New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-09
Bic National Anti-British
Pow-Wow To Be Held
Here March 4 and 5.
FREEDOM AFTER WAR
ERIN'S CHIEF DEMAND
low to Help Patriots Escape
Military Service Will Also
Be Discussed.

Tn Killys will be there and tn
OReillys will come runnin' and IN
DonovAns and tn Sullivans and tn
Horgaus and all OF thin good sons Of
ireland. TO stand UP and say 'Raus
Wild VIII" 20 Ovid England. thot they
viii. Mishter Dooley has not been in
VOTED. but Jeremiah OLeary will be
there. and he is as funny whin he
makes serious spache as innybody,
espicially vhin he tills how livery
lrishman hates the name OF England.
Thots phwat We are goin' TO have
mass meetin' fer at tn Astor March
Z and + 70 tin ache other how we
went foight England's battles for her
and how ireland can sipperate from
England. Johnny Moore, the sicre-
terry. Of 30 Church Street, issued the
announcement Of 1t yistiddy. and,
faith. IL was some dockymint. Rads It;
"'ro the men and women Of the irish
race in America:
For many months past appeals have
come from Ireland and from all parts
OF the United States asking that ma.
tonal gathering Of men aud women OF
the blood should be held in America TO
voice the real sentiments Of the race
and 10 make known clearly and dell
ritelv 10 the world the fact that Ire
Land has not and can not be absorbed
into England.
ain this way only. deprived a Ire
land &c nv the defence of the realm
Rcf Of tie right TO express any national
opinion. can the fact be made clear
that I'm spite Of the pressure and IN
fueuce Of England and the weakness
and bsrtering Of some Of our ow peo-
ule. the heart Of Ireland has not
changed
Every possible effort has been made
since the outbreak Of the war 10 sho"
that Ireland had suddenly reversed her
rosition. had thrown in her lot Win /
England aud had prepared to saerihce
al her sons that England might cor
time 10 live But the truth IS now re-
veeled. and Ireland, with wrongs unre-
dressed and rights withheld, looks Tor
ward with hope and confidence 10 the /
complete breakdown Of British mlsrule
as the certain outcome Of the present
war"
And listen 70 this. will yez, what
Johnny Moore's circular announcements
saws will be tn purposes OF the DIE
meetin': 49,.
81. How best 20 act so that in TINS
our own well-beloved country, the
teachings and practices Of Washington
and Jefferson. of Jackson ana Lincoln
may continue 10 prevail, 70 the emu
that what England could not in her
various efforts accomplish asalnSt
America by force she may not now 90
bv guile. or through the apathy OF the
nennle. b. the noisy cIemor OF ,hef
svowed agents or the mistaken zeaI OF
her dupes. a
"2. How best to preserve for Ireland
the remnant Of her manhood ana 10
keep England from sending, either by
force, starvation or deceit, the remain
ing young Irishmen TO death or cap .
tivity on foreign soil.
80. How best TO destroy the British .
influences which misrepresent America
10 ireland and Ireland TO America
An number four is tn longest ray
son Of all, an here II ia:
How best 20 act so that al tho Con
gress Of the Nations which, at the end
Of the war, will remake for generations
the map Of Europe, the legitimate
claims Of Ireland TO separation from
England, to which race, geographical
position and interest entitle her, may
receive the fullest measure of consid-
Grafton, and that after her age-long
sufferings she may again take her place
among the nations Of the world.
Theirs a lot more in tn circular.
England with her Allies" IT SEE, 'ln
sp!te Of her boosted supremacy in
numbers. in wealth and in territory, has
been defeated in every contest where
fkll and courage and strength have
been the weapons, and has kept her
cause ahoat with the neutral world only
because OF the censorship and cable
control through which her favorlte
weapons of falsehood and calumny have
been welded with the doXterity and
success which ripe experience and in
herited tendency have given her
Against these influences and these
actions Americans of Irish blojd, with
their inherited love Of liberty and their
knowledge Of English guile and cant,
should unfinchiugly stand and there
fore we invite you 10 assemble IN con-
Yention In the City Of New York"
Among thin who signed this call,
good lrishmen from all over the coun-
thry. are the followin': DR.. Thomas Ad-
dis Emmet. kinsmsn OF tn great Irish
pathriot; Victor Herbert. Judge Peter
a. Hendrick, the Rev. James Power, I.
ST. John Gafney, Justice Daniel F.
Cohalun. Martin ". Lomasney, the Rev.
John Talbot Smith, jeremiah A.
OIeary the Rev. James Fitzsimmons,
Mrs. Ellen Ryan Jolly, Alfred j. Talley,
Denis a. Spellissy, Miles F. Mcfarland,
John VI. Diguey, John Dewey, Philip j.
Sinnott, J. Harry Herman. John jerome
Rooney. Michael a. O'Byrne, Mrs. Mary
]. McWhorter, Dr. Gertrude b. Kelly,
j. Power Donnellan. Mrs. Adelia Chris
~, Miss y. a. Mahoney. Mrs T. b.
Iemcy jerome Connor Roderck i.
Kennedy. Michael A. Spellacy Timothy
A. Leary. james Gill, Justice John ".
seph Mclaughlin, the hight Rev Mon
sgnor Braun. the Rev. John Cava-
naugh. the Rev. Z. C. Yorke, the Rev.
Timothy Dempsey. Joseph Smith, L. J.
Ryan, James X. Mcclure and Judge
Ieremiah J. Lvnch-8lO of thin In oil