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A.O.H. AND FUNERALS.
LETTER FROM MGR. HALLINAN, D.D.
We have been furnished with a Press proof of the following letter, which has been sent to the "Munster News" for publication:—
Sir—In a recent issue of your paper I noticed an account of the last funeral that took place in the parish, given by your correspondent, in which he says, "The Ancient Order of Hibernians, of which her (the deceased's) father is a respected member, in accordance with universal principle, participated in the funeral as a body, and formed a very edifying sight indeed."
The partial and incomplete nature of this report makes it imperative on me to supply your readers with some further important details. It is a duty which I cannot now shirk, and though in the performance of it I have to do some violence to my personal feelings, I cannot allow these to sway my action, where there is a question of high and holy interests at stake. If the case has been now brought into the Press the responsibility rests not with me.
About a fortnight ago I had an interview with the County President of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, who happens to be a prominent member of my flock. I told him that I could not allow the members of that Society in the parish to repeat what they did a few months ago, namely, to go to Communion as a body wearing their insignia, and that without my permission or any reference whatsoever to me, I further told him that I could not allow in future any procession of them as a body at funerals, and that, if any such were attempted, the clergy would not attend the funeral. Four days after that interview I received the following letter:—
Newcastle West, May 11th, 1912.
Very Rev. and Dear Monsignor.—With reference to the interview on Tuesday evening re attendance of members, A. O. Hibernians, at funerals, I find I have no authority to act in the matter as it appears this is one of the obligations of the Order. Therefore I regret I cannot take any action in the matter to meet your wishes.—I remain, sincerely yours.
W. PHELAN.
THE SEQUEL.
On the following day the funeral about which your correspondent wrote took place. The members of the Order formed themselves into a procession. The priest who was present to attend the funeral protested, and informed them that if they persisted he could not attend the funeral. They did persist, and he left. Thus it happened that the remains of a saintly girl, the daughter of good honest parents, were lowered into the grave without the rites of her Church. Whether under such circumstances the procession of the Ancient Order of Hibernians was "a very edifying sight indeed" is for your readers to judge.
From this statement of what occurred it is evident that this event can no longer be regarded as one of mere local importance. Principles of high and far-reaching consequences are involved. For, arising out of Mr. Phelan's letter the following questions naturally suggest themselves:—
1. Is there in reality an "obligation" binding the members of the Order to go to Communion in a body in their parish church, or any other church?
2. Is it an "obligation" in the Order to form processions of their members at the funerals of deceased members, or of the deceased relatives of members?
3. And if the answer to these two questions be in the affirmative, then may I ask, does the "obligation" hold even when the local clergy object?
I submit that in the circumstances these are fair and reasonable questions to ask, and I shall feel very much obliged if the County President will kindly answer them, or get some higher authority in the Order to do so.
D. HALLINAN, P.P., *V.G.
St. Ita's. Newcastle West. 27th May, 1912.
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CASEMENT'S FATE.
MR. DILLON ON THE POLITICAL
ASPECT.
The following letter appeared in the "Manchester Guardian":—
Sir—I have read with much sympathy the letter from Sir Edward Fry published in yesterday's "Manchester Guardian." In it he asks—Would it not be a political blunder to let Sir Roger Casement die upon the scaffold? Yes, it would undoubtedly be an enormous political blunder, and would vastly increase the almost incalculable mischief which has been done by the Dublin executions. But what a pity it is that Sir Edward Fry—and others who felt like him—did not intervene earlier and assert the admirable principle set forth in his letter before the executions in Dublin had poisoned the minds of the Irish people against the Government of this country.—Yours, etc.,
JOHN DILLON.
House of Commons, London,
July 18th.

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Ford Factory for Cork?
INTERESTING PROPOSAL MOOTED
Mr. Henry Ford, the American automobile manufacturer, has, through Mr. Woodhead, of Southport, made a proposal to the Cork Corporation, says the "People," to purchase the freehold of Cork Park Racecourse, together with a quarter of a mile of adjoining navigable river frontage, for £100,000.
