The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-23
IRELAND'S FLAG RESENTEDB BY
 THE JUNIOR ORDER
Resolutions Adopted Con- cern Alleged Incident at St. Paul's Catholic
 Church March IT

According to F. R. Calhoun, state sec retary of the Junior Order, United Ameri- can Mechanics, Birmingham Council No. q, of that organization. adopted yester- day a resolution condemning those re- flag of Ireland along with that of the United States, from St. Paurs Catholic church, Birmingham, March IT, St. Patrick's S day.
 MT. Calhoun's communication to the city editor of The Age-Herald, is printed on the stationery of his organizat ton, which contains the names of the follow ing officers of the order: A. $. Byars,
 Moulton; J. w. Stevens, Huntsville; Mel win Hutson, Decatur; E. R. Calhoun, Bir- mingham, and J. T. Baker, Huntsville,
 The following is the resolutions:
 Whereas, it has come to the knowledge of Birmingham Council No. 21, Junior Order United American Mechanics. that a flag which is purported to be the flas of the alleged Republic of Ireland,' q government as yet neither de facto or de jure, but symbo1izing the continued implacable hostility of the prescribed Sim Feiners of Ireland to the govern ment of England, was raised and flown along with the American flag. from St. Pauls Roman Catholic church, of Bir- on Monday, March IT, and
 Whereas, the flying of that Sim Fein flag is alleged to be an act of treason in England, an ally of the United States in the present war With Germany; and
 Whereas, the Sim Feiners are alleged to have aided and encouraged the ene- my Germany by various and sundry acts of disloyalty to our ally, England. during the present war; and
 Whereas, decent regard for the opin- ions of mankind and the honorable treat ment of an able and conscientious ally in a holy cause against a powerful and enemy that sought to en- slave the world, makes it encumbent upon this country to serve its ally as it would itself be served; therefore, be it,
 Resolved, That Birmingham Council No. 21, Junior Order United American composed of native Ameri- cans, whose allegiance to the govern ment of the United States comes at all times first above sectarian or partisan enters it's solemn and pa trfotic protest against the action of those responsible for the flying of the purported flag of the said 'Republic of Ireland, at the St. Pauls Roman Catholic church, on March +;
 "Resolver further. That we emphasize it as our opinion that no true American, having regard for the honor of America in it's relations with and treatment of its ally, England, can give endorsement to the act of flying that flag in America at this time; and to fly it along with the Stars and Stripes is nothing less than ad exhibition of contempt for our govern ment's honor, in our opinion, or an act growing out of world ignorance of the of courtesy;
 Resolved further, That we deplore the fact that the stage for this gratuitous in- vitation to discord was a church edi- flee of an organization that enjoys more liberties here in it's multifarious activ,- ties than are accorded to it in any othet on earth, thereby laying itselt open to the just criticism of thinking, pa triotic men;
 Resolved further, That while the sim cere attempt of any intelligent. capable people to determine for themselves their political destiny should at least chal- Ienge the sympathy of all fair-minded persons, we believe Americans in the mass will withhold active interest in "the free iom of Ireland" until such time as it's Irish proponents can convince its lrlsh opponents that their government will not be "a government of, by and for the hier- archy of the Roman Catholic church. To such possible prospect of a government for Ireland no liberty-loving American would wish to give accretion;
 sResolver further, That copies of these resolutions be furnished the three daily of Birmingham, with the re- 1uest that they be published"