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Vol. XXXIV. -tfw -. "N «3t .1 "f r.'"t-'*5^^' -\V '^il S"i '-'r -I ?S U. S. Senate Tak^s Up Irir^c. 8enator Borah's Able Discussion of the Irish Resolution. Ireland Should Have Self-Determination of Gov ernment. Washington, June 26.—With "Presi dent" De Valera of the "Irish Repub lic" in America protecting the cause of Irish independence and Irish dele gates still cooling their heels at the door of the Paris peace conference, America's relation to this issue of ominous import became the subject of heated debate in the senate. Senator Medill McCormick of Illinois took the American peace delegation to task for failing to comply with and Ignoring the senate resolution of June 6 requesting the president to procure a hearing for the Irish representatives. Self Determination Principle Ignored. Senator Walsh of Massachussets, democrat, asserted that if the Ameri can delegation failed to ask a hearing of the Irish representations by the peace conference, American sincerity of belief in the president's principle of self-determination fairly would bp challenged. ... Senator W. B. Borah, author of the senate resolution, charged that the self-determination principle had been sacrificed to the imperialistic ambi tlons of European nations. "I say it with the utmost sincerity that the treaty of peace is a guaranty of war," exclaimed Senator Borah in the heat of the discussion. Ireland's Rights Defended. The debate began when Senator C. S. Thomas of Colorado read to the senate a copy of a letter he had writ ten in reply to criticisms expressed by some of his constituents of his. atti tude on the Irish resolution. Senator Thomas' contention was that the con ference could not properly give the Irish delegation a hearing because it did not represent an independent na tion. "I myself do not know any reason why a hearing should be granted to nationalities such as Poland and Ru mania without giving hearings to a people who have been struggling for 70 years, to establish their right of self government and independence," Sena tor Borah said. "There is no possible grounds, in my view of it, by which we can distinguish between the rights of these other na tions or peoples who have been heard, and the right of Ireland to be heard." "I may be in error," Senator Thomas ^interrupted, "but I perceive the dis tinction to be this, that the two coun tries which the senator mentioned have received the political recognition of other autonomous governments and were members of the peace conference since its Inception. They were not giv en hearings, but they constituted com ponent parts of the meetings as lnde* pendent nations. My own view is that countries like Korea, India, Egypt and Ireland, not having the' autonomous recognition, fall outside of the clasft which the senator mentioned." Homer S. Cummings, chairman of f: .the Democratic National Committee, Wednesday received a delegation from the United Irish Societies of California at the St Francis Hotel ",' ln connection with the attitude of .Oe Democratic party on self-determin ation for Ireland. "The history of Ireland Is the lltiigedr of the nation/' declared ^Cummings, "and I am firmly con vinced that President Wilson, In his ^broad statesmanship, will find a solu ,^Hon which will satisfy those who are -r', struggling for their freedom." Cummings promised the delegation would Immediately cable to Presl -%dent Wilson indicating the sentiment -•Vof the Irish people of California In their demand that the representatives of the Irish republic be given a hear ting at the Peace Conference, and nrg fifing him to use every effort to bring j||tbe problem to a satisfactory solution. The society represented by the dele gation claims a membership of 125, American citizens In California. Supervisor Andrew J. Gallagher, Peter •v J. McCormick and George Harkins representing the United Democrats Fear Loss of ,1 California on Irish Question ?st .. iestion "Go back to the proposition from which sprang the right of these people to be heard," Senior Borah replied. "That principle was the right of self determination. It was upon that theory that these hearings were granted, and upon which the recognitions were made in the first instance. Lloyd George Principles Cited. "It was repeated over and over again by Mr. Lloyd George that this peace should be adjusted upon stiCh princi ples that all peoples Bhould have the right to invoke and enjoy the princi ples of self-determination, and that no people should be disposed of through force of superior power. "I am unable to distinguish between the cause of Ireland and the cause of a dozen other nationalities, or peo ples, who might be mentioned, who have had a hearing at the peace con ference. The acid test in the settle ment at Versailles is not the adjust ment Of conditions for the subject na tionalities of the conquered nations, but what rights will be granted to the subject nationalities of the victorious nations. Wilson Blocked, Borah Believes. "I am not criticising the president for what he failed to do I am rather saying that in my judgment he was prevented from doing that which he would have done by reason of the im perialistic purposes and designs oi those with whom he had to contend but there can be no .doubt that the president's policy and the sentiment of America included Ireland just -tfs much aB Poland and just as much as Rumania. I believe that Ireland should have been heard. I think that Korea should have been heard. Korea is in a, state of serfdom today. "You may build your navies you may organize your armies, you may enlarge your fighting force you may burden the world with armaments but until you learn and have written it into the treaty of peace