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The Irish standard., 1918-02-02

ingly generous terms which the Ma
tionalists are prepared to concede, in
cluding equality Of representation,
but the obstinacy of Belfast cannot
be permitted to imperil the interests
of the Empire, and we hope that if
unanimity is not reached, prompt and
decision action will be taken by the
Government on the policy recon-
mended by the majority. The Irish
difficulties must be swept out of
the path by the operation of that doc
trine of national self-determination
which is the root principle of the
cause of the Allies"
mot UnhopefuI omens."
Messrs. ]. McGuiry, J. P, Chair
man Mayo Co. c., and ]. Flanagan,
Co. Co. (both members of the Con-
day with Co. c. colleagues at Clare
morris and put before them the prog
ress made, and took counsel with
them, now that the Convention is
coming to a close, on some of the i'm
portant questions to come up for de-
termination.
Mr.. A. S. Herbert, D. L., in an arti-
Gle in the Nineteenth Century and
After" on "The Convention or Else?"
sees not unhopeful omens of a CON-
promise, and points to the success of
the Land Conference in dealing with
an intensely thorny and difficult ques-
tion. The war, too, has inspired a
spirit of common nationality. mo
where more than in Ulster" he says.
"is the educative process of the Con-
ference required, and that some such
process is going on there is ample
proof; and he thinks it of great con-
sequence that men like Lord London
derry are convinced the Conference
will not separate without proposing
some solution.
Two Unionist Groups.
He instances how Southern Union
lists must oppose partition which pos.
sibly Ulster Unionists may favor, how
the interests of each differ, and how
Southern Unionists have not q single
Parliamentary representative. He as
sumes incidentally that in the Imperial
Council following the war Ireland will
be represented, and hopes that the
Convention will inaugurate a new era
in respect of Nationalist members not
taking Office under Government.
He puts all the responsibility for
success or failure to work out q sys-
tenn of government on the Conven-
tion, and says that any such govern
ment would at least be infinitely bet
ter than the present. Mr.. Herbert
pen pictures many of the leading men
Continued on Page q
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Tower, assistant priest of the mass,
Rev. Francis Hufnagie, Duluth, dea-
con, and Rev. Francis w. Lynch, West
Duluth, subdeacon. All wore the vest
ments of the officers of the mass.
AS the procession wended it's way
into the church, the acolytes and al
tar boys assembled at their respective
places in the sanctuary and the priests
occupied pews on either side, of the
casket, which rested in the center
aisle near the altar railing. The bish-
ops filed through the sanctuary gate
and assumed their places at predieus
arranged in the sanctuary. Each
bishop was attired in purple vest
ments.
The officers of the mass filed
through the altar ratings and took up
their places at the altar.
Office of the Dead.
Once the various members of the
procession had taken their places,
the Office of the dead was chanted
by priests at the side of the casket
The chant was under the leader
ship of DR.. John Seliscar, professor
OF philosophy at st. Paul seminary,
St. Paul, assisted by DR.. John Cru
den, who occupies similar position
at the seminary.
This completed, the mass was be-
gun. Rev. Aloysius Ziskovski, official
diocese of st. Paul and professor at
St. Paul seminary, directed the ac.
tions of the officers of the mass, the
acolytes, the altar boys and the priests
who chanted the Office of the dead.
Gregorian Requiem.
During the mass, DR.. Seliscar and
DR.. Gruden and IL priests ascended
to the choir loft in the rear of the
church and there chanted to Gre
gorian music the requiem mass. The
"Miserere" was sung by four-part
choir composed of priests, assisted by
several laymen, members of the cathe-
dral choir. The choir was under the
direction of Rev. Francis Bajec, st.
Paul.
At the conclusion of the mass,
Archbishop j. j. Keane, Dubuque, Ia,
delivered an eulogy of Bishop Nc.
Golrick
ut is impossible for Archbishop
John Ireland, of st. Paul. to be here
to attend the funeral of Bishop Nc.
Golrick" lie began. "He bade me
say word in his name and in my
own.
"He is a priest, who in his day
Continued from page 8
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Duluth yesterday with heavy heart
paid homage to the late Bishop James
McGolrick. Flags were at half mast
all over the city and business was
suspended for five minutes. At Sacred
Heart cathedral where the funeral
services were held throng packed
the edifice and hundreds, unable to
gain admission, stood outside in the
zero weather for hours until the funer-
al cortege had left the cathedral. .s
1t was a representative gathering
that assembled to do honor to the
man who for so many years had Ia
bored not only for the church but
for every movement that had for the
betterment the social and civic condi-
tions of Duluth.
Hundreds of friends of the late
bishop were unable to attend the SER
vice because of the throngs that had
gathered earlier at the church, some
being on hand as early as o'clock to
procure seats.
Prelates, priests, members of vari
GUS Catholic societies, the city COM
missioners, presidents and managers
of large mercantile firms, parishion.
ers and friends of Bishop McGolrick
regardless of religion or creed, wit
messed the last rites. The choir loft
was banked high with tiers of hui
manity and the balconies on either
side of the church were crowded
Not seat was left empty at 10000
o'clock, the opening hour, and many
stood throughout the services.
Impressive March.
Promptly at the hour appointed,
acolytes and altar boys led the pro-
cession from the episcopal residence
to the center aisle of the cathearasl
followed by priests of the Christian
brotherhood, and bishops. Bringing
up the rear of the procession, in which
walked Rt. Rev. James Trobec, retired
bishop of Duluth and celebrant of the
pontifical requiem high mass. He was
accompanied by Rev. G. V. Gamache,
The Irish standard., 1918-02-02
WHY POSTAL AUTHORITIES DE-
MED MAIL PRIVILEGE TO
RISH-AMERlCAN PAPERS.
CONFLICTING EXPLANATIONS
ARE OFFERED
Hinted it Was Because of the Mrs.
Skeffington's Petition to the Presi-
dent-Suspension Believed Tenn
porary.

