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The Irish standard., 1918-12-07
Gracevi|IeAsks
Presidents Hell D
In Night Letter Asking the Presi-
dent to Kindly Use His Unique
Position at Peace Conference
to Secure Freedom for
ireland.

The citizens of Graceville sent a
night letter to President wilson on
Saturday, November 3Oth, petitioning
our President that he would kindly use
his unique position at the peace con-
ference in favor of Irish self-determi-
nation. On Sunday, December list, at
the monthly meeting of the A. o. H.,
q branch of Friends of Irish Freedom
Society was organized with a paid-up
membership of fifty-three. Arrange
ments are now being made for great
mass meeting on December 18th, the
last day of self-determination week.
We intend to mail petition to our
President, to Congress and to our Rep
resentative, requesting that Ireland be
given a full measure Of justice. The
blood of many of our sons has been
shed that justice might reign. Why,
then, should Ireland, with civilization
the Oldest in Europe, be excluded from
the application of that distributive Jus
tice?
But, why waste time talking of what
Ireland is entitled to when her claim
to justice goes without saying. It is
high time to get busy and bring pres
sure to bear on our Government that
they demand that Ireland be given
fair treatment, equally with Belgium,
Poland, and other small nations. If
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pleased to see several of the older
members here who were the pioneers
Of the Hibernians in this city and
while we miss many of those who
were accustomed to attend our ami
versaries and who have been called
to their reward, it reminds US of
the old guard. They died, but never
surrendered. They were true to their
friends, their country and their God,
faithful at home and steadfast still
abroad.
"Since our beloved country entered
the great world war, many of our
young Hibernians have donned the
khaki Of the army and the blue of
the navy and offered their services,
and their lives if necessary, in the
cause of Freedom, and some of them
have made the supreme sacrifice;
amongst them is one from this Di-
vision, whom many of us knew from
his childhood and whom we all loved
as friend and brother; l refer to
Cyril Doody. But now that the war
is ended, with victory crowning our
glorious banner, we are eagerly await
ing. the return of our boys, to take
their places as active workers in the
ranks of Hibernianism again, and we
earnestly hope and pray that when
the nations of the world meet around
the peace table at Versailles, the
struggles for liberty of the Mother
land 81 the ancestors of these boys
will not be forgotten, and that Presi-
dent Wilson's proclamation of self-de.
termination for all small nations will
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Thirty-eighth Anniversary Celebrated By
Division No. /, A. 0. H. Ramsey County

The 38th anniversary of Division l.
A. O. H., Ramsey county, was cele.
brated on Saturday evening, Nov. go
at Hfbefhian hall and, although the
former anniversaries were memorable
and impressive, this last superseded
all the others in cordiality, enthu-
siasm, hospitality and oratory. All
the speakers seemed to be inspired
with the new or rather--freshened
spirit of Irish nationality promoted by
and gaining it's intensity from the no.
BILE announcements of President Will.
son for world democracy and the
rights of small nations. It was splen.
did gathering of the pioneer Hiber.
mans in this and adjacent counties.
Nearly all the state and county Off
GERS were present, Minneapolis send
ing large delegation and Dakota
county being we'll represented. Whilst
all the speeches would be splendid
matter for publication, not alone for
the Irish Standard, but the American
press in general, your correspondents
limited ability as reporter will de-
prive them of the interesting perusal.
The social session opened with the
singing Of the Star Spangied BANNER
by J. Kennedy, Jr., after which the
chairman, T. F. Kelleher, read the
opening address.
Brothers: am glad to see so many
of you here and on behalf of No. J.,
the Pioneer division, bid you well
come to the 38th anniversary of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians in Ram
sey Co., MINI. am especially
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hotre Dame Faculty
Joins In Appeal
Telegram Addressed to President
Urges SeIf-Determination in Gov
ernment for ireland.

Notre Dame, Ind, Dec. 2.-The fac.
ulty of Notre Dame has Joined in the
appeal to President Wilson for Irish
freedom by sending the following tele.
gram, which was voted unanimously
by the university faculty, Dec. 2:
"To the President of the United
States, Washington, D. G.
