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The Irish standard., 1916-08-12
Walsh 0enounces yoh., u.

CHAIRMAN OF THE CON-
MITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL RELA-
TioNs, AGAIN DENouNcEs
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. As.
sERTloN THAT ROCKEFELLER
WAS IGNORANT OF CONDITIONS
IN COLORADO.
Washington, July 29.-Frank p.
Walsh, who, as chairman Of the Com
mittee on Industrial Relations, inves-
tigated mining conditions in Colorado,
has written another letter to John D..
Rockefeller, Jr. A former commune
cation reviewed the recent decision
of the Colorado Supreme Court.
Rockefeller replied by wire that he had
not seen the decision and added:
Pending the receipt Of this inf6rma-
tion, can only say that any ohenses.
no matter by whom committed, which
could have been Justly characterised
in such language as you have quoted,
would be quite as abhorrent to me a.
to you" and predicted that no such con
ditious could exist at present.
Walsh says in part:
Your expressions Of horror and de
testation ct what the Supreme Cour,
OF Colorado has condemned,
The Irish standard., 1916-08-12
Religious Ceremony Held Before War
ship Was christened by Span
ish AMBASSADORS Wife.

Before Sonora de Riano, wife Of
the Spanish Ambassador, christened
the first warship ever built in the Unit.
ed States for the Spanish Government
and bestowed the name, Isaac Peral on
the submarine, there took place a for
NAL religious ceremony and holy water
was sprinkled on the ship. A prayer
was read as part of this ceremony.
Never before had a warship built at
Fore River shipyard been blessed and
christened IN this manner.
Sonora Riano, when she christened
the submarine, was standing on the
platform in the presence Of q gather
ing Of representative Of her country.
most Of whom had accompanied her
from Washington, senor Juan de RI.
ano, the Ambassador; Colonel Urcul-
la, military attache; Mr.. saro. secre-
tary to the Ambassador; Colonel AL.
derequis, Commissary Calenti, Lieu
tenant Carranxa, Lieutenant Cortijo,
Madame Cortijo. Lieutenant Guimera,
Lieutenant Vial, Madame Vial, Lieu
The Irish standard., 1916-08-12

Mr.. Joyce Kilmer, the brilliant
young Catholic poet and writer, was
painfully injured on July 26 in an &C.
cident at Suffern, N. Y, when he was
knocked down by an Erie railroad
train. He was on his way from his
home in Mahwah to New York and
in his hurry to catch the train he
attempted to cross the tracks in front
of the speeding train. The pilot of
the engine struck him with full force
and he was knocked down. He was
hurled ten feet through the air and
landed on his side, breaking several
ribs.
The Irish standard., 1916-08-12

Boston, Aug. l, l916.-The immoral
propaganda carried on by the birth
control faddists received a we'll de.
served setback in Boston few days
ago, when Judge Murray sentenced
Van Kleeck Allison, leader of the
movement in Boston and former Co.
lumbia student, to the house of cor
rection for three years. Allison was
found guilty on charges of distribut-
ing obscene literature after one of the
most unusual trials in the history of
Boston. Both Judge Murray and Dis
trict Attorney Pelleter scathingly de.
nounced the young man and the move
ment he stood for, in the course of
their statements.
The Irish standard., 1916-08-12

The Senate resolutions asking for
clemency for all Of the 1000 Irish pa.
triots was passed by a strong major
ity vote and the President signed them.
There was plenty OF time for coding
the telegram and It's arrival in London
should have been several hours ahead
Of the execution instead of after the
burial of the body in quicklime.
The Irish standard., 1916-08-12

HIGH COST OF; IRISH LIVING.
Since the outbreak of the war the
cost of f'living In Ireland has increased
Alp per cent.
A consular report to the Department
of, Commerce, Washington, D. c.,
says bread is nine cents for a two.
pound loaf. sugar nine cents pound,
milk seven cents q quart, and butter
80 cents a pound. These prices are
40 to so per cent higher than the
normal.
The Irish standard., 1916-08-12
NoN-cATHoLIc WRITER SHOWS
THAT REPUTED WEALTH OF
CHURCH IN MEXICO IS GREAT
LY ExAGGERATED-"MExlco is
AN UNHAPPY COUNTRY BE.
CAUSE SHE HAS PROSECUTED
THE CHURCH,"

