THREAT TO FENIAN Dublin's great Salford Tories' anti-Irish ban anti-war parade QUESTIONS IN DAIL U.S. Embassy besieged A FRANTIC campaign to prevent the erection of a memorial to ^ LETTER signed by Mr. Dan Breen, former chairman of Fianna the Manchester Martyrs on the spot where they were executed, Fail, and Mr. Peadar O'Donnell was handed into the U.S. culminated on October 12th when the Planning Committee of the Embassy in Dublin on Sunday, October 22nd. Salford City Council placed a ban upon it. So frightened were the Embassy officials of the enormous crowd be- The ban could be reversed by the whole Council IF all the sieging the Embassy that they dared Liberals and all the Labour men voted together against the not open the door more than a couple pf inches. Tories. This was considered unlikely. But the Arthur Dooley metalwork may still be put on display in the City Art Gallery. The demonstration was part of m the world-wide protest against the AGAINST TORY |AN First shot in the campaign to memorial to Admiral Lord Nelson war in Vietnam. Though, the Dublin ban the memorial was ftred on in Dublin in March last year, and demonstration was, relative to the August 18th when a man who with as much gelignite to Wow the boulder back to its native size of the country, one of the REGISTRY ROOMS, signed himself m Spence posted Wlcklow. largest in Europe, the British news- a ' letter to Tom Redmond papers completely blacked it. out threatening to blow up the If any memorial is to be raised tt will bg,itaJ3$*geaat Brett, who from 'ifie British public. • • t* -HJ&- v -r. was gunned down by these f Fenian murderers. Just watch -,Xbe demonstrators came from all Speakers: The full text of the letter runs : for the public outcry as the cam- over Ireland, Dublin, Cork and Bel- paign against this memorial fast, thus by converging on Ireland's STAN ORME, M P. ARTHUR DOOLEY Sir,—Rest assured ho memorial gains grounds especially after the. capital city emphasising Ireland's TOM REDMOND, DESMOND GREAVES to police-killing Fenians is going recent police murders in London. own national unity. to be allowed in an English A. SPBNQE- JOHN BROOME (Stockport T.C.) oity. It will get the same treat- There was no public outcry. But The march from Parnell Square ment that your friends gave the it is understood that at a later date to Ballsbridge was headed by a police officials visited holders of sites in the vicinity of the scene of coffin marked "child killers." the execution, pointing out the • >•< *<•• • «-• - j' ... ! f " undesirability" of erecting this " Tbt- spirit of the demonstration plaque. But some sito-hoMers felt was not anti-American. The letter that as history could not .be contained the words:— changed, the best thing was to T)ESPITE the cleaj and commemorate, it and learn from it "History had few sxsmplos of urgent pleadings and warn- so gnat i Mtton savaging a small ings of Mr. Gerard flitt, M.P. PLANNINO people' fighting for Its national for West Belfast, the British It was at this Stack that tho Sah independence," Home Secretary Mr. Roy Jen- longer denied that the British words the Tories had his backing. Pl^j^wirBjj Contiftftt^o fMf^Stf^DSy » • .4 Parliament had the power to legis- It recognised the "mounting kins refused to alter past prac- One truth came out however. late far democracy in the six He said "the Fng1'gh had no shame" of the great American tice by interfering to insist on counties people at President Johnson's crimi- democracy in the six occupied particular talent for solving the me*'-• nal policy, and pointed out that-the counties of Northern Ireland. The campaign of the Connolly problems of Ireland." That pure town-pianattg. Americans were fighting to deny Association, ably.' backed up by To which every Irishman will siderattons were not the f|Mi Vietnam what they were themselves By this refusal be condemned other Irish organisations, has now give one answer, "Very well then, present to their minds was dkown fighting for against British Im- hundreds of thousands of Ulster established It is not a case of why not get out? Why not bring by speeches made by tho Tory Catholics to the continuance of a perialism in 1776. "cant" but a case nf "won't." out your troops, stop your sub- Alderman JobUn, who ilolaMIl flu I life of unemployment, religious sidies, and got off our backs?" its erection "oouid provoke — A tremendous force of police was discrimination and police harass- RAI80N|ffiTRE between Irishmen and English out .and there were a few scuffles on ment under