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Show NOTED IRISH LEADER f DIES M HUNOER LORD MAyBr MACSWJNEY PA8SE8 "1 AWAY IN ENGLI8H. PRISON ON 4J SEVENTY-THIRD DAY. " Began Hunger Strike on August 12, Jl When, With Ten of His Associates, j He Was Arrested on tho Charge ' of Sedition. London. Tcrcnco MncSwIney, lord moyo" of Cork, died nt IJrlxton prison I .Monday morning, October 25, follow- ' f Ing n hunger strlko of sevenfy-thrco days. ' Tho etory of tho Bctf-starvatlon of 3 Torenco MacSwiney, lord mayor of Cork, probably will become ono of tho most moving chapter of tho centuries- long history of tho IrlRh struggle. No . other controversy hna atlrrcd Great llrltaln so deeply n this slnco tho ono that centered upon Cecil Rhodes, when tho Jameson raid wus balked by Paul Krugcr and tho rnldcri Imprisoned. Impris-oned. H MncSwiifey'sJiunger strlko was be- gun on August 12 when, with ten ot ' his UK-ociates, ho was arrested hy sol- H dlcrs in Cork, while attending n acs- I slon of n Sinn Fein court. After trial H by a courtmartlal tinder the regain- , tlons of tho Defenco of tbo Itealm net, 'I ho wns found guilty of sedition and ,1 enlenccd to two years' Imprisonment, "'H which ho wns serving In Urlxton prls- on In Loudon. 4H MacSwiney, then an nldormnn oC ,fl Cork, was elected lord mayor of the H city ut n special session of tho Cork 'H corporation on March ,10 of tills year. H Ho was n well-known Sinn Fein lender H and, prior to his election, had been H deported and Imprisoned novcml times, H ono of tho latest notoblo Instances of H his confinement having been In 1010, H In connection with tho Irish Euster ro- H When arrested on August 12, Mac- M Swlney mnnaged to cscapo to tho H street from tho back of the city hall, H which sollders had surrounded, but was -H captured outside. Ho was tuken to -H the military barracks and camo up for H trial on August 10. Tho courlmnrtlnl found him guilty of having control of H tho secret police cipher, of having In Ids possession n document likely to H cause disaffection, namely, a copy of H a resolution of tho Cork corporation "H pledging nlleglnuce to Dull Elrcnnn, H tbo Irish ltcpifbltcan parliament, nnd H of having tundo u seditious speech on H tho occasion of , his election. H Already weak ut tho trial becauso H of hbVrefosnl to takofood, MacSwiney, H disputed tho Jurisdiction of tho court, U saying: "I am tho lord mayor of this -H city and lis chief magistrate. I declare H this court Illegal and those Inking part H In It lluhlo to arrest under tho law H of tho Irish republic." H Tho day following tho trial, Lord H Mayor MacSwiney wns deported to Eu- H gland aboard a destroyer, under a H heavy military escort, and wns lodged H In Urlxton Jail. Tho government no- H nounced on August 10 thnt hu wua H sentenced to two yonra' Imprisonment. M MncSwincy's hunger strike brought dfl numerous solicitations nnd protests U H tho Ilrltlsh authorities', many ot th ifl appeals being from sympathizers ! 'I tho United States. ' ' Even a threat from tbo Sinn Fein in H Ireland, that, In tho event of his death, H a general strike and serious dlslur- H bailees would prevail throughout th H Island. M An appeal was taken directly to ih H king, but this also proved unavailing. H |