At the suggestion of the Rt. Rev.
Mgr. Francis G. Kelley, president of
the Catholic Church Extension soci-
ETY., the John Lane company, pub
fishers, has furnished the Catholic
press with excerpts of splendid new
book, "Benighted Mexico" by Ran
dolph Wexford Smith, proving that
a persecution Of ND Catholic Church
is responsible for the condition in
which Mexico finds herself today Mr..
Smith, who is we'll known in literary
circles, and who is not a Catholic him.
self, says in part: s
"For fifty years, upheld by sword
and gun, the minority of Mexico has
denied the majority its freedom of
worship, has interfered with the re-
ligious liberty of individuals; has
coined their meekness into gold. They
have been doing this in the name of
democracy; so for fifty years there
has been no peace in Mexico. Educa-
tion has been neglected. Agrarian
and economic sicknesses have cried
out in vain for treatment. Treasures
of successive governments have been
looted. Theft has been bold and open +;
and now come murder, more robbery
lust and sacrilege. Why? Because
fundamentally the whole fabric OF
Mexican democracy Is wrong. 1t was
built on tyranny Of the worst kind
tyranny over mems conscience. The
foundation-stone is oppression of the
people in the enjoyment of natura
rights. You can not tinker with sucf
a structure. You can not improve 4
so that it will last, unless that fals'
base is pulled out and replaced b!
justice full and free by acknowledg
ing the right of the individual to wor
ship God as his conscience tells hin
to worship Him.
The Irish standard., 1916-08-12
Biography Of ffheLafe
Sir Roger Easement
Was Accomplished Diplomat
and Literaure-For Twenty Years Was Firm Believer that
Ireland's Salvation Lies in Separation from England

many would not invade Ireland with
any intentions of conquest or of the
destruction of any institutions. If, In
the course Of this war, which Germany
did not seek. the fortune of arms
should ever bring German troops to
the coasts of ireland, they would land
there, not as an army Of invaders COM
ing to rob or destroy, but as the fight
ing forces Of a government inspired
only by good will toward a land and a
people for whom Germany only wishes
national prosperity and national free
dom. ~
Easement sent this letter to the
Irish newspapers:
Let Irishmen and boys stay in Ire
land. Their duty is clear-before God
and before man. We, as people have
no quarrel with the German people.
Germany has never wronged Ireland,
and we owe her more than one debt
of gratitude. :
ut was not German steamship
company that, last summer, with the
assent Of the government making the
contract, broke public faith with the
Irish people and abandoned it's pledged
service with the port of Cork. But it
was German steamship company that
tried to make good the breach of pub
lie trust and the injury to Irish trade
that the Cunard Company had COM
mitted. and the British Postmaster
General, Admiralty and Board of
Trade had arrived at. And it was
another British department that made
representation at Berlin, in behalf of
English trade jealousy, and caused the
German Emperor to intervene to in
duce the Hamburg American line to
substitute Southampton for Queens
town-A British for an Irish port The
hated German was welcome when he
came to an English port-his help and
enterprise were out of place when d.
means Of intercourse with the outside
world.
casement's Opinions Before the War.
The power of tho British fleet can
never be permanently restrained until
Ireland is restored to Europe. Ger
many has of necessity become the
champion OF European interests as op.
posed to the world dominion of Eng
land and lGnglish-speaking elements.
She is today dam, a great reservoir
rapidly filling with human life that
land instead of wisely digging chan
nels for the overflow has hardened her
heart. like Pharaoh, and thinks to pre-
vent it or to so divert the stream that
it shall be lost and drunk up in the
thirsty sands of an ever expanding An
glo. o.SaxonG0m. German laws, German
language. German civilization are to
find no ground for replenishing, no soil
, to fertilize and make rich.
Without Ireland there would be to.
day no British Empire. The vital i'm
portance Of Ireland to England is un
derstood, but never proclaimed by any
British statesman. To subdue that
western and eastern-closing island ani
to exploit its resources, its people and
above all, Its position, to the sole ad
vantage of the eastern island, has beer
:. the set aim of every English gov
;, ernment from the days of Henry VII
Onwards.
Engiand's American Policy.
:, In order to make sure the encom
passing Of Europe with q girdle o
r Continued on Page 5.)
The Irish standard., 1916-08-12
Did Britain Halt the
Landing Of Envoys?
British Government Declines Accede Request
Stats apartment that ENJOYS Be Permitted Land-No
PlsStan< B, ,cuse Offered by England

