the circumstances he was in a minority Irish policy. Lord R. Cecil has suggested functions and responsibilities, began to grow o f one. He failed to get the Ministry to raise “ economic, commercial, and financial isola­ more bold and confident under the incitements the price from 206s. to 230s., though the price tion ” for a ly nation desiring to impose her and encouragement of O’Connell. At length at parity with milk in Ireland should be 280s. will on the world by violence. This is exactly they became the agency through which he or­ What, however, is much worse, the Controller what England would condemn Ireland to, just ganised and moved the whole kingdom/* refused to fix a maximum price for retailers in as the policy o f partition planned to punish May we not fervently trust that the future ^England, so that they can charge what they Germany—If England were victorious— was historian may not have to write similarly of like for Irish butter-^-if they can get it. Mean­ very nearly applied to Ireland. the venerable Episcopate.of our own day? while the Dane is getting over 300s., because* ♦ ♦ ♦ “ There is a tide,’ *, a high authority tells The policy o f isolation has been in full blast the Food Controller cannot fix the price for a us, tfin the affairs of men (and of nations) producer in a foreign country. The Irish pro­ against Ireland for a very long period. The which, taken at the flood, leads on to vic­ Cecil phrase is a paraphrase of English policy ducer alone is penalised, and the Irish fanner tory.** cannot get a market price for his butter. ..The- towards us, and it can only -be met by an Irish policy of economic, commercial, and financial Government has, in fact, the market rigged participation in the world’s affairs. The re­ against him. It -could only keep down the SINN FBIN NATIONAL FUND. lations o f one nation to another are based on Dane by limiting the English retailer, but it economic factors. If there was no international TRUSTEE8. prefers to keep down the' Irish farmer, while commerce there would probably be no wars. George J. Nesbitt, 88/89 Lr. Camden St., Dublin. leaving the others free to fleece the public, Michael O’ Flanagan, C.C. Crossna, Boyle. Roscommon. But trade between nations is essential to human so that the profit made out of Irish butter by c o m is - o e D A ll, C.C., Drumoollogher, Co. Limerick. existence, and it must be-safeguarded in future the English shops is enormous. This is clear Louis J. Walsh, Solicitor, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim. by means taken to prevent its interruption, £ 8 d from the fact that it is selling at 2s. 4d. a and to regulate it so as to give an equal op­ Already Acknowledged ... 1,775 6 8 pound, or 261s. 4d. per cwt., while Danish at Athlone I.V. (per Eamonn de Bhailera) ... 13 0 0 2s. 10£d. brings 322s. If we take Irish butter portunity to all nations participating, in a Durrow S.F. Club (per Geo. J. Nesbitt/ ... 10 0 0 League o f . Nations formed for that purpose. Coor (Miltownmalbay) S.F. Club (per Fatk. at 206s. and Danish at 300s., it is seen.that At a Conference of English. Lawyers at the O’Dea) ...... 10 0 . 0 the profit on Irish butter is nearly three times Caxton Hall to discuss the ^ Xeague ^oF KiH'snd'ArdcTough (Gb. Kildare) S.F. d u b as great as . on Danish* and the Irish farmer (per Rev. M. O’Brien) ...... 8 6 0 Nations a very important statement was dots not get the "proper price of his butter, A Friend (per Gerard Crofts) ...... 6 6 0 made by the Chairman (Lord Parmoor) that Liverpool Friends (per J. M. O’Sullivan), which should be proportionate to the value of 2nd instalment ...... 6 1 6 milk. The profits are taken from the farmer ■ there must, moreover, be no exclusion of any nations willing to come in.” There appeared Kildorrery S.F. Club (per J. Buckley) ... 6 0 0 and put into the pocket of the English shop­ Gorey S. F. Club (per Sean Byrne) ... 6 0 0 to be no dissent from this important pro­ keeper, the Government acting as the letter’s Anonymous (J. J. S.) ...... 5 0 0 position. Unless humanity is to be slaughter­ Feenagh S.F.'Club (per Rev. Fr.-Wall) ... 4 0 0 agent in the transfer. ed to extinction there must be something on Drumkielvey Prize Drawing (per r . J. ^ ♦ ♦ Quinn, Mohill) ...... 3 8 0 Another point of great importance is raised this principle of a League of Nations, ana the Some Kilkelly Sinn Fein era ...... 2 10 0 by Mr. Anderson. It should be understood policy of isolation can only be enforced on Collection per the Misses O’Hanrahan; 884 nations refusing to participate. N. C. Road. Dublin ...... 2 3 0 that a gallon of milk at the creameries is equal ♦ ♦ Rev. John L. Magee, P.P., Tobar, Moate ... 2 0 0 ’ in value to one-third of a pound of butter. The ' Sagart,” Tyrone ...... 2 0 0 price o f milk is taken at lOd. per gallon by Amongst the nations that owe obedience to Anabla S.F. Club, Co. Kerry, (per Tim Mr. Anderson. Multiply this by three and we the See of St. Peter, Writes a Parish Priest Kerrisk) ...... 2 0 0 arrive at the value of a pound of butter, namely to us, there is not one which, from the reli­ Cleenish (Killesher) S.F Club (per Joseph gious standpoint, owes more, or as much re­ Maguire) ...... 2 0 0 2s. 6d. This gives 280s. per cwt. Now, the Past Students of Carysfort (2nd sub.V ... 1 6 0 Food Controller has fixed the price of milk for spect and gratitude to its Bishops, as a body, Rev. T. McNiffe, Waverley Villa, Wakefield 1 1 0 this month at double the Irish price. The as do the people of Ireland. Their efforts, Killinkere (Co. Cavan) S.F. Club (per P. effect of this is very far-reaching. Mr. Ander­ backed by tne fidelity of a faithful clergy, even " Alarmer, Dolphins Barn (per Dan in the darkest days of Ireland’s dark and grue­ McCarthy) ...... 1 0 0 son writes: “ This will mean the cessation of Louis Walsn, Ballycastle ...... 1 0 0 the creamery) industry during the winter some history, were the means of saving for P. J. Agnew, Maghera ...... 1 0 0 months.” The farmer will be compelled to their people what they valued most this side — — Hayes, Oldtown, Hospital ... 1 0 0 send his milk to England. It will not pay him of the grave. No country can boast of a more Smith) ...... 1 0 0 faithful Episcopate in matters purely religious “ A Few Exiles in Scotland” (per P. Doyle) 1 0 0 to make any butter at the creameries. This Mullinahone S.F. Club (per P. Mansfield, will lead to a very much increased shortage of than can Ireland. D.C.) ...... 1 0 0 milk throughout the^country, and to a positive! Yet in matters purely political history fur­ Carriclcallen S.F. Club (per J. Sheeran) ... 1 0 0 milk famine in Dublin. ■ The plan to sweep the nishes many strange and sad stories regarding Gunsboro’ (Co. Kerry) S.F. Club (per Ml. the grave errors and want of political courage Ah erne) ...... 1 0 0 country of all grain and cattle is now capped Upper Annagh, Redhills, S.F. d u b (per S. by the plan to drain the milk. The “ Clutch­ in times of great national stress and opportu­ MacGabhamn) ...... 1 0 0 ing Hand ” is at work with a hundred fingers. nity on the part of the Episcopal body. Pru­ Sale of Maeve Kavanagh’s Poem • ... 0 17 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ dence is a useful virtue. Yet prudence borne A Few Sinn Fein Friends, Manchester (per to excess— especially where the vital interests William O’Sullivan) ...... 0 }6 0 What, we ask, is the meaning of a Food J. Wade, 71 Lower Camden St. (per Geo. Controller limiting the price of butter in the of a struggling or dying nation are concerned C. M. Ni Laidin ...... 0 10 0 case of the Irish farmer while allowing the — may easily develop into political cowardice, A Few Friends in Barrow-in-Furness ... 0 10 0 English shopkeeper to charge what he likes? and may be tantamount to little less than a A Limerickman ...... 0 10 0 crime against a nation’s future welfare. Wm. Costelloe, Grantham St. (per M. J. This is not keeping down the price to the Eng­ O’Mullane) ...... 0 10 0 lish consumer. It is merely a dodge to en­ Writing of O’Connell and the Emancipation J. Nesbitt) ...... 0 10 0 able the English merchants, importers, and re­ and Repeal movements, the late A. M. Sulli­ P. Devilly, doonfad, Bally ha unis (per O. tailers to make huge profits. In normal times, van speaks as follows:— “ When he (O’Con­ J. Kennedy) ...... 0 10 0 nell) entered public affairs, and for a long W. J. King, 66 Rosslyn Terrace, Coat­ uninterrupted by the vagaries of a Controller, bridge, NTB...... 0 10 0 the price of milk at the creameries is deter­ time afterwards, he was the objeet of dislike John Winter, Dublin ... _ ...... 0 10 0 mined by the price of butter. Accordingly the and hostility on the part of many of the Ca­ E. A. Rice, Fermoy (per J. Neligan) ... 0 10 0 Food Minister could keep down the price of tholic Prelates and most o f the Catholic gentry P. H. Pearse S.F. Club, Manchester (per in Ireland. They denounced him as a ‘ dema­ Aine Ni GearailtO ...... 0 7 6 both milk and 'butter in England and Ireland Thos. Mooney, U.I.L., Manchester (per by limiting the English retailer; but this he gogue.’ Again and again our upper class Ca­ Little Nelly ...... 0 6 0 refused to do, and thus has thrown the trade tholics assured the Government of the day and “ No. l a ” (8rd sub.) ...... 0 6 0 into confusion. He is dest^ying the creamer­ the people of England that the extreme ideas Avondhu, 2nd sub. (per T. de B.) ... 0 6 0 of violent agitators about Emancipation were Aine Ni Gearailt) ...... 0 6 0 ies, just as he ruined stall-feeding—the two P. Gillick, ‘ Still House,” Ardlow, Virginia 0 6 0 vital factors of our agriculture. He is no to. them, as moderate men and loyal citizens, 20 S.C.R.. Dublin ...... 0 6 0 Controller. He should be called the Grand In­ positively distressing. A hundred years ol the Geo. Handing, Shinnanagh, Oharleville ... 0 6 0 flater. Penal Code’had done its work with these men. Cabog ...... 0 2 6 ♦ ♦ ♦ They trembled lest new commotions might The subscription acknowledged “ F. CuHen, Cavan W hile the Grand Inflater is busy putting up wrest from them the comparative tolerance and dondoogan,” should have been “ F. Mullen.” the price o f food there is another Controller they now enjoyed. 'Y our Grace will, I hope, Look Out for Fred Leo’s Famous Conoert Party, putting up the price of the Grand Inflater’s , not deem me accountable for the foolishness “ WE 6.” Saturday, September 22nd, 1917. NATIONALITY.

