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VOLUME XLH.-NO. 4.
LOUISVILLE, SATIJRPAY, JANUARY 25, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.-
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IMMORAL
A Dangerous Extension of Eugenist
Propaganda Advocated
ly Dr. Stopes.
Mcnnco to Both Society and Mor
r alltj' -Involved In " New
.. "$ , Plans.
The .Weak Basis of the Sterilization
f- Demands and Vicious
Proposals.
THE PERVERSITY OP POSITION.
Tho Eugenist propaganda has
found an exponent who Is much
' more frank than were many others
who have advocated tho eugenlstlc
- measuro ' termed sterilization by the
operation of vasectomy, to bo ap
plied to criminals and defectives
who aro wards of the State.
Hitherto the purpose pursued by the
prophets of sterilization -was nom
inally the prevention of procreation
by criminals andV interned de
fectives. Now comes Dr. Marie
Stopes, who advocates "the steriliza
tion of all potential parents who
are bodily or morally hopelessly and
Irremediably diseased and unfit."
This request represents an extension
of tho demands of eugenlsts, reach
ing out beyond tho bounds of their
earlier programme, but In addition
to this extension Dr. Stopes submits
tho startling frank avowal that her
ultimate design Is not to benefit the
race, but to facilitate deliberately
childless marriages. "Every adult,"
writes Dr. Stopes, "has a right to
marriage; no Individual has the
right, to tax the community with
diseased children." Once this prin
ciple Is admitted in the sense in
which It Is advocated by Dr. Stopes,
the validity of her plan of steriliza
tion would havo to be recognized,
. nnd tho barrier standing between
' the individual and tho attainment of
his improper desires would be
broken down.
The ethical perversity of such a
position is apparont to all readers
of a Catholic journal. It is Inter
esting to note, however, that even
the legal status of sterilization is
far from being firmly established,
,that its position Is highly questlon
"able'and that in spite ot the fact
that tho law has had to deal with
this problem only in one of its
phases, the application to criminals
and interned lunatics. An excellent
treatise on the subject of "Sterili
zation of Criminals" was con
tributed by W. A. S. to Law Notes
somo months ago and printed In the
July Issue of that journal. The
author, who rightly maintains that
tho theory of heredity, upon which
the application of sterilization Is
based, Is but a theory, and that one
barren of satisfactory proof, states
that tho legal standing of tho mat
ter is less doubtful and shakyythan
tho theory. By way of Information
he tells us that "laws authorizing
the sterilization of lunatics or
criminals, or both, have been
passed In some twelve or ' more
States. In California, in 1916, 636
operations had actually been per
formed under the law all but one
on inmates of State institutions for
tho insane. Tho subjects for treat
ment being selected from among the
helpless, there have been but four
cases reported dealing with the
validity ot-such a law, and In three
of them the law was declared to be
invalid."
Thus even tho legal status of the
measuro advocated so ardenly by
the Eugensts Is, to put it mildly,
highly questionable. Besides W. A.
S. quotes extensively from reports
of investigations into this matter
conducted under tho auspices of the
American Institute of Criminal
Law and Criminology, which In
1913 appointed a committee of well
known lawyers and alienists, known
as "Committee F." Tho committee
reported in 1914, 1915, 1916 and
1917, the sum total of their find
ings being that "the doctors stick
firmly to their a priori theories
while tho lawyers Investigate the
evidence, find it wanting and de
mand further evidence before they
will pronounce a judgment." The
outcome of the investigation is a
defeat for tho advocates of sterlliza
' tion, who could not prove their
case. One member of the commit
tee "says that ho has no faith in
sterilization as a remedy in dealing
with the problem of tho criminal."
Another member, going back to
first principles, declares that it is
first necessary to discover "whether
criminal tendencies are inherited
x directly or not." Still another
frankly Btates: "The moro I find
.out about It tho stronger my feel
ings become against the sterilization
ot criminals as such." And tho
consensus of the committee was that
it could not formulate a satisfactory
report until "a sufficient basis of
facts" had been established "upon
which somo definite action may be
erected." "With this conclusion tho
committee asked to be discharged.