The faculty of the University of
Notre Dame in regular session assem-.
bled sends respectful greetings to
President Wilson, prays for him a hap
py voyage and safe return, and ex-
presses the hope that Ireland, through
his genius and friendship, may attain
to self-determination in government
and share in the blessings of liberty
for which men of Irish blood in Amer
lea fought so heroically in the great
war. That the President of the United
States should exert all his influence
to this end seems the one thing neces-
sary now to prove to the world the
sincerity and earnestness Of the Amer
ican demand for justice to the smaller
nations.
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The Voice of America.

quished.
The Voice of America.
We are dealing, however, with the
situation as it stands, with America
contributing the weight required to
turn the scales in favor of the Allies.
Consequently the voice of America
should be supreme at the Peace Con-
ference insofar as our claims may be
consonant with the principles enun-
ciated by President Wilson upon our
entry into the war. What are these?
They have been made familiar to the
world as the famous fourteen" de-
clarations laid down by the President
in his pronouncements and speeches
as the basis and reason for taking our
place at the side of Belgium, France,
Britain and Italy. The most import
ant one of these fourteen principles is
that of the right of all the nations to
self determination of their sovereignty
live under a sovereignty not of it's
own choice. 1t is but another form of
the theory written deep into the Amer
ican Declaration of independence (the
popular constitution) and the constitu-
ton, that governments should derive
their just powers from the consent of
the governed.
President Wilson at Conference.
President Wilson was therefore
standing or solid American historical
ground when he framed this now ia.
nous pronouncement. 1t will remain
for him to see to it that this basic
principle finds acceptance at the hands
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under the influence of the German EN-
pire is to decide the merits of justice
then let us quit telling how nobly we
fought for Democracy Call it by its
true name "a fine human bulldog
fight"
And remember, every citizen of
America that now enjoys freedom un-
der the Stars and Stripes, that there
was day and that not long since past
when Ireland was the only friend you
had in the wide world. ireland was
with America to a man." declared
Pitt, the "Great Commoner" (Ban-
croft's "History of the United States,"
vol. VII, p. 194.) Major General Rob-
ertson of the British army in "The
Evidence as Given Before Commit
tee of the House of Commons on the
Detail and the Conduct of the Ameri-
can War" Iondon, 1850, is recorded
as testifying under oath that the Amer
ican General, Henry Lee, Informed
ul1u CudC udlI Llo TSDel COuLlueuCdl
army were from Ireland" You were
then fighting for your independence
and more than half the army of Wash
ington was Irish, was born in Ireland.
Awake, arise, and pay back that
long standing debt. If you neglect
this, the opportune time, the future
ages will have reason to turn with
contempt on the supine type of ances.
tors that were theirs. For they can
point the finger of scorn and say,
'These men fought and bled to over
turn Autocracy and then laid down
and allowed the overbearing avarice
of one of our Allies to build up a great
er and more dangerous Autocracy,"
and in days to come the downing of
that entrenched Autocracy may mean
the wiping out of civilization.
Awake, Americans Of all classes and
nationalities, and insist that justice
be done and then we shall be laying
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end
The woes and the wrongs of seven
hundred long years,
That drenched Erin's sunburst in
blood and in tears;
Look aloft. Look aloft!
There's light in the sky,
Erin's dark hour is waning,
Her day dawn is nigh.
For the past three years, l have
called your attention to our proposed
new Hibernian Hall. told you last
year that the property was paid for,
but with our country at war and our
peoples resources engaged in buy
ing Liberty bonds and assisting in
all the other war activities, we de-
cided to postpone active work during
the period of the war. However, l
am pleased to say that from the re.
turns of the ten cents assessment we
have over a thousand dollars in our
treasury now, which will make a nice
little nest egg to start the new year
with and If we will all pull together,
we should be in position to lay the
cornerstone of our new hall by the
time that our next anniversary rolls
around.
Again, as President of the Pioneer
Division Of the Hibernians of Ramsey
County, bid you Coed Mile Failte
to dur anniversary tonight and hope
a year hence to celebrate not only
our Hibernian anniversary, but also
to celebrate the Freedom of Ire
land, with the Irish Republican tri-
CONTINUED on page 8
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of the representatives of the several
nations assembled at the Peace Con-
ference. He has wisely decided that
he can more efficiently promote the
adoption of this and the rest of the
fourteen principles by giving his per-
sonal attendance and cooperation at
the Conference. Otherwise there would
doubtless be some real and more pre-
tended misapprehension of the tenor
of his declarations.
