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In striking contrast to the silly
slobberish comments of some of
our daily papers, more English
than the English themselves, is
the following editorial from the
Brooklyn Standard Union. A con
cise and forceful article, breath
ing throughout the spirit of true
Americanism, it is a splendid de
fense of Self-Determination as ex
emplified in Ireland today.
If. England is willing the delegates
appointed by the Sinn Fein Parlia
ment in Ireland be received by the
Peace Conference in Paris and per
mitted to offer its consideration their
plea for self-determination, then, in
deed, she may be said to be in favor
of the League of Nations upon which
such great store is set by President
Wilson but.if England distinctly and
absolutely refuses such consent on the
ground that any consideration of the
matter by the Peace Conference
would be unwarranted interference
with the internal management of her
own state affairs, then there should
ljp an end to this League of Nations
talk, which, it must be remembered,
has not had the hearty and unquali
fied approval of any of the five great
powers which won the world war and
from the nucleus of the Peace Confer
ence.
There has been too much talk of
a League of Nations.
President Wilson is the originator
of the plan, and what acquiescence
was given to it by the other powers
was mainly owing to his propaganda.
At best it was a vague consent.
From the very start England made
conditions.
If there was to be a League of Na
tions it muBt be first understood Eng
land was to have the largest navy in
the world, and if the seas were to be
policed in the interest of the League
she was to do the policing.
Clemenceau, for France, argued for
a balance of power.
AMERICA MUST
SAYS NOTED
(By Patrick H. O'Donnell.)
The political situation in Ireland is
not an Irish question nearly so much
as it is an American question.
America is bound to settle this
Irish question at the peace confer
ence if she is to maintain her moral
supremacy among the nations, and
that moral supremacy of America has
builded up so many republics, and
has extended freedom so broadly on
both hemispheres, that It cannot be
abandoned even though the contest
at the peace conference is Bharp and
the opposition to American ideala
powerful.
Ireland Comes First.
America has declared for the self
determination of small nations, and
nnder the world facts, Ireland must
receive that benefit first of all, and
without limitation or' restraint. The
reason is manifest. Self-determina
tion already ha% been conceded to
Schleswig, Alsace-Lorraine, Poland,
Bohemia, Finland and Hungary. These
have become new nations, or parts of
other nations, by their own choice
and election.
Poland returned from her old mas
ters and became a united nationality
Alsace-Lorraine returned to France
Schleswig to Denmark and so on.
How did these nationalities earn
the independence and freedom they
are getting?
Parts of Central Powers.
They were all provinces and parts
of the central powers, and while such
they marshalled, their soldiers, sup
plied the revenues, gave the rulers
and were led by the commanders of
their own races that made war on the
allies and directly against the United
States.
We have readily granted the right
of self-determination to all these
people, and jnstly so. It 1b the loft
iest standard that America has ever
borne to give benefit to her enemies.
But what is the case with Ireland?
She, too, has been oppressed beyond
aBy of these.
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League's Sincerity
The great French Premier knew
what could be accomplished for peace
and for France by a balance of power,
but the peace possibilities under a
League of Nations were unknown.
Up to the present the League of
Nations is unexplained.
And that is perhaps the chief rea
son why, to please President Wilson,
the other great powers have consented
to consider it in connection with the
final treaty of peace.
The Sinn Fein programme will
about end the League of Nations.
For if ever there was a case in
which the so-called self-determination
of small nations might be permitted,
and, indeed, guaranteed by the great
powers who have acceded to Presi
dent Wilson's fourteen points as the
basis for a permanent peace of the
world, it is furnished by Ireland.
Ireland has been ruled against^her
will for 700 years.
That is conceded on all sides. Eng
land's sway in that country has been
maintained by armed force, and
scarcely a generation went by without
an armed rebellious protest on the
part of Ireland. But it was thirty
millions against ten millions, and is
now forty millions against five mil
lions.