So flimsy and hypothetical is the
basis on which eugenlsts strive to
rest their immoral demands. The
wrltor from whoso article wo have
quoted advances a number of facts
and casts Interesting Blde-lights on
the legal phase of tho measure. He
calls attention to the sacramental
' character of marriage, and in an
other paragraph to the relation of
eavlronment to criminality that
momentous factor which the advo
cate of eterlllzatloa think so little
of la pr&etl&e. On the whole he
quite properly characterize the
coming of thla dangerous "fad"
wwi nil mwiiiiiii !) mi m-mmm&mm0gmmmmmw iiiiii
EX-CROWN PRINCE ON HIS ISLAND PRISON.
Former Gorman Crown Prince and his one faithful friend the dog,
almost his constant companion. la tho background aro somo of tho
royal prisoner's neighbors at Wiergen, where he is Interned.
thus: "A Chicago newspaper
minted In State vs. Feilen says in
tho course of a eulogy of com
pulsory vasectomy tnat Tareiy nas
a big thing como with so little fan-
fnrn nf -trnmnets.' It mlcht bo
moro accurate to say that rarely
has a thing of so doubtful merit
gone so far without being chal
lenged to give an account of Itself."
And therein lies a grave danger, in
the vicious character of tho pro
posals and In the absence of proper
surveillance. C. B. of C. V.
parishioners mourn.
Mnnv In tho Cathedral narlBh
mourn tho death of Marie Dunn
7.e11. ivho crow un from childhood
within tho very shadow of the
church doors ana was namea alter
the late Father Dunn, of that
church. As a little girl she went to
school there and played In the
churchyard, then as sho grew older
took part In tho processions and
sang in the choir. Her father,
mother and closest relatives died
when she was but a child, sho and
her sister Catherine then making
their homo and completing their
mitireitinn with tho Sisters of Pre
sentation Academy. ' "Her death oc
curred early Wednesday, louowmg
an operation for appendicitis, and
thn funeral took nlace from Gran
W. Smith's chapel yesterday morn
ing and from tho. Cathedral at
9 o'clock.
MADE FRIENDS HERE.
pirRf Limit. Frank Flaherty, who
camo to Camp Taylor several months
ago as an Instructor In the Infantry
irnnrli 'of the service, was last Week
granted an honorable dlschargo and
left Sunaay nignt ior ureal tans,
ifnnt.. wlium -with his brothers he
has established a large wholesale
m orphan ill nine hURlneSS. LlOUt.
Flaherty was greatly disappointed at
not being caiieu overseas, dui jus
military training and services held
Mm here. While In Loulsvllffl ho
made many "warm friends, who hope
that in business no- wm be as suc
cessful as In war.
HOLY NAME SOCIETY.
The Holy Name Society ot St.
Louis Bertrand's church, which Is
the largest of Its kind south of the
Ohio river, hold Us annual meeting
Sunday afternoon in Bertrand Hall
and elected tho following olflcors:
President, John H. Hennessy; Vice
President. John J. Barry: Recording
Secretary. Lawrence D. Meany; Fi
nancial Secretary, Patrick Keegan;
Treasurer. John F. Burko: Marshals,
Thomas Lynch and M. J. Walsh.
Hov. Father R. G. Lyons Is chaplain
and through his efforts tho society
has grown to a membership of BOO.
JUST HOME FROM FRANCE.
Upper, .Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt,
Jr who did great work for tho
American Engineers in Aux-les-
Ttalna. T.nuror laff MVa Vlnunt
Aetor; right, Mrs. W. K. Vkader-
Diit, reiurnwig irom aoisg work in
France. ,
POLITICIANS
Of Forward Leaguo Looking For
Another Democratic Gub
ernatorial Candidate.
