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16

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1933.

STORY OF

OF GENERAL O'DUFFY

LEADER WHO CARRIES

COSGRAVE'S BATON

IRELAND'S MAN OF THE MOMENT

(By G. S.")

President Zamora How has to decide how to have a general elec-i tion without having a crisis wall. He must also find a tempor-| ary Prime Minister to kept order

Eoin O'Duffy-what is his stur?, minor leader of the rebellion to the until a now and more represents-Cumann nan Gaedheal, the Centre position of arst heutenant to tive government ean be formed. Party and the National Guard have valera, quickly recognised the gift.

The situation calls for the choice formed a common front against de of administration in 'Dutty. of a politician above party war-Valera, and General O'Duffy has sont him to Ulster, to organise the fare, but M. Besteiro, the Socialist been chosen leader.

movement there.

de

Ho

and im

He did

O'Dully was arrested university professor, who presides Cosgrave, with the curly fair over the present Cortes, and is the hair and bright look of youthful-prisoned in Belfast gaol. only member of the Assembly who ness: whose careful clothes, not stop organising; he led the pri can be considered to possess this courtesy and gentleness misled Mise soners in a hunger strike. qualification, has already refused Mary MacSwiney

into Labelling

His career from then until the "that little laim the Premiership twice,

Insignificent Bigning of the Treaty was a hectic his Socialist Moreover,

from col- fellow"; who plunged

a one-in and out of gaol, moving. league, tlie ex-minister, Largo quict business career into the hurri-secretary from village to village and the from town to town, organising all the President cane of Irish politics, fought Caballero, attacked

which was threatening to the time. yesterday, and that cannot encour-graft age Sener Zamora to form an choke the administration of Dublin,! interim Socialist ministry.

*

The Tale of A Hat

could

A girl who

Deuteronomy, And had studied

economy.

В

It was

In Belfast, again, after the truce and as head of his party and Pre-i 1921, there was work for O'Duffy, work than. more difficult aj-even sident of the Executive during decade won for Ireland the re-hitherto, for now Collins appoint-

was.

The Treaty was

Formed Civic Guards Ruthless And Canning

it is clear that And 80

January, 1922. Eoin O'Duffy, who to the English public passed, the Irish Free State born

sparse re so short a time ago was merely a and thrown on its own name on a sweepstake ticket, a un-sources. The work began of creal- formed figure in newspaper photo-ing order out of chaus, of bringing apell graphs beaming upon the prim line law to a nation demoralised in the of hospital nurses drawn up beside struggle, of stamping out the cri- domestic "the drum of fate" must be a re-minality which had grown beyond markable man-must have a re-the capacity of the police.

To O'Duffy, the organiser, was markable story.

The story begins tranquilly. Eoin assigned a leading part in forming the Civic O'Duffy, engineer, becomea Assis-the Government's Army, and after-

of organising Lant Surveyor O'Duffy, of County warde

Guards who succeeded the Royal Monaghan.

But between As a recruit to the Irish Volun-Irish Constabulary.

two milestones lica tho teers, which later became better thesZ known 18 the Irish Republicanshadow of the death of Michael Col

Went to skate at the rink, And as quick as a wink

She sat down to study astronomy.

•

Men talk shop but women talk

A newly-wed hubby said, "Kate, That pie which you made was

just great."

Said his wife, with a stare, "But the pie is still there, So that which you ale was the

plate,"

Army, he reveals gifts AB an or-jlins. ganiser and administrator.

O'Duffy and Collins were travel-

and the British In Germany you may be arrest-spect of the world--this man has ed him liaison officer between the

Army. ed for failing to salute a Swastika: stood down. has hunded the baton rregular forces in Czechoslovakia it is now a crime to O'Duffy.

MacDermot's Frank

Centre Belfast was afire with religious Mob law governed the to utter a Nazi slogan.