England has a large, strongly armed
garrison in Ireland.
How hopeless an appeal to arms on
the part of the Irish in Ireland is was
shown in the rebellion of two years
ago, which was put down in little
more than a week, but, nevertheless,
revived the national spirit throughout
the land and made it more vigorous
than ever.
Then there was the recent Parlia
mentary election.
Held under the most adverse cir
cumstances, aB far as the Sinn Fein
ers were concerned, yet they' fairly
swamped their opponents, who favor
the continuation of English rule.
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IRELAND
CHICAGO LAWYED
When this war broke out her sol
diers were already enlisted men in
the English navy and English army
and went with the first. Her leaders
called for volunteers, and one man
rallied 130,000 to this war, and while
it was in progress Ireland gave 68 per
cent of her man power to this struggle
and all of them willingly and without
conscription.
She sent more produce to feed Eng
land last year than was shipped to
her from all the rest of the world.
She planted 1,000,000 extra acres of
potatoes to supply the American sol
diers as they went over .there. She
has a dead or wounded soldier for
each home In Ireland.
With the American Flag.
Not an Irishman bore arms against
the American flag (but every Irish
man that could go was with that flag
and with the standard of the allied
armies.
If America fails in placing her high
declarations into concrete law and es
tablish Ireland's freedom and make
her a nation, then history must say
that we failed in this war, as we
failed to accomplish our noblest pur
pose, and history will record that we
bestowed our favors upon our enemies
and deserted our friends.
Ireland has natural boundaries has
had a fixed civilization and govern
ment for centuries has the resources
of nationhood and is in the most ad
vanced position for international trade
of any country on earth.
I expect America to fulfill the hopes
of the world by making Ireland an in
dependent nation.
WHOLE TOWN THANKS PRIEST.
The whole town of Minocqua, Wis.,
regardless of creed, Joined recently in
a public tribute to Father Peter Rice,
pastor of St. Patrick's Church, for his
efficient work in all war activities.
Headed by a band a parade in which
every resident who could walk took
part, marched to the clergyman's
home and then escorted him to the
depot where he gave an address.
Vol XXXIIII. No. 10 Minneapolis, Minn., Saturday, February 8, 1919
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Monsignor Austin Dowling, bishop
of Des Moines, Iowa, today was an
nounced by Pope Benedict as succes
sor to the late Archbishop John Ire
land of St. Paul. The new prelate,
on a date to be selected by himself,
will be consecrated archbishop, and
will become metropolitan of the arch
diocese, having authority over all
other bishops in the district.
"The appointment takes me entirely
by surprise," said Archbishop Dowling
at Des Moines when informed of his
appointment. "I had no expectations,
no special interest in the appointment.
It is so surprising that I would rather
not talk about the matter. However,
I am pleased. I have no idea who will
succeed me here."
Bishop Dowling has been head of
the Des Moines diocese since 1912,
when he went there from the pastor
ate of the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and
Paul in Providence, R.I., after seven
years there.
Born in New York city April 6,'
1868, Bishop Dowling spent most of
childhood in Newport, R. I., and
his education was gained in the Sis
ters academy there, Manhattan col
lege and St. John's Ecclesiastical sem
inary at Brighton, Mass.
Ordained in 1891.
He was ordained a priest at the
Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in
June, 1891, after which he spent sev
eral years at Catholic university,
Washington, D. C.
Bishop Dowling was pastor for two
years of Sacred Heart parish, East
Providence, R. I. instructor at St.
John's, Brighton, for four years, and
editor of the Providence Visitor for
two years before taking up the pas
torate of St. Mary's in Warren, R. I.
He went from there to Sts. Peter and
Paul cathedral in Providence.
The Irish Prisoners
(From the Irish Independent.)
The French and Italian- governments
granted amnesty to political prison
ers on the signing of the armistice.
