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The Irish standard., 1915-06-12
NATIONAL CHILD LABOR coNvEN
TON.

JJON.
Governor Mcdonald of New Mexico
named Rev. A. Mandalari, S. j.. of AL
buquerque as a delegate to the Ma
tional Child Labor Convention in San
Francisco. This convention which
was held May % to 81, was attended
by delegates from many states; was
the eleventh annual conference, but
the first ever held west of the Missis-
sippi by the National Child Labor
Committee.
This philanthropic organization has
done much in many states to raise
the age at which children can be put
to work in factories and mines, and
even more to better the conditions un-
der which children of tender years
must work. The Society is carrying
on an active campaign to pass at the
next session of Congress a comprehen.
sive child labor law. The Bill passed
the House of Representatives at the
last session, but was defeated by a
Southern Member in the Senate. The
Bill aims at conditions in the Southern
States, which are described by friends
of the bill as barbarous.
Miss Josephine J. Eschenbrenner, a
prominent Catholic of New York, and
a lecturer and investigator of country.
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to our youth to be reminded again and
again of the achievements of the Irish
Brigade, of the many Irish regiments.
and of the hundreds of Irish officers
Sheridan, Sweeney, Mulligan, Kelly,
Boyle, O'Beirne, Mulholland. 1t is well
to repeat the part played in the
mighty drama of the fratricidal war by
the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
When the bloody spectre of war
stalked over this nation in 1861 to
1864 there were no soldiers so ready
as the members of our Order. The
Order was practically destroyed by
the Civil War. In Allegheny County
one whole Division volunteered, and,
it is said, that only two or three re.
turned alive. Among the members of
the Divisions in New York City alone
in the years Immediately before the
Civil War were General Michael Cor.
coran, Colonel Michael Doheny, Gen
eral Thomas Francis Meagher and Col.
onel John O'Mahony.
The deep-lined panorama of armies
are filled with our soldiers. Among
the dead sleeping in silent multitudes
on every battlefield, from Lexington
to San Juan, are our dead. We share
their glory, just as we share their
blood. They were our race comrades,
and they died that our liberties may be
secured. We stand where they once
stood, and let us resolve that we shall
do what they did.
1t is, in word, the glory of Irish.
Americans, and we should never hest.
tate to proclaim it, that we have never
faltered in following the flag. In the
day of battle we were first in the van,
and in the long years of peace, Irish.
Americans have been building with
love and thrift into the mighty fabric
of America the reverence for home,
the education of children, the right
of religious freedom, and the sublime
truth that the American flag holds and
guards the things which Irish-Ameri-
cans hold most dear.
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This May Ireland has been celebrat.
Ing the revival Of an old devotion-that
to Our Lady of Dublin, whose mirac-
ulous statue has been preserved un-
der extraordinary circumstances. This
beautiful, old, wooden statue of Our
Lady of Dublin. carved in the fifteenth
century, used to stand in st. Mary's
Abbey. When the monasteries were
destroyed 1t was ordered to be burned
by the common hangman. This was
apparently accomplished, but the shell
of the statue. including the front un-
scathed, remained. but so sunk and
buried under the rubbish that for fifty
years 1t was used as a pig trough.
Then it was recovered, hideously
painted and put up for generation
once more in the eighteenth century.
Later it passed into the possession of
the Carmelites, who have renovated
it. and revived the pilgrimages and
devotions to Our Lady of Dublin, who
now looks down on her clients from a
handsome altar and appropriate sur
roundings.
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ing peaceful solution of the prob.
lens arising out of the use of subma
r1nes against merchantmen, we find
ourselves differing irreconciliably as
to the methods which should be en-
ployed.
1T falls to your lot to speak of
ficially for the nation; l consider il
TO be none the less my duty to en-
deavor as a private citizen to pro-
mote the end which you have in view
by means which you do not feel at lib
erty to use.