Recently, a prosperous Silesian Party is itself a joining together of emotions.

the Farmers' Party and the Rale-side-streets and the alleyways. The business man was sentenced to

MacDermat is in authorities tried in vain to stop the and between Orangemen He war month's imprisonment in the town payers' League.

the line of the Irish princek. of Jagerndorf. The police had

as a banker in the Catholics, and soon it became cleat was trained accused him of shouting "Hail Hit-

to the place United States. He is good-look-that the truce ler" in the street.

a merely nominal. The ing. and maker fine speeches in The defendant protested.

the authorities O'Duffy thought He has a flat in Paris Ane voice. police had heard wrong:

At wind had and a wife from America. O'Duffy were not taking sufficient steps to stormy day and the

an engineer; his face is protect the Catholic minority. hand, and together attempt to blown away his hat; he was chas-was provide the machinery for re-ing it and shouting, "Mein hutle!" rugged; he is a poor speaker. Yet Armagh he made a speech as fierce MacDermot, who was being spoken as it was impulsive. He had of when he was arrested. storing prosperity by State ac-

of before the last General Election course, at his disposal large num- Hong Kong, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 1938. tion; the former by creating in-

ng a coming ruler of Ireland, now bers of the 1.R.A., and he threaten- dustrial employment, the latter.

with ed that if the truce were not main- Your Daily Smile

stands shoulder to shoulder by reviving agriculture. If

Cosgrave behind the broad back of tained he would use leud instead of

words. Agriculture In means can be found to divert to Conservatory Cameo

O'Duffy. America.

the farmer the money he now

"But surely you must know lots Hacks for the purchase of manu-of girla you'd rather marry than

factured goods, the worker there-me." news. recived by our special cable yesterday, of the by re-employed will again be able

"Yes, I do. But they've all said. collapse of the farm strike into consume in normal quantities Not" Americu is extremely welcome the products of agriculture. It and it may be interpretated as is hoped by the Farm Adjust-Erudite an indication that the farmers]ment Act, therefore, to restore will give President Roosevelt's the farmer to the financial posi- thus relief measures a fair trial. The tion he enjoyed in 1914, increasing difficulties confronting immediately, among other things,

about 4,000,000 in-1 the administrators of the Na-o reabsorb tional Industrial Recovery Act industrial workers, to enable him

to releases the United States led recently into reduce his debts. the creation of a Government many of the unrealisable securi- non-profit corporation. This was ties held by banks, and to pay The Difference for the twofold purpose of buy-the interest at least on his mort- ing and distributing the neces-gages. The problem presented, shopping. sities of life to the unemployed then, is how to increase rural this winter, and, at the same incomes, but in such a way that A Hard Case time. of relieving the glutted the cost of living is not thereby markets of price-depressing sur. seriously raised. The new Act planes. This corporation is now attempts this in two ways: by reported to have begun opera-adjusting prices both to producer tions the effect of which on and consumer, so that they will American markets is to create a be fair to both, and by adjusting generally optimistic reaction, supply to demand. Price adjust- Apart from the question of infilament is to be achieved by what tion and the labour and other are called "processing taxes," to problems that appear to be deprovide funds for stabilising the veloping the success of the in- prices of basic crops, such as dustrial codes will depend very corn, wheat cotton, tobacco, and largely upon the effects of the dairy products. Control of pro- Farm Adjustment Act, to aid the duction is to be achieved by administration of which the new limitation of crops and.compen- corporation has been formed. It antion paid out of the large was the decline of agriculture as grants made by Congress for the much as anything else that administration of the Act. In The Difference brought the United States to its addition, the Secretary for Agri- Some men owe their success to present troubles. So long as war cultura is empowered to license their wives. Others conditions lasted the farmer and supervise the production of wives to otheir sucess. flourished, but with the post-war all farm products, as well as to period came a falling off just make agreements for the hand- when there was an enormous in-ling of any product. In other crease of the nation's manufac words, in effect the Secretary is tures. Thus the balance between given by the licensing power industry and agriculture was complete control over agricul- badly upset; while the great de ture, which comprises a third of velopment of instalment buying, all business transacted in the together with the unbounded ex- United States. Moreover, this,

