IRISH OUTRAGES

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1317, 21 December 1911, Page 5

IRISH OUTRAGES

DENUNCIATION BY A BISHOP. n? Telegraph-Press Assor.Htion-Copyrlghl (Rec. Decernlier 20, 9.25 p.m.) London, Dc-cember 20. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe, Dr. I-ogarty, declares that the murder of Mrs. O'Mara, who was shot dead by an unknown assailant at Broadford, County Clare, recently, has covered the people with shame. It was, however, the natural outcome of a disgraceful system of intimidation and of moonlighters' immunity from punishment. The people in ocrtaiii districts of Clare had become completely demoralised. TWELVE FARMERS ARRESTED. London, December 19. Twelve farmers havo been arrested on charges of cattlo driving, arising out of seizures for rent on Lord Sligo's estate. MR. REDMOND'S APPEAL. In tho course of a speech at Baitinglass oil October 22, Mr. John Redmond, leaner of the Irish Nationalist partv, spoke as follows—

"I ask every branch of tho United Irish League, I ask every member of everv branch of the United Irish League to consider themselves from now on enrolled as special constables to prevent the remotest possibility of anything wearing even the appearance of violence or intimidation or of religious intolerance. I ask tho members of the United Irish League to send mo particulars, definite particulars, of every single case which is no»v being used in England fo prove that wo aro lawless or intolerant, people. If I found a caso of true religious intolerance on the part of Catholics anywhere in the .South and West of Ireland, 1 would gladly go down myself into the district and denounce it, and ask that it should stop. (Cheers.) There has been a caso recently mentioned in the English papers from the County of Cork, where it is said that an old man named Thomas Kingston is being boycotted by his neighbours after living in peace and; amity with them for thirty years, and it is insinuated that because he is a Protestant ho is being so treated. All I can say about that case is this: that I have directed the closest inquiry to be made into all the circumstances of the case, and if I find, and if the organisation for which I speak finds, that this is a case of injustice and intolerance we will not tolerate it, and wo will use. all our influence to put it down. The next few months in this country will be the most critical for Ireland iii this century, and, whatever obstacles v:e may have to overcome, in Heaven's name let them not bo obstacles created for us by Ireland and the Irish people themselves. (Cheers.)"