1 11,Grosvenor place,
Rathmines,Dublin. 30 — 1 — 16. My Dear Father, Many thanks for your letter and enclosure, here duly on Friday
Lire all of other letters that reach me, it bore obvious signs of having
been steamed and re-gummed. As for American letters, I have pri—
vate information that some letters which left Ireland early in decem—
ber (just after the new and rigorous censorship was instituted ) were
detained in Liverpool till last week! This in itself, apart from
probable detention, would greatly interrupt correspondence. A
letter i sent to Holland took 13 days to arrive; the reply took nine
days to reach me; these letters are openly censored, — that is to
say, they are marked "Opened by censor" when they arrive. A cable
I sent to Holland was never delivered at all; I am having question
asked about this, and claiming refund of the fee; but I do not expect
to get any satisfaction O'Neill's vote for the mayoralty leaves me little prospect for
that position I mentioned; but I am continuing my canvass of the Cor—
poration, less with any expectation of this particular post than with
a view to remaining them of my existence in case anything else turns
up. Murray, the cauces candidates, is certain to get it. Whether I
will let my name go forward to a vote depends on the number of pro—
mises I can get. My article on "A Forgotten Small Nationality" (written in septem—
ber and paid for in October!) will appear in the "Century Magazine"
for February. I have a had a touch of cold and sore throat the last few days
(which I never had in America, though — or because! — I was using my 2 throat a great deal more over there. Otherwise we are all in good
form. I hope you are keeping well yourself. The weather is much
milder these last few days. I have read Haig's books, and thought them rather extreme; shal
I post them too you? they are very suggestive, however.