New York, eoi< Thomas
Hughes Kelly ans nth re.
main on board the s. 7hia
in Liverpool Harbor VIII. boat
has been docked for nine I. IS and
must return to New York on the same
ship Thursday. The British Govern
ment declines to accede to the urgent
requests Of the American State De-
partment that the relief envoys be
permitted to land in Ireland and dis
tribute the relief money donated by
generous Americans. This is the first
case in this war where relief COM
mittee was deported or refused land
ing. Acting Secretary of State Polk
has made every effort to secure a
resembling Of the British order, but
all his requests have proved unavail-
ing, In the House of Commons the
Government merely announced that
one Of the delegates was engaged in
business" that had met with the dis.
approval of the home government.
The Irish Relief Fund Committee
consists Of several hundred prominent
Americans and is organized solely to
relieve the sufferers in Ireland. The
three American Cardinals and most of,
the Bishops are officers of the Com
mittee. DR.. Thomas Adds Emmett is
president. Thomas Hughes Kelly is
not engaged in any business to which
the British Government can possibly
object. He is a wealthy New York
real estate owner, well-known to bank
ers.
The appeal for contributions was
narrowed to no class but was pre-.
sented to all Americans in the fol-
lowing words:
TO THE CHARITABLE PEOPLE OF
4, AMERICA.
The terrible scourge of war, which
has devastated SO many countries of
Europe, has. fallen with fury upon
Ireland. At the present moment the
Irish Capitol and other cities and
towns are largely in ruins. In. the
language of a Relief Committee, head
ed by Reverend Richard Bowden, ad-
ministrator of the Dublin Pro-Cathe-
dral, 900 were slain during the in
surrection, is were executed by courts
martial, 1874 have been condemned to
penal servitude, 1850 were deported
without trial, and 400 await sentence
by Courts-martial."
All these calamities have produced
a suspension of industry and reduced
to idleness practically the entire la.
boring population of Dublin and other
places.
Under any conditions, the families
of those who were killed or taken
captive would be reduced to misery
But owing to the cessation of indus
try those who might be expected ,to
relieve them are themselves rendered
destitute and this distress growing
every hour more acute, must end, un
less some relief be afforded, in total
starvation of many and grievous suf
fering by all that sorely afflicted pop
ulace.
To relieve the families of those mas
sacred and slain, as well as of those
who are actually starving or in dan
ger Of starvation, fund is beint
raised, and this committee appeals t,
the whole body of the American peo
pie for contributions to aid this oh
ject. which is purely humanitarian
and charitable.
In the language of the committee ii
Ireland, I'VE make our appeal to al
AAA
The Irish standard., 1916-08-12

In the House of Commons recently,
a question by Mr.. Laurence Ginnell
brought out the fact that the govern
ment contemplated the establishment
of an evening newspaper in Dublin to
advocate Ulster partition and to sup.
port those in favor of 1t.
The Irish standard., 1916-08-12

