New-York tribune., 1918-05-20

mho,, VIE nf'elsh army is crime against tho
Wnoie world, and America hv ;ts
silence, has becn~~and If It ms;n+o;ns ,,s
snat silence will be---acouicsc;mw T.,
mat crime. If our men and womas ura 80
mo~n down--for our women viii asht W
10Y, .nis time--the guilt will rest not
tha ymay on tne head of the British. but on
M,us nussu OF the American government. !"
,vharah hai"weS charged that the "plot"
taken into custody has been su nrer. .r;s rse,s :.
aor Two or three months, and that v;ses
count trench-whose name ca,iad tnrt,.
plol0hged Misses whenever ment;oned WI
mas oeen put in charge Of the s;tmat;or
now IN order "to retrieve thc m;i;tnu,, tar,
'aure's ne lost in France" ''"iS
10 nu. .ne hand of God may be in Il Z"
s,yoet ett'.u'oed; that England NAV be
'' rosn on oi lrcIand"-again the house
llinse' liva se'i'ns.~"so :. that some Of us NAV
Gae,; lse 10 SAY @Say,~-and then he added in
ma:eilc~-,"that the thieving Enrl;sh are m
gong down now" s''" axe
MY, ~ was Mrs. Skcfrington. following
mea'owes, who first sounded the dns
manu tor direct political action ftor
ueelanng that they were not thsra
plr'mariiy to talk of loyalty to The
onI.en , states and giving her audience
Z = snanee to hiss Lord Northcliffe. Sir
Nav Noward re Carson, Viscount French. The
NV, NV YORK Tribune, and "The New York
,,, .msss' tnls popular Irish agitator de-
nlahoed that President Wilson be made
TO speak out on this question '"A''
The time has gone bv for noro,,,
aeSpec,1ul petitions" she said. II sur.
eest tnat you make the next elcct;on
one with an Irish plank. Ask cach
candidate if he's prepared to sunnort
tne lndependence of Ireland, and then
watcn nm. That's better than all the
reunions and mass meetings in the
worid' And when you find man who
Won 40 as you want blacklist him.
aour representatives in Congress are
your servants, not your masters: and
II they don't do their duty It's YOUR our
fauit as much as it is theirs"
iIlsh people are pro-German," he said
nut they lie. The Irish people have
no enemy on the face of the earth
put one-England The Irish people
iook everywhere outside of England fc,
nelp. But if this country denies II
1ilat help it will drive Irishmen to seek
heiP Wherever they can find it.
Let the American people speak out
on behalf of Ireland or stop talking
about the freedom of small peoples
he continued. "The time to take action
is now, not after the Irish people are
wiped out.
Calls 1t Crime Against World
"The forcing of young Irishmen into
the British army is crime against
the whole world, and America, BY it's
silence. has been-and if it maintains
that silence still will be-acquiescine
IN that crime. If our men and women
fight, too, this time-the guilt will
rest not only on the head of the
British, but on the head of the Ameri-
can government"
,Mellowes charged that the "plot'
whereby the Sim Feiners have been
taken into custody has been prepar-
ing for two or three months, and that
Viscount French has been put in
charge of the situation now in order
ITO retrieve the military laurels he
lost in France"
for direct political action. After de-
claring that America owes more to
Ireland than Ireland owes to America
and giving her audience a chance to
hiss Lord Northcliffe, Sir Edward Car.
son and Viscount French, she de-
manded that President Wilson be made
to speak out on this question.
~ suggest that you make the next
election one with an Irish plank" she
pared to support the independence OF
lreland-and then watch him. That's
better than all the petitions and mass
meetings in the world. And when you
find man who won't do as you want
blacklist him.
Urges Lineup at Washington
Charles Dolan, introduced as the first
member of the British Parliament to
come out openly for Sim Fein. urged
the delegates to "line the streets of
Washington and cry to heaven against
this atrocity that is being perpetrated d
against u.s."
John Dewey, editor of "The Gaelic
American" assured his hearers that if
only they would demonstrate their
unity politicians will bow before
you; your requests will become de-
mands."
Patrick McCartin, Sim Fein envoy
to America, with letter "received two
days ago from dear De Valera" in his
pocket, said:
al dare any anti-German, however
bitter he may be, to point out any
atrocities in Belgium that are not being
perpetrated by the English in ireland
to-day. '@''0
81 believe England is even more anx.
lous to preserve Ireland than she is to
beat Germany"
1t was as an antidote to this speech
that Judge Cohalan hastened forward
With VIII, his reminder of AmTicanism. He
l1kened lreland's attitude to-day to
that OF the United States in 1776. And
ne called for an Irish plebiscite, VOW
ing that all Irishmen. the world over
would be content to abide by decision
arrived at in this fashion.
Other addresses were made bv
Thomas Lonergan, Miss Katherine
Hughes, who conveyed the greetings
Of Mrs. Agnes Naman, sister Of Roger
Easement. Irish Canadians and by
Patrick OHaggerty. ~