HATKMMUTY E D I T E D BY ARTHUR GRIFFITH.

Vol. 1. No. 25. (New Series). SATURDAY, AUGU8T 4th, 1917. PRICE ONE PENNY.

speaker, and Mr. Darrell Figgis continued his Mr. Scanlon protested to McClelland, where­ W i l BY WEEK. campaign through Mayo, and Mr. Collins spoke —— upon another Constabularyman struck him in at a large gathering'in Armagh. the face. Mr. Lloyd George's Convention met in Dub­ * • • lin last week. On the first day it elected a That veteran of the Land League, Louis Eventually the Bench convicted Harrington, Chairman. On the second it adjourned for a Smyth, of Magherafelt, presided at a great fining him 5/- and costs. Kelly, the Resident fortnight. Its members are to receive a Sinn Fein meeting at Toomebridge, Antrim,' Magistrate, late of the “ Freeman” staff, dis­ guinea a day. The Irish taxpayer will pro­ on the 22nd, when contingents were present sented. In the course of the case Mr. Moran vide the money. from all the adjoining parishes. Mr. Louis had to protest against the Chairman’s atti­ « * j .

ward De Valera on his' election as Sinn Fein much of it did not-arrive till very late in the Of all the changes wrought by the war, the representative for East Clare, and we wish to season for sowing. There is no possibility one which is likely to be the most permanent thank the honest -electors of the constituency of getting any seed from Holland for next is the growth of aerial traffic. It has become for having returned him by such an over­ year, says Mr. Megaw, of the Department of a most practical reality from being a deadly whelming majority. That a copy of this re­ Agriculture. With regard to Russia, ‘ ‘their sport. The great feature of the newest planes solution be forwarded to Professor E. De experience of the last thtee months was that is their wonderful swiftness. A speed of 160 Valera, and to ‘ Nationality.’ ” if they got any at all it was always at the miles an hour is not uncommon. Unlike land ft a a last moment.” With the unfortunate Russian transportation, speed in the air is neither The “ Clutching Hand” is out to capture merchants having to sell against an exchange limited nor dangerous. The great weakness our food. The latest and most menacing of depreciated in the proportion of 96 to 220, oi of the flying machine is its liability to cap­ the trade-killers calls himself “ Rhondda,” for­ nearly 60 per cent., it was not commercially size, but this trouble is likely to be corrected merly ell-known as Thomas, the proprietor possible to do any business. The two principal in the course of time. A t present the cele­ of half a score of collieries in Wales. He is sources of supply were practically cut off, brated American inventor, Wright, is working in fact the Coal Wizard. This latest bureau­ and the. supply is not expected to exceed one- on a self-righting machine, whioh will not crat was appointed in charge of what is called half of the requirements of Irish farmers next overturn. The details are not yet known, but year. it is said he has discarded the gyroscope and the “ Ministry of Food.” He has now proposed a £ a • scheme to limit the prices-of meat in such a man­ is relying on an electrical apparatus control­ ner as will effectively perform this object by Another factor of great importance in the situ­ ling the levers, and operated by contact of. rendering it impossible to produce' any supply ation is that practically, nothing but Irish flax is mercury in a bath. It can easily be under­ of meat at all in Ireland next January.' The now obtainable for the production of fine linen stood that if a machine sways the mercury will County Westmeath Farmers’ Association, yarns. Mr Megaw tells us, “ Flax is now really rise on one side, and by setting the levers amongst many others, are protesting against essential for military purposes, and Irish flax at going on that side will restore the balance the Food Controller’s interference with the free that’ ’— (address to Londonderry Co. Commit­ of the machine. A somewhat similar prin­ sale of oattle, holding that the scale of prices tee of Agriculture, Coleraine, July 14th). This ciple is employed in firing sea mines, so that fixed w ill certainly cause a meat famine next fact is of enormous industrial importance in the idea of a self-balancing aeroplane is by spring. Their fears .are but too well founded. face of the colossal vote of the United States no means impossible. It may confidently be The following prices have been fixed for live Congress of 125 millions sterling for aero­ assumed that flying across the Atlantic from cattle for the British army:— planes. A t £2,500 per machine, this works Newfoundland to Ireland will take place soon. Few people have an idea how practicable it is September, 74/- per cwt. live weight out 50,000 air machines. But where is the cloth to come fromP From Ireland; because it so or how short the time would be. It is only November, 67/- do. about 2,000 land miles from Galway to St. ‘ .January,' 60/- do. happens that flax cannot be successfully grown in the. United States, at least not for John’s, and this distance could be covered in • • v § fine linen. An effort was made some years about thirteen hours, or, allowing for the sun Maximum meat prices are to be fixed on a ago to establish a rival to the Irish flax in­ and difference of time, it is quite possible to corresponding scale for civilian consumption. dustry, but though highly protected by tariffs leave Galway by aeroplane after breakfast In this way the net is carefully spread to cover it failed completely. An attempt was also at nine o’clock in the morning and-hail St. the whole Irish trade, and the outlook for far­ made in Argentina, and a flax colony was sent John’s at six o’clock the same evening, just mers is exceedingly threatening. The Irish over there, a few years ago, but it has not in time for a hurried dinner, replenishment of trada is, of course, not considered as having succeeded. The climate of our country is petrol, and the start for New York, arriving ofiff interest in the matter. The prices are more suited than that of any other to flax, and there in time to sup at midnight. This wifi Ssed without any regard to the fact that Sep- I it is an industry which cannot be taken from be the greatest revolution effected by the war, tember is the cheapest month and January the us. England did her best to do it, but failed and it will 'mean great wealth in the linen dearest in the Irish trade. In the autumn completely. Consequently there is an ex­ trade, as well as putting an end to our en­ end the grass lands are stripped, and the Dub­ traordinarily favourable opportunity not forced isolation. Whatever happens the ques­ lin market is glutted, while there is a scarcity merely to hold it, but to extend it throughout i tion of the freedom of the seas, the air at all later on. I f the September prices are fair, the greater part of Ireland, and Jo cultivate it I events is free. then the prices in November, starting on the once more in the twenty-two bounties where : Fine linen makes fine birds o f air. It requires basis of 74/-, should be 81/-, and in January it once flourished. •* no 'less than one hundred and eighty yards of 88/-. That is to say, the scale' should rise in­ the very finest cambric to make the wings of stead of falling to meet the peculiarities of the one of the present types of war machines. For Irish trade. W e should like to see Lord The. demand from the. United States alone 50,060 of them no less* than nine million yards1 Rhondda dropping his ooal prices from Septem­ will require so great a ^quantity of Irish