Sir Roger Easement was prom
inent member of an old family in An
trim, near Belfast, Ulster Protestants,
until his conversion just before his
death.
He was about SO years of age,
learned In languages and literatures
and one of the most accomplished Of
diplomats. For twenty years he was
a firm advocate Of the theory that
the salvation of Ireland depended on
its separation from England.
In 1896 he was British Consul for
West Africa and consul to the Congo
Free State which position he occu.
pied for eleven years. He was ap.
pointed Consul General to Brazil in
1906, declined Consul General of the
West Indies in 1907 and became fa-
nous for his expose Of the Brazilian
rubber atrocities which shocked the
world in 1907. He could have been
made ambassador Of the first rank but
for his peculiar views on Ireland"
He retired from the British service
in 1914 and visited America, speaking
for the independence of ireland to the
national convention of the Ancient Or.
der of Hibernians at Norfolk, Va, in
July, 1914. When England declared
war on Germany Sir Roger Easement
made his way to Germany for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the intentions of
Germany towards Ireland.
On November 20, 1914, the official
organ Of the German foreign Office
announced the result of his mission
as follows:
THE well-known Irish Nationalist,
Sir Roger Easement, who recently ar
rived in Berlin from the United States,
was received at the Foreign Office.
Sir Roger Easement pointed out that
there had been circulated in Ireland
statements, apparently authorized by
the British Government, to the effect
that German victory would inflict
great injury upon the Irish people. 49,
Their land, their habitations, theil
churches, and their priests would be
handed over to the tender mercies OF
an army of invaders, whose only mo-
tives were plunder and conquest. Re
cent assertions Of Mr. Redmond on the
occasion Of his recruiting tour through
Ireland, as well as manifold editorial
statement of the British press in Ire
land, had, so Sir Roger explained, been
widely circulated, and had naturally
occasioned among the Irish fear re
specting the attitude of Germany to
ward Ireland In the event of Ger
man victory, Sir Roger asked for {
convincing declaration about Ger
many's intentions toward Ireland, sucl
as might restore the equanimity of hi
fellow countrymen throughout tn
;world, but especially in Ireland ant
America, in view of the disturbing
statements circulated from responsible
British quarters. The Acting Secre
tary OF State for foreign Affairs there
upon made the following official state
ment on behalf of the Imperial Char
cellor:
:, The Imperial Government reject
with the utmost decision the evil il
tentions ascribed to 1t in the asse
tions quoted by Sir Roger Casemen
The government takes this opportunit
!, of making the categorical assurant
that Germany cherishes only sent
. ments of good will for the prosperit
!. of the Irish people, their land ar
their institution. The Imperial Go
ernment declares formally that &c
l -
The Irish standard., 1916-08-12

sion can reach over every obstacle to
redress wrongs and alleviate suffer-
ing, that they may cooperate in this
merciful and righteous work. For the
sake of our country we make 1t, of our
Nations Honor, and of our own, so
that its high repute for justice shall
be transmitted by our generation un-
sullied to future and happier times" !"
New York, July %, 1916.
The following kilograms on the sub.
ject Of the detention of Messrs. Kelly
and Smith between the Secretary to
President Wilson, the Acting Secre-
tary of State and the Secretary of the
Irish Relief Fund are of interest, like
wise the able letter of Congressman
Moors of Indiana. A
TELEGRAM.
To the President, White House, Wash.
ington, D. c.:
In behalf of more than five hun
dred thousand American contributors
to the Irish Relief Fund all over the
country, call upon you to exert the
last ounce Of influence the American
Government possesses to secure the
release and prevent the deportation
from Liverpool on next Saturday of
Thomas Hughes Kelly of New York,
National Treasurer of this fund, of
Mrs. Thomas Hughes Kelly, and of
Joseph Smith of Lowell, Mass, vice.
president of this fund. =
These American citizens are re-
strained of their liberties and prac-
tically prisoners of the British Gov
ernment aboard the American Steam.
ship Philadelphia. All three have
American Passports visaed by the Brit.
ish Consul General at New York. The
British Government has fatty dishon'
ored these passports and it is an in.
suit to the American Government and
the American nation: The American
Government should not tolerate it fol
a moment. We abrogated our treaty
with Russia, always a friendly nation
because it would not honor American
passports. Mr.. Kelly also carried 9
personal letter given him by Secretary
Lansing at Watertown three or -four
days before he sailed. Mr. Kelly and
Mr.. Smith are men of the highest pos
sible type and standing. Mr.. Kelly is
a nephew of Archbishop John Hughes
of New York, whom President Lin
coin sent to France at the same time
he sent Henry Ward Beecher to Eng
land, as spokesmen for the Unior
cause. The nephew of that man goes
today on an errand Of mercy and char
ity alone. The New York papers o
today, and particularly the New Yorl
Evening Sun of yesterday, described
them at length. You will note tina
Mr.. Smith, noteworthy author an.
poet, was for five years a soldier il
the United States Army. England no
only permits American charity to b
dispensed by American agents amonI
her Allies but she actually solicit
American charity. Germany permit
American agents to dispense America
charity in Belgium, and would permi
it in Poland if England did not ba
the way. In behalf of the great nun
Der of Americans whom represen
| call upon you for prompt, energeti
and effective action in behalf of thes
officers Of the Irish Relief Fund Con
mittee, who go to dispense America
Charity in Ireland.
Il r 4
The Irish standard., 1916-08-12
WHAT SOME OF THE HYPHENs
HAVE DONE.
Mayor Mravias, Of Elizabeth, N. j., to
Delegates Of the Patriotic Order
Sons Of America.

