New Britain herald., 1920-11-04

turned an encouraging hand toward the downtrodden and oppressed na- tions of the world. We were quick
 to respond to the piteous appeal or bleeding Cuba in her fight for hpers and freedom, nor did We turn asloe from the path of duty when the negro slaves in the southland lifted their manacled hands to us. in a piteous prayer for deliverance. But the claims of Ireland are far nearer and dearer to us surely than those of Cuba, or our coIored brethren of the south.
 over 50 per cent of the Continental
 army were of Irish birth or extrac-
 tion. General John Sullivan of New Hampshire began the revolt against
 England, when he captured powder
 to charge the guns at Bunker Hill the following year. Commodore John
 Barry. father of the American navy, holding captains certificate No. l. signed by Washington himself, the highest rank, then issued; General Andrew Jackson. ''Old Hickory" hero of the battle of New Orleans in the
 war of 1912. Arthur Buchanan, Me- Kinley. Roosevelt and Wilson, have
 Irish blood in their veins. With these men and commanders like Phil Sher-
 idan. Meade, Mcdonnell, Logan, 1 Meagher. with twenty-five million of the staunchest and most loyal citi- ems of our great republic having Gel tic blood in their veins. is it too much l to say that the fight for freedom, for elf-determination by the Irish re- public is of the greatest interest to
 every honest, liberty-loving demo- cratic American.
 AssarIs British Govt.
 How can we free Americans read
 the accounts of slaughter and mur-
 der of the Irish citizenry by the
 hired assassins of Lloyd George and
 Sir Edward Carson without rising up
 and making the world resound with
 our protests. Our quarrel Is not with
 the English people, but with the
 autocratic English government. The
 people of England. the working class,
 arc just as much in sympathy with
 Ireland's fight for freedom as they
 were for our cause in the revolution. Autocracy and tyranny is making a last stand in London today. Little by little the aristocrats of England are being driven to the wall and it is only a question of time when the House of Lords and every other vestige of the English caste system will be relegat- ed to the scrap heap. Then can Eng land, America, Ireland and every oth- CT nation unite in a great league of brotherhood and with Gods help usher in a reign of peace and good will. @
 "In the meantime If we are loyal to our ideals of liberty and freedom, we must try and crystalline the senti- ment in our great country in one grand, concerted effort to compel Lloyd George to release the death grip of Ireland. Yes, and in the name of Christianity and our Chris tian civilization compel them to with draw the Black and Tan murderers and thugs, hired assassins and leave Ireland to work out, unmolested, her own political salvation.
 we interfered when little Bel gium lay wounded and bleeding a few years ago: we raised our voices time and again against inhuman treat ment of the Jews; we protested against the atrocities in the Congo district of Africa during King Leo pold's administrations: we went to the rescue of the southern negroes at a time when their condition was crying to heaven for relief. shall we turn a deaf ear now to the Niobe of the nations, to Ireland in her crucifix- ion? For shame if politics and ex- pediency shall turn us aside from our plain duty as the savior of the na- tions."