that a peo ple's spirit of nationality cannot be crushed out by force, you will never proceed upon any program which will Insure permanent peace." Senator Walsh took Senator Thomas to task for making statements which he insisted reflected upon the loyalty of those who supported the Irish revo lution. After quoting from recent speech by Senator Thomas, Senator Walsh said: "These words have been construed as suggesting that the great element of the people in this country of Irish blood were not loyal and faithful to the country. I want to say to the senator that there never has been a time in my life when I have seen a race of people so united, so earnest, so sincere and so devoted to a great principle as the people of Irish blood in America are today." ""SsSs"' Senator Thomas said, he had no in tention of reflecting upon the great body of loyal Irish in America, but was merely referring to the reports of the Irish republic. Irish Societies of San Francisco. Supervisor Gallagher pointed out to Chairman Cummings. that President Wilson to date had been specific in the application of the principle of self determination to many small nations, but that he had never taken a stand In connection with applying his prin ciple of self-determination to Ireland. The delegation left the hotel with the promise of Cummings that he would communicate any response he may receive to his cable message to the President. Among the delegation were many well known Democrats who reported to Cummings that there was little hope of the Democratic par ty earning California in the next Presidential election unless President Wilson Insisted upon the application of self-determination to Ireland. 1, Rt. Rev. Msgr. A. F. Kaul, pastor of SC. Anthony's church, Lancaster, Pa, win celebrate his golden jubilee as a priest during the second week in June. Monsignor Kaal has been pastor of St. Anthony's church ever since Ids ordi nation fifty years ago. about two weeks in the country and visited Washington, Baltimore, Ro chester, Philadelphia and Boston and registered under his own name at hotels, Eamonn De Valera, whose con stituents call him president of the Irish republic, emerged last night from privacy, took up quarters at the Waldorf-Astoria, and, as he put it, assumed his official capacity of Irish president. In a statement to the press at the Waldorf-Astoria, where he was greet ed by wildly enthusiastic followers, he declared he had come to America "to speak for the Irish nation." "Renounced" U. S. Citizenship. Mr. De Valera, a tall, smoothfaced, clear eyed young Irishman, was born in New York in 1882, but said he "re nounced" his American citizenship when he became an Irish soldier. He declined to tell how he contrived to reach America. It was stated that during his stay in New York he has been living at the Carmelite priory. His secretary, H. J. Boland, said while in Boston, De Valera tried to see Cardinal O'Con nell, but failed. Prior to that, he said, he was in Philadelphia, where he Michael J. Ryan, a member of the Irish peace delegation, and Dr. Pat rick J. McCartan. De Valera Visited U. S. Senator. He declared De Valera had visited Baltimore, where he saw Cardinal Gibbons, and Washington, where he met several United States senators. He said he also paid a visit to his mother in Rochester, N. Y. As Mr. De Valera stepped from an automobile, a crowd of several hun dred persons in the street cheered him and a few frantically waved the flag of the Irish republic. He bowed his thanks. "I suppose I must apologize," Dr. De Valera told newspapermen, "for the briefness of the statement have prepared. I believe you feel some what hurt for jiot being able to find out how I got into this country, but the seriousness of my business makes me keep it from you. "President" Praises Press. "I have been traveling incognito, but now my private life here is ended! and I am now In an official capacity, and I hope that you will assist me in every way. "I feel the American press will do their duty for me. I feel the cause of the Irish people can be brought before the common people better through the press than through statesmen and diplomats. I want to speak frankly to the American people and speak all in my heart. Often my statements have been perverted by English propagan dists." The statement which De Valera read follows: "From today I am in America as the official head of the republic es tablished by the will of the Irish peo ple, in accordance with the principles of self-determination. Ireland's Freedom Declared. "Last December Ireland, by a more than three to one majority of deputies chosen by ballot on adult suffrage, de manded her rights under this princi ple. The deputies chosen on the di rect Issue of the .establishment of the republic outnumber their opponents by more than two to one. "The degree of unanimity obtained In Ireland on this issue is higher than that claimed by the American colonies when they declared their independence and decided that they would no longer allow themselves to be exploited by England in the interest of her, Im perialism." 'f-* The statement said the American population would have decreased as rapidly and as greatly as Ireland's did, according to De Valera's figures, under British rule. Asks Aid of America. "The very same catcheries and the very same tools were used by the Bng lish government against th* leaders of Minneapolis, Minn., Saturday, June 28 1919 President De Valera in America Head of the Irish Republic Seeks American Recognition for New Nation—Announces Program for Political and Business Development—Loan of $5,000,000 Proposed to Finance the Government, Part of Which Is to Be Raised iji America. FULL-FLEDGED SYSTEM DEVISED FOR ADMINISTRATION OF DEPARTMENTS Ambassadors to. Be Sent to Other Countries to Secure Internationa] Intercourse—Freedom of New York Voted to Distinguished Visitor by Aldermen—De Valera Will Tour the United States in the Interest of Erin. New York, June 24.