The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
PRESIDENT
 WOULD NOT
 SEE COHALAN
Refused to Meet Irish Dele gation Until Justice Left
 Room.

The President arrived at the Metro politan Opera House about SIS o'clock last night After MT. Taft and himself had spoken, the Presi- dent asserting that ''an overwhelml ing majority of the American people is in favor of the League of Nations MT. Wilson received a delegation of Irish-Americans with whom he dis cussed the aspirations of Ireland at the Peace Conference.
 He would not meet the committee, however. until Justice Daniel F. Co., haIan of the New York state supreme court, mentioned in the Bernstorf respOndence, had withdrawn from the room at the Metropolitan Opera House in which the meeting was held.
 Moran Delivered Word.
 According to Thomas J. Breslin, 8 member of the delegation, the Pregi- dent asked W. J. Moran, who headed his Secret Service bodyguard, to in- form the Irishmen of his refusal to attend the conference if Justice Co., 'halan was present.
 At the close of the Presidents ad- dress at the Metropolitan Opera House, Breslin said, Moran appeared in the room assigned for the meeting and delivered the message. Justice CohaIan insisted upon leaving the room rather than interfere with the conference.
 Among the documents seized in the offices of Wolf von Igel, the German agent according to the committee on public Information, was one marked ''Very secret" and signed by Count Eon Bernstorff, in which he said Judge Cohalan %equests the trans mission of the following remarks The message said in part
 ''The revolution in Ireland can only be successful if supported from Germany. Therefore help is neces sary. This should consist, primarily, of aerial attacks on England and a diversion of the fleet simultaneously with Irish revolution. Then, if pos stbfe a landing of troops, arms and ammunition in. Ireland and possibly some officers from Zeppeuns."
 Repudiates Message.
 Justice Cohalan promptly repud1ated the message and declared he was the victim of British enmity.
 According to a, statement issued by the committee former Supreme Court Justice John Golf presented to the President a copy of the resolution adopted by the Irish convention at Philadelphia, said:
 we ask you to present to the peace conference at Paris the right of Ire land to determine the form of gov ernment under which shall live. WiD you do it?''
 According to the statement the President said he did not believe he should be called upon to answer such a, question, explaining that as th9 government representative at the peace conference he felt that he should not make a, formal answer.
 The President then stated said the statement, that he was in thor ough accord with the aspirations voiced by the judge and had been for Q long time, that all l1e meant to say was that he should not be called upon ] as one of the gover nlrFents taking 1 part in the peace conference to state his official attitude no matter what his personal feelings might be; that he was not unfriendEv to the cause as l we prese nted but that 1t was a very delicate and complicated situation ! with which he had to contend and l with .. situation like that to meet, he must be allowed to meet it by meth l ods which seemed best to him and not use a method that might injure 1 the cause instead of helping it."