Two Disastrous Fires Make Under
writers Chuckle nnd Show
Up Reformers.
Rov.pM. P. Hunt and Federation
Leaders Should Repent
Trip.
CKNSOR OX BURGLARY NEWS.
There- wa's a little gathering of
F6rwardiague'':be"mbcra'ts and
others who affiliate with tho party
sometimes this week at the Seel
bach Hotel, the principal cause for
the call being the discussion of tho
advisability of bringing out another
candidate for tho Democratic nom
ination for Governor, as most of
those assembled didn't care par
ticularly to support Lieut. Gov.
Black, Prof. Cherry or Judge Car
roll. Prominent In tho gathering
were Gen. Percy Haly, Col. J. A.
Alexander, Col. P. H. Callahan and
Judge R. L. Stout. It Is Tumored
that the gathering didn't grow very
enthusiastic over tho suggestion of
Haly making tho race If a dark
horse couldn't bo found, and tho
more conservative present said that
a candidate entering now would bo
handicapped with tho title of
"Haly's Choice," and it would be
better for tho party and those pres
ent to support either Black, Cherry
or Carroll. There was a llttlo gath
ering of old lino Republicans here
this week also, and they
say that Campaign Chairman
Searcy's slogan of "carrying Ken
tucky for Morrow If Tobe Hert's
money holds out" hasn't made such
a hit with tho boys out in the State
Who are not in touch with the big
moneyed man of the G. O. P. Then
again all reallzo Morrow, tho Re
publican candidate for Governor, Is
not as strong as ho was four years
ago, some citing the faot that like
a prize fighter the defeated candi
date never comes back. But tho
biggest Impediment in Morrow's
path Is a united Democratic party,
Stanley and Beckham fighting
shoulder to shoulder and the soldier
boys homo to make the State safe
for Democracy.
It didn't take long to verify the
two predictions made In these col
umns, tho first that wo were in fov
a relgp -of crime from the nogroe
and the prediction last Saturda
that the Board of Firo Underwriters
made no mistake' when they classed
Louisville's firo department as a
third rater. Tho dally and nightly
robberies nnd holdups which havo
Btlrred tho town are being perpe
trated by negroes and by that class
who aro pet creatures of tho local
Republican "roform" administra
tion. In tho shooting in Hurley
Pope's negro dive last week testi
mony showed that there was gm
bllng in progress and that many
negroes were carrying concealed
deadly weapons, two law violations,
yet no one was arrested on these
charges. Here's a little problem
for the Men's Federation. Why' is
gambling permitted In, these negro
saloons and why aro these negro
loafers and gamblera" allowed" to
carry deadly weapons? Where, oh
where, Is the Rev Dr. M. P. Hunt,
who used to go in person to tho Ten
derloin district and deliver stirring
sermons and write striking essays
on tho 'wickedness and vice under
Democratic tuIo? Someone ought
to escort the Rev. M. P. through
the negro saloon and dive district
now under Republican "reform"
rule and see colored gamblers and
thugs enjoying their reward forde
fe&tlng Swagar Sherley, the biggest
man In Congress. In a political
pamphlet dated June 11, 1017, Rev.
Hunt said that he and memliers of
the Men's Federation visited and
made the rounds of saloons and
other pbteee and were shocked at
what they saw; As that-visit was
used for campedgn purposes by the
Republicans, the ReV. D"ootor and
his. associates Vn not consistently
reiuso 10 inane xnat xour now unaer
tho "Roform" ,'Mministration to see
If thoro is any Improvement.
Now as to (the other prediction.