linen — a. length of over five thousand miles—are ber to January; but, of course, the Coal Wiz­ that if spread out like the wings of a gigantic required, and this will give some idea of the ard will do just the opposite with his own albatross we must suppose its wings tipping unprecedented demand which is arising for trade. W hy doesn’t he arrange to bring down both sides of the Atlantic at the same time, aero cloth. And this quantity will be re­ the price of coal, which he can control himself ? whether we can cut Uncle Sam his spread-eagle newed after each dozen flights. He is the biggest colliery owner in England. to this measure depends entirely on the « # • Yet we find coal is already rising, and will quantity of seed which can be- saved. A delegate meeting of Sinn Fein Clubs held certainly go up as quickly as he proposes to There is a very large cfop of flax set this' year in Granard on Thursday last decided to form an bring down the Irish meat. in Ireland—no less than 107,400 acres— an* in­ Executive for North Longford. The first • • • crease of 15,900 over last year. Farmers are Executive meeting will be held r3& Buntaghy required to save an eighth for seed. This on August 12th at 4 p.m. The candidates for If the proposal is intended to strip this means, according -to- the Department, that the Chairmanship of the Granard Rural Dis­ country entirely of all meat this autumn it some thirteen thousand acres of flax will be trict Council are requested to attend the Exe­ could not be more effectively designed. But lost, through holding the fibre over till the cutive meeting and sign the Sinn Fein pledge. it will do much worse. It will strip the coun­ following year for the purpose o f taking out « » * try of grain as well. Instead of more food being the seed. A t the present value, about £40 The two Constabularymen, McAulev and available in the winter, there will probably be per acre, estimating a yield of 32 stones, at Lyons, against whom a verdict of wilful mur­ a strangled meat production, accompanied 25/- per stone, this works out at a sacrifice of der was returned by a Cofoner’s Jury at Bally- by a general clearance of food-stuffs. over half-a-million’s worth of flasT, a very bunion, have not up to the time of going to It is to be carefully borne in mind serious matter for the farmers and the spin­ Press been arrested. that the Food Controller has issued also a ners, at a time when unprecedented demands Crop Restriction Order, prohibiting all deal­ will be ‘made on the industry for aeroplane The members of the Women’s Branch, ing without permit in wheat, barley, oats, or cloth, of which we have a monopoly. If we , Gaelic League, Dungarvan, have arranged for rye of the 1917 crop, or potatoes (except first understand the scheme of the Fibre Corpor­ Masses for the repose o f the soul of Roger or second earlies) grown in the “ United King­ ation cojjrectly, it would enable the seed to Casement. R .I.P . Masses to be offered at dom.” All contracts for sale or disposition of be taken off by a simple and effective machine; Mount Mellary. They had a Novena . of any 1917 crops are cancelled. This Order leaving the straw in a perfect condition of Masses offered - at Mount Mellary for those should be read with the Meat Prices Scheme. straightness for retting, which is very difficult executed during May, 1916. R.I.P. It means that, all farmers will be prevented to do by hand rippling.. The utilisation of from selling their crops except to the British ------♦—------' machinery would consequently enable the seed Mr. J. Sheehan of the- “ iPf’s and C.’s ” Concert Government, and if they try to evade this Order ^nd bolls to be saved, instead of being thrown Company forwards us a copy .of an apology from Mr. by stall-feeding them to stock they are faced away and wasted in the,retting pits. If this Fred Leo, who withdraws the claim made in his advertisement in our issue of July 21st that he was with< the threat that they will get only 60/- a method, which we understand has already been cwt. for cattle in January, after three months’ the originator of the Company. The members of adopted with great success in the South of Mr. Leo’s Company—Mr. Carroll Malone (late _ of cost of stall-feeding, as compared with 74/- in Ireland, under the encouragement of the Fibre Froucoch and Stafford), Miss Sheehan, Mr. O’ Brien September, when they come off the grass. Corporation, be adopted generally through­ and Miss Dene were, with the exception of Mias « # # Dene, not members or the original “ P.’s and C.’s out Ireland It would render this country en­ Company, but they formed the majority of the W e referred in our issue of July 21st t<5 the tirely indepedent of foreign seed. The quan­ “ P.’ s and C.’s ” Company when it was assailed in remarkable campaign of the Fibre Corporation tity of seed required for sowing purposes is Loughrea. They now form the “ We Six ” Company, (Ireland), Limited, to revive the growth of estimated to cover a fourth of the area sown. ! and we wish them, equally with the “ P.’ s and C.’s Company, success. flax in the South of Ireland. The Chairman This means that 27,000 acres are required to o f the company.. (Mr. Stewart Cox, Baltic provide all the seed for 108,000 acres, and the j Ati cum Ann 5 a o *6a 1 a C— 'tmomconnnAC House, London) writes to us to put. us right balance of the crop, that is three-fourths,. The result of Watch Competition will appear in next as to the details of the scheme. The price would be available for valuable feeding to week’s issue of this paper. ______paid by the company is £15 per acre, with a stock. This would save the farmers of Ire­ bonus on the scale of 5/- to 30/- per acre ac­ land the equivalent of a million pounds in MISS E. MaeHUGH, cording to Grade. Mr. Cox, however, does flax not wasted, for sowing purposes, and they 63 TALBOT STREET, DUBLIN. not tell us whether it is the seed or the flax or would have the balance of seed from the whole Bioyoles, Repairs, Accessories, Prams, Gramaphonts, both is purchased for the £15. Certainly the crop for finishing purposes, valued at about ______Repaired.______scheme is one of great importance, and its half-a-million. Such a scheme as this de­ NEW ALTARS, MAGHERA CHURCh T" value has been much increased by the neces­ serves the-utmost publicity, and we hope the The beautiful New Carpets and Fittings for above sity of saving Irish seed for flax. Hitherto the Fibre Corporation will put it before the coun­ _ Altars supplied by country depended entirely but not wisely bn try in a clear and convincing manner. They the importation of seed for our prime industrial are performing an invaluable public service to J. Gonnolly fe* Oo. -crop, but it was only with very great difficulty our greatest industry, and doing the work of 59 Upper Arthur Street, Belfast. that it was obtained at all this spring, and an Agricultural Department into the bargain. WRITE FOR 8UGQE8TI0N8 AND PATTERNS. Saturday, August 4th, 1917. NATIONALITY. 3

