Show I IDIES NOTED ED IRISH LEADER Dl DIES FROM HUNGER LORD MAYOR MACSWINEY PASSES AWAY IN ENGLISH PRISON ON THIRD SEVENTY DAY Began Hunger Strike on August 12 When With Ten of His Associates He Was Arrested on the Charge of Sedition I London Terence Terence lord mayor or of Cork died led at nt Brixton prison Monday morning October 25 25 followIng followIng following follow follow- I ing a hunger strike of three seventy three days The story tor of the starvation self of Terence lord ma mayor or of Cork Corl probably will become one of or the most moving chapter of ot the e centuries centuries- long history of ot the Irish struggle No other controversy has hns stirred Great Grea Britain so deeply as nS' this since the theone theone theone one that centered upon Cecil Rhodes when the Jameson raid was balked b bj by Paul Kruger and the raiders s hunger strike was be begun begun gun on August 12 when with ten o ohis of his oR associates he was arrested by soldiers sol sol sol- diers In Jn Cork while att attending a session session ses sese sion of ot a Sinn Shan Fein Feln court After trial tria by a under the regulations regulations regula regula- of the Defence of the thc Realm act oct he was found guilty of sedition anc and ond sentenced to two years years' Imprisonment which he was serving In Brixton prison pris- pris on In London MacSwiney lacS ine then thenn an alderman o or of Cork was vas elected lord mayor maor of the city at ot a special session of the Cork corporation oil March 30 of this year earlIe ear lIe He was a well-known well Sinn Fein leader leade and find prior to his election had been deported and Imprisoned several se times one of the latest notable Instances o ohis of his confinement having been In 1916 1016 in connection with the Irish Easter EaMer re re- re volt When arrested on August 12 MacSwiney Mac nc Swiney mana managed ed to escape to the street from the back of the cit city hallwhich hall which had surrounded but wa was captured outside He lIe was taken talen to the military barracks and came come up fo for or trial on August 16 The court martial found him guilty of having haying control o othe of the secret police cipher of having in his possession a document likely to cause disaffection namely a copy o oa of ofa a o resolution of ot the Cork corporation pledging allegiance to Dall DatI the Irish Republican parliament anc and of having made a seditious speech on I i the occasion on of his election Already weak at nt the trial because of or his refusal to take food MacSwiney disputed the jurisdiction of the court I saying I am am nm the lord ma mayor or of ot thin city and its chief magistrate I declare decla- this court Illegal megal and those taking par parIn part partIn In it liable to arrest under the laws s of the Irish Ilish republic The Time day following the trial Lord Lore Mayor MR or was deported to England England England En En- gland aboard a a destro destroyer er under a heaY heavy military escort and was lodged In Brixton jail The rhe government announced announced an fin on August 19 that he was sentenced to two years years' imprisonment MacSwiney's hunger strike brought brough numerous solicitations and amI protests to the British authorities authorities' many o of the appeals being from s sympathizers Inthe in inthe inthe the United States Even enn E a threat from the Sinn Fein in Ireland that in the event e of his death deatha a general strike and serious us disturbances disturbances bances would prevail throughout the island An appeal was taken talen directly to the king but th this also proved unavailing |