New York, Jan. redistribution in
the mails OF last weeks editions of
the Irish World, the Gaelic-American
three journals espousing the cause of
Irish independence, has been refused
by the postot1ice authorities here.
Last weeks editions Of the news
papers were seized by Postmaster
Patten under the provisions of the
espionage law, notices to the editors
from the postmaster read.
The postotlice department at Wash
ington sustained the decision of the
postmaster in excluding the issue of
tho Irish World. which contained edi-
torial matter held to be in violation
of the espionage act. Solicitor Lamar
said the decision would not affect fu-
ture issues of the paper unless objec-
tionable matter is found in them.
The department still had under con-
sideratiOn the. cases of the other two
publications.
Petition to President Cause?
I'VE We're informed unofiicially that
IhC olllS lCdSoll III IAC pOoIoliSC VIZ
partments action" Robert Emmett
Ford, editor of the Irish World, said,
was that all three publications pub
lished simultaneously a reproduction
of a petition signed by the Irish Wom-
ems Council at Dublin, which was pre-
sented to President Wilson on Jan
uary II, by Mrs. Hanna Sheehy Skef-
fington, widow of the Dublin editor
who was killed in the Irish uprising
of 1916.
"The petition asked for definite
inclusion of Ireland by the United
States government as one of the small
nations whose rights should be inter
nationally recognized at the peace con-
ference to follow the war;
The edition of the Irish World
which Mr. Ford said was seized, con.
tained, in addition to the petition, an
account by Mrs. Skefiington of her re-
ception by President Wilson at her in
terview with him.
Thought Not Permanent.
1t is believed the papers will not be
permanently excluded and that the
hold up order applies only to last
weeks editions.
The Irish World was founded by
Patrick Ford in 1870 and has a world
wide circulation. The Gaelic c-Ameri-
can is the organ of Irish patriotic so.
cieties in America, was founded in
1902, and is edited by John Dewey.
The Freeman's Journal was found.
ed by the famous Father Lambert
and is an influential Catholic paper of
New York City.
The Irish standard., 1918-02-02
new INFAmY PROPOSED
eiGAMY SUGGESTED AS A MEANS
OF COMPENSATiNG FOR
LOSS OF WAR.
Would Meet with the Unanimous Op-
position Of Cathoiics-Swiss Papers
Denounee Proposed Reputation Of
Christian Doctrine.