There is to be a stipulation that the factory buildings to be erected shall cost at least £200,000, and that at least 2,000 adult males shall be employed in the factory when completed at a minimum wage of 1s. per hour. The proposal will be considered at a special meeting of the Municipal Council next We.
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AMNESTY FOR IRISH PRISONERS:
The Cork Co. Council passed a resolution requesting the Government to release the prisoners tried and sentenced by courts martial for connection with the recent rebellion, and that the time had come for England to apply to Ireland the ideals for which she says she is fighting in Europe. They reminded the Government of the lenient manner in which the Jameson raiders and Sir E. Carson and his friends were treated. Mr. O'Mahony, who proposed the resolution, said up to the present it had not been explained whether the arms imported to arm Ulster were paid for or were a free gift from the German Government. But when the Irish Nationalists tried to arm they were fired on in Dublin, and several persons shot. The rising was created by the Government itself, and the savagery meted out to these prisoners appalled a great many honest Englishmen. They should impress on the Government that they were no longer a small population. They defeated conscription in Australia, and the Irish in America would insist on representation for Ireland at the Peace Conference.
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A Visit to the Irish Prisoners at Reading Gaol
During the early part of this month the writer was staying for a few days with some Irish friends in London. My friends were of the class whose Irishism is intensified and made strong and perfect by long years of residence among the Sassanach whom so many at home in Ireland take so much pains to imitate in speech, manners, outlook, Imperialism, etc. One evening about a dozen of us were gathered together at the house of a well-known Gaol who has been in the forefront of every Irish national movement in London. Some of those present were relating their experiences during their visits to the Irish rebellion prisoners and the large number of suspects who were at Wandsworth and Woking and other places for several weeks after the rising and the "rounding-up" of the early days of May last. All that the Irish in London—most of them people of very slender means and many calls on their purses—did for the Irish prisoners in bringing them much-needed food, clothing, etc., during these trying days for Ireland when "twas treason to love her and death to defend," is very little known or appreciated outside a small circle of London Irish. A lady in the company mentioned that she was arranging to have two of the prisoners interred at Reading Gaol name her and two men for the monthly visit due to them in September, and she hinted to me that she could manage to get my name put on the Home Office pass that admits visitors once a month to the prisoners. I was quite delighted at the prospect of going to see the prisoners. One of the men who would be seen by us was Mr. Arthur Griffiths, late Editor of "Sinn Fein" and Nationality, who, although he took no art whatsoever in the rebellion, was arrested early in May, and has since been "durance vile." The cailini managed all the preliminaries about the passes, and a couple of evenings afterwards they told me we could go down to Reading on the following day and see the two prisoners named in the pass or permit (Messrs. A. Griffiths and Francis De Burca, who was well known in Irish Voluntee
but they intimated to the Tribunal that they refused to recognise the right of Englishmen sitting in London to question or in any wise deal with men from the Irish nation. They would have no trouble about securing their release if they would give certain undertakings. They are determined to accept nothing but unconditional release. They feel convinced that the efforts to carry out the Partition scheme and conscription for Ireland have much to do with their detention. At Fongoch in Wales there are 580 Irishmen interned. These are chiefly men who took part in the fighting in Dublin and elsewhere. They are subject to the same conditions of treatment as the men at Reading, but are in a very lonely out-of-the-way place, and their relatives find it very difficult to get there to see them. While the men now at Reading were at Wandsworth they were treated as regards food and confinement on the same terms of convicted prisoners, and they would have been starved but for the generosity of the Irish in London. The following are among the men interned at Reading Gaol: —Messrs. Arthur Griffiths, Darrell Figgis (poet and novelist), Enald Cole, Dublin; Sean T. O'Kelly, T.C., Dublin; P. T. Daly, T.C., do.; Ernest Blyth, Readar O'Hourigan, Gaelic League organiser; Henry Dixon (well known as a promoter of free libraries); Mr. P. Doris, Editor of the "Mayo News"; T. McSweeney, Cork, a well-known playwright; T. O'Maille, Chairman, Oughterard Rural District Council; J. Melroy, Dublin; E. O'Dwyer, Ballagh, Co. Tipperary, late Editor of "The Gaol"; Capt. O'Connell, well known in Irish Volunteer circles; Francis De Burca, George Nicolls, solicitor, Galway, and Coroner for the city; Joseph MacBride, brother of Major MacBride, who was executed; C. Shannon, Belfast; Mich. O'Reilly, Dublin.
