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\jj' B''1 §1" -p il #_ b-} fa ~"tV^ m:: •tf*:. "-•w gf.^ •+1 ,v 4 K'V '.!*V ..' Sk?-' '.. «V ,a &*• & «K is* •. %^'r I? ss*£ ,* •^'V. ". Outburst of Applause Greets Each 8peaker As He Ably Pleads the Case of Ireland—Hall Packed to Limit and Sta'ndlng Room Was All Taken Up Long Before Meeting Started. The meeting of last Monday evening of the Friends of Irish Freedom proved to be most enthusiastic as well as very instructive, and the large au dience which greeted the speakers of the evening was delighted and pleased to learn the attitude of America's foremost sons and daughters towards Ireland's clstim for self-determination. It was Rev. Father Harrington, a na tive son of Ireland, a sterling Amer ican and friend of democracy, pastor of the Ascension Church of this city, who sounded the sentiment of ttye evening when he demanded that reso lutions should be forwarded to Con gress demanding not only Ireland's freedom, but an indemnity from Eng land for the atrocities she committed there in the last seven hundred years. Father Harrington was roundly ap plauded as his- demands- resounded throughout the hall, and the signifi cance of the statement sank deeply Into the heart of every patriot present. I VaXXXIHI. No. 11 Rev. Father Cunningham, in his able One Chief Secretary After Another Leaves Country With Nothing But Malice of People. John Sweetman, in a letter to the Dublin Independent, points out that since 1803 there have been fifty-four Chief Secretaries of Ireland. He al so states that while the Question of the hour is to break -away from Eng land, the future form of government will probably be a republic, not a kingdom. He says kingdoms are no longer popular. He also draws at tention to the endeavors to appease the populace by supplying them food, amusing them by free shows, a method which was employed by the Roman Emipre previous to its fall. Mr. Sweet man's letter is as follows: The French writer, Louis Trequiz, in his recent work on Ireland, says: "Since l£02 fifty-four secretaries have held office in Ireland and most of them have left without being Initiated into the secrets of Irish ad ministration. It is the public, offices which rule by means of sixty-seven Boards, Commissions Independent of each other, who mutually Ignore each other, and are all-powerful and irre sponsible." In these few words the Frenchman truly describes the Government of Ireland. Is it any wonder -that it has not been successful? The Parliamentary Party have pub licly been in for Self-Determination for John Dillon now heads the great As long as Ireland Is joined to Eng land the English policy for the mo ment will be forced on us. If Ire land were independent, being prac tically an agricultural country, she would be the moat conservative conn try of Europe. We now see the whole of Russia and Central Europe republics. There \. —s_ Great Gathering Of Friends of Ireland England Fails To Rule The Irish Race Ireland, but, at the same time, they .cast for the six Irish party candidates deride the idea of an Irish Republic. |who were elected, but which, on a It seems to me to be time enough to straight issue between the Union and consider the actual form of our fu- Home-Rule would be cast against the Cure government when we have the power to determine it, and that it seems absurd to think that any nation would at the. present day, free- Home Rulers put up no candidates ly Constituted Itself into a kingdom,, (the shop-keeping class in supporting the.ures would approximately be: landlord class in its demand to re main under the power of England, and wishes to go to the Peace Confer-1 ence with this demand. But is this wise for their self-interest? Eng land can not escape the great Social istic movemeht of the moment Lloyd George is trying to lead it, and has succeeded, in getting the rich to join him, notwithstanding his old boast pf inteitdfng to rob the hen roosts. He will be opposed by the Labor So cialists, who are more honest and do not profess to wish to rob any one. manner, discoursed upon the future of Ireland and the ability of its people making-Ireland the greatest nation on the globe, and his remarks were con stantly encouraged by a burst .of sin cere enthusiasm. Reverend Father Donahoe of St. Bridget's Parish spoke of the ability of the Irish peo ple to accept whatever was good from foreign influence and to reject that which was evil. Thos. V. Sullivan, a well known and popular attorney of St. Paul, was one of the bright lights of the evening and, though a young man, Mr. Sulli van handled the Irish situation from America's standpoint with the skill of a veteran, and discharged the duties imposed upon him by the chairman of the evening in a most commendable manner. The musical program ren dered was excellent and enjoyed by the audience. The meetings of the Friends', of Irish Freedom are becoming more popular each time and the president, Mr. Jan^es McConville, states that the date of the next meeting will soon be announced, but that in the meantime let every friend of Ireland, regardless of race or creed, join this commend able organization. There were over 500 persons present. are mutterings in those countries which were neutral during the last war. Is it likely that Italy and Eng land will be the only kingdoms in the world? If so it is because they are now virtual republics, but they can be Socialistic kingdoms as well as Socialistic republics. The English Government is endeav oring to keep down the populace by supplying cheap food and amusing them by picture houses, just as, when the freedom of the Roman Republic ended,, the Roman Empire endeav ored to keep the people quiet by grants of wheat and glaliatorial contents.