IV.— WB TBACH YOU IRISH. CORK UNION. ASK YOUR NEWSAGENT FOR— TH E GUARDIANS of the above-named Union will, re^6crt»Ain, ‘D’eiitt&eA'O An EPian. on THURSDAY, the 27th day of SEPTEMBER, ‘ MEMORIES OF THE DEAD” went by A week med to rise The sun. 1917, up to the hour of 11 o’clock a.m., receive in By MARTIN DALY, Price 4d. (containing 9 sketches) Dyhimhee shaothan, Dyhireehach en green. the Tender Box. Boardroom, Workhouse. TENDERS t t o t i ri 45 rsoiice^st) riA Kci^r t tut ah to suptply the Workhouse, etc., with the following used to be It a-iplitting of the planks daring the Goods according to details in Tender Forms, which may be obtained at Boardroom:— ** James Connolly ” Veeaoh shee eg sgnltha neh glanr ireh en FOR THREE MONTHS ENDING 31st Lae. tei£eAt) H faoi. £4546 o tiA DECEMBER. 1917. By GERALD O’CONNOR, Price 4d. (a reoord of day. ased to go It under. nsed to come The Breadstuffs, Beef, Mutton, 2 owl. Connolly's work and worth). lay. Heyach shee fwee. Hagaoh neh FOR SIX MONTHS ENDING 81st fftAtcOgA Arr\&t, Asur ■o’peicpit)e Ag LoripjidO M ARCH , 1918. •tars oat, and yoa ooald see a-shioing Port and Marsala Wines. “ Patrick H. Peapse” rallthooga amaoh, agos dheekee a lanrah Fresh Irish Eggs, to weigh 22ozs. per Dozen. Butter, first quality, to bee delivered on date of By “ Coilin,” Price 3d. (a sketch of the Ufe of Pearce)* Agur A5 ‘OAtflfA i n-ooirhneaCc da FAirge ciuine inspection in Cork Butter Market and delivered and a danoing in the deep of the sea calm from Market. NY. ago* a dhowsah iniva-naoht neh farr-igeh oajuneh Best Irish Yeast'. Wholesale Agents— lAt). CeApt T)it>. phood you ooald take hold of (on) a hundred of them. Bnt Tin Ware. McArdle and O’Carroll, ▼ay-thaw breh er ohade dheve. Ach Bakers’ Peels. 1 only Lime, Limestone Brick and Gravel, etc. STAFFORD AND FRONGOCH TAIL0R8. A t wo i scAiteArfi na reACcrhAine nfojt Hay (best quality of Clover and Ryegrass) (sample), daring (of) the week was not seen at per ton. 1M UPPER DORSET STREET, DUBLIN. lh gaw-hiv neh Bhacht-aneh neer faohas Best Irish Straw, at per ton. h6aL fX nfott motuifceAX> p u t Best Irish Carbolio Soap, at per cwt. MANUFACTURERS OF a star in the sky, and was not felt a breath Best Porter, in half-barrels, each half-barrel to con­ ALL CHURCH REQUISITES. nale sa spare, agus neer mnh-ee-oo pah tain not less than 17 gallons. Irish Oats (best Black Feeding^, at per cwt. Irish Poplin Vestments, had embroidered, from fotel. gAOite 6 Aon Aip-o...... £8 16s. a set. Statuary and Stained Glass by oert& Repairing Locks and Keys of Workhouse for six ted Artists. of wind from any point. .... months. gee-heh o ane awe-irth. . . . Hospital Requisites, viz., as per details in Printed Busts modelled from lifo by a rising Irish Sculptor, t)f tiA redlCA bpeafctd binA n-A gcittceA^Atb Tender. at a reasonable figure. i and were The sails beaatifal white in their rags Bacon and Pigs’ Heads. M . C A H I L L & C O „ • ’ a “dub"Fn t Ion. Veeneh show-altha brawha bawha neh girthaoha Vegetables. Irish-made Clothing Materials. c im eAlL A|t ha cjtAtinAib. t^im c Sad mdp A Visit to JOHNSTON’S 6 Male Officers’ Uniforms. round about the masts. came A bird big rant Samples of Clothing supplied will be submitted to thimpall er neh orawna. Hanio ane more experts before supplies will be received into Btock. ) in tA, A g u r tp iftU ris Att C u inn e •oe’ n Cj*e6L Parties tendering for the supply of Meat, Potatoes, pat, one day, and desoended on a oorner of the jib- Eggs and Straw are each required to lodge £5 with law, .agus hurling er ooonneh dhen tchole the Master of the Workhouse, which sum shall be ,a*n- returned is cases of rejected tenders, and on com­ 84 Westmoreland St. will repay you c o r A ig . CttAit) A ■64 c o i r tu ft), tif r Corh 6 pletion of the bonds relating to accepfed tenders, but Ue. ■ail. went His two feet through it, was it so CASH OB EASY PAYMENTS. shall be forfeited to Guardians in case of each 'pr­ thus-eh. Hwbooh a yaw ooish hreedn, vee sh-y chu accepted tender if bond relating to same be not H o u s e ig, lobtA rin. Agur «a rsoilceAtA bl le completed within one week after the acceptance of Fits-U Optical Shop, tve rotten. p And the eraoks that were to be tender.' luveh shin. Agas neh sgalthacha vee leh Coal for Dispensaries, delivered, at per ton. E. J. KEARNEY, to Bakers’ Coal, of best quality, atr per ton. ( Late Manager o f CahilFt), . jr- p e ic e A l i n -A ’tm u i'o tiA l u i n g e ! tluA ip a Coke, at per ton. Sight-testing Expert and Spectacle Specialist ir- seen in the timbers of the ship! When Oculist Prescriptions, Repairs, dec. feo-hawl in-aw-muidh neh lningeh! Noor a -Books and Stationery, as per Printed Tender ; Irish- fh made paper is required. 26-27 ESSEX QUAY, DUBLIN, CAitd' ro ite A t ■oe’n rA ile opCA, i The Guardians will in every case give preference ■ is used to be thrown a vessel of the sea-water on them, to articles of Irish manufacture. ABOUT LAUNDRY WORK. r- eaw'thee seh-haoh dhen sawleh ; orha ih- No Tender will be entertained except it be on the EVERY SINGLE ARTICLE SENT TO THE SceAnn cflig noim&vo beA<> r£ cpiomaigte form obtainable at the Clerk’s Office. at the end of five minates used to be it dried up Contractors and others having claims against the NATIONAL LAUNDRY Co., gyawn oooig noomeidh veyaoh shey thrim-ei-heh Union are requested to furnish their accounts imme diately after the close o f .the .half-year ending 30th RECEIVES INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION. Agur b|tAC bin rAlAinn pigtA n-A t)iAit). inst. No debt or claim against the Guardians can Head Office—60 WILLIAM ST., DUBLIN. and a oarpet white of salt left in its wake, be paid after three months from expiration of half ______erasshos Everywhere.______ogas brath bawn solann fawg-hah ny yia. year. All officials employed in Worknouse to be sup plied at contract prices. “ EDUCATE THAT YOU MAY BE FREE.” torAig An c-tnrs® a s eip£e sAnn. An began The wAter to get soaroe. The JOHN COTTER, Clerk of Union. Hns-ee en thoishgeh eg iree gown. En PROGRESSIVE AND NATIONAL LITERATURE* Smokers— Fill your Pipe with Irish Grown Tobacco trtotitiifse W aca, tM r6 beAsnAt CAitce. Mild, Medium, or Full, 3 /- Quarter lb., post free. spring water that was at them, was it almost used up. feer-ishgeh vee aca vee shey by eg naoh oaythe. W . J. GLOVER & CO., ROYAL AVENUE AND NORTH 8T., BELFA8T “ Christie’s," Shamrock House t ) ’ 6 15m *oo’n tAipcfn a nomnc 5 0 Proprietor—C. KAIN. It was necessary to the oaptain it to divide Beh-aygin dhon caiptheen a reenth guh RATHMINES & RATHGAR 11 Appan Quay, Dublin, Premises required in above district for Sinn Fein Club cupAmAC ap nA mAipn&AlAi&ib gAC LA. T)& “ Tha New Evangel," by James Connolly. Post Rent in advance. Reply to : carefully on the mariners every day. If were Free, 2£d. ooorem-aoh er neh mar-nale-eeh gaoh law. Dhaw Mr. T. BYRNE, 48a Rathmines Road. ANY BOOK or PAPER Supplied to Order. nt>6ipcFit)e bpdon ■o’peicpeA iat> £a IA paiL spilt a drop yoa would see them at its lapping Prompt Attention to Country Orders. norrthee brane dheofee eedh gaw law-pa we ruAr te n-A ceAngAtAib t>4n* cAlctA. Murray, Kelly & Kain up with their tongues white chalky. boos leh ney thong-ach-eh bawna calc-ha. From Frongoch have p . 