Apply Them to Ireland.
Friends of Ireland and of democracy
now may fairly demand that these
principles be applied as we'll to Ire
land as to the other smaller nation
alities of the world, whose sad plight
and criminal repression evoked them
in the first instance. Who can fairly
say that the case of Ireland does not
come within the letter and spirit of
President Wilson's declarations? Is
not her status, as the lawyers say, on
"all-fours" with that of Poland, the
Czecho-Slovaks, the Jugo- Slavs, the
Ukrainians, and the other small ma
tionalities that have already found
recognition among the allied powers,
and are now shining as new stars in
the armament of liberty? She is a sep
arate and distinct nation in all senses
of the term-ethnical, geographical
and historical. She has been held in
subjugation by England for over seven
hundred years, but during all that era
of pillage, persecution and repression
she has never ceased to proclaim her
right to nationhood. In almost every
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The time has now arrived for the
translation of those principles of de-
mocracy on which the world war was
fought and won into concrete deeds
and actualities. At the coming Peace
Conference the status of the peoples of
the old world is to be fixed for gen
erations to come. The maps of Eu-
rope, Asia and Africa will be adjusted
on lines that all hope and believe will
be fair and just, having regard to the
clinical, social and economic welfare
of the peoples involvedarather than to
the political or selfish ambitions of
kings, emperors or autocracies. To
bring about this state of flux has cost
humanity the sacrifice of tens of mil
lions of lives and billions Of money
and property sacrifice without COM
parable precedent since the deluge.
What Is to Be the Compensation for
the Armageddon?
We are now entering the portals of
peace after more than four years of
devastation, ruin and human slaughter
It is, therefore, time to make the in
quiry-what is to be the compensa-
tion, if any, of humanity for this awful
Armageddon?
What substantial and definite good
is to come to mankind for the treas
ure and blood poured out in so prodig-
ious a measure on the battledelds?
What has been won for the present and
future generations that will balance
the tremendous figures on the debtor
side of the account?
Casting Up the Account.
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generation of these centuries she has
sacrificed the blood Of her sons and
daughters in the effort to shake off the
fetters of alien domination. For over
a thousand years prioR,to the English
usurpation of her government she had
maintained her own government, en-
acted her own laws, used her own
language and literature, and had Won
Fthe proud title Of being called "a ma
tion of saints and scholars"
Ireland Now Demands Restitution.
Ireland is now resolved to have her
day ir the court of the world Before
the ink was fairly dry on the papers
of the armistice the British Premier,
Lloyd George, in opening the British
ELECTION campaign, openly repudiated
the solemn pledges of himself and his
cabinet made in parliament last spring
for settlement of the Irish question.
He now slams the door in the face of
Ireland even as to Home Rule, taking
the stand that coercion shall not be
enforceds upon the Carsonite contin-
gent Of six counties in Ulster contain
ing less than twenty per cent of the
f, whole population Of the country. Com
plete independence is not to be at all
considered. Ireland, he says, is to re-
main within the empire. The prin-
ciple of selfdetermination of SOW
ereignty is thus absolutely ignored and
denied. This shows how little of de-
mocracy the flighty and mercurial
! Welsh statesman has learned in the
school Of the war that America at least
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fought to make safe for. democracy.
Because of the disaffection OF twenty
per cent of the population-the Carson
recalcitrants-the other eighty per
cent must continue to bear the slavery
and degradation of alien domination
OF her affairs. What do Americans
think of this kind of democracy?
Is the World to Be Part Free and Part
EnsIaved?
The granting Of freedom to the other
small nations Of Europe will serve but
to emphasize the degradation and dis
content Of Ireland. Is she alone to be
left enslaved while the other repressed
and submerged nationalities are being
raised out Of the slough of the tyranny
and desrotisn of the centuries? The
situation ~ouEd be ri, ierable and
dangerous to the safely Of the world.
The new world cannot endure part
free and part bondage, as Lincoln
said Of the American nation. A great
writer (St. Thomas Kempis) has
said, mo man safely rejoices unless
he have within him the testimony of
good conscience" The same may
be said Of the nations. They cannot
| safely rejoice if Ireland is not in
| cluded among the nations that are to
be salvaged from the blight of ancient
tyranny and medieval despotism.