SINN PBIN NATIONAL FUND. Aitfi-Oeoin a 5CU10 AtCum$eACA niof bfonn le hAOinne eolAf t>o *0eun6i0 Af Of nA Af CotAifce t>fti$,oe, 6m6ic. TRUSTEES. A ifg cA O . (8T. BRIGID’S IRISH COLLEGE, OMEATH, CO. GEORGE J. NESBITT, 88 Lr. Camden St., 20. TTlAi-oif leif An eolAVbe feAllCAC, t)o LOUTH). Dublin. •Oeirfiriij f6 t -oo ■OeAfbAig nAf ■Oem f6 Aon n? Af THE CONVERSATIONAL COLLEGE. MICHAEL O’, C.O., Crossna, Boyle, Co. Roscommon. An fii$e, sufb ArfilAi'O CuAOAf An luCc CAifdl AIM 1 THOMAS WALL, C.C., Drumcollogher, Co. Atnu^A uaCa f6in ; A5uf» Cum a CefpeAinc 50 TO MAKE FLUENT SPEAKERS. Limerick. fAib eolAf nA mbOCAf 50 mAit Aige ’oo $ai» f6 Most beautifully situated on Carlingford Lough, LOUIS J. WALSH, Solicitor, Bally castle, Co. lenA Aif eolAf ■oo ■OeunAifi t>o ■OAbme eile. Agur opposite Warrenpoint and Itostrevor. Antrim. Nearest Summer College to Dublin and Belfast. £ R d ■oo fAinig suf im if f6 An cubAifce Afif. - Already Acknowledged ...... 1,] 21. t)i fiof-Ai§neAf Af fiu&Al O'nA t)cuicim fA The Method used is Father O’Tuathail’s famous 67 16 6 “ Phrase Method.” A Few Liverpool Irishmen (per J. M. p o ll 50 t>Cl n-A bpuAfCAIlC. O’Sullivan) ...... 20 0 0 No Torture with Phonetics or Method Lessons. J. M. Plunkett S.F. Club, Ballymahon (per XVII. e6in TT1AC Afo-OlLArti. John S. Flynn) ...... 10 0 0 Second Session.—Monday, 6th August, to Saturday, O1 Rah illy Branch S.F., Ballinagh (per C. 1. rtlAf a bi pobAi *06 f An uAigneAf gAinrhe, 8th September. Fitzpatrick) 8 0 0 fin mAf AcAtAOi-fe Af btif n-oilitfeACc Af An Apply to— A Few Wexford Priests ... 7 5 0 ■OCAlAtfl 1A f ACCA. Rev. 8EUMA8 O’QUINN, C.C., Bruff S.F. Club (per Joseph Clancy) 6 5 6 2 Bessbrook, Newry (Hon. Sec.). Roger Casement S.F. Club, Cavan (per . A f An oilitfeACc t)AOib, feACnATO *j nA bW> Or to— P. A. Galligan) .... 6 0 0 A5 geAfdn nA A5 gluAifeAn nA Af uifeAfa Cferoiifi. PEADAR O'DOWD, Nenagh (McDonagh) S.F. Club (per J. D. peACAl ifeAt) nA neite fin. ______Castletown Rd., Dundalk (Registrar). Flannery) 6 0 0 Mrs. D. Snorter, Cnoc mo Ruin, Gt. Missen- 3. If eol t)Aoib, nuAif a bl pobAlX)6 45 filleA 1* OPENING 3rd SEPTEMBER. den, Bucks. 51- 0 0 CAfnAif 50 cif a finfeAf, 50 t>ci An U if t)eAn- Kiskeam (Kerry) S.F. Club (per C. T. nAi$Ce, 50 fAbAt>Af Af oilitfeACc fAn uAijneAf, s c o n £ > m £ t > e Murphy) 5 0 0 T 50 t>cAini5 cuiffe CfofOe Af a lAn aca, -\ 5 0 Rev. M. Ryan, P.P., Knookavilla, Tipp. ... 5 0 0 Collected in Borris-in-Ossory 4 13 0 nt)ubfAt)Af : pllim ff 50 ti6i5ipc-Afif. t)emivo St. Brigid’s High Sciool aid Kindergarten Central Branch S.F., Belfast ...... 3 3 0 1 t)cif nA t)Aoiffe Annf An a Cc berO f luiffe feolA 70 Stephen’ s Green. Maire Bean Whitworth, Dundalk . ... 3 0 0 ■q m nitin AgAinn Ann. A Day School for Irish Catholic Girls and Little Boys. Enniskillen S.F. Club (per Thos. Slavin) ... 2 10 0 For Prospectus, apply to the Principal— Pilib O Murchadha, Carraig na Suire 2 2 0 U A itt 0 m titi. Dr. E. Dundon, Borris, Co. Carlow 2 0 0 MI88 L. Gm VAN DUFFY, M.A., Maudubawn (Eoin MacNeill) S.F. Club (per ______70 Stephen’s Green, DUBLIN. Terence McGee 2 0 0 Belcoo and Blacklion S.F. Club (per W. URSULINE CONVENT, THURLES. AefibeAtc rhOf at Hospital BOARDING SCHOOL and ACADEMY «. Kelly, junior 2 0 0 8UNDAY, AUGUST 26th, 1917. D. B. (per J. N.) ...... 2 0 0 Addresses will be delivered by Prominent Upholders (Under the patronage of His Grace the Archbishop of A Few Sinn Feiners (per M. Mac Cuinalchir) 1 2 6 of the Irish Nation, whose names will be announced ./ ■— Cashel). Craobh Naomh Colm Cille, Termon (per later, with fuller particulars. Highly certified Teachers prepare pupils for Inter­ Neil Murray) 1 0 0 An Enjoyable Day in East Limeriok Assured. mediate, Matriculation, and Entrance Scholarships, 1 0 0 N.U.L Within three years the pupils have won Rev. Fr. Dunne, C.C. S&Aniu]' Om&itCAin, Hon. Sec. Trebor Hslaw. (3rd instalment) ... 1 0 0 £499 in Prizes, Exhibitions, and Scholarships. In Castletara S.F. Club, Co. Cavan 1 0 0 S t e A t in e * in smti club the Special School of House-craft, Domestic Economy Baintreabhac, Rath Garbh, ...... 1 0 0 1 0 in all its branches is taught. Pupils successfully P. Minoguo, Elm Hill, O’Callaghan’s Mills A efit)eAC c m 6 \ \ prepared for Examinations in Music. Commercial (per E.-Fleming) 1 0 0 Classes held with a view to fit girls for Bank and Miss M. Kennedy, Ballinakill, Queen’s Co. At LOUGH BAWN, other Clerkships. Schools re-open September 3rd. (per Liam O’Brien) ... 1 0 0 On Sunday 12th August. For particulars apply eaTly to— T. F. O’R. (per P. J. L.J ...... 1 0 0 ! come aiid enjoy a real Irish-lreland day, and THE MOTHER SUPERIOR. Clomanto (Kilkenny) S.F. Club (per R. Tobin 1 0 0 support the cause of Ireland a Nation. T. C. (per J. B.) ...... 1 0 0 Joseph McDonnell, 70 Lr. Camden St. (per AN APOLOGY. G. J. Nesbitt) " ... 1 0 0 eAmotin ceAtitic sinn £6in c l u b G. S., Cork ...... 0 10 0 FRED LEO, hereby apologise to Mr. Jack O’Shee- “ Kerrywoman,” Tullow 0 10 0 (89 James’s Street, Dublin) han for inserting an advertisement using the title P. McNamara, Loughanisland ... 0 10 0 the “ P.’s & C.’s.” This title “ P.’s & C.’s ” is Mr. J. “ Fear Maith ” - ... 0 10 0 W ill hold an W. F. T. Stockley, Cork 0 10 0 Sheehan’s own property, as when the Company first Liam Lanigan, Coventry 0 6 9 started it was a financial failure, and same was kept R. J. Butler, Rathgar ... . 0 6 0 going by Mr. O’Sneehan, who financed it. I now A e n i t ) e A C c Ted Farrell, Maynooth (per D. O Buachalla) 0 5 0 relinquish all claim to it, or. anything connected with J. Morrissey, Dungarvan (4th instl.) , ... 0 5 0 the Party. I am now running a Company, calling R. Phelan. Knocknuska (per Sean Lane, On SUNDAY 26th AUGUST, 1917. Cappagh) ...... 0 5 0 same Miss A. Leahy, Ballinameal do. 0 6 0 Thomas O’Toole. Old Pallas, Limerick ' .... 0 5 0 “We Six” P. Murphy, Tulla (per '. Fleming) 0 5 0 FURTHER PARTICULARS LATER. Mrs. Peter Walsh, Oldtown, Co. Dublin ... 0 5 0 Consisting of— " J . K .” ...... 0 5 0 Mr. Carroll Malone, Tenor. Aodh 0 hAilpin (per P. McNamara) 0 5 0 Miss Flossie Deno, Soubrctte and Dancer. Daniel McCarthy, Clonakilty 0 5 0 A e m ’oe A C c r h 6 u 0 4 8 Mr. Fred Leo, Comedian. J. B. Ward ...... , ... At KIN8ALE, f" P. T.,” Dublin ...... 0 2 6 Miss A. C. Sheehan, Pianist and Mezzo-Soprano. 0 2 6 Miss Mina Walsh, Soprano; and Jos. McDermott ...... On Sunday 26th August, 1917. Ciarain 0 Nuallain ... 0 2 6 Mr. P. J. O’Brien, Advance Manager. P. Mao Giollaigh 0 2 6 W. J. O’Leary, 25 Charleston Rd., Ranelagh 0 2 6 Competitions in , History, Dancing, “ Brighid,” ... 0 2 6 Reoitations, and Story-tellirg; also Place-names of Works by PIARAS BEA3LAI. 0 2 “F. F.,” ...... - 6 Parishes in Klnsale Rural and Urban District Area. Cormao na Culle, a romantic drama, 1/*] post free 1/1-J Seandhun, Ath Cliath ... 0 2 6 Apply at once for Special Forms for Place-names F. Mao Galloglaigh 0 2 6 Faust in Irish, 4 songs (English and French words), Cailin Gaodhalach (in memory of Mahon and Syllabus to— with Irish-English Vocabulary, Id.; post free l£d. T. McEVER, Hon. Secretary, McGrath) 0 2 6 OTHER WORKS. ^ H. M. 0. S. 0 2 0 Mr. Ward. Hull ...... 0 2 0 go ttlAifi-6 Af^nSAetJilg SlAn. Irish Made Easy (a book for learners), 6d.; post free A. J. Wall, Slievardagh 0 2 0 7d. B. J. O’Hickey, Bansha 0 2 0 it 99 Prayers in Irish, jd .; post free Id. Sean Griffin, Tufnell Park, London 0 2 0 W rit Issued for South Galway Gaelio Spngs, with music, Id .; post free'1 id. Workman ..> 0 1 0 We’re awaiting. In the meantime we are strengthen­ ' JAMES DUFFY & Co., Ltd. ing our Defences. te A t> A n t ia n-oititneAC bpotAtiriAC. 8 Westmoreland Street, Dublin. (Continued). The Gort Bazaar Cycling I Athletic Sports ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS Will be held on (IRISH-AMERICAN ALLIANCE). 15. Aguf W eAglA offA 50 I6 if An c-eolurt>e All communications and inquiries in connection with ■oo leigific uaCa, mAf nuAif a WottAf 1 Dfeifj; SUNDAY, AUGUST 19th. the above should be addressed to:— te if mAjt $eAll Af Ati mbocfin a •6em f 6 ■oo tugA^Af Grand Drawing of Prizes. Numerous Valuable JOHN J. SCOLLAN, National Sec., CAfCAifne ■66 t t>o BuAileA'OAf 6 J mAf fin T>e Presentations. Unique Watch-Guessing Com­ -fO North Frederiok Street, Dublin. b’fiigeAn t><5 nA mionnA ■outl a a tAt>AifC 50 Of1 l i ­ petition. Cafe Chantant. Arcadian Grove. URSULINE CONVENT, SLIGO. fe aO f 6 o ff a Af if . Danoing Saloon. Tea Gardens. Grand Conoert. 