6 C. now opened We Munster is awakening and preparing for a stren­ Manufacture uous session pi language teaching. With such great The Frongoch Studio national enthusiasm as is now abroad in the South it should be possible tQ have far mbre League Banners, with Life-Size Portraits in Oils of the branches and classes than ever before. Republican Leaders. in Cork W e are glad that no time is being lost in getting Framed Portraits for Club Rooms. Gold and Silver Medals, Celtic the new scheme drafted at this year’s Ard-Fheis into Tricolour Flags, with Portraits or Mottoes. Crosses, * Tara Brooches, Solid operation. The scheme is being circulated, and meet­ Artistic Decorations for Ceilidhe, Club Rooms, ■ Silver Cups, Rose Bowls, Irish ings being called to consider it. Receptions^ Bazaars, etc. Potato Rings, Presentation A meeting of the Gaels of Clare is being convened Portraits Painted from Life. Plate, Household Ware (copied for Saturday next in the Gaelic League Rooms, lllum|natod Addresses. from the early Irish designs), Window Blinds of every description. Ennis, at 2. p.m. All who are willing to lend a hand Solid Silver and Gold Church to the Language Movement are requested to attend. Special Tricolour Blinds fo t Club Rooms, etc. Vessels, Ecclesiastical Brass The Limerick County Committee meets on Wed­ ESTIMATES FREE. Work, Irish Poplin Vest­ nesday, September 26th, at 3.30 in the Gaelic League No. 864, ments, etc. Rooms, Limerick, to arrange for work in the branches 50 Blessing ton St. Si 11 Arran Quay and for the further extension of their teaching schemes. Gaels who desire to take a hand m the work WRITE FOR CATALOGUES. would do well to attend. It is hoped to form many new branches this session, and to employ a number Cork County Sinn of extra teachers. ' . Wm. Egan h Sons, Ltd. Tipperary, too, is making strides ahead in the Fein Organisation. Thurles, Ballagh and Drombane districts. Many Manufacturing Jewellers and Silversmiths, classes are in existence, and two Gaelic teachers have in the past few months been installed. A further 32 Patrick Street, Cork. effort is now being made. All Tipperary Gaels who All Clubs intending* to hold Public wish to take a hand in the work are invited to attend a meeting in Thurles (Cowman’s Hall) on Saturday, Meetings should give a fortnight's September 29th, at 1 p.m. , _ - . Sean 0 Murthile will represent the Coiste Gnotna notice fop Speakers to the Hon Good Work. ] [Fair.W ages. at the above-mentioned meetings. Sec., Sinn Fein Executive, 56 Grand ’ Phone, 491. The London Central Club will hold a special meet­ MIRROR LAUNDRY SERVICE, ing at Chandos Hall, Maiden Lane. W.C., on Friday, Parade, Cork. Dolphin’s Barn, Dublin. the 28th inst., at 8 p.m., for the purpose, of electing Branches at— ARKLOW , MOATE, EDEN DERR delegates to attend Ae Annual ConvenUon of Smn Look Out for Fred Leo's Famous Concert Party H . C. WATSON, Director. Fein to be held in Dublin on the 25th of October “ WE 6.** Irish Materials. ] [ Prompt Dispatch^ next. 4 Saturday, September 22nd, 1917.

Quiet, yet Central, for Business or Pleasure: punishment pf a criminal*upon Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, because he had de­ FLEAtlNG’S HOTEL, I Brian O’Higgins’ Works. clared it the right of Ireland to be a free 32 CARDINER’8 PLACE, DUBLIN. nation. Outside the Courthouse the Judge’s I AT THE HILL O’ THE ROAD—8ongs and Poems. Post Free, 7d. Two minutes’ walk from Gardiner fit. Chapel or trams carriage stood bearing the motto “ Liberty I A BUNCH OF WILD FLOWERS— Pooms on SELECT MODERATE. CONVENIENT. and My Native Country,” while inside the Religious Subjects. Post Free, 7d. I Glor na hOige—By Brian na Banban. A beau­ Judge sat conspiring with England to destroy tiful Rhyme Book for Children. Verses in o u r o w n Aenit>eA<5c both. To-day we have men in Ireland who the simplest of Irish, and delightful pictures by Mieheal O Riada. 1/", by post 1 /t. act the same part. To-day we have men in I SIOltlASAOIRSe—Amttiin Ajjup ”O a iic a ALL DUBLIN SINN FEINERS should RaHy to t)ptAn na binbin. 6d.t by post, 7d. Ireland—born in the country, citizens of the I A Rosary of 8ong—A beautiful book of devo­ THE HERMITAGE, RATHFARNHAM, country—who use the word Loyalty to cover tional Poems, by Brian O’HigginB. wjith 60 On Sunday, September 28rd, 1917 disloyalty, and who, maimed in their own full-page Pictures on art paper—Preface by Cardinal Logue—very pretty bine cloth bind­ Commencing at 4.30 p.m. minds, lead a section of Irishmen to similar ing. 2/ 6, by post 4/1*. confusion. I Fun o' the Forge— Humorous short stories, in Brian O’Higgms’ best style—laughter on every De Valera & Griffith To what country is it an Irishman’s duty page—good, atrong, artistically designed oorer to be loyal—to France, to Germany, to Ame­ 1 /*» by post 1 / 2. W ill be there. I The Party—Who. they are and what they have rica, to England, to Turkey, or to Ireland? done. By William‘O’Brien. M.P. Post Free St. James’ s Band, Fianna Pipers, Carnegie Match, How many Irish Unionists have ever put that Ijd. Wholesale to the Trade. Whist Drives, Numerous Side Shows and Attractions, question to themselves? To what country is I BINN FEIN ABU I Badge sontaining genuine And Photos of Cosgrave, Do Valera, MoGuinnaas, it an Englishman’s duty to be loyal? Is it and Plunkett, with words " Sinn Fein CONCERTS BY ALL THE BEST IRISH-IRELAND A bu!" in centre. Prioe fid.; postage extra, ARTISTES. ’ to Ireland? How often have we heard an I BROOCH containing real photos of the seven Ceilidh at 8 p.m. Special Tram from Rathfarnham to Irish slave talking of his loyalty to England? signatories to the Irish Republican Proclama­ Pillar at 12 Midnight. Organised by tion. The most unique badge yet produced. Who that has lived has heard of an English­ -dttO-CR-AOt), HARCOURT STREET. Prioe fid.; postage extra. 6 man proclaiming his loyalty to ]|reland or ad­ I All above Badges are genuine Photos, and will not fade. mitting that Ireland had a claim upon his I 8lnn Fein Clubs can have their own specially SINN FEIN CLUBS. allegiance ? designed badges made to order. Loyalty is the masked word on which Irish I Republican Badges (Tri-colour), 4d. each, pos­ Progressive Sinn Fein Clubs are forming Libraries tage extra. Wholesale to Traders. Unionism has built its edifice of self-deception. for the convenience and instruction of their I 7/6 Large 8olM Silver Tara Brooch beautifully Pronounce-the word “ Loyalty” in an as­ enamelled in green, white and orange. members. 2/* Volunteer Silver Brooch—crossed rifles, harp sembly of Frenchmen, Spaniards, Germans, and letters “ I.V.”—same design as pendant Englishmen and Irish Unionists, and each for watch chain. Playing Cards—-designed and drawn on stone I We are supplying their needs as regards Frenchman, Spaniard, German and English­ by Irish Artists. Celtic designs—Irish Kings man will see before his mind’s eye his own and Queens. 1/6, by poet f/8 . BOOKS 1 /- unique Fancy Match Box, with two photos country, but the Irish Unionist will see the of the leaders inset, or with tri-colour flag I And Stationery and all other Club Requirements. Englishman’s country. His mind is not free. on one side and photo of leader on other. 4/9 Irish-made knickers, with green, white and He has accepted English values, English stan­ orange side stripes, strongly made in black Complete Lists of Cheap and Useful Books and Quo­ dards, and he sees only what England permits or white- , 1 The Soldier’s Song—Full Musical Score and r tations for Irish-made Writing Paper with Printed him to see, and thinks only as England Pianoforte Accompaniment. Correct and I permits him to think. original version of both words andl music. Addresses, eto, eto., may be had on application to • 1 /-| by post 1 / 1 . There is in this country a minority whom New Humorous Song, by the author of tke “ Soldier’s Song,” entitled “ Whaok Fol the The Irish Book Shop England has thus shackled, and whom she seeks Diddle." Full Musical Score and .Pianoforte to use from time to time against the Irish Accompaniment. Words and Music, post 50 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin. nation. In numbers the minority is smaller free, 1 / 1. _ . . ' , 10d. post free, Dainty Bone Rotary Beads in the than the Greek minority which supported the Republican . Colours. Irish Crochet Bags to A n c - A O n Stop* Amain i m t>Aile A ia C U a c s u p 6 i g i n ■oo Turkish regime in Greece, and *in numbers, match 6d. extra. 