Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-04
ElNANClAL DRIVE FOR IRISH FREED0M


 To stimulate interest in the coming drive for s2,000. which starts today, for the educational fund a mass. meeting kelas ing Davi1
 for the edSeatidi sof s.tbe e.. .ssnserir4s a people in the true situation in Ireland and to show them that Ireland is per fectly able to support and govern her. self as free and independent nation.
 The meetipg was opened by the
 playing of The Star Spangled Banner, after which ex-Mayor T. c. Murphy
 introduced Mayor J. J.. Desmond as
 chaknan of the meeting. Mayor Des-
 mend commented. on the attendance,
 saying that their presence showed
 that there was much interest in that
 country which so deserves the sup
 port of the United States. Ireland,
 pathy, respect and aid off the world for the undauEted courage that she
 has shown for the past seven hundred years in her struggle for freedom. She
 is ables to conduct and support her
 self as a nati6n and there is no req son why she coufdf t,s except. for the 'selfshi1ess of England. Ie1believe. said MT. Desmond that might. oppressive might, does not make right and that there is another day da wiring for Ire land He then introduced Philip Troup, postmaster of New Haven as the first speaker of the evening.
 MT. Troup in his opening remarks stated that this meeting was the third that he had address ed- Sunday. and that the slndamental principle of lib- erty-v had :. been the tHenTe@ off all his talks. The first meeting was one of the Lithuanians and the second was one of the Ukranians and the last one of the Irish- all struggling for free dom from oppression. The principle of liberty is what stand for. he said is a. dominating powef and we will have war as long as there is the imperial |, tendency. It don't many with the kaiser or England with l her king.
 In 1914 when the world was shocked by the news of .stle outbreak of the I and men lost hone and, even felt in i God but as it continued the clearer it | became that God works in q rnysteri- | ous way for = betterment of the | what other nations say we entered | the war for no. benefit. to ourselves, not for the gain of territory but forJ our ideals of liberty and justice Wet laid down certain principles and the 1 other nations accepted them to make l he world safe for demqcracy. The 1 question is. shall we apply the prin | eip1es? Ireland should be free and to his end drives are being made to I .aise funds to educate the American
 
 and. The American people need edu- ;ating along these lines. |
 Ireland has more commerce with | England than any of her territories. reland is rich country but not de- yeloped and England knows the. req ion why. She pays enough in taxes very year to support herself and in act the amount spent on Ireland by England is practically the. same as aised by tax. Ireland is a nation of v1d -iCF1 Ao. and gays Ireland is poor. Then if reland is. poor why don't England rop her as poor proposition? Eng and says Ireland needs the protection f her navy. Won't the league of na ions protect her if she is made inde- 
 England again says that Ireland is % backward - and not etitfca ted nough to govern herself, but the reat legal minds of England are rish England has said that Ireland j divided as to the question of free om. as Ulster voted against it. but it
 a case of making the tail wag the og.' Sir Edward Carson said Blister -as against free Ireland. but. it was-E nly the small minority It has been 1 { lggested ito let Ulster go to England nd the rest Of Ireland govern them l. elves. You can't divide. Ireland. Y
 Sir Edward Carson said that the ' 'ish question was for England to set II e and that It was pone of the United 1 tateS' business They didn't say it 1 as none of our business when they ere in France swith their backs gains tthe wall It is our business to ' se that the principles of liberty are Y ot violated. and 1 think the United t tateS has right to speak. Where 1 berty is. there is our home and a here liberty is not. there also should I e go. Oh. my friends the world war ( as fought in vain unless the smaller J ations and Irelafd are free lF Following MT. Troup's address, IF hich was received with applause and \
 times interrupted with outbursts of r Henry Fontaine rendered 0 70 selections. The Tumble down r hack in. Athlone and When Ireland F omes- Into Her Own. Edward Con- | lily; Irish. tenor. rendered by request s other McChrea and. Where the River s lannon Flows ..,, ., |, Mayor Desmond introduced John R. n urphy of Boston. who spoke of the . ming drive for a. national sum of . ord Northcliffe has come to America lth $10O. .,O04s100 to make America fe for England. but that we want iti \
 educate America to the situation inl eland. American friendship, said Mir. Mur-l ", England will never have until she . ends her Ways.sWe can neyer be a II lend to England until Ireland is free 1 ; Id until then England can never have :, nerica for a friend. and she needs us ore than we need her. TT believe in the fourteen principles c i'd down by oura.t president 5 and the . nth especially. which states that Q 1aller nations are to determine their Tn affairs. Ireland is one of these \ .tions. O Ix- L sG.