Show I DeValera Head of Irish Republic r Has Has' s Had Romantic and P ct aa ae Career I M I Chief Chi ef of Home Rulers Now inU S. S Ranks WitH Old- Old time lime Knights Knights' EW YORK rORK Jul July 12 Even Even In this NEW day of ot pragmatic politics of or In- In ed International aCC affairs and andor of or world-wide world practicality romance can come popping out before beCore tho the eyes from the most unexpected unexpected un un- o of or a t bored world expected places No 0 better evidence of or orthis this contention can he offered than that late lale entry Into luto New cw York City of or Eamonn De president of tho the Irish republic Ills entry was ro romantic ro- ro mantic mantle his life uro was romantic even cn heroic and lie he a aa as a personality can rank with the colorful knights of oC yore The tale o of how DC De Valora Valera e escaped i from En England ll entered the United States and lived li here incognito for a number of weeks before ho he decided to come before tho public has yet et to be told Some say a ahe he left his hiding place in Ireland Ireland In Inan an airplane was transferred to lo a schooner at sea and then entered an American port undercover under undercover cover er of or darkness Others maintain that ho lie came as ns an un e on a passenger passenger passenger pas pas- vessel essel Neither De Yal Valora Valera ra nor ncr norMs Ms his aids will tell tho the truo stor story Corthe for Cor the they realize that their exit from front this country country- ma may have to be made as mysteriously mys mys- mysteriously as was as 8 their entrance And who could be lie more romantic than De Dc himself Born Dorn of or a South American father rather and nn an Irish mother In New e York City he trod man many tangled t. paths before he returned to the tho ell city of ot his nativity n as tho the lender leader of or the Irish nationalistic move move- meaL ment President Do is Un- Un In stature tall straight ht and slight Ills Ula face strong and pleasant pleas pleas- ant Is anything but Irish A Glance One glance at the man I Is 2 sufficient to show his strength th of or character r His lIs features are arc of or the powerful type longish nose broad at the base bao with a n blunt ridged tip brown hair tousled by work large larre square head healt at the Jaw large e cars of oC the tho Lincoln type sharp well set eyes lines about and between his c eyes es on his cheeks and forehead high check bones slightly flushed DC Valeras Valera's life started In a house on the tho lower west Vest side in Manhattan Manhat- Manhat tan October 14 14 H. 1882 Ills His father r died when he was two and one half one hall years old and the young American then re- re re returned returned turned to lo his mothers mother's family in County Count Limerick Ireland Ills His mother moth moth- er er In the meantime remained In ht this countr country Later she remarried and moved to 10 Rochester N N. Y where she he Isnow is isnow isnow now living De DC Valera alera was e educated at and ami the I college Black Dlack Rock County Count Dublin In both bolh the Intermediate and university lh de tlc tlc- Later he attended le lectures at Ht the National l' university and aX at Trinity college e. e Dublin His Ills educational educational career was brilliant and ho won scholarships prizes and degrees in tho thc arts science and ped pedagogy oy He lie taught the special honors courses in mathematical science i f pure and applied ap- ap applied ap ap- plied in the tho Dublin un er lIt colleges for men and women omon to students of oC tho ho late lato Royal University of oC Ireland at ot Black Rock SL St Stephens Stephen's Stephens Stephen's Steph Steph- ens en's Green Eccles street Lorello and later lafr r was lecturer In these courses at Maynooth t n th college F For ten ten years ho he I IW W was professor at tho the National TrainIng Train Train- I tog inS college for primary teachers and andwaN was waN mathematical examiner for the Intermediate in intermediate intermediate In- In and national universities examiner in Irish for the Royal College College Col Col- lege of or Surgeons When week Insurrection took look place in 1016 1916 Do De Valera was engaged In ht research work in quaternion calculus a L powerful space calculus invented In by William Iowan Howan Hamilton of oC Trinity TrinH college Dublin under the tho direction of or Dr Br Conway at dt the 1 National university Do Valera also taught Gaelic during this period De Valeras Valera's first real contact with the tho Irish struggle for independence came durl during b the Insurrection Insurrect Ion of ot week 1016 1916 With a a. little moro more than men ho he held an area of or Dublin Dublin Dublin Dub Dub- lin n