^ JOfcN SWEETMAN. Over Millien Sinn Feiners In Ireland The great victory of Sinn Fein in the Irish elections is made more re markable by the number of votes cast for its candidates than by the fact that it captured 73 out of 105 seats. Here are the votes actually cast for and against Sinn Fein, as summoned up by the Dublin "Independent:" For self-determination 700,221 Against 289,025 Majority for Sinn Fein 411,196 The 289,025 votes recorded against the Sinn Fein policy include those Union. This reduces the vote for the Union to ICBS than 150,000. But there were 25 constituencies in which the an(j but lovers of a king can try to per- therefore be safely assumed to be suade Ireland to be alone in the world, overwhelmingly strong. On the as and be a kingdom when we have the sumption that contests had taken place power of Self-Deterinination. in these twenty-five constituencies, jn which the Sinn Fein vote may "Independent" estimates the flg- For self-determinatidta.., Against 1 1.012,221 289,026 Popular majority for Sinn Fein 72,196 PONTIFICAL MEDAL I88IJED. Medal to Commemorate the Coming of Peace^Bears the Figure of Christ. A pontifical medal to commemorate the coming of peace has been strubk. On the obverse side the medal bears the figure of Pope Benedict with the inscription, "Benedictns XV, prindpis Pads VlcarluB." On the reverse side is an image of the Redeemer with an gels on either sMe lepreeenting jus tice and "S¥lw ViS? 1 I $ S one hand or the spiritualization of it on the other. England has dollar standardized the world. The question uppermost in the minds of the great intellectual and conscientious leaders of the day, is, can the spiritualizing influence of the celt save Western civ ilization. All admit that the present order is about to topple. And if it be brought to ruins and no race can of fer by the force of its religious con victions and example a constructive program, then the future offers a sad outlook. For then it will be Eastern civilization that will come in and tram ple on Western civilization. And on the wreck it will build up a more last ing city. The war has not ended with solu tions already too big to solve the ques tions of the day. England, with the one hand parceling out volumes of lit erature on democracy, is crushing out with the other, by force of her power, the light that should flow from her teaching in the case of her neighbors next door. It is in the power of Amer ica to influence England to do jus tice to Ireland, so that Ireland be saved for the world. And it is the duty ..of the leaders of the Irish race'in Amer ica to educate the members of their race so that their influence may draw America to her duty. But we flnd that those who should lead and be ready to sacrifice themselves for the good of the world are, in some casef, neglecting their sacred duty. The ques tion is no mere local national one. The people of Graceville, assem bled in mass meeting' the night of. February 9th, wired to their repress^ tative in Washington the following message: "We the people of Graceville, Minn., in mass meeting assembled, respect fully request that Congress pass the Gallagher Resolution, thereby support ing the hands of our President in ob taining through the Peace Conference, that Ireland's present status of self determination be upheld, and that Ire land be given her due representation at the Peace Conference." And they put more enthusiasm be hind the message because of the lec ture delivered to them by Mr. Thomas Nolan of St. Paul Seminary. The young lecturer launched into his- subject in clear straightforward language relat ing his experiences of the dash for freedom as he witnessed it in Dublin Easter week 1916. He took the audi ence by surprise by the masterly way in which he showed the how and why DeVelera Reported To Have Escaped Noted iHsh Leader and Two Com panions Get Away From English Bastile—On Way to France? PEOPLE OF GRACEVILLE ASK CONGRESS TO ACT (Commuaieated) The fight today is tor the further of the rising of Easter week TJie lead materialization of the World on the ers ot Sinn Fein were to be kidnapped According to an Associated Press|8ent report Edward DeValera, Sinn Fein leader, and Milroy and McGarry, Sinn ,ast Fein members of parliament, escaped! from prison at Lincoln, the Exchange Telegraph Company announced Feb ruary 4th, in London. DeValera was arrested two months ago for alleged revolutionary activities. He was elect ed to the British parliament from Clare while in prison. He was recently elected delegate to the Peace Conference with Count Plunkett. DeValera was born in New Tork City. His father was a profes sor of Spanish and his mother was a native of Dublin named Connolly. His father died when he was six years of age and the mother moved to Dublin, Ireland, where the young man was educated. He graudate£ from Black. Rock College and from the