The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-08
POLICY SCORED.
JOHN DEVLIN, If. F., ADDRESSES
 AUDIENCE AT HYPERION.

Tells of Plans of United Irish League
 Outlines the Work Done and Objects
 fog Which the Organization is sariv
 tng-shovvs Thy Physical Force Patty
 ts WFong.
 An enthusiastic audience of about 800 persons listened to three addresses in the Hyperion last night under the auspices of the local branch of the United Irish league. The principal ad- rdess was delievered by John Devlin, an Irish member of Parliament. Mir. Devlin has been in America about five months featuring in the interest of the league. Last nights address is the final of the series as MT. Devlin returns to Ireland at the end of the conference of the national leaders in Boston this week.
 MT. Devlin said in part:
 ''The object of the United Irish league is to secure for Ireland and Irishmen reform and liberty. The Wyndham land bill is the direct result of the efforts of the league, but this [ bill is only small part of the work that we intend to carry out.
 "It is our aspiration and expectation to secure not only ownership of Irish territory by Irishmen but secure the rights of self government for the na- | tive born of the Emerald Isle. "We are opposed by what is known as the physical force party. This plan is composed mostly of men in the Unit | ed States who do not know the condi- tions existing in Ireland. Revolution is their cry. If they or you were in Ire land and realized that the entire island could be surrounded by England's $ mighty fleet. and knew that there were 1S,oO0 armed police in the cities and l that every hamlet, village and town was garrisoned with British troops our physical force opponents would not c1amor so hard for revolution. St is a good creed 5000 miles away but sixty imiles from England Is not practical.
 "We are told by British statesmen that the Irish are not capable of self government, but when we know that ir1 fifty years Ireland has had two fam ines, two uprisings, and in fifty years the population has decreased 4,500,00( persons and tha: to escape from Eng lands despotic rule 40,000 young Irish men are leaving the island every year it seems to me that Irishmen could not make worse hand of 1t than has Eng. land.
 During the last famine when Irisf peasants died of starvation in the raods
 fields and ditches OF Ireland $67 ,500,0 ,00t
 was sent to England to satisfy th'
 greed of the British landlord. Besld'
 this money 1000 sheep, the same mum
 Der of cattle and 100000 quarters o
 oats and flour were sent to England tt
 feed Englishmen while Irishmen wer dying of starvation.
 We ask the Irish people in this coun try to form a cooperative and auxiliar,
 force to aid the patriotis in the island I've have been fighting 800 years to vii iho,ne rule for Ireland if the people 0 | kIlIS COulltIS "AlC NCtG bOAt1 HI LAC4CtAl or whose ancestors were natives of Ire
 land will help us we will not have t flight much longer"
 l John Purroy Mitchell, grandson c l the Irish patriot, John Mitchell, fol flowed Mfr. Devlin and his address wa
 warmly applauded. He urged a
 Irish-Americans to join the league an
 aid the patriots at home.
 John O'Callahan os Boston, nationa
 secretary of the United Irish league 0 America, was the third speaker. H
 scored the adherents of the physice force idea and paid tribute 10 tn
 memory of James Reynolds of Catalp = fame.
 The stage was occupied by the chair
 man, George M. Wallace, who intro
 duced the speakers, and several we I known New Haven men of Irish lineag 1 whose names follow: James A. Fogar ty, Edward Donnellly, John Farrel Michael Dillon, H. J. Reynolds, Jame 7 r. Goodwin, Thomas H. Smith, Joh B. Foley, William A. Geary, E. ( Daley and John Tuckey.
 Nearly $125 was raised for the league { T uyor1y a+ ha