Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-18
IRISH FREEDOM LEADERS
At ODDS WITH De VALERA
Seizure I'm London OF n Struggled
Report to Dali I:ircann Reveals
Split.
COHALAN AGAINST president
Charge That New York Judges At
tempt TO Deliver Irish Vote TO
johnson Was Responsible for De-
feat OF Irish Plank.
tny un!yeraal serylc.l


LONDON, July I7.-Thc corrcspon-
dent OF Universal Sc."icc tonight saw
the documents which William Harry
S Sspker att%mp,cd to smnggle from
Valera. president Of the Irish rcnub
nc. for which onensc nc was this
afternoon sentenced TO six months.
the main document is a report al
icgcd to have been written by John
Nopnan for DE Valera to Arthur S;rir.
ath, acting president OF the republic.
IN which II Is charged that the defeat
ni inc irish recognition plank a, the
nhepubiichn National Convention was
due to the action of Judge Daniel +.
Cohalan, OF New York, in plrdrinr
the Irish vote 10 Senator Hiram John
party.
Noonan's report. written. II Is
averrcd. on De Vaie-a's instruc,ions'
says the executive committee OF the
Friends Of Irish Freedom on May %
Instructed Judge cohalan's political
committee to cndeavor TO secure the
Insertion OF Il plank In the Republican
and Democratic platforms urging
recognition Of the republic o. Ireland.
The rcpor; says:
dc Valera Suspects Friends.
"As the Republican convention was
approaching and the president Ode
Vaicra). could see no sign Of action
on the part OF Friends or Irish Free
ION. who had not consulted him in
tHr MA t'cr. ne decided to take the
matter in his own hands.
Accordingly. Liam Mellows and
tHGonan) were sent to Chicago TO
make arrangements for holding a
meeting and generally creaSe an Irish
atmosphere and Impress the Renub-
iican delegates with the urgency and
Importance OF the Irish question
We ascertained that the leade.s
81 the Friends OF Irish Freedom in
GI,hicaEo; John McGarry and Richard
Wolfe, had gone TO New York with
Mayor Thompson to confer with Sena-
tors Johnson and Dorah
suspect that Judge C1halan was
also there"
NcGarry and Wolfe the remit
continues. returned TO Chicago the
following Tuesday. They objected 10
De Nslcra's idea OF holding n meet
iins which might not be 4 success and
therefore might impair do Valcra's
prestige.
Areshieishop Mnendelein. of Chicago.
walt until De Nalera's arrival. Hugh
ONehi, McGarry. Wolfe. Judge r. Z.
Grove, DR. Murphy, congressman
tormnn and others. however, insisted
that the meeting be held, and a com
miticG was appointed TO call on Chair
man VIII Hays to arrange the date
70. the presentation OF the Irish plank
TO the committee.
The committee. the report goes on.
promised to report the result 10 the
that day onward. they deserted the
president altogether.
DE Valera In Boycottcd.
Judge Coha!an arrived in Chicago
Saturday morning, June s. which
doubtless accounts for the desertion.
FROM the time of his arrival. the
president was boycotted. as far as
The leaders of the Friends of irish
Freedom wero concerned"
The report then describes how
A: Foley. of St. Paul, r. E. O'Malley.
OF Kansas City, and others then acted
In behalf of President de Valera, but
"hcn this committee presented re-
mittec on resolutions. they found that
Judge Cohalan had presented another,
although Dc Valera had never been
consulted
president. accompanied by Walsh and
O'Mallcy. went 10 the Athletic Club
10 meet Cohalan. but the latter did
not attend, sending instead com
Grace. of Charleston. s. c. The com
mit;ec urged the president not to go
ahead with his resolutions. He, of
course, refused to entertain the sug-
kcStlon, as he considered that the
time had arrived for 4 declaration on
the Irish question by each political
party.
Cohalan. both resolutions were de-
feated. the presidents resolution call
ing for recognition Of the Irish re-
public by twelve to onc-the ono he
ing cast by Senator Borah. Coha-
lan's resolution was dropped subse-
quent upon tie vote.
Pledged the Last Vote.
I'm my opinion. Cohalan had
pledged the Irish vote in America to
Senator Johnson and considered that
the presidents resolution would be
embarrassing to him and make his
selection as the Republican candidate
more difficult
This fact was most evident from
the fact that several OF Cohalan's
friends made appeals to the president
not TO insist upon the Irish resolution
ard pointed out to him that the right
thing TO do was to secure the cleo
ton OF n man who was n friend OF
ireland, and who would do the right
thing when elected.
ut was the old tale of Trust AS
quith. etc. which they were endeav-
orinE to get the president to swal-
The report then details the meeting
OF the Friends OF Irish Freedom in
Chicago on June Is. supporting CO.
hal ~,