Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-21 | Page 12 | Cardinal Appeals for Irish Prisoners

I Cardinal na Appeals Appeals' For or Irish Prisoners BELF BELFAST ST Deo Den 21 1 By A. A PO P.- P. Unhappily Ireland is threatened with another Christmas lacking the peace good will unity and charity which should be th the leading features features fea fea- tures of ot the Feast of the Nativity says a a. message of or Cardinal Logue to be read in all aU the Catholic churches of his his- archdiocese His eminence said that were it at his disposal he should have the prisons emptied and the concentration camps deserted before Christmas He lie appealed to the government of the Free State to clear its prison camps as quickly as it could retaining re retaIning retaining re- re only those convicted of ot crime or liable lIa e for trial Noting that a large largo number of ot prisoners h had d entered on hunger a strike for tor their release and that many 6 still persisted in denying themselves food the cardinal said this was his chief anxiety It It appears appears appears' to to me foolish Ineffective ineffective Inet- Inet and of ot very doubtful morality morality mor mor- allt said Bald his his message I 1 know hunger lunger strikers do n not t intend their own death but they are risking it I would earnestly appeal to them to abandon this dangerous and unlawful unlawful un- un lawful awful expedient t