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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...
...death of Lord Mayor MacSwiney in an English prison was indeed an unfortunate event for the Lloyd George Government, and one not 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...
...boring and even "plebeian," can have the callousness to joke about a man who has just made the most courageous and noble and idealistic sacrifice a man can make. Levity in such a case cannot fail to stir the feelings of all those who see in Lord Mayer MacSwiney's death an unfalling loyalty to ideals, seldom realized in most men, and therefore the more inspiring, And such levity will not, I think, be anything to be boasted of or gloried in. DUNCAN P. FERGUSON...