New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-10-22

aSA1ISllNNI eOT NOV1IN<A1NA 4WoOLD'
BE AN INJUSTICE TO
IRELAND, HE SAID.
An appeal to the people Of America
for recognition Of the right of Ireland
to self-determination' was sounded at
the Auditorium Of ST. Paul Sunday
afternoon and at the Minneapolis Armory
Sunday night by cannon De Valera,
President OF the Irish Republic"
before audiences OF estimated at more.
than 5000 and 5000 respectively
Mr.. de Valera warned against the
covenant of the proposed league Of ma
tons, and asked that the United States
consider carefully before a document
which, he declared, would destroy the
right of America to give outside aid
to any oppressed nation struggling for
liberty
When Mr.. de Valera and his party
entered the. Arm cry, shortly after 8
o'clock, he was greeted by prolonged
cheering and a futter Of small flags.
An overflow meeting was arranged for
the Armory .annex, and Mr.. Boland,
lat the conclusion Of his address in the
main building, spoke to a crowd there,
and was followed by Mr.. de Valera.
Objects to Article 10.
/ Speaking on the subject of the league
of nations, Mr.. de Valera called atten-
ton to Article 10, which, he asserted,
protects the territory Of members Of
the league from external aggression.
DO not do Ireland an actual in
justice by signing this covenant as it
stands said the speaker. Article
40 is a guarantee in perpetuity OF the
present dominions Of the British en-
pire, and would enable Great Britain to
call upon the other members Of the
league to attack America if you should
attempt to come to Ireland's assist
ahce. PIE
.'The League Of Nations covenant
does not prevent the Irish people from
rebelling. No covenant could do that.
But history has shown that in every
struggle, by every nation that has freed
itself from oppression and Won the
right to govern itself, there have been
two fundamental factors. The first is
a struggle from within. The second is
aid from without Without this latter,
even your own country might not have
won so readily in it's fight for freedom.
Only recently your men returned from
France after paying Americas debt
to La Fayette. :.
Takes Away Liberty. :
THE league attempts to take away
that most important factor in the oh
tanning Of liberty help from the outside.
If Spain, for example, took the side
Of Ireland and came to her help in her
fight for liberty, the terms Of the cove
nant would enable England to array
every nation, including your own, against
Spain. It would be q violation of
Article No. 1Ofor Ireland under the
present covenant is part OF the terri
.torial possessions Of Great Britain, and
the territory Of members is expressly
safeguarded from external aggression,
which no doubt this would be. Spain
would meet a world leagued in arms
against her.
rs Spain could have arrayed every ma
ton in the world against the United
States if the league covenant had been
in force at the time Of the Spanish
American wal. + you give Ireland more
than your sympathy, when the cove
nant takes effect, the nations can be
called upon to attack you for threat
ening, by external aggression, the in
tegrity Of Britain's dominions. The
league will rivet the shackles on Ire
land more tightly than ever.
Ireland Held Subject. 3
This is not a league OF nations, but
of empires of powerful states Eng
lad, having gained one-third Of the.
world, and control Of the seven seas,
now wants you and I to guarantee her
possessions for all time. 4
Ireland is q subject nation under
the terms Of the proposed league Of
nations covenant, MI. de Valera ass
serted.
we are = subject people, and the
covenant in its present forms proposes
to- keep US forever in subsection, !" he
said. We are opposed to It. We
deny that the present league is better
than no league at al, It i worse Il
IS ! step backward. Il IS IN attempt
tosshackle not free, demo e z 8
Irelands's case S so =; pc, Il. DC