New-York tribune., 1918-05-21
Protest Against
Irish Convention
Ignored by Farley
33 Loyalists Objected to
Priests Participation in
Two-Day Meeting
Note Sent to Cardinal
Mayor Hylan Also Turned
Deaf Ear to Attacks
Upon Sessions

That the official participation of
Roman Catholic clergy in the recent
two-day race convention of the Friends
of Irish Freedom was permitted IN the
face of protest to Cardinal Farley
signed by thirty-three American loyal
lists was made known in tnis city yes
terday.
Specific protests against the conven-
ton itself were also lodged with
President Wilson and Mayor Hylan.
The former elected a formal acknowl-
cdgment from the White House. To
the letters addressed to him by Mrs.
William jays Loyal Committee, by the
Colonial Danes of America and by
various private individuals, the Mayors
office has, however, made no response
of any sort.
In telling of the protest to Cardinal
Farley, Mrs. Francis C. Barlow, of
Mrs. Jays committee, declared last
night that, in order to obviatc all
chance of error, she personally dellv-
cred the message at the Cardinals
door.
"That was on May 49," she said.
"After week passed without reply
from the Cardinal, l wrote by regis
tered mail to his secretary, Monsignor
Thomas G. Carroll, asking if the Of
fetal communication had been received
ard again protesting against the
Church lending it's sanction to such
proceedings. On Saturday-that is the
day the Friends of Irish Freedom race
convention first met received from
my letter had been received. That is
the only response we have ever had
on the subject.
"Time for TriHing Past
eve have done our best to handle
this matter quietly and with dignity,
but this silence demands that we come
United States's war; 1t is time that
the restive and disloyal elements in
this country were taught this fact be-
yond all mistaking. The matter OF a
free Ireland has nothing to do with
the case. The question is simply a
straight. clear cut one of loyalty to
this country and it's purposes. The
time for triiiing has gone BY"
The protest to Cardinal Farley fol-
lows:
"When short time since the people
of New York, without regard to creed
or race, contributed of their means to
effective the good works of the Catho-
lie chaplains in our navy and army,
they naturally supposed the clergy of
your archdiocese to be 100 per cent
loyal to our country and it's allies in
the war. We now read in the daily
press that on Saturday last, when the
good citizens of New York were COM
pleting their efforts to help the gov
ernment raise the sinews of war, a
public meeting was in progress ad-
dressed by questionable characters in
unbecoming language, presided over by
the Rev. Peter f. Magennis, priest
of your archdiocese, not first offend
er in such matters.
We, therefore, publicly call your
official attention to the above in the
belief and with the expectation that
you will prohibit in the future any
further unpatriotic or seditious utter
ances by any of your clergy.
with the highest respect, we are"
Signers of the Message
The signers of the message were Mr..
Mrs. Anson B. Moran, Mrs. Francis
MacNeil Bacon, Mrs. Francis C. Bar
low, Mrs. James F. Curtis, Mrs. Lewis
Delafeld, Mrs. Magee Ellsworth, Mrs.
Newbold Leroy Edgar, Mrs. Brown
CdluWell, MTS. GreenVllle L. EmmeC,
Mrs. Montgomery Hare, Mrs. Walter
Maynard, Mrs. Pierre Jay, Mrs. Will
lam Jay, Mrs. Alvin Krech, Mrs. Bev-
erley Chew Duer, Mrs Robert Sturgis,
Mrs. F. W. Whitridge, Mrs. Otto Witt
penn, Mrs. Brayton Ives, Mrs. James
Lenox Banks, jr., the Misses Norrie
and Grace Rigelow, Mary R. Calender,
Nina Larrey Duryea, Caroline deFor-
est, and Howard Mott Potter, Richard
Stevens, Arthur Iselin, Rush Taggert
and Louis Keller.
Last night no one could be found
at ST. Patrick's Cathedral rectory who
would admit knowing anything about
the petition. Cardinal Farley, it was
said, was out Of town. Monsignor Car
roll and Monsignor Lavelle were also
said to be out, and not due back until
an indefinitely late hour. Likewise,