In severing the intimate and pleas
ant relations which have existed be
tween us during the past two years
permit me to acknowledge the pro
found satisfaction which it has given
me to be associated with you in the
important work which has come before
the State Department and to thank
you for the courtesies extended.
with the heartiest good wishes fo1
your personal welfare and for the sue
cess OF your administration, am, my
dear Mr.. President,
Every truly yours,
(Signed) wv. j. BRYAN"
my Dear Mr.. Bryan:
Il accept your resignation only be
cause you insist upon its acceptance;
and l accept it with much more than
deep regret, with a feeling of per
sonal sorrow. Our two years of close
association have been very delight
full to me. Our judgments have &C
corded in practically every matter OF
official duty and of public policy un
TIL now; your support of the work and
purposes of the administration has
been generous and loyal beyond
praise, your devotion to the duties
of your great Office and your eager
ness to take advantage of every great
opportunity for service it offered has
been an example to the rest of us; you
have earned our affectionate admira
ton and friendship. Even now we are
not separated in the object we seek
but only in the method by which We
seek it.
ut is for these reasons my feeling
about your retirement from the sec
retaryship of state goes so much
deeper than regret. l sincerely de-
plore it. Our objects are the same
and we ought to pursue them togeth
er. yield to your desire only be
cause must and wish to bid you God
speed in the parting. We shall con.
tinue to work for the same causes
even when we do not work in the same
way.
with affectionate regard, sincerely
yours,
WOODROW WILSON,"
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vide reputation, is the national mem.
bership secretary of the Child Labor
Committee, whose Office is at los, East
Twenty-second Street, New York.
ROSE BUSHES PRESENTED TO
THE GOVERNMENT.

More than 400 varieties of rose-bush-
es donated by florists throughout the
country, and now growing in the ex-
perimental farm of the Department of
Agriculture at Arlington, Va, were
formally presented to the government
last week by members of the National
Rose Company.
About 2 years ago, two acres of
ground were set aside at the experi-
mental farm for the testing of roses.
Similar gardens were established in
other cities. In these gardens new
varieties of roses are planted to as
certain the sections of the country
best suited for their growing. The
tests last years, and the plants are
examined at frequent intervals dur
ing the period by experts in the art of
rose growing.
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.G3zzSEsjj S ::5S Ssssslp
~sS"%sR

Do you believe in Irish recruiting?
Do you believe that the young men of
Ireland should shed their blood upon
the battle fields of Europe. Every
Irish man and woman, no matter in
what section of the world they re.
side, have pronounced opinions upon
this subject. The following article
taken from one of our Irish exchanges
is of interest.
Addressing recruiting meeting at
Manorhamilton, Mr.. T. F. Smyth, M.
p, for South Leitrim, said that If the
young men did not come forward and
join the army voluntarily in short
time they would be forced to do so
whether they liked it or not under
conscription. Major Murphy, recruit
ing officer, also said that as sure as
God was in heaven above there would
be conscription If they did not get the
men without it.
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Rt. Rev. Bishop Fogarty, of the See
Of Killaloe, has issued a statement In
the Irish Catholic of Dublin and in
the papers of Limerick and Cork de-
claring that he has come to the con.
clusion that Ireland has been betrayed
by the British Liberals. ireland"
said he, lis to be sacrificed and cheat
ed, her confidence betrayed, her indus.
tries crushed under the heavy wheel
of England's interests" The history
Of British rule in Ireland is as true
as it is sad and as sad as it is true
and yet there are some who would
advise young man of Ireland to go
and die in the trenches as though he
we're created for nothing more useful
or holy.
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It is reported that the German grand
lodge of Masons on May 10Th made a
declaration against the order in Italy,
charging them with perfidy which re-
suited in Italy's attitude toward Ger
many. The Italian Masons are charged
with violating the principle of free
masonry expressly forbidding the
methods employed by the Italian grand
lodge. The declaration further de-
clared that former relations with the
Italian and French Masons are sew
cred. 1t would be interesting to know
to what extent the Germans charge
their brethren with activity in the
Italian conflict.
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ARE YOU GOING TO COLLEGE?

45 At this season of the year the ques.
ton most often asked in educational
circles wherever young men and wo-
men are gathered together is the ques.
ton, "Are you going to college next
year," The question is asked by the
graduates of public schools, particu-
d larly those graduates of high schools,
converts, academies and higher col.
sleges Of learning. The question is
spromptly answered by those who have
the money, If they have the inclination.
