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ART O'BRIEN SENTENCED

TWO YEARS IN PRISON.

"A TERRIBLE CRIME." The trial of the seven Irish deportees un charges of seditious conspiracy, which lasted six days, was concluded at the Old

Art O'Brien, 30, agent, President of the

AN INSTRUMENT OF EMPIRE.

THE SCOPE OF THE FILM.

Whether be in'anded to do so or not, the Prime Minister, in his speech at Oxford, paid the cinema screen one of the finest tri- butes it has perhaps over received, writes Telegraph. In Alder Anderson in the Daily

problem Bailey on July 4th. The defendants were order to solve the most urgent

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"to keep before us Irish Self-Dermination League;. Srautry, said Mr. Baldwin/ unity, wO DINEM NE conception of a time when we shall be McGraith, 40, ngent. sreretary of the able to visualise the whole Empire as one league: Sean O'Mahoney, 56, agent; single unit, so that no matter in what part Michael Galvin. 2, a teacher; "Anthony of that unit a man may live or work he may Malarkey, 33, a miner; Thomas George feel that he is fellow-citizen to every other Flynn, 23, engineer; and Denis Fleming denizen of the Empire, and that he and all

are working to a common end"

23, a seaman. :4

Late in afternoon the jury announced their verdict. Anding O'Mahoney not gunty. He was discharged. The others were found guilty, and were sentenced as follows, the imprisonment in ench case being in the second division:

REALISM RKPLACES FICTION. Could there be any better or more effective means of bringing about such s consomma- tion than the film Already it has achieved wonders in the direction indicated by Mr. Baldwin. Thanks almost entirely to the

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Art O'Brien, two years. Sean McGrath, two years. Michael Galvin, twelve months. Anthony Malarkey, twelve months. George Flynn, twelve month!

placed fiction Every typical aspect of life Denig Fleming, twelve months.

as it really is in the Dominions and Colonies Mr. Justice' Swift, summing up, said has been brought to our very eyez The the first thing jury had to consider great cities of Canada, Australasia, India, was whether there was a conspiracy, to and South Africa have become familiar to overthrow the Fren State Government be millions who have never seen them, and are tween March, 102, and March. 1923. The never likely to see them in reality. Darkest evidence of that conspicacy was manifold Africa and the sun bathed beauty of the secrets to the ubiquitous and fact was for the jury only to decide.ed

up their These who disliked the Free State Govern inquisitive cinematorgraphic lens. ment were quite entitled to their dislike, idea of emigration, if it has thus, to a but they were not entitied to use foree great extent, been robbed of mystery has The very word, in- to accomp.sh their desires. Mr. Hast.also lost its terrors. ings had said that civilisation could not deed, has had to be changed into the more exist were not the law regarded as free. appropriate term, "migration." But no one must disregard the law of England because he had a high-minded motive. 1 such a conspiracy existed it was the duty of every citizen to face the facts unflinchingly and unfalteringly, and to show that it existed, and that the law ought to deal with it.

CONTROL OF THY ČÍSIMAS.

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How very important it is that the mov- ing picture record of the Empire put before the eyes of the world should be not only produced by British subject, but exploited under British auspices,

be never too strongly emphasised. Homewhat disquieting in these circum stances to learn that a big American producing concern actually elaborated s plan about three years ago to acquire control of einemus theatres in all the principal centres in India with the object exclusively American of exliibiting in them

The Republican movement had a mili tary and political side, but there could be no distinction between two bodies of people it one did an illegal act and the other participated in the result. Most of the jury must have been astonished and shocked to find that while this films. This project, said the witness who trouble was going on in Ireland this in the American courts recently testified existence, was, he understood, part England of ours had been parcelled out as to its into military areas

of a larger comperehensive plan to make that training was going on, that dumps American films predominate everywhere, or, were being formed here in which ammum- another witness euphemistically put it,

situation. to control the theatricale whole

So far. tion was being kept for the purpose either

85 India is concerned,

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plso tai of being used here or sent to Ireland, and suddenly, to quote the first witness, called TELEPHONES' that money, guns, and ammunition werra" in the apring of 1821. being sent over to Ireland. Yet the evi hand, both in South Africa and in dence clearly pointed to that having been Australia, the " theatrical situated for done. There were documents which show to have been practically vd beyond doubt whether the defendants some time. If trade follows the film, as were responsible for it or not that there logically and inevitably must it is need- was constant, regular communication be less to point out how disastrous sach tween the people fighting against the Freu condition of things is for British enterprise, State Government in Ireland and the and still more for British prestige. Only people England, and preparations on a very large scale were being made here, miralty stated that on a per capita basis this country to act only to nasist them, but to be used the not exports from in this country for the purpose of over Europe amount to no more than 25, as compared with about £5 per head to the awing the people and the Government Dominions. The New Zealand trade with here, in order that they might attain the Mother Country is over £10 per head, their object in Ireland. While the jury against a 10d. with the United States might be astonished to learn of the aniount of communication between people in London and people in Dublin they would also probably be astonished and a little relieved to know that the author. ities in his country were not so blind or so stupid as was sometimes thought, and that they knew a good deal more of what was going on than those doing these things suspected or imagined;;