It has been stated that the Belgian
government will not take any steps
I to punish those Belgians who ack
nowledge German rule and assisted
the Germans during their occupation
of Belgium. Even in Scotland the
Bolshevik Consul at Glasgow, Mac
Lean, who had been tried, convicted
and sentenced to two years' imprison
ment for sedition, was released on the
eve of the General Election, at which
he was a candidate in opposition to
a Cabinet Minister.
But the Sinn Fein prisoners, many
of whom were arrested as far back
as eight months ago, none of whom
were brought to trial, are still de
tained in British prisons. The excuse
put forward for their arrest was the
"German plot," the existence of which
even reasonable Unionists refused to
credit, and Lord Wimborne stated he
knew nothing about it, although he
was Viceroy at the time it was "dis
covered" by the Government.
At any rate,' the war is now over,
the Germans are beaten to the ropes,
and the "plot," if it ever existed save
in the imagination of the Government,
cannot now be a source of danger to
the British Empire. What, then, is
the reason for still keeping a hundred
Irish men and women in prison with
out trial?
Some'fifty of these prisoners were
candidates at the General Election.
Why are they kept in prison when
MacLean was released? He was con
victed of a very serious offense. They
have not been brought to trial. Surely
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RT. REV. AUSTIN DOWLING, BISHOP OF DES
MOINES, APPOINTED METROPOLITAN OF
ST. PAUL BY POPE BENEDICT SUCCEEDS
THE LATE ARCHBISHOP IRELAND AS HEAD
OF ST. PAUL ARCHDIOCESE.
Has Had a Distinguished Career Since Ordination in 1892,
With Experience As An Instructor and in Newspaper
Work.
A Man of Strong Personality, He Has Taken Part in Many
Civic Activities in Des Moines, and Is Universally
Popular There He Has Given Special Attention to
School Work During His Seven Years Service as
Bishop of Des Moines—Surprised At His Appoint
ment, He Is Preparing to Come to His New Field of
Labor—Elevation to Archbishopacy to Take Place at
Easter Time.
Paul.
See
Announced From Rome.
The cable from Rome today de
clares that the pope has promoted
Monsignor Dowling to metropolitan of
the diocese of St. Paul. The term met
ropolitan is used interchangeably
with archbishop, although in the early
church history there was a slight
shade of difference.
Official announcement of the pro
motion had not been received at the
episcopal residence, according to Rev.
Thomas Welch, secretary.
"Bishop Dowling has been a visitor
of the late Archbishop Ireland on sev
eral pccasions in recent years," said
Father Welch. "I do not recall
%that
he officiated on any of these occa
sions. He and the late archbishop
were close friends."
The elevation of Bishop Dowling to
the office of archbishop will be made
after his consecration, date of which
can be arranged by the bishop himself.
Other Episcopate Appointments.
Rev. Edmund F. Gibbons of Buffalo
has been nominated bishop of Albany,
succeeding the late Monsignor Thomas
F. Cusack. The Rev. William Turner,
professor at the Catholic university in
Washington, D. C., becomes bishop of
Buffalo. The Rev. Edward Dionysius
Kelly has been transferred from the
titular bishopric of Cestre to a resi
dential one at Grand Rapids, Mich,
bishop of Gradapoli, has been nomin
ated coadjutor bishop at' Provi
dence, R. I.
Among the prominent Catholic pre
lates who had been mentioned as pos
sible successors to Archbishop Ireland
were Bishop Peter J. Muldoon of
Rockford, 111., which is a part of the
archdiocese of Chicago, and Bishop
Patrick Joseph Hayes, auxiliary bishop
of New York, and Archbishop James
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that should not account for the dif
ferent treatment meted out to them.
Already one of these prisoners has
died in jail. It Is possible that there
may be further and even worse trag
edies if they are not speedily released.
Public bodies in Ireland have de
manded the release of these prisoners
as an act of justice, and similar de
mands are coming from the Irish in
America. The English Government
cannot afford to disregard public opin
ion much longer.
