MAROONED IRISHMAN

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 56, 7 March 1921, Page 2

MAROONED IRISHMAN

i MR. ESMONDE'S LONELY VIGIL. 'AN AUTHORITY ON HARBOURS. . I liOl'Nl) ]■■()]• V.VXrrifVKH. lie nil};hl to kIU.W someilliuj/ uliullt ' tin- stil.j.vi. as In. has just -fH-nt (wii ! m.mill- L'aziiu.' ;it tin- beauties uf I'nrt ' ••lileUim 1>..Ml tin' ile.-k ..I llw Van- ' coiiver liner MiiUiini Uγ- -Iμ- Ih\ idl\ ;it ■ anchor in WatsonV |{ay. inn I hi- prrf.-r- ---- Waiu-m.-Ua. llw Vohmriiu,' llf the Auckland Harbour appeals (•■ him very ' much. I Mir iiiithorily is Mr. l>. f. '(.r.Utan Ksmonde, Hint' I here i> iiothinir of |iK|iii- in his prcdilcetion fur I In- New u ZottliiMil rival of tin' L'n-.-it Australian showpicci' ill" wilier. A.< 111 -ill pi'rrlicil mi tin' rail of llie Makiira this nn.ruing Riiinkini! a rijjar thai jravi , olfactory j evidence tli.«l In- -o.nl judgment ! includes the soothing leaf «.- well a- ! harbours iiml |>ort>s. Mr. Krniondc ili.l ' nut di-].!av tin' -li_'ii:.e-t lecliii- about his .-nforei'il -i ix on board llie fnii.n I boat. He wear-' a monocle, an,! in hi* I manner al-<. Mi-.'c-t- «li:«l iiii-.'hl be 1 culled the " iiimik .. ''■ Ililbil "f lllin'1."" lie iin .|llitn linrilfhVil. an.l t>"- tiling- he -iiy- alM.lll l.he putter." Ihill lie ;ire n<,t : hall m> null- at. one n-ulilil e\|ieet. The jnnl> lliiiitf that i-.allv doe- worry him is that some enterj>risiii» Sydney news pjipec blazoned it abroad that lie was ' "on nn important diplomatic mis-inn connected with Irish all'airs." lie never J mad.' Hii.-h a claim, lie says', and it. now wondering how he will explain the matter tn hi- friends at Motile. The rtorv "f tli- "Irish envoy" was caUe.l t<. London, and the fact that he should be accused of having made such a ridiculous claim is the only point about, which he fo<ls really pore. Mr. Ksmonde admit* that he "aw '|uite 'enoujrh of Sydney Harbour, but he w,~ not s.i dull a> be imagined. Lots nf visitors ranic i. lll in launches and boat." to see him. and he carries back with him some substantial souvenirs of the friends he ma.le over the ships rail. What row-ted .he idea of the vnunß Iri-hman brine doomed tn the fate of the hero of the "Flying Dut'-hman w«o the fact that while he o= in Australia »lip vise- of the various consuls on hipassport were cancelled by ..he authori- ! iies. and now he does not know whether he will be readmitted to I anada or I whether .hex .ill Lurn him nai-K and I compel him ' once more make thr [journey over 'lie I'acilic. only to Itnd I tli-: same fate nwsiitinu' him in Au«- ---! irnlia This ram-el la lion he claims was I ~,ii!.e illegal and wrooffful. and until he ! bu.-k to Vancouver in , has no, idea how lie stand-. KefTiinlin" his refu-ai to lake the Outliof A'!'-y;:ii'.ce in Australia, he <ays I lhaf lie did -o became it we* tOt up ! specially for his benefit, and had never ! been used before or <irw-e. lie took the I matter as a personal insult. It will be remembered that the Australian authorities nfierwaril* withdrew their | offer of a landing if Mr. K-monde would ; I take ilie oath, and subsequently pro- i j hibiti'd htm nb-o'.utoly from gotne ' a-hore. Ri'ynnd beinc allowed ;>n shore j tn attend eiiiireh on Sundays and a run I 1 up town once to do some nece-sary shop- | ping, and a vi-it to the bank to arrange 1 for"'th<i sending l>aok to Canada of his . i money. Mr K-monde wa* kept on board the Mskura during the whole of the two i j month- he has been waiting for the ' iir-1. steamer returning to Vancouver. ! The strike of the steward- of course! i lengthened hi- <tay in Sydney harhour ' J most unexpectedly. Mr.' Ksmonde said Ihe wa.s not to -be allowed to land in I Auckland, but he evidently has friends! here, for before the ship had been along- j side the wharf many minutes he had a . <_to.i|i of shore people alongside him at ! I ,!>.- ship , - side. ! "No. I had not the remotest idea that I 1 ua- to (Til through the e\m>rience I i have just had in Au-tralia." replied Mr. ! K-monde to a 'Star" reporter - - query. i •■When I left Vancouver 1 did not e\- ■ 1 peef .to have preatne-ss thrust upon mc iin this way: and even now." fie iuMeft j with :i puzzled smile, a< he returned to j his familiar occupation of looking over the ship* rail. "I have never been tol.l why they won't let mc land." j