Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-24
CARDINAL GIBBONS
MAKES PLEA FOR
IRISH FREEDOM At
CELT CONVENTION
Does Not Believe Peace Can
Be Permanent Unless Doc
trine Of Self Determination
Extended to Erin,
BRITISH RULE is
DECLARED FAILURE
Industries Destroyed, Trade
and Commerce Wiped Out
and Her People Cut in Two
By Political QuarrelS,


Philadelphia, Feb. pa resolution
presented by Cardinal Gibbons urging
4 the peace congress to apply to Ireland
the doctrine of national self-determi-
nation~and a declaration of principles
demanding that If any league of ma
tions be created, all features which
may infringe on the traditional Amer
lean policy, including the Monroe
Doctrine, shall be eliminated, were
adopted unanimously today at the
closing session of the Irish race in
| America.
The declaration says a state of war
exists between England and Ireland
(which. in the interests of peace of
the world. the peace conference can
not ignore"
/ In support of the movement to
bring freedom to Ireland the conven-
ton is pledged to raise within six
months to raise $l.000,000 but before
Justice Daniel f. Cohalan of the New
York supreme court chairman, COM
pleted the roll call more than ST.,
250.O00 had been pledged.
! Delegates from many states crowd
ed the Academy of Music when Cardi-
nal Gibbons arose at the forenoon ses-
sion and in a few words presented the
resolution calling for the right of Ire
| land to select its form of government.
| The enthusiasm aroused by the
prelate continued as numerous speak
ers seconded the resolutions.
| The convention rose to its feet and
! cheered several minutes when Rabbi
| Joseph Krauskopf of Philadelphia
said that President Wilson's declara-
ton that small nations shall have the
right of government will not die
down and not even President Wilson
| himself can recall 1t.
AZ hold in my hands" said the car
dinal, ~ resolution on behalf of Ire
land which should appeai to every
lover of liberty and Justice.
MY friends, there is liberty in the
| air. The nations of the earth are
| clamoring for liberty. And why should
not freedom loving Ireland join in
the general cry? Yes, Ireland wants
| freedom to breathe the air of heaven.
| She wants freedom to stretch her
| brawny and sinewy arms. She wants
| freedom to develop her resources. She
wants freedom to develop the riches
of her soul. She wants freedom to
carve out her own destiny.
And we are here today to plead
the cause of Ireland's sons and daugh-
! ters, that they may stand erect, re-
| deemed, regenerated and disenthrall-
| ed on their own sacred SOIL.
The Resolution.
| The text of the resolution follows:
eve, the delegates to the conven-
! ton of the Irish race in America, as
sembled in Philadelphia, the city in
which the immortal declaration of
! American liberty was given to the
world, and speaking for many mil
| lions of American citizens, call upon
| the president and congress of the
| United States of America to urge the
peace conference now in session at
| Paris to apply to Ireland the great
| doctrine of national self-determina-
| ton and to recognize the right of the
people to select for themselves with
out interference from any other peo
pie the form of government under
Which in future they shall live.
! we urge this claim, in the first
place, in the name of justice recog
nizing and insisting on the truth set
forth by the founders of our republic,
that all governments derive their just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned.
I'VE urge this claim in the name of
America, insisting, as we have just
shown in the case of France, that we
are not an ungrateful people, and re-
calling that no other people have con-
tributed more than those of Irish
blood to the creation, the upbuilding,
the development and the preservation
and defense of our great country.
'We urge this claim in the name
of Ireland because of the unparalleled
struggle for now seven and half
centuries that Ireland has carried on
for national existence and liberty;
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destroy that existence have failed, and
because of the extraordinary majority
by which less than two months ago
the people of ireland declared. not
alone their dissatisfaction with the
government of their land by England,
but also their determination to gov
ern themselves without interference
from any outside influence or power.
I'VE urge this claim in the name of
humanity, because we believe that
war cannot be ended, and q just and
permanent peace cannot be brought
about unless the doctrine of self-de-
termination be applied to Ireland and
the people of that country be permit
ted to decide for themselves the form
of government under which they shall
live.
England Has Failed.
1--WE point out that England has
failed in every way to coerce or to
persuade or to ca joIe the people of
Ireland to give up their devotion to
their national aspirations and tried
them all in vain. Lloyd George within
the last few months has been COM
PEELED to assert that Ireland is at pres
ent as much opposed to British rule
as In the days of Cromwell.
'The industries of Ireland have
been destroyed: her trade and com
merce wiped out: her commerce cut
in two; her leaders deported and held
in English jails without indictment or
trial and yet within the last two
months the people with an unanimity
never before attained have again de-
clared their utter dissatisfaction with
English rule and their determination
to be free, England refuses to listen
to the voice Of Ireland. but we point
out that England likewise refused to
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