Let all then join in this great DEM
onstration. Let it be shown that in
| the eyes of America at least Ireland
merits the full benefit Of the princi-
pies laid down by President Wilson
as the chart Of the future course of
the world.
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Several great items on the credit
side of the reckoning have already
been entered. The German kaiser has
been hurled from his arrogant throne.
The Austrian emperor is humbled.
The Turks are in line for the chastise-
ment that they have so richly earned
for their past performances. The
peoples of the Central Alliance have
been brought to their knees and made
to feel their responsibility for the
craziness and cupidity of their
rulers, and that they must no longer
permit themselves to be treated as
'dumb-driven cattle" to carry out the
whims and ambitions of those claim
ing sway over them by divine
right.
Work for the Conference.
There remains, however, for the
Peace Conference the re-adjustments
of international relations under the
new regime Of democratic principles
Of government. 1t was for the protec-
ton of these principles that the de-
Gliding factor of the war, America, en-
tered into the ranks of the belliger-
ents. It is conceded by the keenest
observers of the progress of the great
struggle that had it not been for Amer.
ica's help at the opportune moment
the Allied forces would have been
ultimately defeated-and that too in
spite of the colossal power of the
British navy.
It may indeed be true that if Amer.
lea did not enjoy the protection of that
navy she too would have been van.
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expediency and geographical position
solid basis-the justice of God. And
God with us, who is against us?
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Rally For ireland and WorldDeff6CraCv

Of AGepi Hnpm Cunyt House, Assembly, Next Monday
D9, eAmennF dJu& GdmsBd
Dousy dat" Principles rS
fIernho mpemsar to inland Coopea
The Wahpeton times., 1918-03-21

Sheriff o. A. Fladby, accompan-
led by State Attorney S. A. Sweet
man and Clerk of Court Sathe of
Sargent county were in the city
Tuesday, having brought in James
Rehak from Forman, who had con-
fessed to series of burglaries
around Forman and other parts Of
Sargent county. Young Rehak is 4
lad of about 20 years and the trio
were taking him to Fargo where
he entered a plea of guilty before
Judge Cole in the district court
and received sentence to do time I'm
the state penitentiary at Bismarck.
Dissatisfaction at the action of the
district board in transferring Vie
tor Baumhoefner from Class l to
Clas I OH his appeal. resulted in
two petitions being circulated here
and sent to the board at Bismarck
protesting against its action. One
petition was signed only by mar
ried men in Class 1-married since
the passage of the draft act last
summer and asked that Baum
hoefner. who, it is said was married
since the passage of the a.:, ',e
placed in Class l. or that th" p',ti-
TONERS be given the same privilege
extended to him. The second pcti-
tion was signed by about 200 or
more Wahpeton residents. In it
the district board was ascd to put
Baumhoefner in Glass l. and the
reasons for the request We're SGT
forth in length.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-03-21
Tu u. NJ. GRIFFITH. o. II. TYNEn, AND
WILLIAM a. EUBDEIL:-
NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF LAND
CONTRACT, FOR DEFAULT

,..S You are, are hereby notified that default has
nssh ,%s, made, made IN the terms and conditions Of
by ' Gbert tain co'iraS! 1nasnn IN MrinY executed
COX, ,o;i,,I parties Of the nrst part. and ii. Nj.
SECOND SEE part, dated the 18TH day or June,
County. North Dakota, described as ,t. FOL.
i%,s;; IONS, ,,,,s to. Wi;-All q section number
dren ~ .oNSnsp Sos'ip S.,re one n,,Sr nn
forty nine, West, containing $40 acres,
according to the GovernI Inent Survey
'igreor, G!, ", which default consists in this
Twenty Seven Thousand and Seventy
dollars, specified In said contract. fell
unpaid; that said contract contains 'Iis iIie
provision and condition, among other
IN dngs, s t1at IN case Of default in payment
as sas assns sa aG nd s Sa LEVIED M
become DELINQUENT by law. then the said
PARTIES art So Of ,ne FIRST part may. at their op-
iion. and I. without notice. declare the whole
and may terminate said contract therefor:
that said contract also provides that the
si sald par parties , Of the second part shall pay
lands before the same shall become de-
lInquani by law. and the taxes thereon
fnr n'o,, ,c ny years 1915 and 1871 are delin
% %'a c 'nS Ss, p1d par c6sr 1na the apn E1% pa'ei 3
Ernest p: Cox have. because Of said de.