16. An cflifce *nA x>cAini5 fft AmA6 ■oo tfiACc- Fire-works Display at Night. Pupils prepared for Matriculation, University Scholar­ 6 0 ships (12 won in last two years), Intermediate, Bank, nAirii f6 inA fot e "j ■oubAifC le if f6m : CAro Apply for tickets to— ha *oAome feo 50 hole t cdro fiAT> Ag 50f Af Incorporated Society of Musicians, Commerce, King’s ^ P. J. PIGOTT, Bazaar Sec. Scholarship. Residential School or Domestic Science otc 615m ■com ; i 6 tAflA nA fu n Aon loncAoib attached.______' ______A C A AfAm, fAgfAO fA p o ll 1AT>. A gU f CUAVO f6 Entry Forms for G.A.A. Sports— M. V. TRAYERS, Sports Sec., GORT. a bAile *00 f6m. Yourself, 17. Aguf bl An luCc Aifcif fin AnnfAn Af peA*6 Your Country, fomnc tAetAncA t An c-ocfAf A5 cu f 50 *oiAn offA, G. A. A. Your Fellow-Countrymen. 50 t>ci 5«f film s ‘00 fomnc ■oAoitie beit aj; By Supporting- ^AbAit An cfeo i guf tAffAin5eAT>Af Af An bpoll THE CITY OF DUBLIN ASSURANCE Anlof 1 at>. Kinsale People’s Sports SOCIETY, 18. A f 615m a biotJAf fuAfCAitce ntiAif a SUNDAY, 2nd SEPT., 1917. Which is a Sound and Progressive CeAfCAi$ 6 £uvo aca cuf Cum bOtAif Afif 1 On THE ALL-STAR MEETING OF THE SOUTH. PURELY IRISH SOCIETY. EMPLOY8 ONLY gcuTO eile aca An c-eo untie feAllCAC •oo CuAfOAC 100 Yards— 1st Prize,. Gold Watch. IRI8HMEN. TRANSACTS ONLY IRI8H BUSI­ NESS. CONTROLLED BY IRI8HMEN. *j ’OfOjAtCAf t)0 *6eunAtfl A1f. t)’6lf1$ eACOffA, 5 Mile Cycle—1st Prize, Gold Watch. Worked on a Mutual and Co-operative Basis, all *mAf ftn, t t>o fCAfAT)Af Le C6iVe. Athletes should send at once for Entry Forms. Ex­ ~ Profits being the Property of the Members. 19. An 611 to aca bA tfiO 50 fAib buile OffA cellent All-round Programme. Additional Agents Wanted. •o,imti$eAt>Af leo t nA mionnA mOfA aca •OA EAMONN O’NEILL, Hon. Sec. Apply— THE SECRETARY* Head Offioes, D’ Olier Chambers, DUBLIN. CAbAifc *| ,iAt) A5 bAgAifc Af An eolAfbe j "] in DENIS POWER, Handicapper. Saturday, August 4th, 1917. 4 NATIONALITY.

Quiet, yet Central, for Business of Plessure: Ireland than there were in Great Britain. Both countries possessed a National Debt. riE/nSNC'S HOTEL, The debts were as under:— 32 G A R D IN E R ’S P LA CE, D U B L IN . Ahul National Debt, 1801. Cosgrave Two minutes’ walk from Gardiner St. Chapel or trams England £450,505,000 Large clear Photo-Brooch of The Kan for Kil­ SELECT MODERATE. CONVENIENT. Ireland £28,238,000 kenny, with the words Cosgrave Abu I (moun­ ted on safety pin) ; extra good quality and fine Worked out per head of the population, the value, 6d., pose free; half-dozen lots sent CENTS’ VELOUR ISATS—ISiSli TRIMMED indebtedness in the year of the Union was:— post free for 2/6. The same brooch in green, white and orange, CENTS’ STR/tW HATS—fRI5H TRiMMED Indebtedness per hd., 1801 post free for 7d.; half-dozen lots for 3/*, post People of Great Britain £42 18s. Od. People of Ireland £5 7s. Od. 6d., post free, superb Photo-Brooch (shamrock design) of De Valera, McGuinness. and Plun­ The Taxation per head was:— kett, with words “ Sinn Fein Abu I in centre. G L E E S O N & C o . Taxation per hd., 1801 6d., post free. Brooch containing real photos of the seven signatories to the Irish Republican Tailors and Drapers. People of Great Britain £2 17s. 4d. Proclamation (mounted on safety pin). The People of Ireland £0 6s. 2d. most unique badge yet produced. IRISH GOODS ONLY. Thus it will be seen that at the period of All above Badges are genuine Photos, and will not fade. the Union the people of England owed a debt P. H. Pearse's Works (1st volume) now ready, II Upper O’Connell Street. roundly eight times greater than ours, and containing Plays, Poems and Stories (in Eng- lish^, price 7/6, by post 7/11. were taxed nine times more heavily. Ireland Sketch of P. H. Pearse's Life. Post free 3*d. IRISH-MADE C00DS. was a solvent and prospering country. Eng­ Memories of the Dead, or short sketches of the - executed leaders, 4d.; by post 5d. For MEN’S SHiRTS, HOSIERY, CAPS, &c. land trembled on the verge of bankruptcy. Janies Connolly, a study of his work and worth, Solvent Ireland was forced into union with post free 5d. The Graves of Kilmorna—a story of ’67 by pATOftAis o'tiAtlmupAiti insolvent England. At the end of the Canon Sheehan. Post free, 5/5. Napoleonic wars England seized complete con­ 7/6 Large Solid Silver Tara Brooch beautifully sit<5it> uam io, UiimneAC. enamelled in green, white and orange. trol of Irish finances. What followed is un­ 2/- Volunteer Silver Brooch—crossed rifles, harp exampled in the history of fraudulent finance. and letters “ I.V .” —same design as pendant i.eaghl;n’s Leading Lines. for catch chain. LOUGHLIN’S IRISH TIES FROM 1/-, By 1819 England had increased Irish taxation The Soldier’s Song—Full Musical Score and IRISH SHIRTS FROM 2 11. IRISH VESTS nearly twice-and-a-half what it had been in the Pianoforte Accompaniment. Correct and AND PANTS FROM 2/11 EACH. IRISH year of the Union, but increased her own tax­ ^original version of both words and music. K N IT SOCKS FROM 1/-. IR IS H BRACES 1 /-; by post 1/1. ation by only one-quarter. By 1914—just be­ Playing Cards—designed and drawn on stone FROM 1/-. IRISH CLOVES. BOOTS, by Irish Artists. Celtic designs—Irish Kings IR IS H -F IN IS H E D H A TS , CAPS, eta., et«. fore the outbreak of the present war— the tax­ and Queens. 1/6, by post 1/9. ation in England had been decreased 3/- per New Humorous Song, by the author of the “ Soldier's Song,” entitled “ Whack Fol the T, J. LOUGHLIN, head, compared with the taxation per head of Diddle.1’ Full Musical Score and Pianoforte IRISH OUTFITTING HEADQUARTERS. England in 1819,'while the taxation in Ireland Accompaniment. Words and Music, post free, 1/1. 13 Parliam ent Street had been Increased £1 9s. per head. That is, 3/e Sliver 1316 Pika—3} iache* ling in form of DUSLIN. Great Britain had received roundly a 5 per Unique Fancy Match Eox, «ith two photos cent, relief in taxation, while Ireland had been ; the leaders inset, or with tri-colour flag All literary communications should be addressed to burdened 200 per cent. l one side and photo of leader on other. the Editor. In 1914 Ireland, with a taxation per head of 1/6 C2p Badge as used ».* tat x>ug!id Volun­ All business communications to the Manager, teers, in gold or silver colour—same badge 6 Harcourt St., Dublin. £2 3s. 4d., was declared by the English Par­ mounted on safety pin for brooch, 2/*. 