—Having been the American revolution as are being Baw -J: used today against us. But your lead ers acted and BO have we acted. The majority behind them justified them our majority more than justifies us. They proclaimed their independence and our republic. "The men who established your re public sought the aid of France we seek the aid of America. It is to seek that aid that I am here, and I am con fident that I shall not be disappointed Ireland Still in Slavery. "I come here entitled to speak for the Irish nation with ail authority democratically as sound and as well based as that which President Wilson speaks for the United States or Lloyd George for England or .Clemenceau for France. "It must surely be a source of pride to you, as it is a source of hope to us, to reflect that never have you under taken a cause that you did not bring to triumph. The Latin nations as well as Poland, Hungary and Greece are now free states. "Ireland, the. one remaining white nation in the slavery of alien rule, will similarly be free unless Americans make scraps of paper of their prin ciple and prove false to the traditions their fathers have handed down to them." IK^S. Not to Interfere in De Valera Case. Washington, June 24.—Professor Eammon De Valera, "president of the Irish republic," will not be inter fered with by the American govern ment officials in the conduct of propa ganda for Irish freedom, it was. indi cated by administration officials today. State department authorities declined to express an opinion concerning how far De Valera might go without in fringing treaty stipulations, but it was considered that no legal objections could be raised to the negotiations by De Valera of funds for the promotion of his cause. However, if the object of the money is to create a military force or to equip 'such a force, he would make himself liable under laws against the use of American territory for setting afoot military expeditions in friendly countries. Financial Program. New York, June 24.—The Irish re public proposes to issue bonds to the amount of 1,000,000 pounds sterling, ($5,000,000) President Eamonn De Va lera announced tonight. The minister of finance is preparing a prospectus which will be issued soon, he said. Half the issue will be offered to the public for immediate subscriptions, 250,000 pounds in Ireland and 250,000 pounds abroad. "In order to obtain for our own Will Appoint Ambassadors. "We shall send to other countries be the immediate concern of Individual duly accredited ambassadors and coun sels to see that the condition of Ire land is seen as it truly Is, and in gen eral to see that the interests of Irish in these countries are In no way neg lected. We shall thus -resume that in tercourse with other peoples which be fits us as a separate nation that inter course which English power has suc ceeded in cutting off for over a cen tury. "At the present time of general world reconstruction It is most Im portant that the material Interests of the country at home be looked after, and by Irishmen. It will be the duty *3**'3 I McC or mack: Pleads John McCormack, the famous Irish tenor, has found a new use for his voice. Speaking at a dinner at the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, the other day, Mr. McCormack expressed his delight at being able to use his voice as an orator. "Ireland," said McCormack, "is to day passing through the most terrible period of her history, Ireland was on the side of the victors, but what good is it doing her? It seems that the con quered instead of the victorious, are reaping all the benefits from this war. The Jugo-Slavs are free, the Czecjho Slavs are free, the Balkan States are free, the other small nations on the side of the conquered are free, but Ire land, Ireland on the side of the vic tors, is not free. I deny that Sinn Fein has anything to do with pro-Ger man. To Ireland belongs the glory of being on the side of victors, but self determination has been assured to every land except the one on Eng land's side." Writing to Dr. Arthur Smith, chair man committee of arrangements of the Irish Race Convention held in Portland, Oregon, June 1st, Mr. Mc Cormack said: "America entered the war—won the war—that all peoples should be free that small nations should be as free in words, but not in acts. We M. J. Americans, however, are in a position spoke, to force her to stand by her agree- ment. Scraps of paper are not part of our diplomatic stock-in-trade. But first we must have an official public announcement of the fact that we are not going back on our solemn word, and this can be done by an official of our ministry to secure the co-opera tion and to co-ordinate the activities of the various bodies which have taken voluntarily on themselves the safe guarding and advancement of these interests. Towards English legislation interfering with these interests we shall act as we think best for the gen eral good. Will Resist British Bill. "To measures, such as the English ways and communications bill designed to prevent Irishmen from using the natural resources of their own coun try, we shall offer all the resistance we command as being both injurious and unjust. "The ministers and directors at the head of the other dapartment labor, industrial, agriculture, local govern ment will be charged with seeking co operation with all Interested in their department. The minister for national defense in close association with the de jure government and for the Irish voluntary military forces which are P. B. Mahoney, San