Show DE VALERA PROMISE REVIVE STORY OF Irish President Says Free Erin Will Take Up Notes of 1866 By Oy Associated Press LONDON LONION Juno 27 Thu Tho Tho new movement move mont ment In Irish politics organized or by Sir Horace Plunkett etl under r tho the title of oC Tho The Irish Dominion League is 18 re- re ceh Ing great encouragement according accords accord accord- s I ing to the press Sir Horace Horae will Issue a manifesto at an earl early date dale Th The chief object of the league ICI Is to II secure a I settlement of or the Irish question question ques Clues tion along alonS' lines of or dominion c home rule rull and create n. n representative bod body of Iri Irishmen both Ulster men and rand Nationalists Nationalists Nationalists Nation Nation- I who are arc genuinely g anxious to toI solve the tho problem and whom the got go I eminent ma may consult OLD BOND ISSUE NEW V YORK June 27 If If the tho Irish I republic Jc gains ains its freedom It will as assume assume assume as- as sume full Cull responsibility for tho the Fenian bond vie is-vie n as yet unpaid which was floated in the United Stat States g In on behalf of Irelands Ireland's cause aus It was NIS announced here b by De DeValera DeValera Valera ra president o of the Irish re republic republic republic re- re public In connection c with the announcement announcement announcement announce announce- I ment one o of the Irish leaders leader's party part IH here rc told something of the history of or orI the Fenian bond issue Officers and I soldiers of the Conf Confederate deratt anI and Union armies after tho the close cloHe of the Civil w. w war r became active In the Irish cause these thes men Including some of or the most famous those tines times A plan was adopted whereby money was to tobo toh bo he h raised for fOl Irish freedom and it was hoped to obtain the tho deliverance I of that country from England b by j force POLICY CAUSES SPLIT I The policy to I IM he enacted u c. caused ell a aI split in the faction One wing decided de- de de decided Ie- Ie to strike c al at En England at the nearest nearest near near- I f est t point Tits TIns was in the year 1866 1366 67 an and as a result there ensued the tho Fenian raids on Canada including the hi historic en engagement of ot the Battle of the Windmill The opposing faction fa favored 0 the I sending sanding of funds to the Irish volunteers volunteers volun volun- I in Ireland Irelan to help them therm In their efforts to resist the British army I Both of or these attempts were futile SHAFTER SHATTER IS MENTIONED I Gen General ra Shatter Shafter at the time of the I Fenian raids raid commanded the First regiment of or infantry and it Is said that according to his own statement h gave gawe a number of his forces to toI I th the tho cause General Meade leade the tho vie vic victorious loader leader at Gettysburg was commanding commanding com com- I manding tho the American forces along alongI the border during th the raids an and ac according according ac- ac I cording conlin to the stor story of tho the De Valera Va- Va Ira ra a adherents allowed the to togo togo go o through tho the lines but afterward closed tho the gap I The Tho notes Issued during these years ears by tho the Fenian lenders leaders were In small denominations and were purchased mainly by Ly working people Although the had not been officially recognized by President Andrew Andrew Andrew An An- drew Johnson he ho upon the request of a Fenian Feman dele delegation atlon released from prison John A A. Mitchel grandfather of or the late John Purroy Mitchol Mitchel form former r ma major or of oC New York so that he could go o to Paris and act as fiscal fiscala I a agent ent for the tho loan |