6 Irish -Rsr.de Knickers, with gr*ea. white *nd For Subscription and Advertising Rates, see p. 8. liament and Press to be insolvent— unable to orang^ side stripes, strongly maae in black pay its way. This declaration was made for 8 Irish Flags—42 inches by 30, post freo, 2 8 j the purpose of retaining, under the bogus Smaller Sizes, 1/6, post free. Home Rule Act, complete control of Irish fin­ Beautiful Picture of Errimei, with hi«j complete NATIONALITY. Speech at Trial, surmounted with pretty aijd ances in England’s hands. Then war broke suitable design; best paper: size 30in. by out and England immediately voted an increase 22Ln. : post free 1/-, published at 2 6. '6 Superior Quality Irish Poplin Ties in Re­ S A T U R D A Y , A U G U S T 4th, 1917. of Irish taxation to £4 4s. per head. She has publican Colours. now raised the taxation of this country to £7 IN MEMORIAL Cards, with, full list of nunw, finely printed on good card, Bui table for fram­ per head, and on each occasion the Parliamen­ ing, post free 3d. Smaller one in four pages TO TtiE ELECTORS, TRADERS, tary Party, which looks for a new recruit from for prayer book, post free 3d. eanh. Irish Horn Rosary Beads in Republican colours. AND TAXPAYERS OF KILKENNY. Kilkenny, has voted to impose the extra tax­ Post free 1/3. ation on our country. This year we Irish are Republican Badges (Tri-colour), 2d. each, pos­ tage extra. Wholesale to Traders. being taxed per head almost twenty-three Consider the position of the trade and reve­ times what we were taxed at the period of WHELAN & SON nue of Ireland after a hundred years’ experi­ the Union, whereas the English are being ence of the policy of Irish Parliamentarianism taxed less than four times what they were 17 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin. — the policy which recognises the English Par­ taxed at the same period. liament as the source of lawful authority in These are the main facts of taxation in Ire­ Ireland, and exiles Irish political and econo­ land—a system built up and designed to im­ mic thought and effort to Westminster. poverish the country and destroy its enterprise J. T. LEMASS, “ The Union,” wrote TJnder-Secretary in industry and trade. In one of the Reports HATTER AND OUTFITTER, Cooke to Wm. Pitt in 1799, “ is the only of the Financial Relations Commission of 1896 2 and 3 Capel Street, Dublin means of preventing Ireland from becoming —a Commission which reported that Ireland too great and too powerful.” By giving was annually overtaxed by three millions, and (KISH-MADE GOODS A SPECIALITY. the Irish a hundred members in an assembly whose report the English Government ignored of 650, wrote Knox to Pitt, they will be —signed by four Unionists and one Home A FEW ITEMS OF OUR BOOK LIST I— impotent to operate upon that assembly, Ruler, it is written:— Poems of Thomas MeDonagh? post free 4/11 but it will be invested with Irish assent “ W e believe that a large pro portion of the Meagher of the Sword (Edited by A. to its authority. The plotters of the Griffith), post free 3/11 so-called local expenditure is due to Ireland’6 Poems of Joseph M. Plunkett, post free 3/1 a Union relied upon the presence of an impotent connection with Gt. Britain, and if the lat­ Plays, Poems and Stories (in English) of P. H. Pearse, post free 7/11 Irish contingent in their Parliament to enable ter countiy ceased to exist we see no reason The Insurrection of ’98, by Rev. P. F. England to work its will against the national for supposing that the revenue for carrying Kavanagh, poet free 3/11 Labour in Ireland, by James Connolly 4/4 and material life of this country under an ap­ on the government of Ireland need exceed A Swordsman of the Brigade, by M. parent legal and moral sanction. They that, for instance, required in Sweden, where 0 Hannrachain 3/1i John Mitch el’s Jail Journal, paper 1/1, reckoned well, for Ireland walked into the the population is about the same, and where doth •/« trap 6et for its feet, and for a century has the annual expenditure for all purposes is News Packet containing Nationality, An Claidheamh, New Ireland, The Irishman, acknowledged the light of England in Ireland less than the local expenditure in Ireland.” Young Ireland, The Harp, post free 7jd. by sending Irishmen to England’s Parliament. Since the date of this report (1890) Sweden Irish-made Republican Badges, wholesale Consider the consequences. In tjie year of and retail. has increased her population to 5,000,000, the Union the population of the two countries while Ireland’s population has decreased to stood as follow s :— 4,350,000. • But another phenomenon has hap­ Pop., 1801. TOBACCONI8TS, 8TATIONER8, Eto., pened. Sweden’s revenue stands at £22,000,000 Great Britain 10,501,000 384 N.C.R., and 1 Goldsmith 8t., DUBLIN. while Ireland’s has risen to £30,000,00. That Ireland 5,395,000 is, it is costing us £8,000,000 more to be Thus Ireland had a population equal to NEW CHURCH P0RT8TEWART. governed by England than it costs Sweden to more than half the combined population of The beautiful New Carpets and Furnishings for Altars maintain herself as a second-rate Power. were supplied by England, Scotland, and Wales. Ireland had So much for the plunder of Ireland under J. Ooi\*volly £r* C o a population increasing in a higher ratio, and forms of law sanctioned and aided by the pre­ Ireland was more densely populated. That is, sence of Irish members in the English Par­ there were more people to the square mile in liament. Let us now consider how England Saturday, August 4th, 1917. NATIONALITY. 5

■deals with Irish trade. Prior to 1782 Ireland INDBPBNDBNCB, RESTITUTION pose is not to give a complete analysis with an was practically confined by law to the English abundance of details, but rather to present market. This embargo on Irish trade was lifted AND REPARATION. the main essentials of the case which can be by the arms of the Volunteers. It has since taken as reliable and readily understood. The -been restored through the operation of the In the wake of the economic decline which results adduced should awaken the most a country suffers under foreign rule there in­ thoughtless to a sense o f shame for past in­ Union. Ireland has once again been forced evitably follows certain degenerating influ­ difference, and resentment for the continued into England’s market and out of all others. ences tending to demoralise the native virtues, wrongs. The understanding of these facts In that market she is forced to sell at Eng­ to depreciate self-confidence, to confuse and should bring the most apathetic into active land’s price, and to buy at England’s price. finally to destroy the national sentiment. contact with the causes that underlie the many dark schemes which have been directed towards England has secured a monopoly of- the Irish Against this insidious policy of disruption and debasement—the favourite weapon of modern our national destruction. market, and the monopoly of the Irish market Imperialism—there arises from the more in- I There are two other aspects of this subject Js almost the richest thing In her possession. telligent of the oppressed a continual protest which cannot, for want of space, be con­ In the last pre-war year (1914) we find that of indignation, occasionally spreading into sidered at present. These are (a) the con­ Irish shipping—once roughly in the proportion national revolt, against the evils that menace tingent depreciation and stagnation of the ac­ the life of the nation. To the timid, the sel­ tual and potential wealth which would, under of 1 to 6 British— had sunk to 1 to 60 British, fish, and the superficial, resistance seems vain a free State, have normally flourished through that Irish direct trade llftd been practically an­ and ineffectual against mighty odds. _ Suoh, the channels of trade and industry within and nihilated, 98.7 of “ foreign trade ” going to however, is not the verdict of history. On without. The assets thus accruing to the England as against 1.3 to Ireland. The the contrary, it is only by the persistent exer­ nation, of which British rule has thus far de­ nied us, would on the most modest reckoning figures of trade between England (Great cise of physical and moral forces that the high­ est and purest ideals of men and nations have of actuarial, values represent an astounding Britain) and the chief countries of the world been preserved, perpetuated, and wed to op­ Ifigure; (b) the social, educational, and moral ju st before the war were returned officially as portunities of realisation. Involved in these [damage which we have suffered is of such a follow