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diction then and make a recommended
tion?'
ut could not" replied Mr.. Walsh |;
that is a domestic question"
at Is not any more 80 than is the
Irish question:" Mr.. Lenroot insisted.
This resolution is not offered in any
spirit Of antagonism to the British En-
pire or to England" continued Mr.
Walsh. at is offered in the hope that
an irritating factor in the relations be-
tween these two Governments may be
removed 1 have no doubt the over
whelming sentiment of the people OF this
country fayors granting the Irish an
opportunity at least to present their
cause before q world forum"
Senator Poindexter failed to see, he
said, how Senator Walsh could escape
the conclusion that the presentation OF
the case of ireland to the League Of Ma
tons would be anything less than ex-
ternal aggression"
1T looks very much to me as though
the United States was external to Great
Britain" said Mr.. Poindexter. land GER
tainiy the aggression of the Senator
from Montana in urging his resolution is
an external attack upon the territorial
integrity of Great Britain. He cannot
escape that conclusion II the question Of
Irish independence from Great Britain
Is involved"
Senator Penrose interrupted to re-
mark that 1.-The Irish people have been
accustomed for 100 years or more to be
buncoed and gold bricked."
THE browning and most insolent eff
fort to bunco the Irish is this resolution
of the Senator from Montana" he con-
tinued. II should like to ask him what
show Ireland would have with six hostile
delegates from the British Empire and
perchance a statesman like the Senator
from Mississippi appointed to represent
the American Government as the CROWN
ing distinction OF his illustrious career ~
Senator Poindexter characterized as
Hollow" the arguments Of advocates OF
the league, as written that Great Brit
ain was entitled to have six votes in the
League Assembly because of the sacrl-
fees of her Domnions and colonies in
the war. and that in any event the
League Assembly, as President Wilson
had stated, was "a mere debating So
| ciety"
THE language OF the covenant as TO
the power of the league to disputes Is so
clear" said Senator Poindexter, that
no one can challenge its authority to act.
| II this instrument Is ratified and this
nation becomes a member OF the league
dispute ABOUT some NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| perhaps-might come before the lea que.
| International rights might be r,ed
| and almost any matter under the sun be
| lugged before the league And these
matters would be decided in a tribunal
| in which Great Britain would have six
| votes and we. being n party to the dis
pute, would have none.
i I"If It Is the intention OF the Senator
| from Montana to create the impression
among the Irish voters Of the United
States that he is doing them service
or ireland a service by offering this
resolution and having this question
taken up in the League of Nations, where
| Great Britain and her colonies would
] have six votes. l do not think he will
deceive them"
Senator Walsh spiritedly insisted that
he was not trying to deceive" the Irish
people, but was merely attempting to
provide the way for hearing OF their
| cause in the League of Nations. The
| fact that Great Britain would have six
votes in the League Assembly would not
affect the matter in any way, he said, as
the assembly. as he had argued. could
not take any definite action upon it