The Washington herald., 1918-03-19
SONS OF ERIN
GIVE HONOR TO
ST. PATRICK
Monsignor Thomas Makes
Great Address at A. OH.
Celebration.

/ lrishmen are waiting for the day
when Ireland will be free TO occupy
the great place in the world that be-
longs to her, MonsIgnor Thomas told
Il crowded audience of sons and
, daughters of the Emerald Isle gather
ed in Carroll Hail, on G street be-
/ tween Ninth and Tenth streets
northwest, to celebrate St Patrick's
! Day. The celebration was under the
auspices of the Ancient Order Of
/ HibCrnians and Ladies' Auxiliary of
/ the District of Columbia.
! MOnsiEnor Thomas address follow
, ed an evening OF Irish music and
songs. One number on the program,
a song by a quartet of Soldier Boys"
! was cancelled. The quartet of Soldier
Boys" z. T. Moran, who presided, an
nounced, were on their way to the
/ trenches in France.
| SufTerings of ireland.
mo country in modern history ex-
Cept Poland" Monslgnor Thomas said,
had suffered and endured as had the
people of Ireland. The wonder is not
that the Irish people have not died !;
not that they have not died as a ma
tion; but that they have not disap-
peared.
Lives OF Irishmen at home and
abroad have demonstrated. he con-
tinued. that they are able to take
| their rightful place as a nation in the
world. They have borne their suffer
ings. with a smile. and with an en-
durance that has been the wonder of
the world. They have borne them
with the feeling that there was a
God and they believed that in time
the Justice of God would be the JUS
tice of man, and Ireland once more
would be given her freedom and al
lowed to occupy the place she de-
serves"
Waiting for Freedom.
'1rishmen are waiting for freedom
for Erin, great in its past. great in
its strength and great in its present,
but greater in its future"
The smiles and tears of Irish his
tory and much OF the personal life
of John Redmond. the Irish leader in
Parliament, who recently died. was
told to an audience at McMahon Hall,
Catholic University during a st. Pat
rick's Day celebration, last night, by
Shane Leslie, an Irishman. who has
been in this country for some time.
OiiO"l NIlt OI MT. Leslie
a service flag, with a star for each
student of the university now in the
army or navy, was unveiled.
Nothing in military history"
Bishop Shahan, of the university told
the audience. equals the creation OF
the citizen army of the United States
in a twelvemonth. 1t is only the be-
ginning, indeed. of the invincible ma
tiona1 army which we shall create.
but the brave, firm, patriotic temper
revealed in these trying days fills
every citizen with pride and Joy.
"Our young men of the Catholic
University have given ample evidence
that their hearts beat in unison with
the patriotic men of the revolution
and they will never fail their country
in the vast and almost incredible task
suddenly thrust upon her by CONNER
cial greed, racial ambition, power.
pride, and all those vices which mark
the nations and peoples who set up
banner of conquest"
Rev. James J. Fox presided at the
celebration. Following the address
of Mr.. Leslie, "All Praise to St.
Patrick'A was sung by the audience,
and after the unveiling of the serv-
ice flag The Star Spangled Banner" !"
sung by the audience hrnusht the
meeting to close