It was said la these columns .that
tho dlsorganiaed- firo department
had run Into 'an awful streak of
luck and when, a real firo camo
along tho "hek" firo department
would bo shoite up. Well, It was
alright. TheIlllnois Glass Com
pany fire Saturday and the grain
elevator fire Monday convinced
everyone that Uhe. Board or Fire
Underwriters did Loulsvlllo no in
justice when $ioy classed our firo
department aa, a third rater, and
eomo seem to i think they let us oft
light at that. - How tho under
writers must chuckle when they
think of these disastrous and badly
handled fires following near Mayor
Smith's squaw)c about tho raising of
fire rates jbela'g an Injustice. At
the Glass Company it develops that
tho firemen were unable to locate
the fire, and Ve are asked to pardon
their mistake In getting ready to
leave tho scene and not find a little
thing like a J17G.000 fire. "Yank"
Coons, a 'phone lineman and one of
tho few men' present, who knew
anything abolit fires, was arrested
by a Keystone policeman for butting
In with his knowledge and fined $5
In tho PoltceJ Court. Some say ho
wanted to eb$w .the "hick" firemen
tvhero the $175,000 firo was. That's
what he goUfor being so smart.
Incidentally cdae of tho coal wagon
drivers neverfdld find the fire, anl
after getting to Sixteenth and
Rowan (firo rt Second and River)
became tired f "his fruitless searph,
unhitched the -horse and rode back
home. The'eeaJL wagon was still
standing SueAay' morning, but that
didn't worry the new fireman as he
didn't have w, come back after It.
The publloHiardly got over dis
cussing the failure of tho fire de
partment whn' the grain elevator
fire at Eleventh and Maple came
alemg two days later. The near
Mayor attended this fire in person,
probably to se nvhat was the trou
ble with his', "reform" firemen.
Well, ho sa alright. Just as In
tho other blgf.flre the ground was
Baved after .struggle, but the firo
even was allowed to cross Maple
street and bira thousands of dol
lars' worth e; property on the
other side. faae-'Ot tho engines at
Eleventh anKi'6adway was Idle.
the englneerlUfjkering and twisting
nuts and wawMEto get it working
while the fiMMfe-ttroed merrily on.
Another of t
reform" firemen on
one of, the
was dressed In
patent leather
black cloth
bVi nAD !'
rk of a fireman
being -,ca:
a wrifttWa
$fc top It off wore
horrors! After
theL-fireliSi:
yor said he was
'"liI"-JISl.,,
BUUSUCKI, U
nothing about
whether the property owners were
or not. He also raised his ante of
$1,000,000 last week for new firo
apparatus to $2,000,000 of the tax
payers' money, but gave no promise
of igetting some firemen.
To keep tho public from getting
even a smattering of the growing
list of burglaries tho four newspa
pers have been barred from the
dally police records and the Sixth
District Police Station attempted to
keep secret tho negro assault on a
white woman on Monday, the third
In two weeks. The poor old Key-
etoners wander about aimlessly
while tho burglars aro using moving
vans to raid houses. They say one
of the Keystoners obligingly helped
the burglars to load a heavy trunk
on a van from one of our big resi
dences that was looted last week.
Ono of the traffic Keystoners de
serted 'his post last week to chaso
a .little "flivver" driver who got by
him, ana mounted a street car to
run down his prey. After yelling
"Gol darn you, stop," soveral times
he gavo up and ended tho fun of
the passengers, who were laughing
fit to kill. A lady passenger on
the car summed It up when sho
said: "Now I know why they call
them boobs Keystoners." Another
street -car scene: A navy ensign
boarded a street car and dropped in
his fare. He was startled when a
Keystone policeman and the con
ductor, a futurtf" policeman, both
burst Into laughter ana siappea
him on the oack several times. In
oulrlng their merriment, they said;
"Brother, you mustn'it bo In the
department very long, a3 you don't
havo, to pay faro." They thought
he,as a fireman.
GOLDEN WEDDING.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob IloerU, of
820 South Flovd street. till cali
brate their gciden wedding annl
voisarv at St. Mary Magdalen's
church next Monday rooming with
a lublleo mass at 8 o'clock. Ro.
