The Washington herald., 1919-02-23
AMERICAN AID URGED
in IRELAND'S FIGHT
TO OBTAIN FREEDOM

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the delegates were urged to use their
American citizenship to the utmost
in demanding action by the Peace
Conference.
During the address of the Rev. +.
X. McCabe, president of De Paul Uui-
Ysrsity. Chicago, the delegates reach
81 tksir highest pitch of enthusiasm.
he wa interrupted again and again
BY cheering and shouting while he
trl1osd tHs va records OF Irish SOL
i-srs ir The -o1L'ct just closed and
scorsa o. ot5Grs'
= asu American Citizen." said
Father 1E-EE-s .-siE parents before
me were an. -lg.r c..r.Cls ard be
yond that 1 an o. pure, E,us irl-erat-
ed Irish stock SIJ Z have come EH-.
today as an American CIUErr. 49,.
as such I have a right q demand
that history shall not writ lffcr LEs
name of my country the tenn that
has been applied to the nation resg.n-
sible for Ireland's woes. the term of
blood sucking vampire Of the nations
Of the world.
Time Come for Demands.
'I have a right to demand. and I
do demand that my country shall not
be called perfidious America. The
time has come TO stop asking and to
demand justice for Ireland. The time
has come for all OF us to demand of
our Representatives and Senators that
they keep faith with our dead who
fought for the rights of small ma
tons.
I'VE want now the fulfillment Of
promises for right of self-determina-
ton for Ireland. God made her a
nation. He didn't throw down mere
clod OF clay. No, He took a little
bit Of heaven and dropped it down
into the sea- and that it might not
be contaminated by other nations
he washed its shores with the
waters Of the ocean.
And then He gave her, to His
glory. sons and daughters with in
telligence to guide and direct the
world. Let US demand that a wide
world. Let US demand that a mill
tary force, the military representa-
tive Of military autocracy today,
be withdrawn from Ireland. They
are now trying to provoke the coun-
try TO open resentment so that they
can annihIlate them"
Father McCabe started another
round OF cheering when he declared
that at the retreat from Mons the
Irish regiments brought up the rear
guard because they hadn't learned
to run as fast as the other
fellows"
And with all due respect to the
other nations with which we are
co-oelligereuts," he added, I'VE
won the war. The allies themselves
admitted this in January, 1917
when they said that if we did not
enter within thirty days they
would be forced to surrender"
The Rev. DR.. Patrick Healy, Of
the Catholic University, Washing
ton. took fling at former President
TAFT in his address by declaring
that in his stand on the Irish ques-
tion Tart ran true to form-ha
missed his train, as usual"
The voice of America said
Father Healy. "is the most potent
voice at the Peace Conference And
II you can get its spokesman tn de-
niand the right of seIf-determina-
tion for Ireland your delegates will
be admitted to the conference on
par with those of the other ma
tions OF the world"
John P. Grace, formerly mavnr
OF Charleston. S. c., who acted as
temporary chairman, started the
move of enthusiasm and inciden-
tally set the pace in denunciation
OF England for the other speakers
when he said that ireland was n
Eation before Caesar was finished
conauering the rude barbarians OF
Britain.
If this nation is anything else