Arizona republican., 1919-11-23

or d considerable portion Of the crew. Indeed the natives of Queenstown, seemed to regard these American Jackies almost as their own"
 As to his charge that the Irish sup ported the German submarine cam paign. will again quote Admiral Sims. who states in his story that there were no submarine bases in Ireland not Withstanding the belief to the con- trary.
 Again he quotes with the usual gusto, The members of this organ ization The Sim Fein.' were not openly disloyal, they were openly pro German. they were not ever neutral. They were working night and day for German victory" A strong charge and it lacked evidence. Lloyd George made similar charge a couple of years ago. He said that he had evidence of huge German plot, on the part of the Sim F'ein and had all the leaders incar- cerated in the bastile. England called for vigorous prosecution of the traitors They were never prosecuted, though languishing in British jails for months Why? There was no evidence, just stage play, to fool easy and bigoted Americans. Yes, there was evidence of collision between Ireland and Ger many Why didn't George use it? When he had the author beside him in the cabinet
 Berlin dispatch of March 31, 1914, informed the world that 50,000 rifles and 100000 rounds of ammunition had been shipped from Hamburg, March 20. It was assumed that the rifles are for Ulster" said the London Times of April l and on April 27, the Times was able to announce that the Fanny, the ship bearing the arms, had safely elude1 the British navy and landed its cargo in Ulster. To show the connection further, there appeared | in the Irish Churchman, November, 1915, from the pen of an Ulster leader. the following, Ut may not be known to the rank and file of the Unonists, that we have the offer of aid from a powerful continental monarch CD who, 1 If home rule is forced on the Unionsts of Ireland, is prepared to send an army 1 to release England of any further trouble in Ireland by attaching it to | his dominion" Who was the power ! full monarch. and what effect on the coming world war was he contemplat- ing, had this act of the Unionists. Again he says he reads under the head Irish Propaganda" evidently referring to an article in the Arizona | Republican, Sunday Is, by Frederic J | Haskin, who was speaking only for himself and not for those so-called | hyphens, wherein he charges they are attempting to bludgeon the two great | political parties in the United States and incidentally sell themselves to which ever will do their bidding. They will see to it. MT. Peck, that in the i exercise of their franchise the first qualification of a candidate will be his standard of Americanism, none of this English toaoyism will go So with proper selection of candidates. fires pective of party, America will be pre- served to a democracy to which op- | pressed nations can still look for in | spiration and hope.
 Ces. we will continue to guard the Old Flag and to see that it is not re- placed by the red one of the Union Jack, just as the men of our blood did in '76 and on all other occasions. Ac- cording to your own Tory writers, the Revolutionary army was composed of { 50 per cent of these so-called hyphens i The Royal Gazette of September 21 i 1779, and subsequent dates published | the examination of one Jasper Gallo way, a native of Maryland, who later was member nd speaker of the Penn l sylvania assembly, lastly Tory.
 While the colonists were struggling for their liberty. Galloway, who had gone over to England completely tes- tified before a committee of the Lords and Commons in part as follows: e That part of the rebel army that en- listed in the service of the Congress were they chiefly composed of native Americans, or were the greatest part of the mEnglish, Scotch and Irish?
 A. The names and places of their nativity, being taken down, l can an swer the question with precision
 There were scarcely one fourth natives of America; about one-half Irish: the other fourth were English and Scotch l In return for which service of the Irish, the Rev. Peck would have us re- pay our debt to Ireland with base in- l gratitude.
 As to the American Legion. we dc not anticipate their attempting to ob- struct justice nor defer democracy. the thing they fought for and their com rades died for. You probably have
 heard the construction most of them sdNe lo tHe iHllidio A. E' Y" AlVei Engalnd Failed"
 | The Rev. MT. Peck complains of De
 Valera coming to America seeking aid for Ireland. To what place has
 he a better right to come than to the very cradle of liberty and drink at its
 founts. Did not Franklin go as a rep resentative from the American Colonies to France, seeking the same said and hope? Did not Kossuth plead the cause of his oppressed countrymen on our shores and meet with a hearty welcome
 in his mission and in whose coming England and America secured him safe | escort?