The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1919-07-26
De Valera, the Renegade American, Exhibition With
Treason in Kits and Dlsloyaty Dsgracing the
Uniform Of the American Army

Phy oiCdlly as well dS OIlerWlSe.
His person is almost as thin as his
talk. One would expect one Sc
lected to play his part to be a ma
tive Of Ireland; but he is not even
that. He was born in New York,
and is therefore a renegade Amer
ican-about the worst type mag
Unable.
He lacks even that gift Of Hi
bernian CAB, for he read his speech
with markedly unmagnetic effect,
for he hadn't gone far with it un-
til thousands began to leave the
hall. All the enthusiasm, fuss and
fury seemed to have vanished. 1t
really looked as though the sight
of him had dampened the ardor Of
his audience, and as though it
might have been better for the ef-
feet of the meeting if he had been
kept out of sight.
But he read his little essay
through, and the next speakers
were Of the Roman Catholic COM
mission which was sent to France
to make trouble for Great Britain.
They were Walsh, Ryan, and
Dunno whose names have appeared
in the newspapers of late with
such tiresome frequency.
If the Sim Fein wants a "good
Catholic" president for Ireland it
should dump "devilera" and take
Frank Walsh who is down in the
mouth and needs something of the
kind to cheer him up. Something
about the sea voyage or the jolt he
got in France has got into his once
robust system with unhappy re-
suits.
Walsh really looked broken
hearted, sad, and discouraged. 1t
might have been put on for its
dramatic effect on his audience,
but such part doesn't become the
bell-wether, bull, and lion of the
Irish Catholic Party. One cannot
think that such a collapse could
come even from the kicks and re-
buffs he got from President Will
son, Lloyd George, Clemenceau,
and Orlando; so it must be
charged to old age which is surely
getting in its work on that master
of Jesuit politics.
Walsh could manipulate the pol
itics of Kansas City, and do some
thing Of a stunt nationally when
favored by appointment to posi-
tion by President Wilson; but the
international game was tackled too
late in life for desired success. The
world is older and wiser, while
Walsh is older and weaker. Sic
transit gloria.
On the whole it was a magnif.
cent performance of the great
Holy Roman Show-impressive to
dupes, but a parody on what il
purported to represent. The priest
and | went down together; and
just as we were to part, he re.
minded me Of my previous prom.
Use to tell him what paper | had
been taking my notes for.
You may imagine his incredu.
lous establishment when l told him
that | was Billy Parker of Thu
MENACE. But the humor of the
situation appealed more to hin
than his religious duty, so hi
laughed heartily and sale
"Shake!" So we "shook" anc
went our several ways.
The one thing that impressed mt
more than anything else, as a re
suit Of information and insight
gained at Madison Square Garden
was the conviction that this whole
Sim Fein movement and propa
ganda is principally if not solely
to create trouble between thu
United States and Great Britain
Sim Fein sentiment, known BY
various names in the past, ha,
brought trouble to the breaking
point bewteen Ireland and Eng
land, and the game Of Jesuit di
plomacy now is to disrupt rela
tions that have been and should b,
reciprocally pleasant between tn,
two great Protestant nations q
the world.
Will it workf 1t will work Il
exactly the extent papists are vel
coined in American politics, De
feat and discredit political Roman
ism in the United States, and yor
remove the one barrier to peac,
and good will between the twc
great nations Of English-speakint
people.