The Aargauer, Volksblatt, Cath
olic paper published in Switzerland in
the German language, in the course of
an article denouncing the propaganda
in favor of legalized bigamy as a
means of providing men for the future
armies of Germany, charged that be-
cause of Catholic opposition to the
scheme the troops of their faith are
being deliberately sacrificed in order
to spare those who will consent to it.
The pamphlet urging this repudia-
tion of the Christian doctrine and
practice as to marriage, was written
by Carl Hermann Torges, and its
avowed object is to have bigamy legal
lied throughout Germany, by means
of what it calls secondary marriages,
with view to the future needs of the
army. The author, according to the
Swiss paper, declares that "the con-
ception of immortality is relative" and
that good morals are only what the
upper classes of society approve" He
claims for Germany "the justification,
in case of necessity, to put the stamp
VI "ol any upOA "AAoC IOuoy oOOIu0
immoral" Husbands, with the con-
sent of their wives, are to be allowed
and even urged each to take a "sec-
ondary" wife, whose children, unless
the mother assumes responsibility for
their support, are to be reared by the
state. He admits that existing con-
scientious scruples will interfere with
the operations of this law, and de-
clares that:
1T rests, therefore, with the women
and the clergy, assisted by the state.
to determine whether Germany shall
be able not only to maintain herself
on her present pinnacle of morality,
but by her own strength to stand up
in the future as in the present to the
pressure of enemies who are increas-
ing numerically"
(Contionued on Page 81
The Irish standard., 1918-02-02

The Fighting Irish have again led
the way and officers of the Provost
Marshal Generals staff are handing
them the palm for the fervor and will
ingness with which native sons of Ire
land not yet citizens of the United
States have accepted the call to serv-
ice under the National Army draft
One in every three Irishmen called
waived his claim to exemption as an
alien and was certified forward to
camp.
The table of acceptances in the first
draft call. according to a report just
completed by Major General Crowder
showed that of the aliens residing in
this country, those who waived their
rights to exemptions ranged from one
in every three in the case of the Irish
to one in ten in the cases of Jews,
Italians, Swedes, Portuguese, Norwe-
gians, Spaniards and others.
The ratio for Germany and Bulgaria
was of course higher, only about one
in twelve waving his claim. But there
will be a heavy percentage of alien
enemies i'm the new army. or the
92, 1893 Austro-Hungarians called, 49,
233 accepted service. One thousand
six hundred Turks out of 1859 called
joined the colors, 92S Germans of the
1889 called accepted. and 1902 of the
3,513 Bulgarians called accepted serv-
ice.
The showing made by England and
, France was only mediocre, approx
, mately one in every five of their sub
jects accepting service. There were
] ,237 French subjects called, and only
241 waived their claims, while only
2,159 of the $3.50 Englishmen called
accepted service. Subjects of all Brit
ish dominions accepted amounted to
I 1898, or fewer by several thousand
than the alien enemies and allies of
enemies accepted in the National
Army.
Officials here declared there will be
no danger from the alien enemies TAX
EN- into the National Army, as they
will be comparatively scarce when
scattered among the entire $4,000
called to service. They will not be
put in any position where they could
engage in clandestine activities. More
over, it is believed practically all ene-
my subjects who waived exemption did
so in sincere sympathy with the allied
cause as opposed to the autocracy of
the German military classes.
The Irish standard., 1918-02-02
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
TX. SMllEAeE BOOKS

Washington, Jan. 24.-The knights
of Columbus, with organizations work
ing in all the army camps throughout
the United States, have given their
hearty endorsement to the "Smileage
Book" campaign, inaugurated by the
military entertainment council, under
the direction of the commission on
training camp activities. The object
of the campaign is to sell enough
Smileage books to meet the expense
Of providing first-class entertainment
for the soldiers in the army canton.
ments and national guard camps. The
books, which contain passes to all
camp entertainments, are purchased
and sent either to soldiers by name or
to the camps for distribution.
The official endorsement comes in
a letter written to the council by P. H.
Callahan, chairman of the supreme
board of directors of the knights of
Columbus.
Chairman Callahan says: please
feel free to use this, my unqualified
endorsement of 'Smileage' to further
the interests of the campaign. You
may also quote me as saying that this
is not duplicating work already COW
cred or provided for by us, all of
which is free. The plan of charging
very small admission fees to enter.
tainments under the war department
commission on Training camp activi.
ties seems most reasonable"
The Smileage books, which will soon
be put out over the country, will sell
for 81 and IS, according to whether
they contain twenty or one hundred
coupons.
The Irish standard., 1918-02-02

