New-York tribune., 1920-04-30
The Loyal Coalition
An Organization to Keep
America American

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Now that our patriotic fellow.
citizen George Sylvester Viereck has
brazenly announced that he intends to
swing the next election for friends Of
Germany and the Sim Fein, it may
be of interest to those of your read
ers who are old-fashioned enough to
believe that the United States is not
a dependency of Germany Cor the
Irish Repubic) to know that there is
medium through which they can ex-
press their views effectively.
The truth is that the hyphen is ten
times more of menace to our ma
tional honor and safety now than it
was even during the war, and that the
most dangerous part of the hyphen is
the Irish part. This particularly in
sidious evil has fourished upon a pop
ular sentimental sympathy for Ireland.
"a sympathy based on altogether false
premises about Oppression" practiced
by Great Britain.
SO long as sympathy with ireland
was confined to individual expressions
Of opinion there could be no objection;
every American citizen has the CON
stitutional right to squander his money
on bonds of an Irish republic if hs
50 desires. 1t is different matter
when the honor and self-respect of the
nation are at stake. There is now
pending in the House of Representa-
tives bill, introduced by Mason, Of
Illinois, which would appropriate pub
lie money to establish an American le-
CATION and consuls in the .rish Re-
public. This bill is equivalent to rec
ognition Of tho independence of Ire
land and is deliberate insult to a
friendly nation and comrade in arms.
, How many Americans know that
forty-four members of Congress, elected
to represent the American people,
recently. overstepped the bounds Of in
tcrnational proprioty so far as to cable
demand to Lloyd George for the re-
lease Of Irish prisoners? Imagine the
reaction here to a British demand for
the release OF Reds awaiting deporta-
ton.
With the insolent confidence born Of
success, the Sim Feiners have now
United with the Germans. aided and
abetted by Hearst. to elect Presiden.
Of the United States favorable TO the
! German and Irish causes.
The issue is clear Either America
Will remain American or it will become
a vassai state, subject to the Will OF
Germany and Ireland. The choice hes
with the American people. However, ir
is evident that individual opinion will
avail little in the teeth of the or
ganized hyphcn propaganda.
There has been recently formed in
Boston an organization known as the
Loyal Coalition, with the object OF
bringing the real menace of the hyphen
before the public eye and maintaining
government OF and for Americans.
The organization is dependent entirely
upon voluntary contributions for sup
port, and has so far been able to do
comparatively little outside of New
England. However, it has bourdless
potential power, and every gooo Am"
erican owes to himself and his coun-
try the obligation OF writing TO Dem
Arrest Lloyd. president of the Loyal
Coalition, Is State Street, Boston, to
offer his assistance. The crisis IS real,
and can be met only by concerted &C
tion on the part of patriotic ciuEens'
JAMES c. M'MULLN,
New York, April IS, 1920.
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