Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-19
LAn-NA-GAE:L
is FOR IRISH
INDEPENDENCE

Much interest is being manifest
ed by local members of the Clan-na-
Gael in a circular recently received
by them. and being sent "a the or
~ganization generally, in re nee to
cause of Irish National pend
ence. The circular, which ism the
form Of q resolution, has been en-
dorsed by the members in this city.
The circular. in tuil, follows:
We, the Clan-na-Gael Of Perth
Amboy, assembled to honor the
memory of men j~udicially murdered
On the scaffold in Manchester for
their devotion to Ireland on Novem-
Der %, 1867, ~reaffirm our allegiance
to the cause Of Irish National indie
pendence for which the martyrs gave
up their lives.
I'VE pledge to the people of Ire
land our continued support to en-
able them to shake off the English
yoke. to sever all political eonnec-
ton with England, and to erect on
Irish soil an Independent National
Government, under which all Irish
men, irrespective of creed, race or
class, shall have equal rights, and
whose sole object shall be to protect
the interests and uphold the honor
of the whole Irish people
we denounce as a deliberate be-
trayal of Ireland the statements re-
Gently made in the United States
and Canada by John E. Redmond
and T. P. O'Connor-evidently by
Encouragement with the British
.Government-that Ireland is willing
to renounce her God-given right to
Nationhood and to accept in lieu
thereof, as a final settlement of her
differences with England, a petty To-
cal legislative assembly having no
power over the most vital interests
of the country and subordinate TO
the British Imperial Parliament, and
We brand as a shameless falsehood
the assertion that such q beggar's
p~ittance would be, either in form or
substance, the same as the Home
Rule which Charles Stewart Parnell
was willing to accept as a first install
ment of Ireland's rights.
I'VE arm our American fellow
citizens that all money contributed
to the party of which these men are
the leaders is used for the purpose
of s~uppressing the free expression of
public opinion In Ireland, of domi-
conventions by fraudulent
delegates and controlling elections
by improper methods. The sending
of money to Ireland to support the
anti-National program, now openly
ayowed by Redmond and O'Connor,
is aiding the enemies of Ireland In
n attempt to destroy Irish National
ity and to corrupt the public life of
Ireland.
I'VE thank our German fellow
throughout the land for
their splendid cooperation In frus-
trating all attempts to bring about
an Anglo-American Alliance. We
to them and to the Father
land2 our utmost support, moral
and material, IN any struggle that
may come between Germany and
England, and assure them that Meth
er Redmond, O'Connor, nor n man,
has the right to promise that Irish
citizens Of this Republic viii forego,
or abate in the smallest degree their
opposition to an Anglo-American
Alliance, in consideration of any
concessions whatever that may be
made by England to Ireland. We
oppose that alliance because we
know it would be Injurious to the
best interests of the United States
and fraught with disaster and dis
honor for the American people. and
We resent as an insult the imputa-
ton that the action of Irish citizens
On American public questions is
governed by any but American con-
s~iderations, or can be Influenced by
the intrigues or manipulations Of
British politicians.
I'VE congratulate the Gaelic Lea
que on Its victory in forcing an I'M
willing Senate appointed by the for
eign Government to make Irish COM
pulsory In the National University in
1913, and We pledge continued
support In It's efforts to restore the
old tongue of the Gael as the Ma
ttOuaI Lanpuapa of Ireland