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In discussing such questions we cannot afford to be "too squeamish, nor muat we allow ourselves to lose sight of the grave issues at stake by any fallacions argu- ments about the sanctity of freedom of trade. It would be far more rational to have the historical text books used in the schools uk this country edited

by men of other nationalities than ever to sanction The jury, after an absence of half an the cinema screens of the Empire being THE NEW hour, found all the defendants guilty, monopolised by moving pictures except O'Mahoney, who was found not by any group of persons not t

with British aims. This should guilty, and was discharged.

in sympathy hold good in spite of one or two brilliant Mr. Patrick Hastings, on behalf of exceptions. As stated before, not even the O'Brien and McGruith, said if it were a most -uyod patriot could find anything fact that things were tending towards a to cavil at, for instance, in the film illustrat peaceful solution of the difficulties in Ireing some of England's great achievements and that was likely to be the last of in the East presented by that most American those trials. If his lordship could are of Americans, Mr. Lowell Thomas. his way to pass such a sentence which,

NORWAY'S" LEAD. whilst marking the gravity of the offence, Norway is in a unique position as regards could show that that Court and the the status of the cinema theatre. In that Courts of the country regarded it as a country, where innsing pictures are ex- political offence, and they hoped the last tremely popular, Stato control of the political offence, then the trial, instead cigena theatres has been in operation for

The French Com of doing anything to increase the bitter the last three years. ness, might go a long way towards put-mercial Attache in Christianis bas re ting an end to it, and be one of the cently sent his Government full particulars factors in bringing about better relations of Lu situation. The cinemas were

taken over by the State between this country and Ireland.

in the first Mr. Justice Swift, in passing sentence place not apparently so much on political- un O'Brien and McGraith. said; You seeded for various social reforms, and there have been found guilty of an offence which seemed to be no better source from which it to my mind left the jury no alternative. could be obtained. From the day on which HONGKONG CIGAR STORE CO., It was perfectly clear in my view that the new, law was promulgated every You were, each of you, parties to a then in existence became the joint property wicked seditious conspiracy to overthrow of the owner and of the municipal authorities his Majesty's Government in Ireland of the town in which the theatre was situa have listened to the appeal which has been ted, the profits being divided equally. At Kindle on your behalf by your learned the end of a stipulated period the theatres 50 Abdulla V. L. the sentence I should pass wore to become the exclusive property of the so upon you. I do not in any way inter-respective municipalities. The profits since 0 fere with the discussions of those who this regime came into force have been quite. bave to regard these matters from an- satisfactory. They are used for various 50- other point of view. I am dealing with cultural schemes.

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you only as men who have been found

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gard to your previous good characters,

Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minis

you will be detained in the wound ter, said in a speech at Oxford on "Juns division."

8th that the Conservatives won the 'gen- oral election because of six words used by Mr. Lloyd George. These were that Mr. Bonar Law was." honest to the point of simplicity." The comment of the British people on this frank tribute, according to Mr. Baldwin, was: By God, that is what we have been looking for."

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Addressing Galvin, Mularkey, Flyon, and Fleming, bis lordship said: The evi dence against you, four men was conclu sive. There was no answer to it, and it ig to be remembered in your favour that you did not go into the witness-box and lie in radeavouring to answer it. It is quite clear that you were parties to this Baldwin's use of the exclamation," By 67, conspiracy. I do not think that the God," is variously reported in some of Those which reported. position of any of you, bad as it is, is the newspapers.

Mr.

as bad as the position of those other men him nccurately were The Tunes, the occupying more prominent position, who Dully Telegraph, the Morning Port, the

led you into the trouble for which you tatminster Gazette. and the Daily

Express. The Daily Mul amended the phrase to "By heaven." The Daily News and the helly Chronicle omitted the

inust now suffer. The sentenes upon each of you is that you be imprisoned for welve calendar" months, and because you lavo enjoyed good characters you will be words By God" and gave the rest of detained in the second division.

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