Foreign News: Irish Pot Pourri

¶ Mrs. Despard, sister of Field Marshal Earl French, had her bed carried outside the Kilmainham Prison, stating that she would remain in it on hunger strike until three women prisoners, also on hunger strike, are liberated.

¶ Con Meany, Commandant of the Irish Republican Army in County Cork, one of the few remaining irregular leaders, was captured by Free State troops.

¶ Irregulars fired upon a passenger steamer which was proceeding down the Suir river from Waterford. There were no casualties.

¶ Dan Breen, formerly resident in Chicago, another prominent irregular, for...

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