s:— considerations is the question of economics nature and magnitude as to elude all attempts which, as between England and Ireland, de­ at expression in terms of money values. X914—Value o f Trade Between Gt. Britain and serves much more serious consideration than From the figures given we can, however, _ £ lit usually receives in relation to our present realise to some extent the degree of the Portugal 6 ,000,000 [conditions and our future plans. positive and negative ruin which has been - Austro-Hungary 7,000,000 During the passage of the last hundred years operating against every arm of our industry, Japan 12,500,000 the economic and financial domination of Ire­ and .closing every avenue of our actual and land by England exhibits a record of inter­ possible progress; and while this has been, and Spain 21,000,000 national plunder which can have no parallel is still, operative, and while the British Press Italy 21,000,000 in history. The extent of that plunder is and political machinery is persistently engaged Belgium 24.000.000 partially set out in this article in as simple a in misrepresenting Irish character and capacity Russia n 32.000.000 form as possible, eliminating all unnecessary to the outside world, we have men whom Holland 38.000.000 figure details, which so repel and confuse the England calls Irish Nationalists sitting in her average man. 1 arliament in order to give colour and cred­ 63.000.000 .Prance Upon the authority of an ex-Unionist M.P., ence to her misrepresentations. Under such Germany 70.000.000 Editor of the “ Edinburgh Review,” we are monstrous forms of iniquity— obvious and sys­ Ireland 135.000.000 assured that the normal annual income ofl tematic as they are—it is almost impossible to * United States 173.000.000 Britain is Three Thousand Millions Sterling. conceive how men, other than paid traitors or This gives roughly an'average income per head satisfied slaves, can continue by their presence It will be seen that, with the exception of the of £75 per annum. Glancing back over jlhel to give 'sanction to the authority of that Par­ United States, England has no customer nearly century we will observe a steady correspond­ liament. In the demand for our independence before as big as Ireland. The value of the Irish mar­ ence between the growth of wealth and popu­ lation. This phenomenon is even more pro­ the, European Conference we have the right ket to England is greater than the value of* nounced in the small free nations than in the ana duty to claim reparation and restitution on the combined markets of France and Germany large, as those of Belgium, Holland, and Den­ grounds of justice and international right, — and greater than the value of any half-dozen mark—all smaller and less favoured by nature grounds as strong and as well authenticated other markets. England has had this than our own—clearly demonstrate. But as those of Belgium, Servia, or Poland. Ask­ ing the British Government to jindo its own market to herself for generations. Sinn Fein these, unlike ours,*liavef had "no foreign shack­ les to impede their progress. depredations, to condemn its own designs, to proposes that England should not continue to If we now take the lowest annual average pronounce its own guilt, is like asking a crim­ monopolise that market longer. Ireland has population of Britain from 1817 to 1917 and inal to be his own policeman, judge, and jury. 150 million pounds worth of trade to do with put it at fifteen millions, and the lowest aver­ W e have at last thrown off the party delusion the world each year, 135 million pounds’ worth age income per head at £36 per annum (less that a phantom British democracy had arisen to become the champion and redeemer of out o f which, is Restricted to England. In return than half that at which iff now stands) we shall be safe in asserting that this represents the usurped liberties. Our experience has been for part of that trade the other countries of indisputable minimum... Given equal oppor that, with the growth of liberty in England, Europe would gladly give Ireland facilities in tunities of freedom for the development of hei I there has come to us a more fierce, subtle, and their markets, and Ireland would compel Eng­ latent resources, the expansion of her trade, lintense clutching of the old fiend of foreign land to pay competitive prices. We. ask the and the unfettered development of her native rule. M . M cN a m ar a. electors of Ealkenny to grasp well these facts institutions, Ireland’s income per head of popu­ lation should be approximately the same. In <1) That Ireland is the most heavily-taxed deference, however, to the British-made de­ Country in Europe; (2) That Ireland possesses lusion about her inferior natural resources, and one of the richest markets in the world; (3) for the sake of argument, we will reduce the PARNELL AND PARLIAMENTARIAN!**!. — ♦— That Ireland is, with the exception of the average income of the Irishman by one-third, ,;4Jnited States, the largest market England pos­ and put it at £24 per year. Taking the aver­ Recently an English Crown Prosecutor ap­ age population of Ireland at the extremely low pealed to the people of Clare to elect hjm to sesses for her produce; (4) That the loss of the figure of six millions over the period, we have the English Parliament. He stated

held that England could not openly and per­ Liberalism against Irish Nationalism. Yet ANNOUNCEMENTS. manently attempt in the face of Europe and it was not until it attempted to sell the blood IRISH NATIONAL AID AND V0LUNTEER8' the United States to govern Ireland by naked of the young men of Ireland to England in re­ DEPENDENTS FUND. force, and he believed the combination of the turn -for Parliamentary salaries and Govern­ pedple in the League was strong enough to ment jobs that Ireland awakened to the fact THE FINAL DUBLIN render such an attempt futile. that the men masquerading as followers of AERIDHEACHT In 1886 Parnell secured the balance-of- Parnell’s policy were none but the callous (Postponed from July 29th, 'owing to the death of power, used it to force the Liberals to commit traitors and base placehunters whom Parnell Mr. W. Partridge), will be held at themselves to Home Rule, and to pledge them had crushed in his day., THE LAWN PETER PLACE, to keep Home Rule the first plank in their .Parnell was not a Parliamentarian. I Saturday, Sept. 1 and Sunday, Sept. 2 platform. knew the man. He was a statesman and a Tickets purchased for July 29th can be exchanged In 1891, following a revolt of his Party, for a two-day ticket, without extra charge, at No. 10 leader, who utilised the means to_ his hand to Exchequer Street. Parnell died. advance his objective. He had little trust in Houston Pioture Drawing on September 2nd. All . The Party remained, and the balance-of- action in the English Parliament, but all trust Tickets hold good. power remained "to them. In 1894 the Party in what the Irish people would do of them­ surrendered that last weapon of Parliament selves. • He believed that it was possible for AERIDHEACHT & SPORTS tarianism, and agreed to support the Liberal a few years—but only for a few years— to (Under G.A.A. Rules), Party in postponing Home Rule and proceed­ keep an Irish Party uncorrupted in the Eng­ At EGLISH, DUNGANNON, ing with English legislation. lish Parliament, and he believed that in that The record of th^ Party that audaciously few years he might disorganise and demoralise O n A u g u s t 15t h , 1917 claims to stand for Parnell’s policy since then English party politics there. But in Ireland, Proceeds in Aid of Gaelio