IRISH AFFAIRS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17613, 16 November 1922, Page 7

IRISH AFFAIRS.

MISS MacSWINEVS HUNGERSTRIKE. (By C«bl»—P»*» Association—O&pjrijht.) (AuairtKan and N.Z. Othl* Aasooisiion.) LONDON, November 14. Sc«nes similar to those witnessed when the late Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, hunger-struck, are being enacted in the case of his sister, who has be*n hunger-striking in Dublin for the past twelve day*. Crowds assemble nightly outside tho prison and recite the rosary loudly enough to be heard inside. Mr W. T. Cosgrave, President of th* Dail Eireann, is receiving numerous protests against her detention. His invariable reply is that: "De Valera, Mary MacSwiney, and their associates are responsible for bloodshed in Ireland. We will not- allow the discharge of our duties to the nation to be hampered by consideration for any individual."

A WASHINGTON INCIDENT. (Received November 15th, 11.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, November 14. Muriel MacSwiney, widow of Terence MacSwiney, was arrested to-day in company with eight other women members of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic while marching in front of the British Embassy carrying banners demanding the release of Mary MacSwiney. The women were held on 500 dollars bail pending the hearing of the case. Mrs MacSwiney announced that she would not furnish a bond, and the others followed her example. The police had warned the women not to picket the British Embassy since there was a specific Washington ordinance forbidding such measures. REBEL ACTIVITIES. ("The Times.") (Received November 16th, 1.15 a.m.) LONDON, November 15. Messages from Dublin state there has been a renewal of ambushes by rebels. Two were killed and several wounded, and a woman was also shot dead. An armed band stopped a train near Limerick, detrained the passengers, sprinkled the carriages with petrol, and aet them on fire.