Fathei Gausepoiil will ceiaDraie tiio
jubilee mass and one of the most
remarkable features attached to the
celebration is the fact that Father
Gausopohl, the good ana venerable
pastor, performed the marriage
ceremony for Mr. and Mrs. Hoortz
at SU Boniface church on January
27, 1869, he being stationed at that
church then. Mr. and Msr. Hoertz
aro also the oldest living couplo In
St Mary's Magdalen's parish. Their
llttlo granddaughters, Miss Ella Hen
nessy and Miss Julia May Hill, will
be the attendants, and following the
ceremony a reception will bo held
by the members of the congregation.
The Kentucky Irish American joins
with their many and loyal friends in
extending this good old couple
hearty congratulations,
CHILDREN'S CONTEST.
A euchre and lotto will be given
by tho St. LouIb Bertrand's ChHrch
Debt and Building Association next
Friday afternoon and evening and
a contest between, the different
school grades will be decided fol
lowing the evening affair. The
school boys and girls are compet
ing for class and individual prizes
and real rivalry for honors Is going
on between the kid salesmen. Rev.
Father Dawkins is aotlng as referee
and will award the prises. Games
will be sailed at 2:30 and 8 o'clock
sharp. '
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PARIS WILD OVER VISITING KING AND QUEEN OF BELGIUM.
Queen Elizabeth, of Belgium, riding In the French capital with Mrs.
Polncare, wife of the President, both happy at tho passing of the
German spectre. Left, Queen Elizabeth; right, Mrs. Polncare.
CHAPLAIN
Writes Letter From Germany Team
ing With Interest and
Good Humor.
Father Duffy Marching AVitli Rain-
bow Division Over tho
Rhine.
Found People Glad to See Them
Far Better Than tho
English.
SOLDIERS DON'T HOLD GRUDGE.
Chaplain iFrancisIJwiDuffy, -Dfthe
165th Infantry, tho former famous
Sixty-ninth of New York, marching
with tho Rainbow Division through
Germany, writes a letter to Rev.
Joseph A. Donahue, New York City,
that teems with Interest and good
humor. Father Duffy Is ono of the
great individual heroes of the war,
and tells only what ho saw. Here
are somo extracts from his letter:
My Dear Joe: This is our fifth
day in Germany, and thus far It
has been an unexpectedly agreeable
experience. We did not know ex
actly what to expect. In Luxem
bourg a priest asked mo If our men
were not afraid to go Into Germany.
"Afraid of what?" I asked. "They
have mot Germans before, and I
never noticed that theyfcvero par
ticularly scared." B,ut In spite of
my bit of rampant Americanism I
got his meaning. We might be In
for a mean sort of experience. But
It has been so far altogether pleas
ant. This morning we crossed the
Saar river. I had occasion to go
over tho bridge ahead of tho troops
with Capt. Mangan and my old
friend George Boothby, of Now
York. I tried out my school Gor
man on a number of the Inhabitants
and found that they were rather
glad to see us. Better us than the
French, far better than the Eng
lish. Tho attitude of tho common peo
ple toward our troops, ho writes, Is
surprising, and resentment Is never
shown by the largo numner or eoi
dlers back home.
You civilians may hold grudges,
but wo soldiers don't. In tho first
nlace. you ihave been fed up on a
lot of stuff which our fellows call
"bull." Wo havo fought tho Ger
mans two long tricks in tho
trenches and in five pitched battles,
and they never did anything to U3
that wo didn't try to do to them.
And wo played the rotten game o(
war as fairly as it can bo piayea.
Wo followed their retreat through
three sectors, in two of which they
had been for years, and wo never
witnessed any of the "atrocities"
wo read about A church burned
at St. Benolt without any good mili
tary reason that I could see; a
bulldinir used as a hospital shelled
with loss of life (tho beggars nearly
got mo there), but there was no
way for them to know it was a
hospital; works of art piled up for
looting from Chateau-Thierry. That
is tho whole indictment. But no
crucified soldiers, no babies with
their hands cut off, no glrla out
raged In trenches to provoke our
Boldlers to rush on to doatn to
rescuo them, no poisoned food or
wells, no women chained to ma
chine guns and no prisoners playing
treachery.
