Starting with this issue the Price is Twopence Vote fo r. Subsc the t o t h e Sinn Fein V i c t o r y Candidates Fund. Vol. 2. No. 42. (New Series.) S A T U R D A Y , NOVEMBER 30, 1918. PRICE TWOPENCE. metropolitans, “ have ijow got their In his speech on Sunday Miv John « 'fraits of your industry* and which cause sider that Irish Independence is uude« Week by Week. liberty and are republics.” -If “ ‘ex­ Dillon pointed out people.of East the enormous sums of rop'npy which are sirable, and that .a return o f a little of - raised from you to be spent? m iuafters ivitlt pediency and compromise ” secured the Mayo the benefits thajrthe benign Em­ which you have no concern-^this is the root the money plundered from this country J f Ireland is to reap her share of the freedom o f the Czecho-Slovaks, the pire of which he is sop'Oud had shower­ of all your evils.” [is all'the freedom Iieland aspires to, harvest which is 'being: "gathered in to­ Jugo-Slays, and the Poles, we would ed on them. No wonder Mr. John Dil­ Although the latter words were uttered they should’have no hesitation in elect­ day by every other small-nalionality in be ashamed to speak o f them. But as lon is so anxious thathe ^eople^of Ire­ in 1842 we arc sure the Venerable Arch­ ing. Mr.: Brady to acquaint the world o f Europe and Asia, the people of Ireland these peoples, who have now got their land should remain a part of his Em­ deacon, if he were not so enraptured that fact by sending him back to the ■ must first remove the men who, sitting liberty under a republican form of'gov- pire! “ Is there a si&gle man in East over the fact that there*are “ la thou­ British House o f Commons. ■ r • on the difch at Westminster, tell the •e rumen t, had nothing1 to'do with “ ex­ Mayo who is: not to-difr richer and more sand landed proprietors ” in the parish * ■ 4* , -'?* - ■'<> 'v wor^d that Ireland is not anxious to pediency and compromise,” we rejoice prosperous than he wtffi inl885?” asked of Kilmovee in place o f thousand In oij^r to provfe‘ to the MetropoJi- leave the British Empire. Every man, at their delivery from oppression.’ Were the apologistfoi* BritiShfrulein Ireland. serfs,” would admit that Ibe-word^ of tahs the absurdity o f the Sinn l ein woman, and child must help Sinn Fein we in Mr. Dillon’s shoes, wenvould be How many o f the.fljfcfd who were in John Blake-Dillon applied to-day• with policy,-J(r. John Muldoon quoted f rom* *to gather in Ireland’s harvest o f Free­ ashamed to think of liberty, much less, I East' Mayo in 1885 vm .there now ? we even more force than tb^y did in.j^is one of the leaflets circulated by the Bri- * dom. Finanoii>hj$noral, and material speak about it. might ask; but we dojftt wishto spoil oWn times. In reference to the thious^. tish Government in Ireland!' “ They help is necessary to garner the harvest ♦ . ♦ ♦ / r ‘the picture in which ?fr. Johtr. Dillon, and landed proprietors of whom fhe heard,” said he; “ a gpo.d deal about re- ripened by the blood of generations of Hong before President Wilson pro­ shows to the world hpwfhippy and pros- j Venerable -Archdeacon spejjiks} it is oT Jftsmg to recognise the authority of.the our jjeople. pounded the doctrine that all peoples perous is the lot o f liis, bid constituents pity he did not say that it was a .policy* British JParliament in Ireland. Every . ’ o ~ Or - o —even the Germans, whom Mr. John to-day. Not since-vjprd French* of of “ expediency and compromise” i [man who handfed in a nomina tion paper . On Wednesday last a gang of forty Dillon advised eleven hundred of his Ypres depicted for us'iifegreat benefits which brought about the downfall of at the election recognised English au­ police occupied Sinn Fein headquarters followers to go out each week” and de­ Ireland has received uiiuer^British-rMe landlordism ! Was the Land War thority.” ^' Wo'would like to remind for two hours, during which tfme they feat in the interests o f the “ Charter of has the "caselor the ErfUire been stated fought ]>y our army and' navy on' the *Mr. MuIdooi^Jhat it is one thing foi>a* ransacked the entire premises in puiv, .Liberty ” on the Statute Book—had in terms niore glowing ifban fBose used floor o f the House ? slave to recogiiise liis chains, and, re­ suanceof the British Government’s de­ the righc to choose the form of govern­ |by if f. Dillon. ^liejj|jre one thinks