the Union Jack. Mr. Jenkins wpUaigly let the WARNED 5> , people or between Ulsterattnand O'Omuell Bridge. Nobody' was A distinctive feature of the bat out' of the 1mr In an un- Mr. Jeddn's imperialistic views people from Southern Ireland" He Arrested. The great mass oi the debate in the. British Parliament guarded remark and revealed him- were not shared by a large num- thought it might be a breaefa of the Dublin people were enthusiastically daring which this refusal was self on Irish matters to be as con- ber of Labour MP.s who wire Race Act, and he totted in favour of the demonstration. made was the fact that it was no firmed an imperialist as his Tory present These cheered Mr. Pitt when he answered Mr. Chichester of wilting to thft British Howe predecessors. In admitting that Secretary mrtrtmr Mm to ttkamne. the six counties were incorporated Clarke who accused him at advo- cating violent* from the CXmnoty Other councillors thought tbo intro- in the United Kingdom he sajd duction of a six-ton boulder would "that is their raton d'etre*" This Association platform In Trafalgar dilation mmHp wonted Square last June. be "detrimental" to surrounding means in simple English that they development Yet the dawelopen are included with England to take H Mr. John Ryan said: "I was on were still not ohjeottef ttaaasotves. THE lrMi Demoerat" MUST Domoorat is bought them off Ireland, and Mr. Jenkins 1 1 the platform with him. Be did kwroaaa Ms oirrtlatlon If And tho samo goos for many a is in favour of it not advocate violence. He warned Alderman JokUn Insisted that he faotory. was not anti-Irish. And the Con- It Is to survive. He refused to extend the race against it" 1 Wo would thoroforo ask any of nolly Association, who - j wvw relations act to religious discrim- we mutt Is to ko akle to tho supporters of tho paper who Repeatedly in these exchanges the memorial, assured are In a position to do so to ination in the six counties; and he Mr. Pitt had the Who* M '-*m concerned that they had i sales on jok*. Look Mall aasnts for tho also (as Mr. Pitt pointed out) left Labour back - benchers »oo«lng against Sergeant Brett, six county electors outside the tM ifc. Thoro aro vociferous support. Undoubtedly he regretted be had been " many Irish Tveilo unlontsts who scope of the Ombudsman to whom got the best of tho debate, his the killing was, in the working on thorn. On ho* many British citizens can apply. Awuypmdy bring the "Irtsh are In a position to do so, and If plain-speaking sincerity in sharp accidental, and secondly, nsisiisry tho «Irish Oomoorat" His refusal was due to unwilling- contrast to the prejudiced thun out by Allen Larkin Or look at the will arrango forms. Writs or oall ness to interfere with "the way derings of the Unionists and the and thirdly, they had not had a mon on tho tU Oroya inn Road, London, Stormont has boen left free of polite evasions of the Home Secre- fair trial to establish their inno- W.0.1. British interference." in other tary. ONE DAY SCHOOL to «.m. and 2 p.m., SUNDAY. NOV 1»th Tutor: SEAM REDMOND Subjact Tha Irish Qnaatlon and 6m British Paopla. GRAND HOTEL. Charing Croaa, Oaagow, C.3. Faa: 5/ aMcr? .JBf -m i November 1967 THE IRISH DEMOCRAT THE IRISH DEMOCRAT THE IRISH Using planning' to keep usurped power DEMOCRA• T OUR FIGHT FOR LIFE THE "Irish Democrat" is fighting tutorship, and is in fair way to be- once here we faced so critical a polity is anti-imperialism. It is for the area, 6,500, has been guar- outside the Belfast boundary in Editor : for its existence. coming more British than the position as we do now, and that was became British Labour has taken Elizabeth Sinclair throws spotlight on Unionist strategy anteed. (The August percentages what some call " Greater Belfast." ; C. DESMOND GREAVES Brit sh themselves. in 1947 when we had to go down ovvi' t.ie imperialism of Toryism of unemployment for Portadown Plans costing millions of pounds far Let us make no mistake of that. to four pages. that it has betrayed the hopes of FEW weeks ago I paid a becoming a menace to their privi- the dole or national assistance. was 5.4 and Lurgan 5.0—for Derry a ring road and the re-development leged position has never been so Monthly - 9d. What a sorry state of affairs! the people of this country and of visit to a retired educa- City 17.8, and Newry 16.3.) The of the city have been prepared. Just look round at the economics conscious as it is today. Following The beauty of such a plan was Annual subscription 12/- Some people say, why do we not Ireland.