Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-14
IRELAND OUTLINES HER
CASE FOR INDEPENDENCE
fIrst Copies Of Document Which Will
Go to Peace Conference
Arrive.
DISTINCT NATION, is CLAIM
argument Asserts That for Over H.
700 Years Nation Possessed and
Exercised Sovereignty-Englis
Temper Causes Atrocious Results.

new YORK. June l3.-Ireland's
presented to the peace conference. if
the delegates OF the Irish republic are
ssanted the opportunity for. the pre-
hands OF several of tho peace dele.
gates.
One of the only two copies Of tho
,ea came into possession tonight of
universal Service. which is able 10 give
Inc text OF this important state paper.
Following is the text, the only excl
sion shown by brackets. being long
quotations of frequently quoted and
familiar expressions OF presiden, viii
lions: "
Ireland is nation. not merely for
countries has been taken AS sufficient.
tina, she has claimed AT all times and
sun claims to be a nation. but also
because. even though no claims were
put forward on her behalf. history
SHOWS her 10 be distinct nation from
'em2teIy ancient times
eessed and fully exercised sovereign
independence. and was recognized
through Europe as a sovereign state.
Hone. for Full Sovereignty.
The uSurpaticn Of the foreigner ha.
always been disputed and resisted by
the mass OF the Irish people.
AZ various times since the comm.
Of the English tho Irish nation has ex.
ercised its sovereign rights a. oppor
tuni,y offered.
The hope OF recovering 1t. fun and
been in the breasts OF the Irish people !
and has been the inspiration and the
mainenring Of their political activities |
abroad az we'll at home
EnEltsh statccraft has long and per-
ssistenly sirivcn in vain 10 force the
l lrish pcopIe to abandon hope; The
~ and materially. has never been at
rest from the frs, intrusion OF English
power until the present day.
English policy has always aimed at /
keepins every accrction of population |
from without separate from the rest
'ith inc nation; and cause OF distrac-
non and weakness in its midst.
Nevnrtheless, the Irish nation has |
remained one, with vigorous con-
always succeeded sooner or later in /
sssirlilat'ng every new elemen, OF
population
Irlsh PEOPLE Never IntoIernnt.
The Irish people has never been in
tolerant toward its minoritie. and has
never harborcd the spirit OF persecu- !
,ion Such harbarities az punishment.
by ,orture witch burning, capital I
freauen, in the judicial systems Of
other countries, found no recognition in /
Irish law custom Twice IN the /
seventeenth century. in i6i2-'is and !
in 1859. when after periods OF terrible /
persecuton and deprivation OF lands .
and liberty the Irish people recovered (
for time u dominant political power. (
they worked out in laws and treaties /
nolicy of fun rcIig ious equality for |
al jewellers in the island. On each OF I
these TWO occasions the English policy. !
becoming again dominant. subjected |
nscs,ion Of land and property, res,ric
tons OF liberty and religious persecu-
lions; And when, Notwithstanding the
English policy OF maintaining COM !
piete a severance As possible Irish Pro- ,
tcstants became attracted 10 the sup !
port OF the national cause. the Caiho- |
"a t..l ..f,ft stgs.l fEa. ~
crship 10 succession OF Protestant
leaders.
Have Pern Democratic People.
The Irish have. long been Z thor
their chosen leaders, from o'connell 20 |
parnell, they have provided the world |
with a model OF democrats orGaniIa-
ton in opposition to the domination !
of privileged classes.
II Ireland. on the grounds OF nation !
right is entitled TO recover her SOW
creiEn indcpcndcncc--and that Is her
donand-the recognition OF her right |
is due from other nations for the fol-
lowing reasons:
/ Because EnGland's claim to With
hold Independents from Ireland is
based or prinvlple which rs nesa-
,@n OF nm,tonaii '.9en p,cs Sna and Su n yT
England resists ircland's demand on
the ground that the Independence OF
ratiblc with the security Of England
or Great Britain. or The British en-,
pire, Whether ms fonte dt,.d Is Mel, Mel,
any state is justified in suppressinG
the independence Of any nation whose |
liberty that state declares TO be in;
endless prospect OF future wars is the !
natural consequence.
Quote John Stuart Mil.
- Because h:neIand's soyernment,
is conspicuously at the present time |
an outrage TO the conscience of man
in its quasi democratic form. Is essen |
italy vicious It's character at the /
best is sufficiently described by a noted |
English, writer, John S,uar. Mill rep. |
Govt. 1861. chapter iS): The govern !
ment by itself has meaning and |
ment ' Of one people by another does
not and canno. exist One people |
may keep another as warren or
make money IN a human cattle farm |
TO be worked for the profit of its own |
inhabitants, But If the good of the
government is the proper business OF |
BILE that a. people should directly at
Of England devoive the power which
they hold over Ireland upon "A success |
sion OF satraps. military and civil. to
people; and recent events show that |
the essential vices OF the government
are as active now as in former times !
Assert Results Atrocious.
3. Because the English temper to-
wards the cause of Irish national lib !
erty produces atrocious and intolerable |
results in Ireland
Among the results are: A depopula-
ton uneNampled in any. other country.
however badly governed wholesale de- |
struction of industry and commerce; |
overtaxation on an enormous scale; !
diversion OF rents savings and surplus |
incomes from Ireland TO England: op- |
position to the utiliZa ion by the Irish |
people of the economic resources OF |
: their country. and TO economic develop /
ment and social improvements: eXploita-
ton of ireland for the benefit of Eng
liSh capitalists: fermentation OF re- |
ligious animosity: repression of the |
national culture maintenance of the |
monstrous system of police rule by |
:, which, in the words of an English min
lister. all Ireland is kept under the
microscope: perversion OF Justice by |
making political service and political
subservience almost the sole qualifca-
ton for judicial positions: by an elabor-