The Washington herald., 1919-02-23

than American" he continued. 1T
is Irish. not English"
The tribute of France to the
heroism of Irish troops in the war.
was paid by Maj. Malye, of the
French army. He said that his
never will forget the
debt they owe to the fighting sons
of Ireland. I'VE French know" he
added. that there can be no lasting
peace unless Ireland is free" He
also suggested that 1t would please
France to have Irish labor help to
work her farms rather than English.
Congressman Thomas Gallagher.
of Illinois, who recently introduced
a resolution in the House, calling
for self-detcrmination for ireland,
was also a severe critic. of England.
'All the anglomania and hands
across the sea that Britain has been
working on America for years will
go for nothing unless Ireland is
given independence, liberty and a
place among the nations of the
world" said Gallagher. while the
crowd shouted its approval.
They say we should not interfere
with an ally. Well, Russia was an
ally, but l noticed no hesitation
about taking part of her territory
to free Poland. I hope we get some
action from Congress that will re-
suit in freeing Ireland"
Message Sent to Mercicr.
The following cablegrams. unani-
mously indorsed by the convention,
were sent during the session this
afternoon:
To Cardinal Mercier, of Belgium:
Resolved, that the Fluctuations and
grateful appreciations of 5000 dele
gates attending the Irish race con-
vention, representing 200, 900 American
citizens of different religious and po-
liticaI convictions. be extended to
Cardinal Honore Mercier, of Belgium,
in recognition of his devotion to lib
erty and his declaration for the self
determination of peoples
To Edmund de Valera, first presi-
dent of the Irish republic; Arthur
Griffith and Count Plunkett, in Dublin,
Ireland:
Five thousand delegates to the
Irish race convention, assembled on
the birthday of George Washington,
where the immortal Declaration of In
dependence was given to the world,
representing every nation OF our
COuHlINs u all SlldutS VI ltllS lOuo anu
political beliefs, and many millions of
our fellow citizens, congratulate YOU
and. through you. the people of Ire
land upon the triumph of a real ma
tional policy. and pledge our best ef-
forts to unity and solidify American
opinion behind Ireland's insistent de-
mands for complete national self-de-
termination"
To Archbishop ManniX. OF Mel
bourne, Australia. a cablegram SINH
lar to the foregoing was sent.
All lay delegates to the convention
attended a reception and ball tonight
in Second Regiment Armory. The
grand march was led by Patrick Nc
Cartan, envoy OF the provisional gov
ernment of Ireland to this country.
and Mrs. James Walsh of New York.
Cardinal in Quaker City.
Cardinal Gibbons reached this city
tonight at $50 o'clock. He was greet
ed in Baltimore by a delegation from
the convention consisting of Mgr.
Coughlan. rector of the Church OF Our
Lady of Mercy: Monsignore Hugh T.
Henry, director of the Catholic high
school: Former Representative Dono-
Zoe and was accompanied to this city
by these prelates and by Archbishop
Bonaventure Cerrutti, secretary of
the sacred congregation of eXtraordi-
nary ecclesiastical affairs at the Vati-
can.
Other speakers tomorrow will be
United States Senator David l. Walsh
of Massachusetts,: william E. Borah
OF Idaho; Justice Cohalan and Ed
ward J. Gavan of the New York SUI
preme Court; Archbishop John Joseph
GIennon of St. Louis; Rabbi Joseph
Krauskopf of the congregation of
Kcneseth Israel; Bishop T. J. Shahan,
rector of the Catholic University;
John J. Curley. former mayor of Bos-
ton: DIR. Robert Ellis Thompson of
Central High School, this city, and
several 9th rs.