THE ARGENTINE AND IRELAND

New Zealand Tablet, 14 April 1921, Page 18

THE ARGENTINE AND IRELAND

Tho municipality of Laprida, Argentina, sent the following message to Mrs. Mac Sweeney on the death of her husband : —• Municipalidad de Laprida, Republica Argentina, Laprida, October 26, 1920. Mrs. Terence Mac Sweeney, City of Cork, Ireland. . Dear Madam, —I respectfully beg to enclose herewith copy of a decree ordering the national flag to be half-masted during two days on the Town Hall of Laprida in memory of your heroic husband, Terence Mac Sweeney, Mayor of Cork, whose sufferings and great sacrifice have called the attention of the world to Ireland’s just cause, while lovers of justice cannot find words strong enough to condemn the reign of terror and the inhuman acts perpetrated by the English Government in Ireland. _ The enclosed document is written in Spanish, as it is our official language, and as well as a testimony of admiration for Ireland’s martyr it is also a message of sympathy from the people of Laprida to you in your hour of trial. I remain, dear Madam, yours truly, Timoteo Ussher. (Translation.) i Municipality of Laprida. /r I W}^ rc ' lS ’ l!' e Lord Mayor of the City of Cork (Ireland), Mr. Terence Mac Sweeney, has died in Brixton 1 r ! son (England) after enduring heroically a fast of 72 days, and since it is the duty of Governments to honor the memory of the men who sacrifice themselves foi the ideals which they believe constitute the freedom decrees peoples, the Mayor of the District of Laprida decrees: 1 i • Art. I •—-That the national flag be half-masted during two days on the Town Hall. in „ Art.;ll.—Wat a copy of this resolution be sent to the I lesident of the Republic of Ireland and to the family of the hero and martyr. Art. 111-—That it be communicated etc < , ' clay U off ° f LaPrida the 25th (Signed) . inert ; r _ ™... Timoteo, Ussher, Mayor. ... • ii<~ )y. Rodolfo Orlandi, Secretary. (Place of Seal.) ;n;: |