I know that sometimes some ot
our own soldiers wrote such things
home, only to be In for a guying
when some trustful relative gave it
to the press, but nobody I feel suro
In the Forty-second Division. In
the invaded territory of Franco we
found plenty of evidence ot harsh
military occupation. It was bad at
its beet, and some local commanders
made it more intolerable. The peo
ple were taxed wjthout much to
ehow for their money, forced to
work for little or no pay, rationed
rather slenderly, though with
enough to sustain strength, had to
put up with requisitions of anlmali,
houses and somo minor property,
such as linen and copper down to
the brass knobs off the stoves. They
were also dragooned about to vari
ous places to do work for Germany.
It all makes an American's blood
boll.
On the credit of tho German ac
count I shall say that after tho
first onslaught of wanton killing I
heard of no case of assault upon
women or of mutilation. On tho
very -eastern border of France, how
ever, and In South Belgium, through
which we crossed, I heard plenty ot
such strong and, I fully believe,
often unwarranted measures. It
must havo been hell In Belgian
towns the first week or two the
Germans were there. Then thoro
came a sudden change, and Belgium
has had vastly better treatment
than the French. The townspeople
suffered, but the farmers all got
rich on tho prices the Germans
paid; rich that Is In money, though
with no fat living while the war
was on, and with only German
marks in the old woolen stocking
now that it is over. I can't much
sympathize with them. They are a
rapaolons lot. The French and
Belgians tell me though somo
other, suspicions toJMo contrary,
that the Germans were strict about
seeing that nobody took the relief
stuff from America.
When you get this It will be
Christmas or after. I Wish I were
homo for It. I cortalnly am pastor
of an itinerant parish. In 1916 we
had our midnight mass under the
open sky along tho Rio Grande; In
1917 In our Gallo-Roman town In a
church that was commenced 1600"
years ago; in 1918 in some old
l German church on the Moselle or
the Rhine. HJgh time I kept the
old feast with mine own people at
ihome. I envy you and Father p.
at tho church door with all tho
j lights blazing out Into tho frosty
night saying "'Merry Christmas,
'John," "Merry Christmas, Katie,"
as the people flood to midnight
mass. It's there with them I ought
to be, I sometimes say, but I know
they won't hold It against mo If I
say that so long as two of tho oil
regiment aro left togethor I
wouldn't go back home even for
Christmas 'not. even If I were
twins'. Yours as always.
(Signer) Francis P. Duffy,
Chaplain 165th Infantry.
MEETS NEXT MONTH.
The convention of the Irish race
in America has been called for
Philadelphia, February 22 and 23.
All Irish-Am orican societies In good
standing with their national organi
zations are entitled to fivo delegates
each. Tho A. O. H., Friends of
Irish Freedom, Clan-Na-Gael and
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and
j United Irish Leaguo havo joined In
tno can.
MAY BE POLAND'S PRESIDENT.
Ignace Baderewskl, noted pianist
of world's fame, has been selected
by ihe people of Poland to be their
first President of the republic which
they are about to form.
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IRELAND
Knthu.sla.siu Marked Birth" of- New
KcpubllCNaiit DubllnV oil"
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Tuesday. ( '
-i . .4
I Declaration ' of Independence Itcnd
Amid Thunderous and
Constant Cheering.
Streets. Were Filled All Day by
Hugo Crowds of Orderly
People.
