The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-05

Of war. against the express wishes OF
the Irish people. and that II the Irish
people were precluded in their efforts
especially with the assistance of Amer
lea. they could then count upon the
army of occupation being increased and
the slaughter to begin Of the Irish people
to prevent them from functioning in the
very manner which the President had
repeatedly declared to be the right OF
all peoples along the lines Of govern
ment laid down in the Constitution Of the
United States.
Mr.. Walsh then said that without ask
ing the President for an answer at that
moment he had these further requests "a
make That the President should use
his powerful influence to see that the
delegates selected by the people Of Ire
land were given every opportunity "a
present Ireland's cause to tho Peace
Conference and that he should likewise
use his powerful influence to see that a
subcommittee selected by THE committee
should have the right to appear before
the Peace Conference or before any COM
mittee on credentials, or before any
other body in Paris In order that they
assist the delegates from Ireland in
presenting this cause of Ireland, which
was the cause OF the free people of the
whole world, and also expressed the
opinion Of the millions Of men and
women of Irish blood In America.
The President replied: you do not
expect me to give an answer to this re-
quest now"
To which Mr.. Walsh replied. mo"
At this point the President turned to
Judge Con- and said:
II wish you to understand Judge
Con, further, that the Irish question
fas not yet been presented to the Peace
Conference and those other countries
are falling Into our laps, as 1t were,
on account of the breaking Of the Pow
ers with which we were at war, and
when this case comes up I will have TO
use my best Judgment as to how to act"
Members OF Committee.
Besides Justice Con and Justice CO.
halan, the members of the committee
are Archbishop Dennis J. Dougherty of
Philadelphia, James e. Murray OF Butte,
Mon. Edward q. Quinn of Cambridge,
Mass. John p. Grace, former Mayor Of
Charleston Richard w. Wolfe Of Chi
cago, John J. Splain OF Connecticut,
Frank p. Walsh of Missouri, Thomas F.
Cooney Of Providence, Bishop T. ]. Sha-
han. rector OF the Catholic University Of
Washington Michael F. Doyle OF Phil
aueipnia, oaSell Ryan OF ST. Louis, the
Rev. James Grattan Mythan OF Balti-
more. Thomas McNamra of Youngs-
town. Ohio DR.. William Carroll Of Phil
adelphia, Thomas J. Breslin of New Jer-
sey. the Rev. Norman II. Thomas of
New York. and John A. McGarry Of
Chicago.
Major E. s. Kinkead of Jersey City,
James p. MCGUIRE of New York. the
Right Rev. Mgr. Coghlan Of Philadelphia,
John E. Milholland of New York,
Michael J. Ryan Of Philadelphia, Bishop
Peter J. Muldoon of Rockford. III. Ed
ward F. Dunno Of Chicago. former Gov
ernor Of Illinois Victor Herbert of New
York, Joseph r. Shannon of Kansas
City. Justice Edward J. Gavegan of
New York. Robert Z. Ford of New York,
Thomas J. Maloney of Jersey City. Pat
rick ]. Gibbons of st. Louis, John D.
Moore of New York. Michael h. Nc
Greal OF New Haven. John Jerome
Rooney of New York. the Rev Patrick
j. Healy of Washington. DR.. Joseph
Dunn Of Washington and Edward J.
Coffey OF New Haven.