MILITARI8M IN IRELAND.
Dublin, Jan.
25.—The
military auth-
orities have seized St. Enda's College
in Dublin County, founded by Patrick
Pearse, who was executed in connec
tion with the Easter Week rebellion
in 1916.
Patrick H. Pearse, the Provisional
President of Ireland, was executed in
Dublin on May 3, 1916. At the time
of the Easter Week yprising he was
in charge of St. Enda's. Thomas Mac
Donagh, who was executed at the same
time, was assistant to Pearse at St.
Enda's.
The college was founded principally
for the promotion of the Gaelic lan
guage and Gaelic literature.
PEACE MEDAL.
(Catholic Press Cablegram)
Rome, Jan. 27.—The Pope is hav
ing coined a special 1919 medal com
memorating the 'cessation of war.
On the obverse side it bears the fig
ure of Pope Benedict with the inscrip
tion "BenedictuB XV, Principle Pacis
Vicarlus." On the reverse side is an
image of the Redeemer with angels
on either side representing justice and
peace.
Soldiers in Trenches
Father Duffy of Fighting %ixty-Ninth
Has Found No Evidence of
"Atrocities of Huns."
In a letter written to a brother
priest in New York, Father Duffy,
chaplain of the famous Sixty-ninth
Regiment which distinguished itself
on the battlefront of Stance, has de
nied many of the statements of atroc
ities committed by the Germans.
"You civilians may hold grudges
but we soldiers don't," he writes. "In
the first place you have been fed on
stuff which our fellows call 'Bull.'
We have fought the Germans two
long tricks in the trenches, and in
five pitched battles, and they never
did anything to us that we didn't try
to do to them. And we played the
rotten game of war as fairly as it can
be played.
"We followed their retreat through
three sectors, in two of which they
had been for years and we never wit
nessed any of the 'atrocities' we read
about. A church burned at St. Be
noit without any good military reason
that I could see a building used as a
hospital shelled with loss of life (the
beggars nearly got me there), but
there was no way for them to know
it was a hospital works of art piled
up for looting from Chateau Thierry.
That is the whole indictment. But no
crucified soldiers, no babies with their
hands cut off, no girls outraged in
trenches to provoke our soldiers to
rush on to death to rescue them, no
poisoned food or wells, no women
chained to machine guns and no pris
oners playing treachery.
"1 know that sometimes some of
our own soldiers wrote such things
home only to be in for a guying when
some trustful relative gave it to the
press, but nobody I feel sure in the
Forty-second Division.
January 30.—Hon. William E. Mason
(R.) Illinois, argued in Congress on
January 17 for a league of nations.
He quoted this extract from President
Wilson's address at Mount Vernon as
a point toward universal peace:
"The settlement of every question,
whether of territory, of sovereignty,
of economic arrangement, or of politi
cal relationship, upon the basis of the
free acceptance of that settlement by
the people immediately concerned, and
not upon the basis of the material in
terest or advantage of any other na
tion or people which may desire a
different settlement for the sake of its
own exterior influence of mastery."
"Today there is no doubt that those,
who sit at the peace table, will hear
and consider the just claims of all the
little peoples of the earth except Ire
land. We are told that this is purely
an English question, and some say
purely an Irish question. I say It is
neither."
Mr. Tilson, of Connecticut, inter
rupted him to ask how far he would
carry the principle of self-determina
tion, in the Philippines or in Ireland,
to how large a group would he apply
the principle. Mr. Mason made this
memorable reply.
"I would let the people there settle
for themselves, as your dad and mine
did in 1776, I asked Katherine Hughes,
a well-known writer and a reliable
representative of Irish nationality, as
to the Ulster question, and this is her
answer:
'Ulster is an integral part of the
ancient nation and territory of Ireland.