The day of the execution of Sir Roger Casement was observed by the Irishmen at Reading as a day of silence and prayer. Early in the morning the Litany for a Soul Departing was recited, and later on the Litany for the Dead, and in the evening the Rosary was said six times in Irish for the repose of the noble soul of the deceased.
The Governor of the Gaol, we were informed, is a perfect gentleman, and the warders are very polite and considerate. The Governor thinks very highly of his Irish prisoners, and described them some time ago to a person whom we met as "refined, cultured, and honourable gentlemen."
The message they gave us for their fellow-countrymen was "to keep the old flag flying, not to be downhearted, and never to abandon, no matter what happens, the ideal of Ireland and nation from North to South and from East to West."
J. O'F.
The "Catholic Bulletin."
Rinuccini's Visit to Waterford

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Page 10 - Illustrated Sandy Horn
October 10, 1915. - Page 11.
WAR'S MOST CRUEL BLOWS.
Children of Lewit-Colonel Lord Niam Crebott-Stuart, who was killed while leading a charge; and Captain Moyna (Royal Souts Flanders), who has also been killed in Flanders. Captain Moyna leaves a wife and three children.
THE TREK.
A wounded soldier being carried through a labyrinth of trenches in the Semine district.
A SHRAPNEL SHOWER BATH.
The well-placed shrapnel shell sends such a rain of bullets into the trenches that the boys call it a "shower bath." The photograph was taken just as a shell burst in front of our Allies' trenches. (Reproduced by courtesy of the Sparrow.)
HOW SHELLS SMASH THE WAY TO VICTORY.
"The German parapets melched away; their harved wire disappeared; the earth and air shock under the design-barrier strukes of our artillery hombardment. --THEN, through the maske, our boys charged and took the trenches. --Reproduced by courtesy of the Sparrow."
America's Friendly Hand.
The woman of New England packing bandages and comforts to France. They have already sent over six millions.
The Day Of Days.
The arrival of the post from home at the Dardanelles is a great day for our sailors. They all hope to have a parcel.
The Watch On The Danube.
A Serbian outpost at the junction of the Save and the Danube, where it is now reported the Germans and Austrians have been repulsed with heavy losses. The ground over the river is Austrian territory.
To Be Tried.
Sir R. Robbin, of Manitoba, sent for trial on a fraud charge.
A Mother.
The Hon. Mrs. Chas. Astley, who has given birth to a woman. --Lord Carron.
Happy To Help France.
Spahis from French Algeria take charge of German prisoners at Furnes. The loyalty of the native races to the Allies has been a surprise for Germany. --Reproduced by courtesy of the Sparrow.
Miss Iry Mary Vereker is soon to marry Capt. Edwin Gatacre, of Gatacre, Duke of Wellington's Regiment. --(Sarony.)
A "QUEEN'S OWN" BRIDE.
Miss Mina Murray, engaged to marry Captain Coumore, of the 7th Queen's Own.
Their Numbers Are Growing Daily As The Entente Troops Steadily Forge Ahead.
These German prisoners are but a small percentage of those who have been captured by the British and French in their great offensive. How to deal with these large numbers of prisoners is a big problem. Our Allies' first of all draft them to compounds—such as the one seen in the notograph—and then distribute them to camps elsewhere. --(Reproduced by courtesy of the Sparrow.)
PEERESS ON NIGHT WORK.
Viscountess Charlement is working in a large municipal factory alternately day and night. A VISCOUNT'S FIANCEE.
Miss Alice Mary Eyre, the fiancée of Captain Viscount Campden, 6th Gloucestershires.
Bombs, Then Cold Steel.
Bombers led our great attack on the Germans. After they had hurled their deadly missiles in the German trenches the infantry rushed in with the baymet. --Reproduced by courtesy of the Sparrow.