5ac •ouine fan oips eolap ,oo Beic A15& Ajt ceAngAtn na intellect and wealth much smaller than that O . A . A . ngAOdoAl. Hungarian minority which supported the Aus­ Camans vbest), 3/6 each; postage 5d. extra. Camogs, 2/- each; postage, Bd. extra. trian regime in Hungary. That minority is All literary communications should be addressed to Hurling Balls, 3/9, post freo. false to its allegiance, and to that allegiance Footballs, 11/6, 14/6, 14/e, 16/6, and 17/6, ac­ the Editor. cording to quality. . All business communications to the Manager, it must return or become as contemptible in Kniokers, 4/- and 4/6, post free. 6 Harcourt St., Dublin. history as the Greek slaves w ho supported 8hin Guards (Irish made), 1/9 and 4/3 each. Hurling 8hoes, rubber soles, strong canvass up­ For 8ubaoription and Advertising Ratac, see p. 8. Turkey against their own nation before Greece pers (American made), 3/9, post free. threw off the Turkish yoke. English it can TO ADVERTI8ER8. never be, though part of an English garrison WHELAN & SpN All advertisements must reach us by midday on ii^nay be, and if it ejects to be part of an Mondays to ensure publication in the coming issue. English garrison in Ireland, then the , Irish 17 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin. Small prepaid advertisements will in future be "T H E OLD SINN FEIN 8H 0 P ." charged at the rate of 1d. per word. Minimum charge nation must deal with it as an enemy. one shilling. If the “ Northern Whig” were a true Advertisements announcing concerts, etc., must be paid for in advance. spokesman of Irish Unionism, then Irish Unionism and abject slavishness would be J. X. LEMASS, equal. “ So far,” it wrote last week, refer­ HATTER AND OUTFITTER, ring to a speech of the Editor of this journal 2 and 3 Capel Street, Dublin NATIONALITY. in Belfast, “ so far from being ashamed of having upheld the flag of Britain In Ireland IRISH-MADE GOODS A SPECIALITY. for three hundred years, we glory in the fact.’’ SATURDAY, 8EPTEMBER 22nd, 1917. Here is the slave mind at its lowest depth. Here is a being who claims it a glory to have upheld a foreign flag in his own country. Yet The O’HANRAHAN’S LOYAL TO IRBLAND. he is not without ancestry. “ W e are proud,” "The Graves at Kilmorna,” by Canon Sheehan, wrote some traitor Greeks of hundred years 6/-; post free, 6/5. Works of P. H. Pearse, 7/6; post free, 7/11. To maim the mind of a nation and thus ago, “ to keep the flag of Turkey over our "A Swordsman of the Brigade,” by Miceal lead it to conform itself to its enemies’ stan­ land.” Conceive an Englishman writing that O’Hanrahan, 3/6; post free, 3/10. "The Felon’s Track,” by M. Doheny, 3/6; dards is an old device of foreign tyranny. The he would glory to keep the flag of Germany post free, 3/11. history of ancient Oaul, of modern Greece, aloft in England, and the mind at once con­ " in Dark and Evil Days,” by Sheehy-Skeffing- ton, 3/6j post free, 3/10. Bulgaria, Hungary^ and Roland illustrates ceives a traitor. So, too, a traitor to his •‘Gill’s Irish Reciter” 4/-J post free, 6/4. the device. In Ireland it has. been actively at country is the Irishman who professes pride at "Rambles^ in Eirinn,” Wm. JBulfin, 4/-j post free, 4/5. work since William Pitt imposed the Union keeping any flag but the flag of his own "In Sarsfield’s Days,” by L. McManus, 4/6; upon our country and Irish dupes walked into country aloft in his own country. post 2/10e " F o r the 6ld Land,” by C. J. Eiekham, 3/6; the'trap he set for our nationhood at» West­ R>r the Irish Unionist who honestly be­ ast free, 3/11. minster. The people of Ireland were gradually lieves the connection with England is for the Eand and Liberty,” by Laurence Ginnell, 2/-; post free, 4/4. led—all unconsciously—to accept the stan­ good of Ireland we can h'ave respect and Irish-made Name Brooches on Mother of Pearl dards o f England as their standards, its ethical friendship. With him we shall argue. He (orange, white and green); any name to order. •Post tree, 1/1. values as their ethical values, and to think is to us an Irishman, a brother, whom it is 384 N.C.R., and 1 Goldsmith St., DUBLIN. in terms not of themselves, but of those who our business to set right. For the man born desired their destruction. Loyalty is a noble in Ireland who supports the connection with word. Mask it, and it becomes more dan­ England because he believes it for England’s SINN FEIN, GLASGOW. gerous than the prowling wolf. ■ Patriotism good we have only one name, the name of Craobh Seumas O’Congheile, 140 London Street— and Liberty are noble words, but masked they tiaitor. Such men were unknown formerly in Meetings, Lectures, and Ceilidhs at 8 o'clock every have wrought havoc in civilisation. Two Irish Unionism, at least as its spokesmen. It Sunday night. Craobh Padraic Mac Piaras, 178 Castle Street, hundred years ago 'an I

Saturday, September 22nd, 1917.

stons spoke. The flag of Britain was not the tion the case of the Irish Postal Service. Its flag that Protestant Ulster upheld in 1782. revenue last year was as follows:— THE FAK SIDE OF THE MOON It was the flag Protestant Ulster hauled down. £ Run was the Master of War, San the Master And if Protestant Ulster be true to its fathers Postal Revenue 1,076,000 of the Sea; -and Run said to Ran :• You have Telegraphs 189,000 withheld your aid. at will return to its loyalty, from which the Telephones / 198,000 Ran said to R un: The tides cjp not serve. machinations' of - English ' statecraft have Run said: But .they stand and w ait.; And misled it for generations, and take again its. £1,462,000 they agreed to tell the King. Now, tfie King place in the van of the IrisB Nation. Out of this ■ total how much was spent in of that place was called Terry Grove Terra, Ireland on purchases ? Only- six thousand land, on account of his great holding. When Eleven; millions of money was the amount pounds, according to a return presented to he heard that the tides stood still he sum­ r, two pays for his tea or his sugar if he is attacked Taking the figures for what they are worth, moon. Contrary to the majority of heavenly g iilb e we find this huge war levy is derived princi­ by brigands and stripped of all his ready Cash. bodies, they said, it revolves not on its own f^jnder- pally from income tax and excess profits, which It doesn’t matter if he is over-taxed. axis. The significance of this discovery led ♦ ♦ ♦ people to scrutinise the moon. They found the ip ifs* between them amount to the sum of 9£ mil­ An astounding feature of our taxation by lions—not bad for a country politically alleged side that faced the kingdom of Terry to be England is the .hypocritical hollowness of the barren and fitted strangely. Life cannot 'lotel, to be bankrupt, to be unable to pay- anybody pretence th^t we are only paying the same except. M .E.P.s, -.and to render it necessary flourish there; Can the inhabitants have been taxes’ as the Britisher. It was recently stated driven away? The place is full of craters. that England should be appointed guardian. by the Treasury that last year taxes on con­ There is no sign of bankruptcy in these returns I Some- denied that it had ah atmosphere. It .4 1and sumption, or indirect taxes, as they are called, was decided to appoint Ministers to deal with feton. nor do they justify the myth of our dependence [amounted to 49.25 per cent, o f the whole in and economic weakness. [the moon. These were called Lunatics. Now, ♦ ♦ ❖ Ireland, a s. against only 22.64 per cent, in while these men wel'e selecting their deputies rant Irish Revenue as admitted by England, yeai I Great Britain. This means that relatively to fa messenger Arrived from Mars. “ You are her capacity or means of purchasing food'and Ip in ended 31st March, 1917— ■eclipsed,” lie said. “ Nay,” said the King. £ necessary articles of consumption Ireland paid But Ran and Run seek aid fron. the moon, 'jest, more than twice as much as England. The which stands still. “ Your mean ag is not ■.inch Customs 6.687.000 i|rn- Excise 4.542.000 {income of an average Irish household is only clear,” said the messenger. “ T i i moon a hundred a year