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...body of Terence MacSwiney was borne past the City Hall at Cork, soldiers stationed there came to attention and their officers saluted. Opinions differ widely as to the wisdom of the Sinn Fein movement and as to its ultimate bearing upon the happiness of Ireland; but true men everywhere will join in that token of respect and admiration. To MacSwiney the liberal measure of freedom which Great Britain offers, and the prosperity which has already been achieved, are as nothing in comparison with the territorial and military independence of his people; and in that conviction he made every sacrifice...
...calculated to restore peace in Ireland. Aside from the excellent point made by Mr Ferguson in today's Crimson, there is the Cuestion of what effect the death of the Lord Mayor will have on the minds of many people. Among those who have always been pro-Sinn Fein, it will serve only to intensify their bitter hatred of England, but the greatest effect will be upon the minds of those who are friendly to the British Empire and wish to see the Irish trouble settled in a just and satisfactory manner. It will awaken them to the fact that...
...upon the reports c. Three reputable morning papers, there is little in the way of vituperation approaching blasphemy, that this Australian visitor did not head upon such newspapers, schools, churches and citizens of the United States, as have refrained from supporting with money and influence the work of Sinn Fein adherents...
...Your ancestors fought the British tyrants of their day," the speaker is reported to have cried, "and the German assassins hired by a British King. They were the first Sinn Feiners; this hall is the hall of Sinn Fein; this country is the first Sinn Fein country, and the Stars and Stripes is the first Sinn Fein flag." Responding to this wanton perversion of historical fact a mob that packed Faneuil Hall to the doors alternately wept, cheered and pounded its approval...
Boston politicians and Celtic mummers to the contrary, the time is not yet ripe when Americans who fail to sympathize with Irish rioting may be branded as traitors to their own nation. Sinn Fein is not synonymous with the principles of Jefferson and Washington, nor is it well that Americans should lay supine while foreign demagogues, abetted by their acclimated henchmen on these shores, revise our dictionaries and our history, and dictate our political policies...