University of Ireland where he was a professor when the rebellion broke out. Col. House met DeValera while in Dublin over a year ago and it is stated that Crosses, properly inscribed, mark the resting places of American who Ml In taHhi7v, 'V" he told persons in Washington when and J. B. Oenik, both of Noble county, he returned that "Professor DeValera was one of the ablest men he had met in Europe." |?r February 15, 1919 through the British soldiers surround ing the homes of the leaders on the evening of Easter Monday. So rather then be trapped like rats they made their great and noble dash. He showed how the Home Rule Bill was made to fail thereby betraying the Irish leaders. He clearly brought out the difference in treatment given to McNeill, founder of the Volunteers and Carson founder of the Covenanters. Carson the rebel who defied the British government, was rewarded by receiv ing appointment to one of the highest positions in the power of England to Was it a failure? he asked. And he answered it with a positive, no. And he went on to tell that the shedding of hlood was the saving of the race that had become'drugged by the enslaving methods of bribing the Irish in Ire land carried on by England. The. country woke up to realities. And Ireland is coming into its own again. America owes it to herself and Ireland to aid the infant republic. Has England changed? asked the 'lecturer. I quote one of many examples given to show that The Citizens of Colorado Greet Repulic of Erin The Colorado United Irish Socities through Con. K. O'Bryne, the attorney, offer. And McNeil who fried to break I have accepted invitations to address the chains that enslaved his country was condemned to life imprisonment. Bhe was the same old England as far as Ireland's treat ment was concerned. Six weeks ago E. De Valera was allowed to hear mass on Sunday and receive Holy Communion after the pressure of months had been brought to bear on the authorities. And then it was with the shackles of the prison attached to his person and dirt of the prison cell ^clinging to hiB hands—being .refused the most ordinary courtesy of being al lowed the privilege of washing his hands in approaching the altar of his God. The O'Rahilly branch of the F. I. O. F. Graceville take this opportunity of expressing thanks to Mary Dunn, Mary Campion, Mary Harvey, Anna Hlckey, Selma Cota,-.Maria Hardibeck and William Larkin for the entertaining way in which they helped to make our entertainment a big success. Also we wish to thank in a special way the thirty (30) citizens of Graceville who donated five dollars each to the Irish victory fund. As delegates to the Irish Race Con vention to be held in Philadelphia the 22nd. and 23rd. inst., Rev. P. J. O'Connor and Edward J. O'Neill have been selected to represent "The O'Rahilly" branch of the F. O. I. F. of Graceville. a cablegram to the new parlla. ment of the Irish,Republic, which met m(mth and 8et up an lndependent government. The message was in the Irish language, but the cable line refused to accept this as treason to England, so a translation was sent: Denver, Colorado, January, 19,' 1919. Eoin MacNeill, National University, Dublin, Ireland. Seo beatna agus slainte chum tim thirebh na hEirinn cruminghthe ndail Eireann mBaileatba-Cliath, Go dtai thneamh fochaigh grain na Saoirse ar saor-thir da-briste na hEirinn agus n-ionad na dtioranach galldha agus seannam-had ar dtire go seasochaidh soar fhirna hEirinn slan-saidbhir na lan-saolrse go brath na briethe. O Na nUile Cumanna Gaodhlachta igColorado. CONN K. O'BROIN. Columbus, O., Rev. Jos. 6. Mehler v. in this diocese, have started a boom for good roads to be built not merely In their respective parishes of Har rietsville and Fulda, but throughout the county In the interest of the pub lic welfare. -V'-V-: •V Ji- &,i£, the convention and will be present on Saturday, the opening day. Sunday's session of the convention will be held at the Shubert theatre. Purposes Outlined. All societies in favor of Ireland's National Independence are entitled to representation thereat on the basis of five delegates from each such society. To a limited extent, prominent individ ual citizens of Irish blood will be in vited by the National Council to attend the convention. This gathering will undoubtedly be the most momentous ever held by tbe Irish Race outside of Lreland, and we are confident that the children of the Gael in America will respond to the call in unprecedented measure. The Irish people in Ireland have overwhelmingly self-determined in fa vor of the complete National Indepen Rev. Fathers Cunningham and Har rington Head Delegation From Friends of Irish Freedom and Mr. James McConville Will Represent Division No. 4, Ancient Order of Hibernians, at Philadelphia. J. J. Fitzpatrick Will Represent St. Paul. Twin City Irishmen could have sift ed the city over and over again, but they could never have found a better delegation to go to the Philadelphia convention of the Friends of Irish Freedom, where America's greatest patriots will gather and assist Ire land in her struggle for her God-given right—independence—than this selec But If Irish Question Is Not 8ettled Now, We May Have War Again 8oon, 8ays Correspondent. Charles N. Wheeler, war correspond ent and political writer for the Chicago