The 25th meeting or the Irish Con-
vention was held Wednesday, Sir
Horace Plunkett presiding, and all
members being present, with the ex-
ception of the Lord Mayor of Belfast,
Sir Henry Blake, Mr.. ]. Byrne, Mr.. ].
Dunlevy, Sir A. Mcdowell and Most
Rev. DR.. Kelly. The discussion on the
statement received from the Grand
Committee was resumed, and the Con-
vention adjourned till Monday.
Rambler" in the Daily Mirror, says
that many believe this week will be
the final session, and that Dublin
friends tell him the report will be
ready about March. The Dublin cor
respondent of Truth" says important
are expected imme-
diately. "Clubman," of the "Pall Mall
Gazette" says that the hopes of set
tlement are even brighter than they
were before the Convention adjourned.
Before returning to Ireland" he says,
"a prominent member declared that
the war had induced such a strong
desire for solution of the Irish prob
lem that anybody or reasonable and
responsible mind could hardly fail to
find means of attaining it,
The Coming Report.
The same writer anticipated that
the report would be out before the
opening of the new session of Parlia-
ment. He further stated that even the
burden of the war had not prevented
Mr. Lloyd George and the War Cab
met from keeping in close touch with
the proceedings of the Convention,
and Mr.. Duke has read many inter-
views with the Prime Minister on i'm
portant points as they arose. Sir Ed.
Carson was also spoken of as pow
erful influence for peace.
The Daily News" has reason to
hope that the forces working for a
settlement are gaining ground, and
that the Southern Unionists are exer-
cising a powerful and entirely salu-
tary influence on the situation. BEL
FAST" it goes on, remains the obsta-
le, and this in spite of the surpris.
The Irish standard., 1918-02-02
FREncn-c CANADIANS
ARE Defended
Proportion of EnIistments Compares
Favorably with that Of Ontario
Many Of the Ontario Volunteers
Were British Born-37, 900 French
Canadians In Service Last June.

The Chicago Examiner of December
3, 1917, wrote: "Since the question of
eonscription has been agitated in Can.
ada, the papers of Toronto have
worked day and night to make the
American papers publish all kinds of
stories against the French-C Canadians"
The agitation against the French
Canadians finds its roots largely in
British bigotry. American editors who
are inveigled into writing bitter at
tacks on the loyalty of the French
portion of Canada are often the inno-
cent tools of scheming Canadian poll
ticians, who are not averse to putting
their personal animosities above the
spirit of unity that should mark their
country at this time. Even in Mon
treal there is a well-organfzed anti
French campaign, which falsi1es the
articles published in the French-C Ca
madam press and supplies English and
American publications with false in
formation. 1t is true that one or two
small French papers are anti-English.
But they are not so rabid that they
have been suppressed, and we have
the authority of such reputable Jour-
nails as the Register Extension that
they do not represent more than a
small clique.
Lord Aberdeen, former governor
general of Canada, speaking in the.
Denver auditorium some months ago.
declared: "The French Canadians, al
ways so loyal to England. have come
out splendidly in the present war;"
Sergeant Gaspard, an American-born
gentleman, who spent two and halt
years at the St. Cloud hospital, Paris.
declared, in lecture given at Mon
treal, that the number of French.C Ca.
nadians in the Canadian army was.
more than $4,000 in June, 1917. The
French Canadians sent 5000 volun-
teers with the first regiment. The
English and Scotch regiments of the
Province. of Quebec are twenty-five
per cent French Canadians. Twelve
hundred French Canadians have gone
from the maritime provinces. 5000
Continued on page 81
The Irish standard., 1918-02-02

"The Presidents proclamation with
reference to the distribution of flour
is made necessary, not by food short
age in the United States, but by the
great need of food by the Allies.
"The United States has an abun-
dance of food, enough for ourselves
and another 10O,OOO,OO0 like our own.
The countries associated with us
need wheat because good bread can
not be made without certain amount
of wheat flour.
Plenty of Substitutes.
''The Allies have some barley and
oats and other coarser grains, but
not enough wheat to mix with them
to enable them to make reasonably
GREETING reduction of wheat flour, we
should congratulate ourselves on the
great abundance and variety of other
foods available to take it's place.
"There is sufficient barley in the
United States to make enough bar
ley flour to take the place of all of
the wheat flour that will be saved by
the Presidents order. There is corn
enough in the United States to sup
ply all the bread needed by a pop!
ulation three times as large as ours,
and oats enough to furnish bread for
a population considerably larger than
our own.
Besides this we have fruit and
vegetables in abundance and probably
1O0,000,000 bushels of potatoes more
than we can eat before they spoil.
Using Other FIours.
"Those who have been observing
the requests of the food administra-
tion to save wheat will experience
no difficulty or inconvenience from
the new order and will have the ad-
ditional satisfaction of knowing that
these conservation measures are ef-
fective in accomplishing the neces-
sary saving because every one will
be conserving in the same proportion.
1T has been amply demonstrated
Continued on Page5)
The Irish standard., 1918-02-02

