The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-07
URGE IRELAND
 TO STAND FIRM
Gun For Every Volunteer, }
 Committee Gables.
SEND REDMOND WARNING
His Attitude on Divided Home
 Rule Brings Rebuke.

Ar couannzktee has despatched a. cable to the Irzh National Volunteers. urging fhaEa 10 stand firm. against the sepa- radon of Ulster from the rest of the country. The commfttee promised to rurufan a gun to every volunteer who stood prepared to fight for Ireland undivided and freq
 meant a defrauded IrelandS' says the
 The comm1ttse's session began at 10 o'clock yesterday morning at Tuxedo o Han, Madison avenue and Fifty-rinth street. Dinner had to be delayed until 5 eSclock in the afternoon, so busy and hszzed was the argument over meas- 11rsa. motions. rules and regulations
 Ens cakae to the National Volun- essrHs which was sent personally to the mecrs2ax-y, Prof. Tain MacNedl of the NnkcnaI IJnfveEEity. Dublin is as fol- rsrsr, AraraEes1l. zee Great Brunswfclx.
 Street, Dublin
 1rsn of the Irish National Volunteers:
 We. the American Volunteer Fund Comux1etse, in general meeting assen- bIsd. from all over the United States, sand you greeting We appeal to you tn s4az1d by your declaration for an undEx1ded Irish nation and for the rszats and liberties common to all the
 
 or c1az A deGenceless Ireland has slwavH been defrauded Ireland. We look to you as the hope of the race. We trust that no influence will swerve yOu from the path on which you were so well and wisely led by those who founded your organization. A misstep now may cause a repetition of the sad ztory of the Grattan Volunteers We realize that your forces to be effective must be armed, and we are deter1ntn- ed that arms shall find their way into the hands of every Volunteer who stSnds for an Ireland undivided and fres with full civil and religious 1fb- srtv euarznteed to all her inhabitants.
 Tn behalf of the American Volunteer Fund Committee:
 Joseph Mccarthy, Chairman
 Gen Denis F. Collins.
 vice-Chairman.
 Denis A SpelIisay. Treasurer
 Pakrfck J. Cr4ffln. Secretary.
 A second cable message, sent to John D. Redmond as leader of the Irtzh Parliamentary party, said that his appeal to the Irish race in America ''does not state that the money sub scrfbed VIII be used for the purchase Of azns. The money we collect is for that purpose only
 We. respectfu11y sTHornft.ss the mes sage reAdz ~tI1at men who. approve condoue the British Governrne nept,s proclamation sforbidding the irnporta- rfon of arms should not oe intruated with money to arm volunteers They cann0tsand win not do. that work
 The comnn1ttee then calls on MT. Redmoud to force the Government to the control of the volunteersi The u1ssges coutdn1es:
 The overwhelrning majority of Irisnnsn in America expect you to redeem your ofs-rspeated pledges by insisting thst the Home Rule bill, such as it 1ss shall apply to all Ire land. and tosoppose>e elective t0 thes exclusfun. of Ulster, or~any part of ik~ even for one day. We would aI1- prove amy concession to Ulster Pro tegtAnfgs which would aI1ay their dis trust of an 1r4Eh aEQatfonaz Government, ands would join. thems in Eesistance if their 1Ebert4esS or interests were att tacksd- But Acknowledgement of Ire Iss1d-on g10<zs iZ1nesrvEfH proIonee and iutenzEfy sectaE4anr strRe, hurt Dlster equally with the rest Of Ireland and bring shame and humiliation to the rzca throughout the world It Is in your power to prevent that
 R you fail to do so you will be held r@sponEGbas forsthe resulting evdI and for 1Er- Ryan's edort, made in your name ito prevent united action of tbs race In America in Ire1and's hour Of Bcre@t need-'
 The message bears the names. at it's cloga Of Joseph Mccarthy, chair uzns Gen Dennis F. Collins, vice chahnans Denis A. Spelissy. treas ursr, and Patrick J.. Griffin. score |tary. saznzzzg for the American Volun- .tser BUrd Committee.
 RsDorU were read to show that the fl, ,oe0 ezh1sd to fhe Irish Volunteers have now grown to twice that amount