against two divisions of or the English Eng Eng- En English lish army until ordered to surrender by Padriac Pearse commander of or the Irish volunteers Tho The British commanders commanders commanders comman comman- ders said D DC Valeras Valera's men had handled their guns uns with deadly accuracy Ordered to He lie Shot hot For this fight DC De Valera was court court- and ordered to lo be shot World World wide protests against tho ho ex execution execution ex- ex caused It to bo be commuted to life lito imprisonment De Do Valera was tho the only one of tho leaders o of the Insurrection insurrection insurrection tion who was not executed At tho the Dartmoor prison with sixty four other Irish l prisoners he lived d under prison law which called for or a n. four Cour inspections a D. day absolutely no talking of or an any kind and one hour of or exercise out of oC ty four When hen Professor Eoln McNeil J of or the tho National University of Dublin arrived at tho jail as prison prisoner r Do Valera shocked the tho authorities b by calling out outto outto outto to the Irish prisoners Irish volunteer volun volun- teer Attention Eyes Ees Left Loft LeftA LoftA A few days later he was ordered to pick pek oakum as punishment f for r passing passIng passing pass pass- ing a 3 loaf loa of bread to lo a fellow prison prison- er He Ho refused to comply with the or or- der When he was charged with refusal to work he went on a n. hun hunger er strike until tho lie charge was withdrawn Then he was vas transferred to Maidstone prison where he ho I lived hed with En English convicts At this time the British government under pressure of or outside opinion released re released re- re leased 2000 Irish prisoners of or war who were at Internment and sent cent tho remaining lG Irish prisoners prison prison- ers including Do to Lewes prison prison pris pris- on on whom they were granted certain concessions After a 3 few fe months at this place DC De Valera got Jot In touch with men outside out- out side aide the prison and arranged for Cor a n. re TC- TC bellion bt At an appointed appoint d time De DC Valera demanded d that the hc 2 Irishmen bo ho treated d as prisoners of oC war When hen tit tho demand was refused the men wen went t b back k to their cells and proceeded t to wreck reck them The They broke each of tilt e twenty four panes of ot sla glass s in each o othe of f tho the t tolls cells This action brou brought ht nn an Immediate answer from tho British home office Tho The men were split up and sent t to prisons at M Maidstone Parkhurst an and Portland The They were put nut in chain gangs gang s and anil the concessions granted them thorn were taken away Finally further pressure pressur from without caused the British h government goy gov to unconditionally release alof allor all al of or the tho prisoners Elected to Parliament nt On Ort leaving Pentonville Penton prison D Dt c was wall handed a 0 telegram asking askin g to accept tho nomination as Re Ito Republican publican candidate for c.- c. parliament foi fo East Clare Clarc Do went to Clan and after aUer reading the proclamation o 0 Eamonn Do De era Fa president of oj the thc Irish re republic public Valera who is now in the lice United States seeking g to float a loan Ionic with which to finance the Irish home lionie rule movement P 4 I S. S II I I II l I I t a y v vY 1 Y Y I 4 A I I I s j ya a t 3 a a. a x jI jI I I r I I l s sP P V Va a c t s swi I wi Re rJ A I I II I I I the insurgents of oC the Dublin insurrection insurrection tion told tho the people that thit ho thou thought ht I those people had represented Irish as aspirations as- as He lie was elected to lo parliament by a vote voto twice as largo larso ab as that of cC f his opponent P. P Lynch 1 K Ci C. Co an In Influential influential In- In business man Do De then turned his attention to the organization of or the country lie lac realized that his party part would have havo to lo declare itself before tho limo peace conference conference con con- ference met so 50 he called a n convention I consisting of representatives from Crom each in Ireland He lie laid before them tho the scheme of or or organization tho rho existing Sinn Fein organization providing a nucleus This Sinn Fein Pein or organization dated back to Grattan's parliament up I It t to tho lito union In ISO 1503 After Arter the tho war I for tor the tho independence of or America England Lugland Lug Eng land was wa forc forced d by her weakened condition condition condition con con- and the strength of or the tho Irish Insurrectionists in insurrectionists In- In to pasts pass tho the renunciation act of or Geor George c IV ly renouncing claim to lo legislation for Ireland now no and for- for |