Tribune, just back from several months in Ireland, delivered before the Irish Fellowship club at the Hotel Sherman, Saturdoy, what the members declared was the best argument for tbe Irish cause ever made at any of their meetings. "I waut to say to you," prefaced Mr. Wheeler, "that* I am not responsible for what any newspaper may say and no newspaper is responsible for what I may say. But I am going to tell you people tbe things I know—the things I saw and heard and lived—among those wonderful people of yours in old Ireland." He took up the argument that free Ireland, so near to England, would be a perpetual menace to. England. "That argument is silly sophistry and foolish twaddle," he declared. Friends Of Ireland Convention Feb. 22 Minneapolis Will Send Large Delegation Free Ireland Ro Menace To England He pointed out that the British navy had bottled up the second fleet of the world and had protected the shores of Australia, thousands of miles away. He showed that no foreign power, even with Ireland perfectly free, would dare try to establish a base in Ireland, any more than they would in Cuba or lower Mexico with Uncle Sam on guard. "So far as the British fleet is con cerned, Ireland would be a bulwark rather than a menace," he said. "Did we look oh a free Cuba as a menace? Yet Ireland is relatively no nearer England than Cuba is to us. And whaT* as the public schools, was Cuba's position when we went to ance of ,GO(SETY 1 i' Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 5.—Owing to dence of their country. One ot the the tremendous increase in the num- most important items in the program ber of delegates to the Irish Race' of the convention will be the considera- «, Convention, to be held here Feb. 22 tion of means whereby Ireland's sov- "jsf and 23, the National Committee has ereign status and the untrammeled ex had to change the place of assembly ercise of that sovereignty shall be rec from Musical Fund Hall to the Na-* ognized by the International Peace tional Guard Armory, Broad and Sus-J Conference. The principles which quehanna street, which will seat over rang around the world from Indepen 6,000 delegates. National Secretary Dermott Lynch announces that His Grace Archbishop Denis J. Doughtery, of Philadelphia, will open the conven tion with prayer. Their Eminences James Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, and William J. O'Connell, of Boston, 5c MM Copy dence Hall and those for which Amer ica entered the great war apply to Ire land—one of the oldest and most im portant of the small nation—and Ire land's inalienable rights must be re spected and recognized otherwise there can be no peace in the world. Organizations desiring representa tion at the convention should hold SPECIAL meetings immediately for the purpose of selecting delegates. The names and addresses of delegates should reach the office of the Friends of Irish Freedom, 1482 Broadway, New York City, not later than February 12, and as far in advance of that date as possible. Otherwise it will be impos sible to issue credentials in due time, Delegates presenting themselves with out credentials cannot be seated until after those bearing credentials have been dealt with. The National Council regrets that circumstances compelled the calling of the convention on such short notice. At the same time it feels confident that the importance of the occasion will call forth unusually prompt action and full representation from every section of the country. tion and our citizens can feel satis fied that the knowledge and energy of these eminent men will work over time in their eager assistance to their motherland. Rev. Father Cunningham, pastor ot the Holy Name Church, and Rev. Fa ther Harrington, pastor of the Ascen sion Church, and Mr. P. J. Downes and Mr. James Williams will repre sent the Friends of Irish Freedomr while' James McConville, one of the ablest and one of the most prominent Irish citizens of Minneapolis, will rep resent Division No. 4, A. O. H. While Mr. J. J. Fitzpatrick, the Hibernian laureate of the west, will represent St. Paul. These delegates plan to leave for Philadelphia next Tuesday or Wednesday. war? She was right with us." t§ Mr. Wheeler uttered a solemn warn ing that unless the Irish question is settled, and settled right, we will be plunged into another world war within twenty-five or thirty years. Nothing but the stupidity and' the hypocrisy of the British government, he declared, has ever stood between Ireland and freedom. "I am sure the great mass of the English people want this question set tled, and settled right," he said. "And many of her statesmen have taken the same view. But when Lloyd George had promised the Irish that if they would hold a convention, and agree on a program anywhere near right anil when Ireland had so agreed, what did the British government do? Brought out a conscription bill!" American Naval Officers Received Audience by Holy Father Benedict fifteenth. On January 24th Pope Benedict, ceived a group of American uaval fleers. They were presented by Iti^ O'Hern, rector of the American -c lege in Rome, i' The Parochial Schools the Pittsburg Diocese 1600,000 in quarters and ment lost not a cent of tluit Encouraged by patitylig and teachers, the 30,.QCiO. bought twice as many 75,000. '1? ij-m V? -i'-jf