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mon. because forsoo,h. the Irish can
not agree politically among themselves
Political lmnnimIfy ENiSts.


Political lmnnimity ENists.
The fact is. however. that there is in
ireland TO-DAY degree of political un-
animiir greater than exists in any
Other rounirT on earth-very much
| land. where Lloyd George and his con
frcrcs are kept in power through Il
political coalition between eight dif-
exists IN our own country.
Ireland is the only country in the
World IN which a plebescite has been
last November. The resul, OF that
pIehesc!te WAS that the people OF Ire
land by vote OF more than three
separation from England. and in favor
of he establishment of an Irish re-
public.
This was on the fourteenth OF last
rcsenta;ives OF the people OF Ireland
met IN convention at the Mansion
the existence of the Irish Republic
ana made an appeal to the free peoples
milton.
In furtherance oc that appeal. Eamon
de Valera, president OF the Irish Rcpuh-
!Si. and several members Of the Dali
Eireanm urtsh Congress- are now in
TINS country. They seek TO lay before
lhe people OF America actual conditions
AS they exist in Ireland today They
ASK a nearing in order that America
may understand that what the people
OF ireland are asking. is full recount
tph 81 their status as free and in
dcncndcn, people.
They Seek not some redress of griev-
ances: large or small. bu; they demand
mat England take her grip OF Ireland
ana leave the country TO be governed
DN its own people, in it's own wav
The opinion OF America has been arons
ca within the last year. as II never has
been before. in favor OF Ireland.
Aims to Confuse Issue.
,ce 6m, the EnElish diplomats with their
fuse the issue, to prevent our people
from getting a clear understanding Of
what is at stake between ireland and
tits their task, ;hcir duty at this
time, not to simplify, but to complicate
, ne Issue; NOT TO clarity. bu; TO confuse
appear in hundred forms. a hundred
suggestions from EnSland ms to n way
out OF the difficulty.
one group talks OF Dominion Home
Rule, while others talk of a dozen yari
cites OF the same form. Carson talks
,'ro ha a',,ii condi'!onS remain as they
African who believes all peoples shoIila
continue TO be swallowed up by the
im.i, pire-eomes forward with
ihat Iates; suggestion that Ireland
should receive The same recoSnitjon as
that given TO Bohemia
-, bus AZ ask for ireland something
IN,
ireland that which ireland demands.
because at bottom-lc, them eNplain az
d dneE may-ih any one of the hundred
devious devices English statesmen and
historians have used in attemntine -
explain 1.-THE fac; is that EngIand re
mains in ireland 70, Eng:and's prom,
!end to get out OF ireland until She
is persuaded either by force. or bv ~.
2Tospect OF greater profit in some other
s soFm' mat 1t is 10 her interest to do
III fr;ngland says she remains in ireland
p ri., Ior Two reasons: First, because
second ,,t,ei h. camno' agree politically and
ally stand alone. Neither siatcmnn,
has the slightest foundation in fant.
rlebe>eitc Refutcs First Claim.
?, ! ne p!ebcsc!te taken in ireland last
december. under the most adverse Con-
aiti9ns, shows that the people OF Ire
.hhd nave reached degree Of political
WVnis WAR my practiieally Without parallel.
"a, ana with all the mach merry OF
N! me government in possession of me
F ~. .iSn garrison. the people OF Ireland,
Inno;, 80 OF more than three 10 one
IIct!rtI IN favor OF total separation of
ireland from England -
y, :: H,c oria to the standard American
a r We're never able 10 rally to Their
support more than a majority oT m
So!on!sts' IT, in truth, they ever had
90 Ia,Se a proportion of the colonists
Even in the so-called convention
hra ,ued over ny Sr Horace Plunkctt
an" ,,i hand picked by Lloyd George. there
vas a majority OF 40 to % in favor
o ,, tnH proposed plan then given, which
WoH!d nave gone beyond the schema
o! so-cal!cd settlement now pronosnI
=, iaahy .;rSsponsiblc Spokesman for,
"heh II is considered that a large MINI
o. i.c OF ,i s members OF that body we're
sHi.ctcd ny Lloyd George and his assn
Giiates for the express purpose Of hay-
mcnt. "''' set''c-
If tn" situation we're not one O, 6,
much Importance. IL would b. farcical
20 near Lloyd George talk about the
azure or the Irish TO agree when he
h,nsclt remains in power in England.
s"aoueh a coalition made up of cirht
"aneteht groups. ana was the dirnr,
"a use OF the so-callcd failure to which
The utter tailacy and hypocricv ~
inc second claim, that Ireland came,
III iMan PC stand alone. viii lie proven
1919, Otis T.. Wood - -"