Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-13
: Tipperary

1.-THE Bee: The following article
appeared in an Omaha paper Of
Sth inst. under the caption, Tip
perary Sim Fein is Outlawed:"
Sim Fein organizations and
perary county have been proclaimed
illegal on account Of murders and
crimes resulting from Irish activi-
ties, according to a government
statement, the proclamation said.
1t Is impossible to resist the con-
clusion that Sim Fem and kindred
associations have been formed to
overthrow the constitutional gov
eminent of Ireland by acts Of ter
rorism and violence against officers
Of the law"
Commenting on the Tipperary
proclamation, The Daily Graphic
said: "Chief Secretary MacPher-
sons lists Of crimes make 1t diff
cult to realize We are not reading
stories Of bolshevik Russia" A
compromise with murderers is i'm
possible, said the Graphic. De
Valera has nothing to learn about
lynch law from the hero worship
pers Of America.
The above is very palatable to
the English taste. However the
Daily Graphic and kindred sheets
failed to be impressed by the fol-
lowing outrages, committed by the
English garrison in the same county
(Tipperary) during the months Of
March and April of the present
year: One hundred and fourteen
deportations, 10 of whom were
young women under 20 years Of
age, their whereabouts being un-
known to their parents; nine deaths
which the various juries declared
to be willful murders; $50 impris-
onments for political speeches.
These men are held in Jail without
any charges being preferred against
them. Bombing of Clonmel and Ne
nah, causing the deaths of three
persons and the wounding Of sew
eral score. Rape by two officers of
the Yorkshire Rifles, whose punish
ment was promotion in the ranks
as commanders of the garrisons of
Cork and Waterford. respectively.
Prohibition of citizens leaving their
own homes after $50 p. m. I'm
prisonment of farmers for going
into the cities without a permit to
dispose of their produce or to buy
food for their children.s Military
permits for people, be they Catholic
or Protestant, for attending divine
service on Sunday. I believe this
will compare very favorably with
the alleged atrocities of the Hun"
during any two months ftheir oc-
cupation of northern France or Bel
GUM. JOHN A. M'CHRYSTAL.
The League Of Nations.
Richmond, KY. July Ito the
Editor of The Bee: President Wilson
has Joined with government officers
of England, France, Italy. and Japan
in framing a league of nations to
enforce peace. which If ratified by
The United States senate. will de-
prive our American people of a
portion of their sovereignty, and
partially destroy the independence
Of the United States.
He has combined the league
with the peace treaty in such way
that it is difficult, if not impossible
for the senate to separate the
league from the peace treaty, so as
to amend it.
But some of our senators have
declared that they intend to try and
separate the league from the peace
treaty, and then amend it in such
way as to make 1t leave the
sovereignty Of our people and the
independence of our country unim
paired.
These facts make an urgent call |
upon all Americans to do what they
can to support our senators in every
effort they make to preserve the
full sovereignty of our people and
the complete independence of these
United States.
Doubtless it is true that England,
Italy and Japan want the league In
it's present form to be ratified by
the senate, since this would give
American soldiers and money to
help to preserve the independence
of these countries. and to maintain
their sovereigns upon thrones.
But the fact that these foreign |
countries want the league ratified !
in it's present form would not
Justify our senators in doing it.
since this would diminish the SOW
ereignty of our people and the in
Of our country.
If our senators should find that |
it is impossible for them to sep
arate the league from the peace |
treaty so that they can amend it.
they can refuse to. ratify these two |
combined treaties, for they possess
a constitutional power to reject any |
treaty that the president negotiates.
Hence the sovereignty Of our peo-
pie and the independence of these
United States depend upon the vir
tue. the loyalty, the patriotism and
the intelligence of our senator's
MRS. JAMES BENNETT. |
SHORT TALES.