Faults. declared and do hereby declare
the whole OF the debt specified in and
secured by said contract. to be due and
payable at once, N-wit s27O7O 90. prIn-
cipal: st6fo.2o interest on said principal
due June tsth. 1917; and interest on said
nrlmchal prime 1n sum i.,,, at &C. per cent per annnm
You. u: NJ. Griath. O. =. Tynrr and
William A. IObiG1l and each of vou ar"
therefore hereby notified Il,ai because nr
said defaults tho said land contract VIII
be cancelled and terminated and said can
collation. and termination shall and will
take effect on the, tst day Of Nay. lots
And YOU are further notified that unless
tho whole sum due under said contract as
aforesaid. and the taxes aforesaid on said
lands. y" maid on or before May Isl. io,S
the cancellation and termination nr said
land contract will. on said date. bcronl"
final and conclusive.
Dated AT Wal,rolon. North Dakota. Ibis
Goth day Of February. f9iS.
Gilhc", L. Iohnsnn.
Einrs! r. coz.
Wolf" & Srhncllnr
A''"rn"vs for johnson & Cny
Wahpcton, North Dakota. tia
The Wahpeton times., 1918-03-21
APPEAL FROM THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE CHILD WELFARE
DIVISION OF COUNCIL OF
DEFENSE OF N. OAK.

War is destroying much of our best
manhood; it is therefore of vital i'm
portance that we safeguard the fu-
ture generation. Three hundred
thousand children under school age
die in the United States each year
fully half of these deaths are preven.
table.
For two years the General Fedora
tion of Woman's Clubs has co-operat-
ed with the Children's Bureau in an
effort to save the lives of these babies
by observing Baby Week. Valuable
as Baby Week has been, our Govern
ment, realizing that the present war
crisis demands a more comprehen-
sive program, is about to inaugerate
"Children's Year.. Beginning April
sixth, an effort will be made to save
the lives of one hundred thousand
children. The quota of these one
hundred thousand lives that has been
assigned to North Dakota is seven
mans organization in the country, as
well as doctors, nurses and every
patriotic citizen, are asked to coop
crate with the Council of National De-
fense in this effort.
The work of Children's Year is TO
commence with weighing and
| measuring of all children of pre-
school age. This is to start as near
April sixth as possible and be con
cluded in sixty days. The Federal
Children's Bureau will provide a
card which will be arranged in dupli-
cate. When filled out. half will be
sent to the Children's Bureau and the
other half kept by tAe parents. At
the close of this period. or the tirst
six days in June, Baby Week will be
observed.
H1eAa o. Iesdde ue S! ls4lsI slpL
doctor, nurse and to every Woman's
organization, to every patriotic cit-
zen to take part in this great work.
This is patriotic service. We are
asking for volunteers in service in
many kinds of work. The Woman's
Committee of the Council of National
Defense is late in getting started IN
North Dakota. Mrs. R. H. Devine Of
Wahpeton. was appointed Chairman
of the Child Welfare Division at the
Council of Defense Meeting held in
Fargo March fifteenth. There are
just three weeks in which to organize
the state in order to carry out the
plan of the Government in this Child
tion will mean a chairman in each
county in the state, and local chair
man for each community. Let me
urge every patriotic North Dakotan
who possibly can, to offer themselves
Tor volunteer service to the Chairman
of this Division.
Our State is late in getting started:
let it not be said of us that we failed
TO measure up to other states in our
cooperation with the Government in
this Service, which takes rank with
the Red Cross, Liberty Loan and Con-
servation Work. We must keep pace
with the foreign countries who real
lze that volunteer work for the ma
tlons welfare is of FIRST MPOR-
TANCE. /
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lately and rives of the above nature
should be held often.-Walcott
Reporter.
The Richland Branch of the
Red Cross will hold Parcel So
cial in the Bordahl school house
OH Saturday evening, March %.
A program consisting Of singing.
recitations and readings will be
rendered. Ladies' are requested to
bring lunch and two cups. All
are welcome. Come and help the
great cause along. Remember, its
all for the RED CROSS.-Wal.
colt Reporter.