The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-01

HE IRISH STAND A R
women and children; in a word. she
God to all mankind, into private wa
terways over which she has attempted
to exercise all the rights OF private
ownership. while permitting no one
to travel without her consent or to
trade without paying tribute to her.
The Freedom Of the Seas Must Be
Asserted and Upheld.
Such state of affairs is intclerable
to free-born and high-spirited peo-
pie. We, therefore, demand in the
name of American citizenship and by
the memory of the sacrifices and
deeds of those who in other days
guarded American interests and up
held American rights, that such acts
must be stopped; that our neutral
rights must be respected and restored
and that all the force and power Of
this Government must be used, If nee
essary, to uphold the freedom Of the
seas against all aggression and self
ishness, as it was against Barbary
piracy.
An Appeal to the President and Con
gress.
We call upon the President ant
Congress Of the United States to d.
all that may be necessary to plac'
the American flag, both upon the nav.
and the mercantile marine, in a posi-
ton of equality with every other fla
upon the seven seas. We insist, wit
our thousands of miles of undefende
coastways and with our great see
ports, that our national interests d.
mand the development Of all weapon
of defense against aggression, and WI
therefore, demand that no misguide
action be taken to minimize the powe
and effectiveness of the submarin
and of the vessels of the air-bot
vital weapons of defense to the Uni
ed States in time of warm any e
fort to aid any country in the preser
conflict upon either side of the stru.
gle.
Americans Should Be Warned Agains
Travelling on Armed Ships Of tn
| BeIIiserents.
We demand that American passel
gers shall be warned not to trave
upon ships carrying munitions Of wa
or upon armed vessels of any bellil
erent, endangering by their action nc
alone American lives but the peac
and dignity of our country, and we IL
sist that every armed vessel of an
belligerent visiting our ports shall b
placed upon common footing; n
ceived with uniform custom, and e
Their compelled to disarm, to depal
within a definite and stated time, Q
be informed for the term Of the war
Demand for the Enforcement Of Gu
Neutrality Laws.
We demand that our neutrality law
be enforced with fairness and impal
TALLY; that Britain no more than Au'
tria be permitted to enlist men for he
armies in this country; to provisio
her warships from our ports, or t
violate with impunity our shippin
laws and transportation rules.
The Way to MAXI England Respes
Il International Law.
We point out to the President an
the Congress that, without going
war, without shedding American bloc
or wasting American treasure-read
as the people are for sacrifices
these be required-we can by tn
threat of an embargo upon food an
munitions of war, compel the obser'
ance of international law, restore
neutrals the freedom of the seas, an
teach the belligerents, in the dreadf,
struggle which is now endangerin
the supremacy of the white race, thu
their blows must be struck again!
one another and that they shall nj
be permitted to destroy commerce b
tween neutral nations or invade tn
rights of countries which are, an
which desire to remain at peace.
ireland the Most Finished Result ,
English Mis-Government and Sci
ishness.
But it is to Ireland we must turn
order to see the most finished resu
of English disagreement and sci
ishness.
For centuries past, except for or
brief period, England has been in cor
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