The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-19

lore OF Oklahoma. which stirred tn
enate and tipped the scales In fayo
{ the Gerry reservation to the pssc
realty yesterday. 70 printed below
following its delivery. the blind Sen
tor was surrounded by colleagues
Democratic and Republican. who con
him upon his Grafton.
The speech came In the midst OF
'attle led by Senator Lodge and hi
Importers. who used every pariis
nentary strategy TO prevent adop
ion OF. the reservation which put tn
United states on record as adherin
md expressing sympathy with the a
for Irish self-government.
Text Of Cores speech.
Mr.. GORE. Mr.. President, I
have listened 10 this discussion
with great interest. remember
a brilliant critic once remarked
that paradise Lost" was a poem
which everybody admires and no
body, reads. have sometimes
thought that tho right OF self
rmination Is principle
which everybody praises and no.
body practices. Pretty much ev-'
erybody In In favor OF the prin-
cipie Of self-determination
reservations" Well nigh every
body believes that in the abstract
the principle OF self-determina-
tion ought to be sacred. that tho
principle OF INSTRUMENTATION
ought to be universal, except
whom applied to Ireland. and to
Egypt, and to South Africa, and
to India. and to Korea. and to
Shantung: and except whom APP
piled as Prentiss would say. to
those bright. warm isles which
gem the Oriental seas and are
kissed by the fiery sun of the
tropics" which, for reasons too
delicate to mention, i shall not
mention.
Mr.. President, Is there such a
thing as the principle OF self
determination7 II SO, when should
this principle apply? II so, where
should the principle apply. Should
that principle apply to the rela-
tionship between Ireland and
England, under which there have
been seven centuries Of English
tyranny and seven centuries of
Irish agony? Mr.. President, in the
last general election in Ireland
there were more than 100000
votes cast in favor OF Irish indie
pendence. II love OF liberty be
q qualification for liberty. the
Irish are not disqualified. In the
last general election in Ireland
twenty-four OF the thirty-two
counties in Ireland returned to
the British Parliament a unani-
nous delegation in favor OF Irish
independence. Twenty-seven coup-
ties out of thirty-two in ireland
either returned a unanimous dele
cation or returned q majority Of
Republicans to Parliament
Ne solid Unio.ist County.
Not one county in Ireland re-
turned . solid Unionist delegation
to the Parliament. or the 101
members of Parliament chosen in
Ireland in that election. seventy
two are avowed champions OF
Irish independence; and, Mr..
President, the more Is the pity,
of those seventy-two Irish Re-
publicans returned to Parliament
sixty-eight are either in Jail this
day or they have done service in
durance vile" during the recent
agitations in Ireland. Only
twenty-siX were out of prison at
the time they were chosen to Par
lament. Under the dominion Of
free and glorious England. sixty
eight Irish members of the Brit
ish Parliament have been incar-
cerated as political prisoners.
The first woman chosen to Par
lament was not Lady Aston. of
American birth; she was a woman
of,Irish birth. and she was elected
TO Parliament while she was con-
fined in prison-English liberty
versus Irish chivalry.
When and where should the
principle OF self-determination
apply? But yesterday / saw an
account of a visit by the lord
MAYOR OF London to the Mountjoy
prison, where forty-four political
prisoners were wearing their
chains in their dungeons.
Webster and Clay DemaEeGuesf
Is this for politics alone? l can
not say. cannot search the
hearts of men. / try always to
ascribe the conduct OF men to the
best motives which the circum-
stances will justify. 1t may be
that sympathy for the oppressed
has burned out in the American
heart and that only the cmbers
smolder where once the flame of
liberty burned, as we thought.
with unavoidable flame. When
the great Webster introduced a
resolution expressing sympathy
with the struggling Greeks
struggling to cast off tho yoke of
Turkish tyranny and resume the
liberties which they had lost 1000
years before--it may be that the
great Webster was mocking q sa-
cred sentiment. 1t may be that he
had no love of liberty in his
heart: it may have been a cheap
appeal to the Greeks residing
upon the back alleys in Boston. /
would rather think that he was
animated by that love of liberty
III l..