It is a popular and a mistaken opinion
in this country that all the Protestants
of Ulster are opposed to the govern
ment of Ireland by the Irish. Ulster
men, qualified to judge claim that one
fifth of the Protestants of Ulster are
Nationalist Irish. Some of the most
ardent Sinn Fein leaders today, like
Blythe and Figgis and Hobson, are
Protestants.
"In all Ulster there is only a Prot
estant majority of 200,000. In Belfast
city alone the entire Protestant ma
jority of Ulster lives. In five of the
nine counties of Ulster the majority of
i' people are Catholics, viz.: 81, 56,
74, 55 apd 78 per cent of the popula­
Don't Hate Germans
PRESBYTERIAN SHOWS
THE TRUTH ABOUT ULSTER
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"In the invaded territory of France
we found plenty of evidence of harsh
military occupation. It was bad at
its best, and some local commanders
made it more Intolerable. The peo
ple were_taxed without much to
Bhow
for their money, forced to work for
little, or no pay, rationed rather slen
derly, though with *enough to sustain
strength, had to put up with requisi
tions of animals, houses and some
minor property, such as linen and cop
per down to the brass knobs off the
stoves. They were also dragooned
about to various places to do work
for Germany. It all makes an Ameri
can's blood boil.
"On the credit of the German ac
count I shall say that after the first
onslaught of wanton killing I heard of
no case of
asBault
upon women or of
mutilation. On the very eastern bor
der of France, however, and in South
Belgium, through which we crossed,
I heard plenty of tales of such strong
and, I fully believe, often unwarrant
ed measures. It must have been hell
in Belgian towns the first week or
two the Germans were there. Then
there came a sudden change, and Bel
gium has had vastly better treatment
than the French.
"The townspeople suffered, but the
farmers all got rich on the prices the
Germans paid rich, that is, in money,
though with no fat living while the
war was on, and with only German
marks in the old woolen stocking now
that it Is over. I can't sympathize
with them. They are a rapacious lot..
The French and Belgians tell me—
though some other suspicions to the
contrary —that the Germans were
strict about seeing that nobody took
the relief stuff from America.
"One old lady told me
Bhe
had proof
that all Germans were robbers, for
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tion. In the four remaining counties
the Protestant majority is
54, 54,
and 69 per cent. Ulster is not the
richest province of Ireland. Leinster
is the richest and pays the largest
share of taxes.
'As Lindsay Crawford, an Ulster
Protestant and founder of the Inde
pendent Orangemen, stated at Toronto
last year in a public speech: "We can
not forget the part that this Ulster
played in the years gone by in the
national figbt. If in later years,
through the Intrigues of British states
men, these men have been weaned
from the national cause, it is not, I am
convinced, a hopeless task to bring
them back to the side of Ireland, to
make them stand, as their fathers
stood, for the defense and maintenance
of Irish nationality."
'It is an historical fact that 130
years ago the Protestants of Ulster
were fighting with the Catholics of
Ireland—the possessors and dispos
sessed making common cause—against
England for Irish Independence.
"It is also a fact that some of the
religious and political prejudice,
planted in Ulster after that era of in
dependence, still lingers. There are
Ulstermen, who claim their first duty
is to England, not to their native land,
Ireland. But I ask you to recall what
Washington did with the Ulster prob
lem on his hands in 1776. Those resi
dents of America, who preferred to
remain 'Loyalists' to England, did
so, fifty thousand of these 'Loyalists'
fought in the English army against
American Independence, and Washing
ton simply regarded them as traitors
to their country. It is on record that
he called them 'abominable pests of
society.' When American independ
ence was established, such of theBe
Loyalists as desired to do so lived
peacefully in America the others
moved into British territory and were
recompensed by England for any pe
cuniary loss Ihey suffered.
"When our brave and splendid
mother country, Great Britain, makes
room in the Irish sky for an Irish flag,
she will have a stronger ally in trade
and commerce, peace or war, than die
can ever have while the Irish clti*en
is a subject of Great Britain by force."
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