The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-18
ST. PATRICK
NIGHT PROGRAM
W LAST EVENING
Opera House Crowded And Ex-
ercises Good
ADDRESS BY FIR. CAHILL
Instructive Talk on the Irish Cues
tion--Work Of the Children
Was Enjoyed ey All.

The annual ST. Patrick's entertain
ment of st. Francis de Sales parish
was held Monday evening at the
Opera House Every seat was iilled
and young and old enjoyed program
in which there was a combination OF
entertainment and instruction.
The children of the Academy school
had leading part and, what rarely
happens, the small boys as whole
won more applause than the girls
though little Miss Martha Waite led
all the rest in enthusiastic approval.
The program was as follows:
Medley OF Irish Airs Orchestra
Peace Tableau
School Children and Adults
Solo. "The Dear Little Shamrock
Mrs. Mary S. Healy
Recitation. "The Two Little Kittens
Miss Martha Waite
Song "The Tall-Top Hat"
Boys
Solo, Mother Machree"
Howard Simpson
Scarf Drill Green and Goid
Girls
The Irish Question-Some OF Its Pres
ent-Day Aspects
Rev. Father Cahill
Quartet, Kathleen Mayorneen'
: Miss Morrissey. Miss Maher,
Y Mr.. Bennett. Mr. Paro
Killarney, my Home Der the Sea !
Chorus
School Children
The instructive feature OF the eve
ming was the address on the Irish
question by Rev r. j. Cahill who
gave a splendid talk on the wrongs
and impressions OF lrelend and was
continually interrupted uy entnusias
tic applause. Father Cahill was born
and educated in ireland and has him.
self suffered arrest and imprison-
ment for daring to urge that Ireland
be free.
IL Is impossible to give . real idea
of his address in brief newspaper
quotation. The following is a short
extract relating to what Ireland eX-
poets from the Peace Conference:
The cause OF the recent world war
was, in the last instance, information
al Injustice. This evil can be remed'
led in only one manner-by establish
ing international justice.
This object cannot be achieved by
n balance OF power OF by making the
Entente Powers all-powerful. For
under either OF these systems the
root evil, which caused the war, stili
mrks-the idea of absolute and COM
plete state sovereignty If state is
absolutely sovereign it is answerable
neither to God nor man-if 1t can say
10 those who would interfere 10
remedy an injustice; This is do
mestic question" then 1t will be
race between state and state as to
which can raise and maintain the
largest army, the largest navy and
the most powerful air force. And II
this system continues, the youths
who took part in this war may still
be CT military age when the next call
10 don the khaki arrives. The Peace
Conference must acknowledge high
or power than the state, viz. Gods
eternal justice, working in interna
tional ethics. A few OF the principles
of international ethics may refresh IN,
memory OF the Peace delegats'--
| The nations of the world mus
acknowledge God. the Infinite rreatol
10 be the Father and Lord of the uni
verse. whom all nations must obey.
2. The ten commandments apply
without exception to all nations
Every nation must Worship God
keep holy the Sabbath, respect thu
rights of parents, avoid murder, un
chastity, theft, lies and covetousness
3 All nations are free and equal
and subject to God. Just as humai
slavery is a crime against the dignit
OF man. so also national slavery, tn
maintenance of one nation In sublec
ton 10 another by force Is opposed I
the God.giyen right of every nation t
he free. As. however man cannot oil
tain a full exercise of his freedor
while child, so. under clearly Is
tablished conditions, nations in
primitive state OF civilization ma
remain in titclage 10 Others NOR