The Chicago chapter and the af-
f1liated councils Of the Knights of Co.
lumbus became In effect an auxiliary
of the State Council of Defense Tues
day, when at a meeting between Chair
man Samuel insult of the state council
and special delegation Of the order,
the machinery of the order was placed
at the disposal of Mr.. Insults board.
This action was later ratified by reso-
luton of the Chicago chapter.
The resolutions committing the Or
der to this course were adopted after a
detailed and highly commendable re-
port of the war work already done had
beeh read to Mr.. insult, and received
enthusiastic and surprised praise from
him. This report showed that the or
der had been busy, not only through
some thousands of young men it had
sent to the front, but in the Liberty
Loan and Red Cross campaigns, in
recreational camp work, in food con-
servation and in other ways calculated
to aid the soldier both in camp and at
home.
In response to the invitation of the
State Council of Defense, a sectional
meeting of the grand knights and 9TH
ers of the order was called at the con-
gress hotel Tuesday afternoon by
State Deputy Hackett. Mr.. Hackett
convened the meeting and stated it's
purposes. Then John T. Lillis, past
president of the Chicago chapter, was
elected chairman, and Grand knight
William Cleary of Englewood council,
secretary. Prior to the meeting, at
the invitation of Mr.. insult, review
of the war work of the order here had
been prepared by a committee consist
ing of State Deputy Hackett, Past
State Deputy William N. Brown, Pres
ident John E. Byrnes of the chapter,
Past-president Lillis, and Past Grand
knight George F. Mulligan of Phil
Sheridan council, and one of the men
who was decorated as an "Ace" in the
Liberty Loan campaign. This report
was read and later Mr.. insult attend
ed the meeting; the report was again
read.
Mr.. insult, while declaring his
knowledge that many members of the
order had Joined the colors, and that
much work had been done by those at
home, admitted that he was not pre-
pared for the great showing, and the
diversity Of activity evidenced in the
report.
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enthusiastic activity of Catholics in
war work, and asked the further help
of the order in the tremendous work
still to be done. He promised CO.
operation.
This was answered by President
Lillis in short talk in which Mr. In
sull was made to feel that the knights
of Columbus had been and would be
back of the State Council of Defense
in any undertaking it might be called
upon to help. This promise later was
crystallized into the resolution re-
ferred to above.
The report of the knights of Colum-
bus war activity made to the State
Council of Defense and praised by
Chairman Samuel insult, follows:
To the State Council of Defense:
Pursuant to your request for a pro-
gram of the activities of the knights
of Columbus, past, present and in con-
temptation for the future, we take
pleasure in submitting an abstract,
necessarily somewhat indefinite and
incomplete. Our special work may be
subdivided into six classes, namely:
i. Liberty Loan.
r. Red Cross.
3. Recreation Camp Work.
4. Special war work in Illinois.
5. National defense promotion and pub
licity.
Is. Conservation.
We will discuss each in it's turn.
Liberty Loan.
(a) Urging individual members to
subscribe.
(b) Urging councils to invest surplus
funds.
(c1 Investment of Chicago Chapter,
Knights of Columbus, surplus.
(d) Investment of Catholic Home
Finding Association, knights of
Columbus, surplus.
(e) Campaign of education and pro-
motion at all council meetings.
(f) Furnishing staff of twenty speak
ers to Speakers Bureau, Liberty
Loan executive committee, for
talks in Chicago and other Cities
Red Cross.
(a) Campaign of education and pro-
motion at all council meetings.
(b) Individual work for subscription
by council officers.
(c) Thousands of memberships pur-
chased by individual members.
(d) Local headquarters established at
Chicago chapter headquarters.
(e) Executive committee consisting of
highest officers in the state Sc
lected for active campaign work.
Recreation Camp Work.
(a) Special assessment of 81 per
member levied on every member
of the order in Illinois, realizing
thereby. $69,OOO, which was sent
to Supreme Council at New
Haven, Conn, for national war
camp work.
(b) Organization by the Chicago chap
ter, Knights of Columbus, of a
special war camp committee to
secure magazines and reading
matter for the various war camps.
(c) Campaign among councils for the
purpose of securing books and
other reading matter for various
recreation halls at cantonments
(d) Collection, shipment and distribu-
tion of more than five tons of
books and current magazines for
training camps.
(e) Organization of council commit
tees and kindred societies for fur
nishing entertainment at various
camps.
(f) Furnishing entertainment, week
ly, at various camps in Illinois.
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