the invitation Of one of your represent
atives to make short address of wei.
come to your organization upon the oc.
casion of your convention in this city.
"Your representative left a copy of
your constitution and statement of
the objects of your organization in my
hands, undoubtedly for the purpose of
enabling me to know what was to
talk about, and, perhaps, to commend
your principles. He did not know, or
perhaps, did not consider what a diff
ficult task he put up to me, for l am
one of those terribly dangerous foreign.
born citizens against the possible
designs of whom your fraternity is or
ganized for the protection and preserv-
alton of the constitution, American
institutions. the sanctity of the schools,
etc. Let me assure you, despite this,
that you are nevertheless welcome. 1t
may, perhaps, ease your mind, If on
the hand Of history I can assure you
that there is no cause for such fear.
1.-THE names of Lafayette, Baron Won
Steuben, Pulaski, Koskiosko and others
speak for the loyalty of the foreigner,
while the recollections of Benedict Ar
mold, the descendant of at least two
generations of native-born Americans
of Connecticut, show that treachery is
not an impossible thing among the ma
tive Americans. Let me recall to your
consideration that the fierce onslaught
on the Constitution and the very exist.
ence of our institutions during the War
of the Rebellion came from the barons
Of the slave States, all native Ameri-
cans, and many of them like Lee,
reared, educated and commissioned in
the service of the government which
they fought against.
ION the other hand l recollect the
names Of many foreigners who led and
many unnamed foreigners whose tomb
stones saw on the fields of Gettys-
burg, who fought and died for the
preservation of the Union and Ameri-
can liberal institutions. The picture
Of q monument near the DEVILS Den at
Gettysburg, of the Catholic priest who
gave absolution to an Irish regiment,
and then, together with its regular of.
ficers. led them into battle, out of which
a short while after barely 200 returned
out of 1000, is an imperishable proof
that loyalty is not the special property
Of any nation or creed.
GO one step further-and nothing
in your constitution prevents you from
doing it-welcome the foreigner-for
without his help many of the things
which within the past fifty years have
made this country great, could not
have been accomplished.
Bear in mind that the man who
comes here to better his lot and ele
vate the basis from which his offspring
are to start their life work is not like
ly to deliberately betray the countr,
Of his adoption, not willingly to aid II
the destruction of the very institution.
from which he expects so much of tn,
future welfare of his offspring. He ii
not willing to substitute for them con
ditiOns from which he has deliberatel,
escaped"
The Irish standard., 1916-08-12

does not alter the fact that what the
Supreme Judges Of Colorado have so
vigorously condemned are the acts of
the organization which you dominate
and direct.
"Your avowal of ignorance of the
fraudulent and criminal results Of
your mastery in Colorado does not lend
hope that you and your present or
ganization will bring about better COM
ditions in Colorado. 4
ION the contrary, the total ignor-
ance and misunderstanding which you
plead, taken in connection with the
abhorrent facts which the highest court
in Colorado has. now condemned in
public to the world, are convincing
proof that you should abdicate that
imperial control 40 the court has
characterized It, and give the work
ers who produce your wealth theiz
rightful opportunities Of citisenship
and Of self expression"
In . proclamation issued last weeh
Mayor c. e. Sebastian Of Los Angeles
Cal, asked the people Of the city to
devote . five-minute period from II
.. m, on August 1 to prayer for peace
! in Europe.