League. is one of abandonment of Parnell’s policy in and by the direct action of the Irish people, he every particular. Parnell claimed— believed the battle might be won. “ It is,” Entries close August 10th. Write Runaire, Sean (1) That the main fight should be carried on said he, at the outset of the movement in 1881. O’Shiel, Lisnacroy, Benburb. in Ireland itself, and that English “ It is no use relying on the Government; government in all its departments in it is no use relying on the Irish members. Connt«At) na S a etiilse, Cit^ob tlAOrfi fion n this country- should be hampered and | It is no use relying on the House of Com­ obstructed. mons. You must rely on your own deter­ A e i n ’o e A c c m O f t mination, and if you are determined I tell "h The “ Party” gradually suppressed] In M acroom, Sunday, August 12th the National Organisation in Ireland.I you you-have the game in your own hands.1’ ______PARTICULARS LATER. ______(2) That the Liberal Party should not be] - That is Sinn Fein. The thirty-six years supported or assisted unless it keptl that have passed since Parnell uttered these nA pfAtin-A S A om se. Home Rule the first plank in its plat-1 words have proved how useless it is to rely A e n i ’oe A C c 1+16 r form. on Parliamentarianism. At Limerick in Nov., IN ST. ENDA’8, OAKLEY ROAD The ‘ ‘ Party ” assented to the erasing 1880, on the eve. of the /election which gave (Kindly granted by Mrs. Pearse), of the very words “ Home R ule” from him a Parliamentary Party, Parpell said:— Postponed to Sunday, August 19th. the Liberal programme between the “ I am not one o f those who believe in the years 1896 and 1906. permanence of an Irish Party in the English FURTHER , ANNOUNCEMENTS LATER. (3) Parnell insisted that no member of the Parliament. I feel convinced that sooner Party should solicit for himself or for or later the influence which every English others favours from the English Govern­ Government has at its command-*—the power­ ment. ful and demoralising influence—sooner oi The “ Party” accepted cheques from later will sap the best Party you can return the English Liberal Funds, bartered to the House of Commons. I don’ t think we Irish seats to' the nominees of the Eng­ ought to rely too much on the permanent lish Liberal Government, and sought independence of an Irish Party sitting at a and accepted positions of emolument distance from th$ir constituencies, or legis­ and distinction for their supporters. lating, o r attempting to legislate, for Ire­ (4) Parnell insisted that no person holding a land in Westminster. But I think it pos­ No. 649. Gold and Silver Medals, Celtio magistracy of any kind, or a Crown Pro- sible to maintain the independence o f our Crosses, Tara Brooches, Solid secutorship, should be admitted ttf the Party by great exertions and by great sacri­ Silver Cups, Rose Bowjs, Irish National ranks. fices on the part of the constituencies o f Ire­ Potato Rings, Presentation The “ Party” sought and procured land while we are making a short, sharp, Plate, Household Ware (copied from the early Irish designs), J.P.-ships for their followers, and and I trust decisive struggle for restoration sought and procured Grown Prosecu- of our legislative independence.” 1 Solid Silver -and Gold Church Vessels, Ecclesiastical Brass | torships and Solicitor-Generalships and Almost ten years later to the day Parnell Work, Irish Poplin Vest- Judgeships and Lord Chancellorships was carried to his grave. By “ great exer­ No. 558. merits, etc. for their supporters. tions and by great sacrifices ” the Parliamen­ In every particular the policy of Parnell had tary Party which he created had been kept WRITE FOR CATALOGUES. been betrayed by the Parliamentary Party. straight for a few years, and then “ the in­ In 1906 they became more audacious. The fluence which every English Government has Wm. E g a n & Sons, m. English Tories, to cover up the mess in South at its command ’ ’ sapped and undermined its Manufacturing Jewellers and Silversmiths, Africa,.had started the cry of “ Tariff Reform.” integrity. Parnell essayed the “ short, sharp, 32 Patrick Street, Cork. The English shipping interest thereupon took and decisive struggle ” with his Party, and in alarm. Tariff Reform, whether, it were good the moment of seeming victory the weapon for England or not, was calculated to lead to broke in his hand. Where Parnell failed no the diminution of English shippers’ profits. other man can ever succeed. When Parnell Now, the English shipping interest is the most failed Parliamentarianism as an effective wea­ powerful of all English interests. It is ten pon, or as any weapon at all, ceased for ever to St. Louis Convent times more powerful than the English agri­ exist in the struggle beta een Ireland and. Eng­ KILTIMAGH. cultural interest, and twice as powerful as the land. • ’English manufacturing interest. It threw the weight of its vast wealth and influence against A P a b n e l l i t k . INTERMEDIATE SUCCESSES, 1916, include— the Tories and in favour of the Liberals, Exhibitions, 4; Prizes, 6 ; Inter-diocesan Prises, 9. thus ensuring a great Liberal majority. A million sterling was handed to' the Party ANNOUNCEMENTS. 1917.—COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATES—Advanced, Funds of the English Liberals in 1905 by the 12, and Preliminary, 14. English shippers, and this was but a part of Aem t)eACc rii6tt the contribution that huge combination made MUSIC CERTIFICATES—Piano, Violin, Violin-Cello, to the English' Whigs, who shouted them­ GREAT GAELIC CARNIVAL, Honours and Distinctions, 37 ; Passes, 17; Choir selves hoarse in 'praise of “ Free Trade ” — Examination, 92.5 per cent.; Orchestra Examin­ W ill meaning unrestricted profits fqr the Runci- be held * at CLONAKILTY, ation, 86.5 per cent. mans, EHermans, and other English multi­ On 8unday 19th August, 1917, millionaires. In BUSHMOUNT GROUNDS Sohool re-opens 6th September. For terms apply to— The Liberal victory at the polls in 1906 was (Kindly granted by Mrs. Cotter). ensured. | The traitorous “ Party” agreed to THE MOTHER 8UPERI0R. the dropping at that election of Home Rule Competitions (Open) in Traditional Irish Solo 8inglng, from the Liberal programme. Step-dancing, and Violin Solos. Hurling Puok, T H E man who appreciates good smart Tailoring and A new election in 1909 restored tile balarice- Camogie Puok, and Football Place*kiok. true, honest value in Irish Tweeds,. Baitings and of-power to the “ Party.” With this weapon Valuable Prizes. Serges (wido range of newest designs and colourings in its possession, it consented to the imposition to select from) will be amply rewarded by placing o f new taxation on Ireland, and to English FATHER O’FLYNN, Cork, will attend, together with an order with legislation taking precedence of Irish legis­ the Cream of Munste.' Talent. lation. When a cattle embargo was placed 8overal Bands will attend. L. CORRY upon Ireland in the interest of the Runciman Commencing at 3.30 p.m. Refreshments on Grounds. GENT’S TAILORING and OUTFITTING SPECIALIST shipping firm, which contributes huge sums to the Liberal Party Funds, the “ Party” was Admission to Field—Sixpence. COALISLAND, Co. Tyrone. asked to use its balance-of-power to throw the Government out and it refused. It. would never, Badges of the coming Member for Kilkenny it said, put out the Liberals and put in the COSGRAVE ABU ! ! City now ready for wholesale delivery; Tories! 2d. each, or (in tri-colour). 3d. Trade supplied. The largest wholesale honse for Sinn Fein Thus the last weapon of Parliamentarianism Novelties in Ireland^ 2/8 worth of samples for 1/3. !Apply— broke into fragments, and the “ Party” that General Printers, Publishers, Parnell founded became the most corrupt and wholesale Newsagents ana dangerous instrument in the hands of English THE CJELIC PRESS. Stationers, 30 Up.LiffeySL.Dflblin. 'tT Saturday, August 4th, 1917. NATIONALITY. 7