III lie hesitatingly answered by those
whose parents are not so we'll able
lfo bear the financial burden and by
those who hesitate to make the sac
SIacs Of attempting to pay their own
1 The question of the value of
S6llega attendance is constantly placed
i5si lc1ara the young men and women who
NJ W. OGt likely to be interested. The
3i1ia y Y of raduates Of al schools are
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||M BREAK IN PRESIDENT WILSON'S CABINET

DlHerence In opinion in regard to
the nature of the note to Germany has
caused split in the Presidents Cabi.
net and resulted in the resignation of
William Jennings Bryan as Secretary
OF State. The note had to do with the
sinking OF the Lusitania in which
many American lives were lost. The
note to be delivered to Germany, so
far as the President was concerned,
was an ultimatum demanding that
Germany cease her submarine attacks
on ships carrying neutral passengers,
The position of Mr.. Bryan was that
the note should not be of such a ma.
ture as would result in a breach with
the German government. Mr.. BRYAN is
the leading advocate of peace and his
desire to have the Lusitania matter
referred to court of arbitration
rather than take measures which
might result in a war has caused a
dlfference of opinion with the Presi.
dent, which resulted in Mr.. Bryan's
resignation.
William Jennings Bryan was three
times candidate for President of the
United States. He was born March 10.
1860. He was Democratic nominee for
United States Senate in 1898; nomi-
mated for the presidency in Chicago in
1896; nominated for the presidency in
Kansas City in 1900, and at Denver in
1908. He forced the nomination of
Woodrow Wilson for the presidency at
Baltimore in 1912, although he was
sent as a delegate instructed fer
Champ Clark. He became Secretary
of State March 4, 1918, and resigned
June 8, 1915.
The following is Mr.. Bryan's letter
OF resignation and the letter of &C.
ceptance of President Wilson:
my dear Mr.. President:
1T is with sincere regret that !
have reached the conclusion that !
should return to you the commission
OF Secretary of State with which you
honored me at the beginning of your
administration.
"Obedient to your sense of duty and
actuated by the highest motives, you
have prepared for transmission to the
German government a note in which !
cannot join without violating what I
deem to be an obligation to my coun.
try and the issue involved is of such
moment that to remain member of
the cabinet would be as unfair to you
as 1t would be to the cause which is
nearest my heart, namely, the proven
ton Of war;
Il therefore, respectfully tender my
resignation to take effect when the
note is sent, unless you prefer an ear
Tier hour. Alike DESTROYS of reach
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bullets or was loosed from the hand
OF the dying-to guard it and to bring
1t back home-a sign Of victory, to be
placed amid their most precious treas
ures. for their children and their chill
dren's children to hold in trust until
again comes the hour-the most awful
hour which comes from the womb of
fate-the hour when the call to battle
booms forth-when the cannons roll
through the streets-when the music
OF war songs and marching feet stir
the hearts of men and fill the hearts
of women with dread-when our wo.
men send those they love forth, and
pray that they may come back once
more.
1t is the duty of Hibernian speakers
to inform themselves thoroughly of
the deeds of the Irish heroes of Amer
lea. These heroes are numbered by
the thousands, and the repetition of
put few of them, with a recital of
their achievements, will do much for
our race and for Hibernianism. The
memory of men is prone to neglect the
great ones. and if we Hibernians do
not cherish the fame of our Irish dead
we shall rely upon other races in vain
to hold their names in reverence.
Our race is one of soldiers and
statesmen. In no land but this have
our virtues of military courage and
political wisdom found such immeasur-
able opportunities and success. None
OF the wars of America lacked Irish
commanders, and these Irish comman.
ders of American armies and Ameri.
can fleets are the most renowned in
our Valhalla of fame. No Irish or Hi.
oernian orator should hesitate to re.
mind his hearers that General John
Sullivan. the son of Limerick school
master, auspiciously inaugurated the
Revolutionary War by siezing the fort
OF William and Mary, thereby furnish.
ing the powder which charged the
guns at Bunker Hill. No Hibernian
speaker on any patriotic subject
should neglect to mention that Can
tain Jeremiah O'Brien and his six
brothers fought the first sea battle of
the Revolution. Some of the most
skflful and gallant of Washington
generals were Irish, among them Ad.