FIRST PRELIMINARY MEETING.
i
The Mansion House in Dublin
was overtaxed when tho first session
of tho Irish Parliament was opened
Tuesday afternoon, at least 3,000
persons being crowded into tho
meeting room. Tho first business
was tho election of a Chairman, tho
honor going to Charles Burgess,
after which prayers were offered by
Rev. Father O'Flanagan, ot Ros
common. The declaration of Independence,
read to tho assemblage amid thun
derous and constant cheering, as
sorts that "the Irish people alone
have the power to make laws bind
ing on the Irish people." It de
mands the evacuation of Ireland by
tho "foreign" garrison.
All members of tho Parliament
solemnly roso after the document
had been read and pledged them
selves to use every effort to Ivo
effect to the declaration. Mention
of the name of Count Joseph
Plunkett was cheered to the echo.
And the name of Sir Edward Car
son was greeted with merriment.
E. J. Duggan read an English
translation of tho declaration of in
dependence, which was first road In
its original Celtic text.
There 'has been no interference
by tho British Government so far
with the proceedings, But tho at
mosphere, still as it seems on the
surface, Is tremendously charged.
Any moment may bring an ex
plosion. A spirit of restlveneas,
daring and defiance is sweeping the
Isle of Erin on this tho day which
tho Sinn Fein proclaim tho greatest
In Ireland's history. At this mo
ment tho programme of the Sinn
Fein Is running smoothly, and the
.British Government's officers and
armed forces In Ireland, though
known to be fully prepared for ev
ery emergency, show resolute de
termination not to Interfere. Briefly
the situation Is that the Sinn Fein
have resolved not to provoke vio
lence of any sort, to maintain a
'defensive" attitude all the way
through. Viscount French, past
master in tho art of suppressing re
volts by sheer violence, is de
termined on tho other hand to ap
ply lessons of former experiences
to the present situation. He refuses
to give tho other side he excuse
that ho started it. "-
In the Mansion House, at theTops,.
of which floats the republican ban
ner, sits the Irish Parliament. The
galleries are crowded and an army
of correspondents Is present. Not
far away, at Dublin Castle, sits
Field .Marshal French, grimly silent,
watchfully waiting. His whole at
titude appears to be to tho effect
"Now that yon have It, what ars
you going to do with it?"
There lies tho crux. If things
continue as serenely as they have
been going up to this cabling, then
the acid test, will not come untlt
the Irish Parliament attempts to
act upon somo of the measures
which it la outlining in eloquent if
somewhat antiquated language.
The Sinn Fein "Parliament held
only a brief meeting at the Man
sion House Wednesday afternoon,
but behind closed doors. After
ward Count Plunkett told reporters
that a statement of the business
transacted would bo furnished to
tho press later, thus following tho
precedent of the Paris conference.
A group of a hundred young men
gathered outside during the secret
session, but no excitement of any
kind was shown.
Tho Irish censorship prevented
tho appearance of tho Sinn Fein's
declaration of independence In tho
Dublin newspapers.
Without Interference tho Lord
Mayor of Dublin, Laurence O'Noil,
having obtained passports from the
Government, will proceed to Paris
to tender to President Wilson the
freedom of tho city of Dublin, re
cently voted by tho Corporation,
Two policemen were killed In
TIpperary on Tuesday and imme
diately a proclamation was issued
placing that county under the
Crimes act, which means a regime
much like the occupied. German
cities are undergoing. The Claro
district has also been proclaimed.
OUT OF WAR.
Lieut. Arthur E. Lewis, who re
ceived his commission on Friday ot
last week at the Camp Zachary
Taylor Artlllory Training School,
and has slnco been visiting Mr. and
Mrs. William M. Higglns and fam
ily, loft yesterday for Pittsburgh,
where he will spend several days
before reluming to his homo In
Syracuse. Lleit. Lewis is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lewis, who
expect another son, Roy Lewis, re
turning from servlco In France, to
arrivo next week, making a double
home-coming and a happy family
event Lieut. Lewis passed an ex
amination that was most creditable.
and made a host of meads In
Louisville -who will have a warm
welcome for him whenever he may
visit Kentucky.
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