LARKIN'S RELEASE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1907, 15 November 1913, Page 5

LARKIN'S RELEASE.

STRIKE LEADER AT LIBERTY HALL. A VIOLENT SPEECH. WILL RAISE THE FIERY CROSS. By Tolegraph-Pi'ens Aosociation -Oe-pyrfElit London, November 13. Larlcin, tho Dublin strike lender, who wa9 soutonceel to seven months' imprisonment for using seditious language, was released from Mountjoy Gaol this morning. Crowds cheered him, and lie was carried shouldor-high to Liberty Hall, where ho had a- great reception". Larlcin immediately issued instructions to i-he docks. Later he made a speech. Ho said that everyone who 0 had resumed work whilst ho was in ] prison must restrike. They wero going to win; already they had l-eaten the strongest Government in modern times. Tho Government had made a mistake in imprisoning him, and a greater mistake in releasing lura. He wns going to England to raise tho "fiery cross" thore. There would k< a general strike in the United Kingdom within a few hours. Lord Aberdeen, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, must go, declared Lorkin, He was a tool in the hands of unscrupulous Dublin capitalists. The only friends of Dublin wero tho working classes of Britain. ' Miss Asquith, in opening a bazaar at Drixton, said she rejoiced at Larkin's release, because sedition was rather a mediaeval oifence, especially as Sir Edward Carson's law-abiding modern methods had shorn it of all glamour and lowered it to humdrum respectability. , (Rec November 14, 10.20 p.m.) London, November 14. Tori thousand participated in a procession of "jubilation" to celebrate tho releaso of Larkin, the strike leader, from gaol. , Connolly, one -of the strike leaders, declared that no vessel would bo allowed to leave the wharf until every imprisoned striker )\ad been released. The strikers must drill with a vimv to theif next march through the rity. ■ Ho declared that competent leaders had promised their services, and ' when they wanted arms they knew where to obtain them. Mr.' Havelock XVilson (secretary of the Seamen's Uition), interviewed at Liverpool, said that tho sailots and firemen strongly protested against Larkin's declaration concerning the "fiery cross.". ."Wβ are not going to let Larkin dictate to us whether wo will strike or not," said the speaker. Other Labour leaders state that nothing is known of a general strike. Mr. Augustus BineO (Chief Secretary for Ireland), when addressing his constituents at Bristol, was greeted with prolonged Suffragette disturbances., and. cries of: "Tell us about tho hundred thousand who are starving ill Dublin." Mr. Birrell justified tho authorities' action against Ldrkin, who had not been released till ho had served a sufficient sentence commensurate with tho evidence upon which lie hild been sentenced. "A TACTICAL BLUNDER." "TIMES" COMMENT" ON LARKIN'S IMPRISONMENT. '_.' London, November 13. The "Times," in a leader, says that Larkin's imprisonment was , o.tio of the greatest tactical blunders fiver known, and his release was inevitable. He had not been prosecuted for talking sedition, but for being a successful agitator. • '■■ RELIEF FUND 'TOTALS £53,000. London, November 13. The sum of £53,000 has been subscribed for the relief of the Dublin strikers and their dependents.