)utant General Edward Hand, General
stephen Moylan, General Henry Knox,
Colonel Proctor, Ephraim Blaine, Gen.
eral Anthony Wayne-all Of Irish birth
or lineage. Who is not familiar with
the career of Commodore John Barry,
the Father of the American Navy?
1t cannot be retold too frequently how
this lrish-born sailor, a native of Wex.
ford, was given command of the LEX.
ington. the first American ship to
raise the Stars and Stripes. and the
first to capture British vessel, and
how. when in command of the "Alli-
ance," he fought and captured two
British ships of war, and Of the close.
ness of the friendship that existed be-
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IRISH NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD.
Asks for Embargo on All Munitions of
War and Enforcement Of Law Which
Prohibits Carrying Of Ammunition or
Explosives on Passenger Ships.
Boston-At a meeting of the Irish
National Brotherhood of Massachu-
sets held in A. o. H. Hall, PSI Cam
bridge street, Boston, May %, the fol-
lowing resolutions were passed:
Whereas, We deplore the fact that
by the sinking of the Lusitania a
number of innocent lives were lost.
and we particularly deplore the loss of
a number of American citizens caused
by the sinking of that vessel. Look
ing at this act of war from the Impair
tial view point of fair minded Ameri-
can citizens, we are forced to emphat-
fcally condemn the reckless conduct
OF the Cunard Steamship Company
which sneered at the solemn official
warning given to them by the German
Ambassador and persisted in carrying
to their doom shipload of passengers
on steamer loaded to the gunwales
with high explosives and ammunition
contrary to the law of this country.
We are also compelled to condemn the
cowardly neglect of the English gov
eminent in leaving the Lusitania to
meet her fate unprotected by an Eng
lish convoy while passing through the
dangerous war zone after being suffi-
ciently warned. The cowardice of the
British navy and government will re-
ceive from posterity the condemnation
they so justly deserve.
Resolved, That we, the Irish Nation
al Brotherhood of Massachusetts in
convention assembled, heartily pledge
our support to the President of the
United States in maintaining and up
holding the honor and integrity of our
beloved country, but we earnestly pro-
test any attempt by the officials of
our government to pull chestnuts out
Of the fire for England. We cannot
deny that this government deserves
the severest censure' for permitting
English ships to sail from American
ports carrying American citizens while
loaded with explosives and ammuni-
ton, and be it
Further Resolved, That we are en-
phatically opposed to the pro-British
propaganda carried on by some of the
subsidized daily papers and which has
for it's purpose the dragging of this
Republic into the horrible war that is
now taking place in Europe. We call
on President Wilson to help put an end
to this murderous strife by placing an
embargo on all munitions of war, and
we ask him to enforce the established
law of the United States which pro-
hibits the carrying of ammunition or
explosives on passenger ships sailing
from American Professionalism on
resolutions, Charles Mccarthy, John
J. McKiernan, Matthew Cummings.
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THE "NAsHINeToN POST"
ON THE MEXICAN SITUATION

The Washington Post" one of the
best papers in the country, says of the
Mexican situation as follows:
"The Presidents appeal to the lead
ers of the warning factions in Mexico
will fall upon unwilling and unrespon-
sive ears. Nearly years of unrestrict-
ed brigandage and public loot and
private plumber, have made a profit
able business for thousands of agitat-
ing patriotism while such course of
resulted in the deaths of scores of
thousands of their countrymen and
ruined millions of the inhabitants.
"The cries for liberty 'independ-
dence, and reform will now grow
louder than ever among those who
have adopted the profession Of patri-
otism as a means to increase their
fortunes, promote their vices and aid
their ambitions.
ut is to be regretted that Duval
West was not sent to Mexico in March
1913, or that the voices of American
officials then and there, and those of
Americans residing there at that time
were not given greater heed and con-
sideration.
1T is another example of the ills
and misfortunes which invariably fol-
low the seeking of advice that will &C.
cord with preconceived ideas and the
rejection of the correct counsel which
would suggest the power of existing
conditions upon those ideas.
