DYING LORD MAYOR

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10688, 7 September 1920, Page 6

DYING LORD MAYOR

THE M'SWINEY CASE

CHARACTERISTIC TALK BY BERNARD SHAW.

By Telegraph—PrC6S A.ssn.-r-Ccg?yright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received September 6, 9.55 p.m.) NEW YORK, September 5.

The "New Y'ork American's" correspondent at Parknasilla, County Kerry, interviewed Mr George Bernard Shaw, who said: "The McSwiney hunger-strike is practically a form of determination to die rather than to submit to a decree of punishment, and a careful Government should therefore be most careful how it decrees punishment, because it will either be forced to reduce itself to tho absurdity of unconditional surrender or else to go through with it and become responsible to the public conscience for the victims of death. I would not be in Mr Lloyd George's shoes for anything. If he really wishes to make McSwiney a martyr, McSwiney is the sort of martyr who burns with tho brightest and fiercest flame.'' DOCTORS APPREHENSIVE. LONDON, September 5. McSwiney has lost so much strength that he cannot converse with his relatives, even for a few minutes. The prison doctors are , very apprehensive. LAW MUST TAKE ITS COURSE. Keuter's Telegram. (Received September 7, 1.5 a.m.) • LONDON, September 6. Mr Lloyd George, replying to the request" of Mr Hylan, Mayor of New York, to release McSwiney, states that the policy firmly' says that he cannot interfere with the course of' justice and isV.