Francisco County republic which the Irish people have the foundations of the national army, President of the A. O. H., in the chair, willed to set up the necessary interna- "It is obvious that the work of our attended by the members of the ways tional recognition," Mr. De Valera government cannot be carried on with- and means committee, have been pro said, "we shall send at once our ac- out funds. The minister of finance credited representatives to Paris to the is accordingly preparing a prospectus, Peace conference and to the league of nations. We shall give them all neces sary authority, and that they may pro ceed there in a manner befitting their character as the representatives of a ilation we shall apply for the necessary safe conduct to enable them to pass through the naval and military cordons with which the power in the occupa tion of our country has surrounded us." which will' shortly be published, for the issue of a loan of 1,000,000 sterling,, 500,000 pounds to be offered to the public for immediate subscription, 250,000 pounds at home and 250,000 pounds abroad, in bonds of such amounts as to meet the needs of the small subscriber.- Denies Aid From Foe. "I think that is a fair outline of our program as It stands at present. The working out of the details will ministers and of the cabinet as a whole. When they are ready we shall bring them formally before you for your sanction." The bond issue will be repaid, Mr. De Valera said, six months after the British "evacuation" of Ireland. He denied emphatically that Russian or German money ever had been used for promoting the cause of Ireland. Mr. De Valera again declined to tell how he made his way to this coun try. The board of aldermen unanimously adopted a resolution offering the free dom of New York to Dr. De Valera. for Cause of Ireland John McCormack Finds New Use for recognition of the existe'ace ^f^TEe His Voice—Pleads for His Irish Republic, the form of govern Native Land. aB large ones, that no people should has passed forever now when England live under a government wliich they can say to America: did not wish, and that self-determina tion should be granted to all subject peoples, no matter with whose selfish interests the exercises of that self determination should conflict. "England subscribed to that policy fv -sass nax 5c the Copy ment which the Irish people have de termined to be the one under which they wish to live. "To arrive at this end, there must be a great united effort on the part of the Irish race over there. We must, by a strong propaganda, show to the rest of the American people, the pure justice of Ireland's claims. "Though at* present the clouds are dark and threatening, I have no doubt in my heart of hearts that the dawn is at last to break, when Robert Emmet's epitaph will be written, when Ireland shall take 'her place among the nations of the earth.' May the good God speed that happy day." CARDINAL O'CONNELL AD DRESSES 10,000 AT BOSTON Boston, June 11.—A warning to Eng land not to trifle with America on the Irish question was voiced by Cardinal O'Connelltat an Irish demonstration, attended by more than 10,000 persons, at* Mechanics Hall last night. "Until Ireland has been finally freed from an age-long yoke," the Cardinal said, a yoke infinitely more galling than that which any other land has been compelled to wear, the war cry of America will still resound through out the earth. Let them who hear it beware not longer to defy it, but while still there is time to recognize it, ac- knowledge it and obey it. The time The question of Ireland is our af fair." "From America to England: "It was your affair for centuries and what have you done with it?" Judge Cohalan, of New York, and pairtB 0f Ryan, of Philadelphia, also George L. Duval, of New York City, philanthropist and founder of the chair of the Immaculate Conception in the Catholic University of Ameri ca, has been awarded the 1919 Laetare Medal. The Coming Nalional Hibernian Convention San Francisco is preparing for the coming National Convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and Ladies' Auxiliary to be held there be ginning July 16. The Exposition Au ditorium has been secured for the ses sions, and the St. Francis Hotel as the headquarters for the delegates. In view of the fact that the coming convention will mark the first time that the national meeting of the Hi bernians has been held in the Far West, San Francisco officials of the great Irish organization are deter mined that the event shall prove the most memorable in the remarkable career of Hibernians in this country. Weekly meetings to be held Wednes day nights In Hibernian Hall, with- ductlve of much enthusiasm and progress. Communications received from all the United States and Canada by P. J. Mahoney, secretary of the ways and means committee, indicate that more than 1,000 delegates and 6,000 visitors will come to San Fran cisco for the convention. The stimu lation being given to Irish freedom by the development of world events gives promise of an even greater crowd of visitors. Already many of the national offi cers of the A. O. H. and the Ladies' Auxiliary have wired to the St. Fran cis Hotel for suites during the con ventlon period, and indications are that several hundred of the visitors will arrive a week before the convene tion opens. An entertainment committee, head? ed by Warren Shannon,, is planning a series of social affairs, receptions, banquets and sightseeing trips for the visitors, among whom will be scores of the most brilliant minds of the Irish race in America. Many of the nota-„ ble figures who have been leading the fight for Irish freedom in this try will come for the oonclave. ijg. *SS'. rSi 1§- "'SI v. «4!VSl -m -i-v JV 11 & I-