1.-TWO years of watching and waiting
upon political brigands have transform
ed thousands of formerly self-sup-
porting and peaceable Mexicans into
armed and organized looters and plum
derers, and have vastly increased the
difficulties of the law and order class
of Mexico, to accomplish that which
the President now calls upon them to
do.
These misspent years have not only
increased the task of the government,
but added largely to it's responsibilities
for the tranquilization of the disord-
erly republic. The responsibilities
cannot be shifted, now the task must
be accomplished; it must be success
fully completed, and in his efforts to
do this upon the direct and sensible
lines which he has just formulated,
the President should have and will
the cordial and hearty support of the
entire people of this country and the
aid of those few Mexicans remaining
in Mexico who desire an established,
orderly government and the peace it
will bring"
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1RYAN's RESIGNATION.

William Jennings Bryan, without
doubt one of the best known men who
have ever entered American public
life, three times nominated for the
presidency of the United States Great
ed sensation when his resignation
from President Wilson's cabinet was
announced on Tuesday. His resigna-
ton gives some hint of the conflict
ing forces and conflicting interests
that are at work in Washington. 1t
Is no time for patriotic citizens to
enter into discussion of the merits
OF the controversy. Even the friends
of Mr.. Bryan are hesitating to EN-.
phatically declare themselves in favor
of the course he has taken because of
the crisis now confronting the govern
ment and the earnest desire of all
sincere citizens to lend their aid to
the support Of the course taken by the
president, who is charged with ad-
ministering the public affairs. The
expression of many of the newspapers
regarding the action of Mr.. Bryan has
been severely bitter. Bitterness at
this time is cheap and clamor is moth.
thing but jingoism. If there is any.
thing really sickening to the conserv.
alive public mind in America it is
the clamor of the papers Fastening to
announce that in this event or in that
event war may be declared against
this or that country. It is this very
thing which may force upon the pres.
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tween washington and this rugged
Irish sea-fighter.
Another of the great names of the
Revolution 1t would be we'll to re.
member is that Of General Richard
Montgomery, born in Raphoe, County
Donegal, the dauntless leader who fell
in the charge upon the heights of
Quebec. The son of an Irishman,
General George Clinton, was twice
Vice-President of the United States
and Governor of New York. Major
General Richard Butler and his four
brothers, Generals John Armstrong,
William Irvine, William Thompson.
James Smith and Griffith Rutherford
were all 1rish-born. The number of
Irish soldiers and officers in the Rev.
olution made it almost an Irish war.
1t being admitted before Commit.
tee OF the British House of Commons,
that the majority of the soldiers were
OF Irish descent or birth. It would
take volumes to enumerate their
names. The Irish sentiment was so
general that on one of the most
significant of all days-the day when
the British evacuated Boston Wash.
ington gave out as the password the
name of the patron saint of our Or
der-and "St. Patrick" became the
watchword of the American army. as
1t had been for the Hibernian organi-
cations in Ireland, and as it is today in
the Hibernian organization through.
out the world.
In the war of 1912 no hero won
more brilliant renown or performed a
more enduring service for America
than Andrew Jackson, afterward Pres.
ident of the United States, the son of
an Irish father, and the General who
defeated the British in the great bat.
tie of New Orleans, securing for
America the rich and vast Valley of
the Mississippi. Commodore Perry,
the victor of Lake Erie, was the son
of an Irish mother. Commodore
Thomas McDonough, the victor of the
battle of Lake Champlain, was of Irish
descent. Commodore Charles Stew
art, who commanded the frigate Con.
stitution" when she defeated two Brit
ish ships by moonlight, was born of
Irish parents, and his grandson,
Charles Stewart Parnell, is honored
wherever Irish patriots have wan
dered. Other Irish naval heroes of this
war were Captain Blakely and Captain
Boyle. Some of the army comman-
ders of that period were General A. E.
Maccomb, Colonel George Croghan,
and Colonel Hugh Brady.
The Mexican war brought forth an
other splendid galaxy of Irish heroes,
of whom the most famous were Cen
erals Shields and kearney. Theodore
O'Hara, the poet. whose lines,
ION Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouoc of the Dead"
are carved above the graves in the
military cemeteries, was of Irish
blood.
The deeds of our race in the Civil
War are told-beyond the possibility
OF forgetfulness-but it is inspiring