cognising thTe^j* to make use of every • termination to continue helping the ment unde** which they wished to live, I over Mr. Dillon’s pidtpie the more Oiie For one-thing the -people' of Ireland opporJiiMjjCthujyuresents itself for cast- Sinn Fein movement. Bob Brennan, ^fr. John DiMon proclaimed to the feels inclined to Jfor^\^- him foi*can- owe a debt o f gratitude to the Provjn- ing flit-m off. Itls quite another thing - who- became Director o f Elections in World that Ireland was a separate na­ celling his original in.l Nation of sweep- cialists— they do not eveil claim to be for a slhye^to hug his chains. Not'alonfe place of Dan McCarthy, who had re­ tion, and that the people of Ireland | ing “ every vestige oi^English rule ” anxious to get back to Parliament to does Mr. >Muldoon hug his chains, he - placed Sean Milroy, was kidnapped. would never rest content until the in­ from the fair face, of fi&and. What get Ireland her Independence. -. All fawns on fhe Government which has Bob Brennan was brought to Glouces­ vader had been removed, bag and bag­ the people o f East Mayo think o f the their Oratory is based on the Assump­ riveted these chains, and crawls at its ' ter Jail on Saturday evening. At the gage, from the fair face of Ireland. ‘^ben^fits ” wluch the ppostle of Fu- tion that Ireland is a part, of Mr. Dil­ feet. Perhaps the four hundred golden time of going to press James O’ Meara Now,, when the principle he then ex­ tility^hbs s ecu r edfor-'will surprise lon’s Empire, and that it woffld be folly links in his chains .makes it easier for is Director- of flections. The police pounded is being universally endorsed1, both-lumself and the :Jjto^'ire of which for Irishmen to miss the great oppor­ him tg»irag them*. looted & large quantity o f election liter­ he eats hisVown words and declares for he is so proud. * ’ tunities which they assert will be pre­ The’U.I.L. has issued an election ature from headquarters. •• They 'have “ compromise.” .The casting away of . sented-inaontcu-jLu'iae -the new Coalitionv. o<uj huxj Governmentuoi leaflet'>ntitled “ What is, wrong with, not-been able to' attest the spirit of enemy “ bag and baggage” from W e have read m^v^hjrpters of the | of Biitai.i^^br obtaining doles for Ke­ Irish Nationality. Poland, Bohemia, etc., gives him great rGrospel of Fu^ily t6 | ljncL In one or-two cases, itlt is. tme, the Green Flag ?•” It is about iiine they* ♦ ' ♦ ♦ y pleasure indeed, but anyoife who sug­ but-' the full: td$t*ai};Yspverddi4fy ~Home pule.” is dangled ..before the asked jthot question. For the last four ' The?Electi6n Address issued by Sufti gests that his own old principle should John Dillon at^EiTmo*^ i surpassed Otrr people’&eyes, but not a word is said on years they have held qloft the Union- i^ein to the people of Ireland has been now be appUed to Ireland, as it, is to wildest d»eanis of -.rhe, High-priest- the Imperial* platforms about Treltmd’s J&ck—rhhe emblem Of Ireland’s -slavery torn .do wn>bythe police in many placed. every other small* nation, is imme­ o f Inutility was cajfci fa that lihe. rights-to. full Sovereign Independence. —and they hold,it aloft still. Tiie><e- -Why? Thinkt W e! * diately labelled “ dangerous ” by Mr. He proved' up tovti ^W^^hat witliout Even the liij'h-priest of- Futility^ whil<\ people may. try io w ipeout, the slair.s CiUpu—-as .!jk? diigptocs flWlurfc*1*m V a t* * 3 $ * * ? -j&v Johh 'fK^Emplre^of wHiSGr ne^s so^prond. ITfefa nd'woma be ru&ed. -W ho gave Inell'and Davitt, admits that he is out Flag—the flag that turned red iry^tfwir DiJUpn—the Apostle -of .Futility—told <> : '_ <>■ the Irish farmers their land ? Who Ifor **a friendly and conciliatory” hands—hut the' people o f Ireland wifi Tiifi Enperial audience in the. British At Ballaghadereen on Saturday Mr. gave the old age pensioners their pen- I settlement of what he is pleased to call want to know what-is wrong with the Houfce Of Commons that his hopes of, Dillon pointed out to his audience the sions ? Who gave the publicans licences! the “ domestic question.” Of course, Union Jack ! Why are. (he‘followers settling the “ Irish problem” in “ a awful/mistake some Irishmen had made, to sell spirits? Was it the Sinn Fein- they still speak of the “ old green flag” of Mr. John 'Dillon ashamed to come - friendly and conciliatory way as a in not‘taking his advice.