Show PA PASS Hf O OAM AM AMECA RICAN C I State Department Declines to Act in Behalf of MacSwineY's MacSwiney's MacSwiney's Mac- Mac Swiney's Brother WASHINGTON Dec 11 li By Universal Universal Universal Uni Uni- versal Service Service Tho Tho department of state has ref refused sed a passport to Peter Joseph MacSwiney an American citizen citizen citizen citi citi- zen and resident of New York brother broth broth broth- er ei of th the late late Lord Mayor MacSwiney MacSwiney l ney of Cork Though officials refused to discuss th he the matter it was established today that Mr MacSwiney l applied to the American embassy in London for the passport rt two weeks after his brothers brother's brothers brother's brothers broth broth- ers er's death The embassy asked the state department for instructions and was ordered by Norman Davis acting secretary of state to refuse Mr MacSwiney r is is now in Cork one of the districts declared by Premier Lloyd George to be under martial law SENATORS INDIGNANT Both Senators Walsh of Massachusetts and nd Norris of Nebraska members members members mem mem- bers of the American commission in investigating investigating investigating in- in conditions in Ireland ex expressed expressed expressed ex- ex pressed indignation when they learned of the action taken talen by the state department matter I will bring this outrageous before the senate on Monday said Senator Walsh tonight Apparently there is neither reason justice nor mercy in the policy of the state department de department department de- de in this matter I will de demand demand demand de- de mand an immediate explanation Every Everyday Everyday day of delay this poor fellows fellow's life is isn in n danger Senator Norris said The refusal of a passport to an American citizen of unblemished reputation guilty of no offense except an anxiety to reach his us dying brother is outrageous I Intend intend to ask that thit the matter be investigated and given full publicity I WHAT SISTER SAYS Miss Nary Mary ary MacSwiney sister and and Mrs l Muriel MacSwiney sister-in-law sister I of Peter MacSwiney l expressed the tho I greatest concern when informed nned of MacSwiney's position My two brothers Peter and John are aro now in Cork said Miss Mary l I have not heard from either since I left Ireland on on November November Novem- Novem ber er 14 John lives in Canada and Peter eter in New York As my brother Terence's hunger strike progressed the strain on the two wo boys became unbearable and bothof both both- bothof of them came to England without waiting for the formality of passports pass pass- ports Miss MacSwiney did not know the details as to how her brothers managed managed man man- aged to reach rach England Information in in n the hands of the state department I reveals that they shipped as as' as coal passers as ers from a Canadian port j Acting Secretary of State Davis when questioned said that he did not hot remember the details of the case If an American passport was re refused refused refused re- re fused him he said he is in the hands of the British and they must dispose of the case as they think best To go abroad without a passport on ona ona ona a seamen seamen's s certificate is a violation of international law Of course if he took ship from a Canadian port he will have to answer to British authorities for that Mr Davis was asked whether MacSwiney MacSwiney MacSwiney Mac Mac- Swiney could be barred from America if deported by the British I I cannot give an opinion offhand he said It It is possible he might I would rather not attempt to discuss the merits of the case as the details de details details de- de tails are not fresh in my mind |