COUNTESS MARKIEVICZ
TO LECTURE TO-NIGHT
Opens Fight on Free State
With Theater Rally.
Constance Countess Markievlcz, Irish
revolutionist, who arrived here Friday
by the Aqultania to persuade the citi
zenry of the United States that the Irish
Free State is all wrong, will speak to
night at 7:30 o'clock at the 'Majestic
Theatre, Grove and Montgomery streets,
Jersey City. On her arrival she asserted
that Collins and Griffith were "traitors
to the cause they originally espoused."
Countess Constance's professed object
in visiting the United States is to dis
illusion Americans on the supposed pop
ularity ot the Irish Free State In Ire
land. She asserts that 90 per cent, of
the Trish army Is solidly in favor of an
absolute Irish republic.
Other speakers at to-night's meeting
will be the two representatives in this
country of the Irish Republican party,
Austin Stack and J. J. O'Kelly.
The Irish Countess is accompanied!
here by Miss Kathleen Barry, whose
brother, Kevin Barry, was executed by
the British for participation in an at
tack on British soldiers.
HAYES APPOINTMENTS
UNTIL JULY ANNOUNCED
Archbishop Will Attend Four
Commencements.
Judrlng by the long list of episcopal
appointments made public yesterday by
tho Rev. Stephen J. Donohue, secretary.
Archbishop Hayes will be kept ex
tremely busy from now until the middle
of July filling them.
The dates Include confirmations in all
the churches in the archdiocese, meet
ings of the trustees of the cathedral aiid
orphan asylums, theological conferences,
board meetings, dedications of churches
and schools and meetings of the diocesan
council*.
