The Irish standard., 1919-06-21
taries, and openly advocated by {
corrupt press.

taries, and openly advocated by a
corrupt press.
Whereas, We were early informed
that the Sim Fein movement was
composed of socialists and anarchists
only; but later we learned that it was
constituted of the best blood, brains
and patriotism of Ireland.
Whereas, American papers devoted
to advocacy of Irish liberty in the last
few years, after passing the censor,
appeared as naked of truth, as were
their editors when deprived of their
constitutional right of free press.
Whereas, It is represented that the
Irish question is one of religion, it is
not nor never was so. Some of the
greatest Irish leaders were Protes-
tants-such as Robert Emmet, Wolf
Tone, Henry Grattan, Lord Edward
Fitzgerald, John Mitchell and Charles
Stewart Parnell The Irish are simply
struggling for a National existence.
! Whereas, great proponent of Anglo
Saxonism, Cecil Rhodes, left will
and millions of dollars to be expended
to reuniting England and America by
giving American youth free education
in English institutions; under the pro-
visions of that will secret organiza-
tion has been put in operation. Men
in American public life, and the aid
of wealthy private American citizens,
have been enlisted. Money is being
expended to controls the American
press, and many other forms of prop
aganda have been launched on Ameri-
ca, so that many are possessed of the
idea that we are. purely an Anglo-Sax-
on people. To all which we decidedly
protest. American blood and citizen
ship is composed of all people and it
took the revolutionary war to eradi-
cate nearly all of the Anglo humbug
from our national system, with the
result that English tories after .the
war left our shores for England or
elsewhere, Only small contingent
was left to agitate for Anglo-Saxon-
ism. Now their progeny, with their
to revive and fasten their monarchial
ideas upon us with the consequence
that British propaganda is running
riot in our beloved country Our form
of government is a standing protest
against the British form and we want
it to so continue, we are satisfied to
remain Americans.
| Whereas, British statesmen served
notice upon an unsuspecting world
in 1914, that she was waging great
war for democracy and later appealed
to America to save her when she was
being submerged. America did save
her and won the war. The celebrated
Fourteen Points" formed the founda
tion for the signing of the armistice
Now peace is about to be declared
But upon what basis? From the linn
tied information that leaks through a
strict censorship, skeleton and semi
official dispatches, we learn that some
| of the fourteen points have been inter
polated automatically as follows:
Freedom of the Seas to mean Eng.
lish Freedom of the seas; Freedom OF
Small Nations" No Freedom for small
nations under British domination
Ireland, South Africa, Egypt and East
India take notice. "Self Determine
tion," Britain help yourself to East
Africa, etc. "No Indemnities' unless
livery large. China is not in the small
nation category and the thirty-five
million Chinese in Shantung are to
yield their republican form of govern
ment and to be forced under an autoc
racy, to satisfy Brittain's ally, Japan
Whereas, We fear that those diplo
mats that honestly favored the -Four
teen Points" were taken up in the
mountain by Britannia Majesty and
shown that the Fourteen Points
were good enough to animate ally sol
diers and quiet ally citizens during
the war, but now let them be waived
in the treaty and in lieu thereof, what