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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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