as compared with two hun­ Ijple. Estate Duties 943.000 stands still,” said. Ran. “ Have you sought dred and fifty pounds a year in. G .B., according, S or- Stamps 366.000 out the cause The effect alone affects to statistical authorities. : Now, an Irish house­ i; its, . Income JT ax 6.096.000 us,” said the King. ' “ But the cause may hold requires just‘as much tea, sugar, tobacco affect the moon,’’''the messenger replied. In : -^we Excess Trofits 3.531.000 to Land Values 2,000 and the other taxable commodities as an Eng­ ordey to satisfy-him they, pointed out that lish household, and it has to pay as much out B r - P.O. and Non-Tax 1,59P 500 the ^inhabitants had withdrawn from ■ the ter- of very much smaller means, ‘less indeed by the reve aspect of the-..moon. But the place is ;ir - proportion of 2 to 5, while the English house­ Sh £23,7*66,500 barren and_Jaid waste. “ Nay',’' said the King, hold pay8 in the same proportion of 2 to 5 of - i i s Expenditure £ 12,686,000 “ that cannotTje. W e have a department for indirect taxation, and the Irish household pays every lunar thing^-cora, cattle ana civilians.” jr- • m the opposite ratio, namely 5 to 2 of the in­ 3d Surplus £11,080,600 And the Lunatics were presented to the mes­ ^ . ■v direct taxation. This, of course) is explained senger, to whom they complained of the &1 Of course, the surplus,. .or proftt whichJSng- by the fact thatihe rest of the .taxation is paid Moon’s ingratutude. ’ is land makes out of us is called the “ Imperial in proportion t(A ctu al means assessed to in­ “ Look at it, it is’ but a crescent thing, ” HP? Contribution.” The contribution* like the come tax and the great difference between the? ‘ they said, “ but by our reflected. light it is [Empire, belongs to England, just as the Bel­ relatively smaller amount of taxation yielded enabled to bear the full moon in its anus. And ^ gian .War Levies belong to Germany. from Ireland than Britain in the income tax yet it will not revolve on its own axis like the ♦ «$>. ^ leaves the alleged equality- of taxes to be made majority of the bodies in heaven. Its far side Last year the revenue of Ireland by the up by the weight of indirect taxation. It is is averted, 'and now the tides stand still.” British books was eighteen millions, so that it plain that if the Irish family with an income “ Ignorant are your astronomers,” the mes­ has been increased by the enormous proportion o f £100 a year has to pay taxes on consumable senger exclaimed, and little skilled in the of one-third—33 per cent, advance clapped on articles of say, one-fourth, or £25 a year, that lore of the heavens. The cause of the Moon’s in one year. The expenditure remained the the English’ family with £250 a year will only aversion is‘that it revolves round Terra’ s axis, same at 12£ millions. This means that the liavfr to" pay one-tenth, except in so far as it and not its own.” money was extracted from the country, the consumes more tea, sugar, beer, and tobacco, ------♦>------even if the Englishman consumes twice as The Clonmel Board of Guardians has unanimously surplus was bagged and pocketed by the Eng­ irotested against the unceasing, arrest, courtmartial- lish confidence tricksters, and now the country much he still only pays £50 a year, or one-rfifth! fing, and imprisonment of Irishmen “ for doing what knows what it costs to have a leader like Mr. of his income, while the Irishman pays one- [England and her allies allege they are fighting for -in ■ .John E. Redmond and the rest of his band, of fourth, and that on half the British consump­ the. present war,- viz., asserting the rights of small tion. England could afford to pay twice as nations.” Copies of the resolution have been, for­ politic-financiers. While England is keeping warded to the English Premier and his Chief Secre­ aer expenditure mainly in her own country, heavy rates of excise and customs on dutiable- tary in Ireland. the “ Irish expenditure” is also mainly spent articles, and she would probably feel it less A branch of Sinn Fein was started in Rotunda in England. The real figures'of the actual than we do our present taxation. Ward on Monday night, 'Mr. W. L. Cole in the money spent in Ireland on behalf of the Irish ♦ ❖ ❖ chair. A public meeting to enrol members will be administration are never disclosed, and we be- _ The Australian Government maintains a con­ held on October 2nd at 41 Parnell Square, where the siderable army on a war footing. It also main­ branch will hold its meetings for the future. The ;lieve that the actual balances drawn from Ire­ following were elected as officers pro, tem .:—Presi­ land and paid into tike English Exchequer over tains a fleet for the patrol o f its own coasts dent, W. L. Cole: Vice-President, W. O’Leary Curtis; ..and above all claims in Ireland are very much and the highways converging on them. Y et; Treasurer,- Ed. Toomey; Secretary, E. Nunan. greater than have been disclosed. its expenditure.'is but slightly greater than the The Aeridheacht of the Central Branch Sinn Fein ♦ ♦ ♦ levenue extorted from Ireland, as the following will be held on Sunday nest at the Hermitage, Rath- balance-sheet of the Federal Government farnham, when Mr. Eamonn De Valera will speak. The admitted surplus of Irish revenue over Full particulars appear in our advertising columns. .expenditure is enormous. The surplus is indeed shows:— ' The application to Irish of the Continental system rtwice as great- as that o f 1916, when it was 1916-17. £ of teaching ^modern languages will be explained at £5,332,0(M), so that sixteen millions have been Expenditure on Ordinary Services, 16,204,678 the inaugural meeting of the Dublin College of • Payments to States, 6,297,500 Modern Irish, which, will be held in the College pre­ -drawn from us in 4wo years, not including th,e mises, 20 Kildare St., at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. profits from sources not disclosed. The total New Works, ,, 4,914,307 26th. All who are interested in the subject are cor­ -taxation of Ireland in 1917 was nearly 24 mil­ War Expenditure out of Revenue, 8,031,929 dially invited to attend. There are two sets of classes lions. How much of that was spent in Ireland? __one for teachers, and the other for non-teachers— 36,448,414 both oouducted on this system. The syllabus, copies How much of it was real Irish expenditure and of which can be obtained on application to the Regis­ ^actually paid in Ireland to Irish persons or Surplus, 126,886 trar, states that all the work of the College is firms P That is the real practical question. directed to the training of the students to speak, Total, £35,575,300 read, and write Irish like educated native speakers It can safely be laid down as a financial axiom of the language. There are thousands of persons who