Facts You Did Not pansion of loans, although they means that agreemento made artificially supported rural pur-thereunder are analogous to

· Know. chasing power for some years, "blanket codes" under the Na- finally served to magnify the tional Industrial Recovery Act,

As a result' of a trouble when the crash came. It since their range. covers every

scalp experts reported to the has been calculated that in 1982 one from producer to consumer morican Association for the Ad American farmers could spend handling farm products, or any- only about a quarter the sum thing pertaining thereto. These vancement of Science that rad they spent in 1929; therefore, as powers are, of course, exercised headed persons are least likely to become bold and blondes most like- some 90 per cent. of the huge in-only so far as is found necessary 17 dustrial production was consum-to raise rural incomes and to Jed within the country, and as the eliminate surpluses, and, on the

farmer constitutes an important whole, business interests are not By literally tearing section of the consuming public, opposed to the measure, being molecules of crude oil and reform- Ing them into new compounds a one of the principal aims of prepared to pay reasonable pro New Jersey oll plant is manufac President Roosevelt's plans for cessing taxes in return for the turing high compression motor recovery must be the restoration elimination of cut-throat com of the purchasing power derived petition and a higher retail price, fuel, safety fuel for aircraft, a superior kerosene and solvents for from agriculture. So far the Although the total cost to the paint and varnish; news dealing with the American consumer is not expected to ex experiment has been concerned coed: 8 per cent of the present mainly with its Industrial and price level, price increases have financial aspects. A recent already considerably added to reams and flares motal tubing article by Louls H, Cook in The the cost of relief. On the other quickly Saturday Evening Post" explains hand, the Act only came into [clearly how the National Indus-operation in August, and many

Olful

It was upon the athletle side of ling together in the south-west. All the movement, rather than the mill.but one or two anti-Trusty columns tant, that he concentrated at frst; of irregulars had been dispersed, and athletics have never ceased 10 but struggling bands of sulpers and be one of the dominant interests in sharpshooters still roamed in the his life. Then. when the 1918 hills of Kerry and West Cork. Rebellion collapsed, when the 1.R.A... A point came at which O'Duffy wax divided into local area brigades and Calins had to separate, each to the and shots in the dark and guerilla direct a strategical move in

O'Duffy never saw his warfare become the order of the same area. day, he asked if he might join this chief alive again; Collins was am- military side. General Mulcahy bushed and shot in the head only a She got caught in the rain,appolated him Commanding Officer few minutes after the parting of

their ways. of the Monaghan Brigade. And I mention with pain

O'Duffy the soldier was ruthless,

Confirmed Bachelor That she now has a horrible colf.

(cool and cunning. He trained his O'Duffy, in organising the Civic troopa in drish commands-partly Guarda, had to fight not only law. because he loved the language, but lessness but scepticism and ridicula. mostly to myatify the enemy.

Lanky, awkward country boys - were

There was a gay girl who played With her hat tossed coquettishiy

golf,

OIL,

+

*

*

owe

als Sunday Dinner

Mary bought a little lamb It was so very small

their

I do not know how many bar- the very raw material he took in racks he captured and burned; I hand and be turned them into a do know that a headquarters officer finely disciplined body. For twelve said of him, "O'Duffy is a man years he remained Commissioner of whom I can tell to capture a bar-the Civic Guards. His enthusiasm. racks, then I can go to bed and for athletics became a matter of He initiated a wave of enthusiasm for sport throughout Gifted Organiser

the country, and raised funds for ~ Michael Collins, who himself had the cause with magical success. risen from a pale, dark-haired [Continued on Page 213,

That when her husband took his sleep, and read about it being done policy now."

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She'd nona herself at all.

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