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SINN FEIN. ACCURACY. Prepaid Advertisements. New Branches have been formed at Stradbally Accuracy in a watch is of more importance than (Lei?), Fermoy, Graigue Cross (Ballinamuck), Tullow appearance. We do not recommend so-called Jarlow), Cullohill (Leix), Mullagh (Pres. J. J. “ cheap” watches, because accuracy is often cKenna, Treas. P. Dalton, Sec. It. ) ; ADDRESSES Illuminated from £1.— Edward Dolarv gMacroom, Donaskeigh (Tipp.), Pres Rev. Matt Ryan. sacrificed to appearance. For really dependable Artist, 10 Elizabeth St., Drumcondra, Dublin. P .P .; Vice-Pres. Michael McKenna, R.D.C.; Treas. watches—good in appearance and workmanship, gUNDORAN—Halt at Kelly’s! J. Hogan, Sec. P. Deir; Corlough (Pres. P. McGovern, and moderate in price—come to :: :: T7ULL Set of Irish Union Pipes for sale. Apply Treas. John , Sec. Patrick Magee); Cluan- Jnmep Coyle, 38 Lr. Dominick St., Dublin. da-Coirce (Tirconnail), Dacb. S. Mac an Ultaigh, Leas-Uach. N. 3iac Giolla Bhrighde, Cisteoir M. 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Mac fied Artists. Busts modelled from life by a rising Irish Sculptor, R. Kenny, Stationer and Fancy Warehouse, Hospital, Uidhir; Gort, Ballybunion (Kerry), Chairman James Co. Limerick. Clarke. Vice-Chairman M. Fitzmaurice, Hon. Sec. and at a reasonable figure. Treas. H. Smith; Killarney (Kerry), Pres. M. Spill- 51. CAHILL & CO., PARLIAMENT St., R IL K E E, Co. CLARE.—Stay at O’Reilly’s First ane, Vice-Pres. J. Clifford, Hon. Treas. D. Flynn. Class Boarding House, O’Curry Street. Moderate Hon. Sec. Patrick O’Shea; Boherlahan (Tipp.), Pres. T. Maher, Treas. P. Fogarty, Secs. Patrick Leahy and Stationery, Fancy Goods, K Y N E ’S HOTEL, 1 Francis Street, Galway, with or F. O’Donnell; Clvxlagh (Kerry), Pres. D. Lynch, without board. Terms moderate. R .D .C .; Vice-Pres. C. Lucy, Treas. P. Lucy. Secs. Haberdashery, J,ADY Graduate seeks post, Intermediate School j. John D. Quill and Patrick Twoomey; KHtimagh French, German, Latin, and usual subjects; (Mayo), Pres. J. Corcoran, Treas. T. Jordan, Sec. Religious Goods and Books. references. Apply 6. 9, this Office. T. Ruane; Ballingarry (Tipp.), Pres. O. Cushin, Vice- LATEST NOVELTY—Forget-me-not Irish Violet Pres. J. Ryan, Treas. R. Dunne, Secs. E. Ryan and Perfume Sachet; a charming scent souvenir; A. Murphy; Freshford (Kilkenny), Pres. P. Grace, nicely packed in the Irish Tri-colour, green, white and Vice-Pres. Miss Williams, Treas. J. Dermody. Sec. orange; price 3d. each, 2/1 doz. (wholesale).—A. J. Ed. Birch; Anabla (Kerry). Pres. T. M. Fleming, Byrne, 37 Wexford St., Dublin. M.C.C.; Treas. D. Cooper, Sec. T. Kerrisk; Glenmor- John Kivlehan, nan (Tyrone), Pres. D. McNamee, Vice-Pres. J. J^EDICAL GRADUATE free to do locum teneus 7th Doherty, Sec. J. Grieve, late Frongoch “ Swamp” ; August. Delvin (Westmeath), officers, D. Hagerty, D .C .; 2 O’Connell Street, QLIIEACHTAS, Waterford.—Visitors can have com­ T. Kelly, D .C.; James Brady, and L. E. Ginnell; fortable apartments at Walsh’s Tobacconist and Corrigeenroe (Bovle), Scramogue (Roscommon), Pres. LIMER’CK. Restaurant, No. 14, Quay. William Wallace", D .C .; Vice-Pres. Pat O'Donnell, p iA N OFORTE—Iron frame, full trichord, chock Treas. Pat Feeney, D .C .; Secs. P. J. McNamara and action. W'rite for particulars of tne new J Lennon, Ballinamuck (Longford), Drumbest cotAisce ah t>Ain 5 in “ National” model, 17/6 monthly; written guaran­ (Cavan), Pres. Owen Burns, D .C .; Vice-Pres. Patrick tee.—Crane's, 37 South Mall, Cork. ( Irish College). Caffrey, Treas. C. Harie, Sec. P. O’Reilly; Mullagli p E A R L TIE PINS, enamelled green, orange and (Galway), Upper Larah (Cavan), Pres. Patrick Smith, Treas. J. Brady, Sec. F. O’Reilly; Killoughy (Offaile), Sessions, 1917. Pres. P. Mahon, Vice-Pres. T. Scully, Treas. J 3d. each, 2/1 doz. Expanding rings, colours Mahon and J. Scully, Sec. J- Doolan; Rosbeg (Done­ amelled on heart, fit any finger, 3d. each, 2/1 p$r gal), Ballymaeormaek (Longford), Pres. J. Farrell, First Term.—July 2nd to July 28th. doz. Id. button-hole flags, silk faced, 9d. dozen. Vice-Pres. F. Murphv,' Treas. P. Maguire, Secs. J. Second Term.— July 30th to September 1st. Dinnigan and Patrick Ward; Donoughmore fPres. J. Full range of samples ipt of 1/1 W. Honohan, Treas. J. Scanlon Sec. P. Collins); Classes to 8uit all Students. P.O.— A. J. Byrne, 37 Wexford St.; Dublin. Mooneen (Louisburgh). Pres. J. O’Malley, \ ice-Pres. SEASIDE LODGE to let, West of Cruach Patrick; A. McDonnell, Treas. T. Harney, Sec. Ed. J. Hena- 8PECIAL CLASSES FOR BEGINNERS and 2 sitting, 5 bedrooms^ bath (H. and C.) ; beauti­ ful sands. Apply John D. O’Dowd; Fallduff Lodge, ghan; BallycumJ^r (Offaile), Pre3. M. Fleming, Vux- BI-LINGUAL TEACHER8. Prefi. J. Kenny,iCTreas. J. Doyle, Sec. B. Cash; Kil- Westport. corney (Banag&er), Pres. J. T. O’Shea, Vice-Pres. J. 'JH E Very Thing! Visitors to the Oireachtas can Sfaeahan, Chairman J. T. Horgan, R.D.C.; Treas. T. Unusual Terms to all Students attending College. obtain all the weekly pro-Irish papers at D. Horgan, Sec. M. Kelleher; Killimor (Galway), Rafti9’s, 41 O’Connell St., Waterford. Also a large Rathineska (Leix), H. Fingleton, Sec.; Drombane For Prospectus, etc., write to:— assortment of Tara Brooches, Republican Badges, (Thurles), Pres. J. Purcell, Vice-Pres. J. Quinn, Treas etc., always in stock. T. Ryan, Sec. J. Shanahan; Castlebar, Dr. A. Mac pn:h», ...... 3s< and 23 Vic., Cap. Zfy&hai all persons claiming One Y*«r, •• ••• 03. 6d. to he. creditors of, or otherwise to have anv claims nr AMATE1JE NEGATIVES IJEVELOgEU Cheque* and Money Order-; should bo Crossed and demand?. upon the Estate of the $>aid Bridget Ellen AND PRINTED. oi%da payable to t.be Manager. McPhillips iDeceased), who died on the 20th day of ADVERTISING RATES. February, 1917, are hereby required, or> or before Cameras, Brownies, Etc., from 8/- Upwards. the 1st day of October, 1917, to furnish (in writing) Single Innerfion, ••• ••• &L I‘er iJ*ch. the particulars of rueh claim;, or demands to the List* sent Post Free. (I iwA9rtioub, ... 3d. per inch. undersigned Solicitor for the Administrator of the 13 IfiMrtit after Dublin— Ewun mid Sou, (Jt. Brnnnrick St., the said 1st day o f ’October, 1917, the said Adminis­ trator will proceed to distribute the Assets of the said Deceased amongst the parties entitled thereto, L U K E B U R K E Place, Moleeworth Street. having regard only to the claims and demands of The Gaelic Press, 80 Upper Liifey St. which Notice and Particulars shall have been given 105 Patrick St., CORK C. Porter mkI Co., 123 »r,a 125.OU as above required. Lrxll/e Road. Dated this 25th day of July, 1917. Cork- Mean™. Be&u O Cuill mid Co., 95 Patrick Hfc. G. V. MALONEY, LL.B. Offers the following Special Value:— MoKBrs. News Bros., 20 Bowling (Jr&cu St. Tralo*-—E. O’Qoanor, 42 Nelson St. iri&h-made Shirts, 2/11 each, Cia«fmu ..William Gribbin, 16/ Sultrnarltet. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Liverpool-- {Vtci Murphy, 18 Scotland PImc*. MJlS. JOSEPH PLUNKETT desire a to thank the Irish Poplin Ties, 1/0 eaoh. senders of letters and telegrams in her recent sad 1'nrvMl ijf pAtHixiK Mavok. H- Yurnbal) Wt., Dublin. , - bereavement^ as they are,too numerous to be re­ *ud Psbli*h*d by the PropnV-.ur-, ut