mo itifte suou. ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS. A 6diUn 04in, ran Uom s o b|<46 CITY OF DUBLIN MUNICIPAL TECH­ smn pein -dno-cnAOt>—6 Harcoort sthdt.. ’S «i< OIa it a t ) t>tiAon trior mO, A L E C T U R E : NICAL SCH00L8— SE88I0N 1917-18. Entitled—" Sinn Fein and the Irish Language,"' C i fuit nurdpofOe x>'A r * tc ’tiA T)wr6 Classes in Mechanical, Electrical, and Motor Car Will be delivered by SEAN.T. KELLY, T.O., 1r caAatC) mo Engineering, Building, and numerous other Trades; On MONDAY, 24th SEPTEM BER, at 8 p.m.. t\\ AitneO^T) l i 6 or&Ce go bjUC Science, Art, and Crafts; Domestio Economy and MR. A. GRIFFITH will preside. Its ce^r 6 faACZ go *oe6 Commercial Subjects; Printing, Process Work, Lltho* Intending Members may Enrol at the Meeting. g o T)cigtn 4* Air, a ftAiUn t>e.Ar, graphy, Photography; Wireless Telegraphy. '0 Ir cu mo ififle rc6n. ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS AND ENROLMENT 0 a tAiUn Win, ir cO mo &pAt> OP STUDENTS’COMMENCE ON The P’s C s WEDNESDAY, 26th SEPTEMBER, at 7 p.m. ir mo 0Atnc ta ctao§al i+ior, (IRELAND’S PIONEER AND PREMIER CONCERT 5 An cu i lAtAifi t>e nA ngfiAiUA In the KEVIN STREET, BOLTON STREEP, and PARTY) CLAIM YOUR SUPPORT, tlf r^TCA tteinn gAn gO, RUTLAND SQUARE SCHOOLS. BECAU8E 1 ftfo£*6c nA SpAinne nA £eApm4ine Classes commence week beginning MONDAY, 1st They were the First Permanent Professional * OCTOBER. Time-Tables, with particulars of Classes t)o fAttiAiL m fACAr p6r, Concert Party touring to specialise in A t>6 nA mbApo, a tril-Dean 51 Ait and Fees, may be obtained at any of the Schools or at the Public Libraries of the Corporation. 1. Irish National Songs and Recitations. Ir c6 mo ifiile rc6 | t. 2. Songs in Gaelic. L. E. O’CARROLL, B.A., B.L., Secretary. 3. Gaelic Costumes; and My sweet fair maid, I prithee stay Offices, 18 Rutland Square. 4. Irish Concerted Items. A»d I will drink do more, 5. To present a Modern Vaudeville Entertainment ot' an Irish type. M j heart doth weep the wine of tears, smn p6in. 6. To present Irish Songs on the Professional Stage- My voice is hnaked and low. after the Re-awakening, when others were I'll know not light from darkest night CumMiti eAtnonn t>e t)AlefiA, afraid or ashamed to do so. Nor heat from winter's cold 7. They have the Largest Irish Repertoire of any' Company in Ireland. Should yon depart, maid of my heart, b6uVpeiftt'’oe My loTe, my joy, my store. BECAU8E EAMONN DE VALERA CLUB, BELFA8T. EVERY ARTISTE IS IRISH. My sweet fair maid, your lore's the share Of all the world I hold, The above Branch will be formally inaugurated in Without your smile in Paradise St. Mary's Hall, Handsome Stage Setting of Black and Green (our I would repine ard go. On 8UNDAY N EX T, at 12 O’Clotk. Exclusive Property). Every Irish Item produoed by The lands of Spain or Allemain MR. JACK O’SHEEHAN (Sole Proprietor).. Have not your match to show, Come, Organise for Independence! Bright flower o f maids the bards hare praised My love, my joy, my store. THI8 WEEK TOWN HALL, ATHENRY. B. _ Atl ARD-S50lt UtXAfc THE DUBLIN COLLEGE OF IRISH WATCH REPAIRS ONLY. THE COLLEGE THAT HA8 MADE IRISH 20 KILDARE STREET. 8PEAKER8. parts in stock for Walthams, Elgins, Omegas, All new BEGINNERS TAUGHT ON FATHER TOAL’S Inaugural Meeting and TCngHwTi Watches, Etc. FAM0U8 “ PHRASE METHOD.'* ' IN COLLEGE, •suatry work by post speeial and prompt attention. No Reading or “ Grammar ” till Students can Speak On Wednesday, September 26th, at 8 p.m. Irish. Ard-Sgoil Students are at home when conver­ CLAS8E8 FOR TEACHERS AND N0N-TEACHER8.- F. O’KELLY, Watchmaker sing with Native Speakers. TEMPLE LANE, DAME STREET, DUBLIN. CERTIFICATES RECOGNISED BY NATIONAL BOARD. IRISH Taught on Continental System. Special attention tb ANNOUNCEMENTS. President, REV. R. FULLERTON, B.O. Beginners. Research Work for Advanced Students. Principal, An c-Atiip Ua CuacajL. Moderate Feesv Opening Night, FRIDAY, 21st SEPTEMBER SYLLABUS FREE ON APPLICATION TO Aenix)eACc t t i 6 n • ______REGISTRAR.______Apply for Prospectus to— On SUNDAY, 30th SEPTEMBER se

C|W)t) tiA 5Ctii5 Classes began on Monday, 17th. PIANOS VIOLINS WARPIPES In addition to the Evening clastea (8-10 p.m.) the for the Home. following afternoon classes have been a rran ged :— a Speciality. All Accessories Clementery—Monday end f rid ay, 5-6 p.m. harmoniums and Organs for Largest selectiori of genuine old Reeda, Rags, Tutors, etc. Sole p . O s6iHe*t>Atn. the Church and Sohool. and new Violins in Ireland. Manufacturers In Ireland. Advanced—Monday end Thursday, 5-6 p.m. Write for List. Banners and Flags supplied. Cottn 6 tt)uji4a'6*. Designed to Order. v Wednesday evg. Lectures will not commenoe till October. |_ Music— All the Latest Publications in Stock. General Meeting of members Saturday, 22nd, 8 p.m. Sole Agent for liardebeck's Sco6« Ceoil, Books 1, 2 and 3, Gaelio Hymns. It is hoped all members will attend— old and new. cot&is'oe nA mutfiAn D. McCULLOUQH, 8 Howard Street, Belfast. W inter Session, 1917-18 Opens in Christian College, St. Patrick's PI., Cork, Tues., Sept. 25

Glasses to suit all grades of Students. Irish Mutual Assurance Society Fee for SeSslon—Teaotaers, 10 6; AN EXCLUSIVE IRISH INSTITUTION. Non-Teachers, £1 Is. All Classes of Life and Endowment Business Transacted.

Secretary— L ia m d e H o is t s , The most Advantageous Terms, consistent with security, 27 Graxd Parade, C o r k . offered to the Assuring Public. OVER £15,000 PAID IN CLAIMS AND GRANTS. BOOTS Ladles and Gentlemen who ean influence business will find an Agency with this Society most remunerative. Prospectus and full particulars on application. ( ALL IRISH. ALL 8IZES. ALL LEATHER. ALL OME PRICE. Chief Offices : 15-16 DAME ST., DUBLIN General Manager— J. T. Duhlg; Secretary—J. C. Reynolds. 22/e—BOX CALF. Tb J . L O U G H L IN , C . m Monogram tricolour postcards (Id. each), crested with Sinn Fein flags. “ Proclamation^ Headquarters, Parliament St., Dublin. 0 ,1 1 1 1 r with real photos of Signatories (4

Look Out for Fred Leo's Famous Conoert Party, Stationers, 30 Up. Liffej St., Dublin. “ W E 8.” THE GIELIC PRESS, Saturday, September 22nd, 1917. NATIONALITY. 7

ANNOUNCEMENTS. "THE 80LDIER’8 80NQ." Irish-made Shirts Original Version, with Words and Musio, 1/- each, by post 1/1. Wholesale to the Trade. National Aid Aeridheacht “ WHACK FOL THE DIDDLE." Adjourned to 3/11 BACH Words and Music by Author of " Soldier’s Song." Same Price. 8UNDAY, 30th 8EPTEMBER, Postage, 4d. Extra. Irish Horn Rosary Beads (green, white and orange), At PETER PLACE, ADELAIDE ROAD, DUBLIN, made throughout in Dublin, 1/8 post free.; whole­ 8PLENDID PATTERNS, AND WEAR sale to the Trade. ■'Owing to another Aeridheacht having been previously WELL. Irish Poplin Ties (tricolour), best quality, 8/6 each. fixed for 23rd inst. Great Attractions. Admission, Key of Heaven (Irish-RngHsh), 8d. and 1/4 post free. <8d. Tickets previously purchased and not used at Magnificent Enamel Tricolour Stud Badges (new de­ Mansion House can'be exchanged for Double Tickets LUKE BURKE sign), 9d. each. at 10 Exchequer Street. Tricolour Celluloid Badges, 1/9 per doe. post free. 105 Patrick St., CORK Wholesale to the Trade. Small Celluloid Photo Badges of P. H. Peer so and other Republican Leaders, 12/- per gross, post free. Aetnt)eACc rhOp TRADE ONLY 8UPPLIED. Tricolour Post Cards Id. each. Wholesale to the Trade. P. PENDER On Sunday, September 28rd, 1917 Id. Photo Postcards of the late Dr. O’Dwyer, in 12 WARING STREET, BELFAST. mourning, with verse at foot. Wholesale and retail. Also larger Photo of same. At Granard WH0LE8ALE BOOT A 8H0E WAREHOUSEMEN. •Grand Irish-Ireland Festival. Irish-1 reland 8ongs, 8peoiailtieU1ttf, NTH. ROSCOMMON So tYlaipvO Aft n^AetMts SlAn. 87 UPPER DORSET STREET, DUBLIN. CASH TAILORING COMPANY. Stationery, Books, Newspapers, Magazines, Toys, “ The Irish Tweed House,” 4 Capel Street, Dublin, Connttaft' nA SaetnV-se— CpaoG tip An 1uOAi|t Sweets, Tobaccos, Cigarettes, Fanoiee. and Kingstown, are fortunate ir. having probably the Orders through Pest reoelve Careful Attention. largest stocky or “ Indigo Blue Serges ” and Irish Suit­ lAt)ARCATl BAet>1tg An SO. ings in Dublin, bought in July, 1915. It will pay in­ A e u A ’o e A C c tending purchasers 1o inspect our stock. W e guaran­ tee perfect fitting garments, and all Iriah workman­ 1 S 5 0 1 L 6 Ann a, peAttn&w DON’T PAY INCOME TAX ship.______JOHN NELICAN, Proprtetor. t At ACC 6 bOAn A f>1AltfAlg) Before consulting us. Repayments and Abatements effected. Forms Filled. Expert Work. A n 30rhAt) tA Utf f O StilAlll, AP a 3 A I CENTS’ VELOUR NATS— IRISH TRIMMED 6 05 IRISH INCOME TAX RECOVERY AGENCY. 6d. CAR ISCeAC. J08EPH MacDONAGH, Proprietor, CENTS’ STRAW HATS— IRISH TRIMMED ______HELP A NEW B r A < O H .______73 Dame 8treet, Dublin. TDBBERCTJRRY, COUNTY SLIGO. GLEESON & Co. OLD g A V E money by having your soiled suits or M O N S T E R A e t H ’De A C C costume, dry-cleaned or dyed in the Eustace Tailors and Drapers. o r way. Almost equal to new at a fraction o f the On SUNDAY, 7th OCTOBER, 1817. cost. All suits tailor pressed. Carriage paid one IRISH GOODS ONLY. N l & W way on country order*. Price List Free. A Gala Day of'Irish Entertainment, concluding with EUSTACE BBOS., 110 and III Cork Street and Addresses by ? lb Blcssington Street. Dublin. 