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Show oo PRELATE BITTER AGAINST REBELS ;De Valera's Gang- as Bad as Black and Tans, Says Curley NEW YORK. Sept. 18. The most! RV. Michael J. Oirley. archbishop of Baltimore, declared on bis return from Europe Sunday on the Celtic, that "no American true to American i principles, should for one moment countenance the work of Kamonn de- ; "jilera as head of the Irregular troops,1 lit Ireland." "They are bent on destruction and the bringing about of chaos In Ire-1 (land." the archbishop said, referring to deValena and his followers. "Tiny have no constructs e program and can have none, because they, as a small ! minority, are fighting the Irish peo-pie. peo-pie. They are Wiling, burning and wrecking Ireland as far as they can. "There is no menace In Ireland today to-day greater th.xn ESamonn de Valera. J who seems to have completely lost )i is j head; lost his senses The people of i Ireland are suffering at tho hands of 0i' Valera's followers an much ;ls they I 'suffered at the hands of the black and tans. "The worst feature of the situation." the archbishop concluded, "is that de( i Valera and ills wreckers are receiving help from supposed friends of Ireland In America. No American, true to American principles should for one1; moment countenance the presentl armed attach on Irish principles nowl being made by a disgruntled disap-'i pointed set of men." nn |