'Pbon. 1108. Arthur Griffith (“ Father of Sinn Fain,” ), Eamonn De 11 Upper O’Connell Street. Valera, M.I.P.; Walter L. Cole (ex-Alderman), Rev. f t . O’ Flanagan, C.C., and other prominent upholders ACCURACY. THE CANDLE PRE88 BOOKLETS. ’ of Irish Nationality. Selected Poems by HERBERT MOORE PIM (A. •SEVERAL BANDS WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE. Accuracy in a watch la of more importance than NEWMAN). r Aeridheacht Commenoes at 1.30 (Irish Time). appearance. W e do not recommend so-called Prloe One Shilling; post free 1/S, from the Manager, “ cheap” watohea, because accuracy ia often The Candle Press, 158 Rathgar Road, Dublin. ConnfiAO nA Saetntse* sacrificed to appearance. For really dependable Wholesale Agent— EASON and SON, Ltd. watches— good in appearanoe and workmanship, and moderate in price—come to : : : : T yp ew p itera I Typewriters 11 Aem teAQC rh6n -AT NEWMARKET-OM-FERGUS (COUNTY CLARE), GANTER BROS., A ll m akes for Sale o p Hire. Machines to On 8unday, September 23rd, 1817, w rite In both Gaelic and Engrllnli. 63 Sth. Gt. George’s St., Dublin. At 2 p.m . Repairs done by Skilled Meohanios. Supplies stocked. ORATIONS BY PROMINENT SPEAKERS. AirniAUi, Ce6t, Uinnce, Agur Aitm f. A . . 3 . C L A R K I N SIXPENCE. F. Loughnan & Co., ADMISSION, II II COAL MERCHANT LIMITED, CVAtt At»Q. 208 Gt. Brunswick Street* Dublin* 15 Eustace St., DUBLIN, and 14 Howard St., Telephone 2760. xx\6\y ______BELFAST.______AT DUNBOYNE. P. J. McCR ANN, Auctioneer & Valuer MISS E. MaeHUGH, Songs, Dances, Recitations. William Cosgrave, M .I.P. | 63 TALBOT STREET, DUBLIN. Michael Collins, and Barney Mellow* will deliver LANEBBORO', SOUTH LONGFORD. ' Addresses. A Trial 8olioUed. Blsyales, Repairs, Assaoeoriss, Prams, Q ruuplnH a, Repaired. ST. LAURENCE O’TOOLE PIPERS’ BAND. Telegrams— MaOraaa, Law—boro’. 9 NATIONALITY. Saturday, September 22nd, 1917

PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS—Con..: SINN FEIN. Yourself, Your Country, gINCERE THANKS to the Little Flower for great HELP favour received through her intercession__ NEW BRANCHES. • ' ^ % Your Fellow-Country men. Ulster. Grateful Client. By Supporting1 gINN FEINERS—Send your Collars to the White Dromore (Tyrone). Pres. J. McGaughy, -Vice-Pres. THE CITY OF DUBLIN AS8URANCE !T. Baxter, Sec. D.' Currau, Treas. John McLaughlin; Star .Laundry, Summer Hill. Scotshouse (Monagharf), Pres. Rev. M. Woods C.C.', SOCIETY, TAILORING—L. Doyle is carrying on business at Treas. J. Fitzpatrick, Sec, H. Maguire; Aughavass Which is a Sound and Progressive 2 Talbot St., upstairs oyer Shephard’s Dairy. (Leitrim). Pres.' P. Sheridan,-Vice-Pres. F. Reynolds, PURELY IRISH SOCIETY. EMPL0Y8 ONLY Customeft, note change of address. Treas. Win. Murphy and J. Curran,' Secs. M: Reillv IRI8HMEN. TRANSACTS ONLY IRI8H BUSI­ TW O Young Men would like to give their spare time and M. Wrynne; Rutland (Donegal), . Pres. M. NESS. CONTROLLED BY I R I S H M E N . to the French Polishing for a nominal fee with McNedis, Vice-Pres. J. Maguire, Treas. H. Ward, a qualified tradesman, with a view to proficiency. Worked on a Mutual and Co-operative Basis, all Apply C. 36, this Office. * (299*) See. B. J. O’Boylan; Newtownhatnilton (Armagh)* Profits being the Property o f the Members. Pres. P. Mallie, Vice-Pres. John O’Keefe, Treas. P. WANTED—Blue terrier pup (3 to 6 months). Apply V; McKee, Sec. J. Callaghan: Eglish (Tyrone), Pres. Additional Agents Wanted. C. 37, this Office. J . Muldoon. -Treas. M. Hamell and J. Farrelly, Sec. Apply—THE SECRETARY, WANTED, Bandmaster for Pipers’^ Band; state F . McManus; Clady (Armagh), Pres. H. Cooney D.C., Head Oflloes, D'Olier Chambers, DUBLIN. terms. Apply Secretary, Sinn Fein Club, Mouut- Vice-Pres. J. Wallelly, Treas. P. McGrath, Sec. P. V. collins. Conlon; Aghabog (Garron. Monaghan), Pres. Rev. Fr. WANTED—Copy of “ Studies,” March, 1916- (Vol. Hackett C.C.. Treas. F. McMahon, Sec. J. O'Donohoe ; V., No. 17), and March, 1917 (Vol. VI., No. 2J>. Maydown' (Tyrone), Marnaharn (Monaghan). Pres. P. The “ Kilkenny People” Ltd. Reply to “ Ulster,” this Office. McGuirk, Treas. F. McCabe, Sec. Ml. Smyth. All kinds of Commercial an d/ob Printing. VOUNG MAN wishes to hear of a position in an Irish-Ireland house;' can drive Ford car; three Munster. Posters, Handbills. Catalogues, frogrammes, neatly years’ experience; private or business house; could Bushfield (Tipperary), Doonbeg (Clare). Cappamore and Promptly executed at moderate prices. / devote spare time to bar attending or other capacity; (Limerick. Scartaglin (Kerry),'Pres. ST. T. Kerin, comfortable home; strict T.T.; excellent references. Treas. P. E. O’Connor, Sec. J. J. Leavy: Murroe Apply C. 28, this Office. (13107) (Limerick), Bonare (Kerry). Pres. C. Murphy 'Vice- VOUTH (18$), dismissed by brewers owing to Govern­ Pres. D. O’Shea, Sec. J. FIvnn; Baliautaylor (Water­ Pending the repablication of the “ Kilkenny People,” ment brewing restrictions, seeks position. Good ford). Timoleague (Cork), Pres. A. Walsh, Treas. J. the Proprietors are anxious to find work for the staff knowledge of Book-keeping, Shorthand (90), Type­ O'Brien, Sec. T. Beechinor; Tarmon’s Cross (Kerry), I disemployed on the suppression of the newspaper. writing (25); holds certificate in each subject. Apply Maistirgaoithe (Ciarra»dbe)'Uach. Fionan O’ Loin sigh, I C. 38. . .. ' : Leas-Uach. Micheal O’Siochfradba, Cisdeoir M. AddressJam es’s Street, Kilkenny. VOUR Name, in Irish or English, made on Mother of Breathnach, Run. Mturis Brea thnach; Clonakilty Pearl with rolled gold wire, enamelled green, (Cork), Chairman J. M. Cull inane solr.. Treas. J. white and orange, 1/1 poBt free; also Mother of Pearl Cahalane U.D.C., Sec. M. Ahern; Knocklong (Lime­ Eamonn Ceannt Sinn Fein Club, Ardee rick), Glengariff (Cork), Drimoleague (Cork), Pres. Name Brooches, without colours, 1/1.— Edward Healyt D. O’Dotiovan, Vice-Pres. D. McCarthy, Treas. J. Manufacturer of Gold Wire Name BroocheB, 128 O’Donovan, Secs. T. J. Dalv and J. McElligott; Dingle Francis St., Dublin. (2297) (Kerry), Prs. M. Lynch. Sec.’ J. J. Malone; Lispole WATCH COMPETITION. (Kerry), Pres. Sean Aghas, Vice-Pres. Ml. Devane, THANK8GIVING8. Treas. M. Trant, Secs. J. O'Sullivan and S. Bros- Sheet holders are requested to. return sheets by J RETURN thanks to' Almighty God, Blessed Virgin, nahan; Dun beacon (Cork). Pres. Isasc Moss, Sec. T. the 22nd instant. the Irish Saints, and Little Nellie for favours J. Hayes, Treas. J. Shanahan f, Quin (Clare). Pres. J. received through Novena, and promising publication. Meany. Vice-Pres. J. Scanlan, Treas. Geo. Callaghan, Sinn Fein. Secs. J. D. Moloney and P. Clone; Clooney (Clare), QRATEFUL THANKS to the Little Flower for in­ Kilnamona (Clare), Kilmaley (Clare), Camp (Kerry),] Prepaid Advertisements. tention received* Publication promised—M. J. ' Coor (Clare), Ballmadee (Cork). THANKSGIVING to God for temporal favour 12 words, 6d; 18 words, 9d.; 24 words 1/-| every received, lizzie. Leinster. I THANKSGIVING for success of election contest.. M. Rathvillv (Carlow (Pres. Wm. Kelly, Vice-Pres. J additional 2 words, Id. Minimum Charge, 6d. Donnelly, ’ Treas. P. M. Kearns, Sec. L. Kearns T HANKSGIVTNG to the Sacred Heart and Our Lady Hacketstown (Carlow), Chairman M. Cullen, Treas for miraculous favour received.—J.D. (2997) M. Gray, Sec. T. Kennedy; Knockdrin (Westmeath)I INFORMATION WANTED. Pres. D. Kilduff D.C., Treas. E. Ward, Sec. N. Cros- bie; Oldtovrn (Co. Dublin), Pres. J. Bride, Vice-Pres* 2. T. Connor, Sec. Miss Adrien Wolverhampton (supposed removed to Dublin) will ntAC 5lO t)0m -nl fro$UfOx\. An 16® Lusnara, 1917, Cushiustoira (Wexford), Pres. P. Lannen, Vice-Pres hear of something to her advantage on communicating in eastAippeAOAitt/in .Ac CIia c.'oo p6ra6ScAnirlAup T. Deviile, Treas. M. Carfey, Sec. M. Kelioe; Baltin with C. 39, this Office. TDac giobiiin 6 e6cA «ll le Jlliijte Hi ^ogViroa o glass (Wicklow), Fenagh (Carlow). Belmont, (King’.< Cnocmonlei fA ceanncAji tcAVHA. An cAcaip Co.), Rathmines (Dublin), Tang (Westmeath), Pres P a"ojiai5 QpeAcnac,-C.1 1 1 •oo-p6p iatj A5«r-oo U15 Rev. P. Giles C.C., Vice-PTes. John Flanagan M.C.C. A -BARGAIN—Gent’s Suit, 80/-.—Doyle, Upstairs, Aip)ieann an p6pcA. Sec. A. Giles.' ’ 2 Talbot St. ■ Connacht. A DDR ESSES artistically illuouAftted from. J&X.-z- Cortoon (Galway), Balliaderren (Galway), Clovehill Edward Dolan, 10 Elizabeth "St., Dramcondra, (Roscommon), Pers. B. Lally D.C.> Treas. J. Goady Dublin. WASTE * PAPER. Sec. W. Mollooly; Kilbride (Roscommon), Bonninad ADDRESSES, Badges, Window Tickets, Engrossing den (Sligo). Pres. T. Cawley, Vice-Pres. R. McGeter W E are prepared to pay highest cash prices Work neatly executed; Celtic design a speciality. for all kinds Waste Paper. Send us sample ick, Treas. M. Reenan, Secs. P. Kennedy and J. Feely — P. O’ Malley, 42 Donore Avenue, Dublin. (13107) Dooagh (Aehill), Pres. Aodh O mBlamhail, Treas. Sean lot to-day. Yon will be satisfied with result. We O’Cathain, Sec. A. MacConmara : Bealnamullah (Ros­ jjlDLIARD TABLE (secondhand), quarter-size; would pay carriage on lots from country of 1 owt. and common), Elphin fRoscommon), Pres. Rev. Fr. Clyne suit S.F. Club; will sell 'cheap. Apply C. 36, upwards ; if in city or suburbs we collect free. C.C., Vice-Pres. Hubert McGrath D.C., and F. Nolan this Office. ■ Treas. J. Toner, Sec. M. Shannon; Cloonloo (Sligo) B U N DORAN— Halt at Kelly’s I Banada (Sligo), Templeboy (Sligo), Colloonev (Sligo)j QASTLEBLANEY—For Sinn Fein Literature and Pres Sean Mac-Morchadha, Treas. T. O’Maolain, Sec Novelties, call at Phil McMahon's, Hairdresser. P. O’REILLY, Ltd., S. Mac-Cathamhaoil; Eamonn Ceannt Branch (Abbey. Newsagent, etc. (6107) Loughrea, Co. Galway), Pres. 9. Hynes, Secs. Jj QOMHLUCHT Camoguidheachta (Cork City and Great Strand Street, Dublin. Campbell and P. Lynch, Treas. P. Dolan. County). Fixtures for Sun. next- Sept. 23rd. 'Phone 1034. Foreign. At O’Neill Crowley Grounds, Cork—Clan Emer v. Liverpool, Pres. — O’Sullivan, Vice-Pres. Miss F. Clan Carthy, Semi-Final Senior Championship (Re­ Downey, Treas. X . Kerr, Sec. J. J. Keating. feree, Mr. Tom Irwin); 5 o’c .; admission 4d. At Dunmantvay—Eire Og (Ban try) v. McDermotts (Clonakilty). Semi-Final West Cork Championship; Stationery, Fancy Goods, pLATince 6 SAetntgeOm . 4 o’c .; admission 3d. Cabbage in best varieties, 6d. 100. Wallflowers, Blood QOATES’ EMBROCATION—Irish made; splendid Haberdashery, Red, Ruby Gem, Yellow, 50 1/3. Double Arabia valuej Sold by all up-to-date dealers. (1127)' Canterbury Bells, Pansies, 30 1/3. J)AMP HOUSES mad*dry; the latest patent used; Relig’ioas Goods and Books. POST ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION special attention country orders.— J. j . Kenny, ’ Va&AttCAt1 Sae-Gilge annfeo. Plastering Contractor (late of Frongoch), 287 Rich­ se-am us niAC RxvGn-aitt, mond Road, Fairview. (8127) 4 ELMVILLE, HAROLD'S CROSS. T)ON’T forget Gannon’s, 21 Ellis’ Quay, is the Sinn Fein Shop. (2997), John Kivlehan, IRISH UNITED A88URANCE 80CIETY. JTOR SALE—A few tons of coal. Apply A. S. Clarkin, 208 Great Brunswick St., Dublin. ’Phone 2769. Q N behalf of the Committee of Dissenting Policy A. 2997. 2 O’Connell Street, holders, I desire to invite a careful examination of f OR SALE—Rally Trap, walnut body, lancet shafts, LIMERICK. .the Circular Letter issued by the General Manager cushions, tyres; fit IB or 16 hands; made by and Secretary of the Irish United Assurance Society— Aylesbury Bros.; only used a few times; in perfect written on English paper. This adrocate of “ Keep condition. Apply C. 30, this Office. (2997) your money in your own country ” (vide Prospectus GENTLEMEN'S Own Material Cut, Made and Trim­ SUBSCRIPTION RATE8. of the Society) is now engaged in a scheme to trans­ med.— Doyle, Upstairs, 2 Talbot St. 27107 Post free, payable in advance. JTEAVY Winter Overcoats, 30 /- (worth 50/-).— fer the money, funds and property of the Society to Three Months^ ... is. 8d. the City Ltfe, which he does not deny is an English Doylo, Upstairs, 2 Talbot Street. 27107 Six Months, ...... 3s. 3d. company. Mr. Dineen in his circular now talks of the JF you want a Chesterfield or a good Divan Easy One Year, ... ea. etf. transfer as a proposed “ fusion,” and in a furtherl Chair, buy it from the maker at factory prices.— Cheques and Money. Order? should be Crossed and O'Connor, letter, apparently issued to questioning policy-holders, Practical Upholsterer, Cabinet Makerp made payable to the Manager. he styles it “ alliance ” ; the next time perhaps it will Polisher, Rere of 12 Parliament St. Repairs in above be an “ Entente.” The Dissenting Committee notes by best workmen. ' ADVERTISING RATES. he talks of litigation, and seeks to discourage the Single Insertion, ... 3s. Gd. per inch. JRISH Art Stall, Cumann na mBan Fete, Limerick. 6 insertions, ...» ... 3s. 8d. por inch. policy-holders from “ involving their own society in Winning numbers in Pendant and Bag Raffle— litigation.” If any litigation arises it can only'be due 13 Insertions, .... 8s. Od. per inch. 60, 44. Winners communicate with Kilis Ni Mhur- 26 Insertions, ... . .:. 2s. 9d. per incb. to fraud or misrepresentation on the part of thosei chadha, .5 Newenham Street, Limerick. Next week, j responsible for carrying tBe transaction through. I results of other raffles. 62 Insertions, ...... 2s. 6d. per inch. desire also to draw the particular attention of the (Larger Spaces pro rata); policy-holders to Mr. Dineen’g admission that the JRISH MADE by Sinn Fein labour. Connolly, WHOLESALE AGENTSi Memorial Workrooms, 31 Eden Quay, Dublin. Sooiety is “ their own property.” Every holder of a Dublin—Messrs. Eason and Son, Gt. Brunswick St., Volunteers, wear the I.V. Shirt. If your, draper does ‘ policy has a vote in the Society, but he would have and Belfast. not stock it send us his address and we will forward no vote in the City Life, which is a company of Messrs^ Dawson and Son, 5 and 6 Moleswortb shareholders, not a MutuaJ Societv, like _the _ Irish samples by return. Place, Molesworth Street. Uriibed, and not registered -%nder the Friendly M. * Farrell, Roscommon, wants every Sinn Feinei The Gaelic Press, 80 Upper Liffey St. Societies Acts. Therefore the policy-holders would and dealer in Sinn Fein goods to Write him. He has interesting Novelties to offer (new). Belfast—Messrs. C. Porter and Co., 123 and 125 Old oeasS to own “ their own property” if Mr. Dineen’s Lodge Road. proposal is carried. Therefore I ask every policy-holder J>EARL TIE PINS (still leading), Id. and 2d.; 9d. who desires to preserve “ his‘own property ” to take and 1/4 doss. Brooches, Rings, etc., 3d., 4d., and Cork— Messrs. Sean O Cuill and Co., 95 Patrick St. the necessary steps by communicating with-the under­ 6d. ' All in the Tricolour. In Memoriam Cards, with Messrs. Nows Bros., 20 Botrling Green St. signed, giving his policy number, if he has not al­ the names of the Executed Leaders, Id. each; 8d. Tralee— E. O’Connor, 42 Nelson St. ready done b o . doz. Sample lots sent on receipt of 1/1; larger range Glasgow—William Cribbin, 167 Saltmarket. JOHN R. RETNOLDS. of samples for 2/1. Tricolour Silk Badges, special for Liverpool— Poter Murphy, 18 Scotland Place. 1 College Street. Dublin, clubs, with any three-letter initial, such as I.V., 17th Septemner, 1917. " ‘ • S.F.A., etc.r. etc., hand-painted m gold, 3d. each; special terms for quantities. AH kinds of large Flags Printed by Patrick Mahon, 3 Y/irnhal! Si., Dublin, Look Out for Fred Leo’s Famous Concert Party, or Banners, with or without inscriptions., made to and Published by the Proprietor* at iboir Uliiws, “ WE 6.” order.— A. 4. Byrne, 87 Wexford St., Dublin. 6 Haroourt Street, Dublin-