Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-17
Decline Invitation to Be
Represented at Preju-
diced Conference.
"COMMITTEE OF 1907
NAMED BY ONE MAN
Reply of British Embassy Says Meet
ing Is For Purpose Of Spreading
Propaganda and That 1t Is No.
Impartial President de Valera
Also Invited to Attend-Irish in U.
s. to Reorsanize.
BY Associated Press.


Washington, Nov. 17.-The British
embassy today notified the commit
tee Of 100" investigating conditions
in Ireland that it did not approve of
the purposes to be served or the
methods to be followed in the COM
mittee's hearing to begin here tomor-
row and that. therefore. it could not
i accept the committees invitation to
S be represented.
The embassy's reply. addressed to
Oswald Garrison Willard. editor of
the Nation, who appointed the COM
mittee. declared the only outcome of
the inquiry would be the spread of
propaganda, and that there was
nothing in the composition of the
committee itself to remove from it
the idea that it was not impartial
or prejudiced in advance.
Valera Also Invited.
On the eve of the opening of hear
ings here on conditions in ireland,
announcement was made that both
the British embassy and Eamonn de
Valera, president OF the Irish repub-
lie. had been invited to be formally
represented at the sessions by coun-
sci or authorized spokesmen.
Is The commission was informed that
passports had been granted to sever
al of the witnesses it has invited to
come from ireland for the purpose of
4testifying. Ga
Informal ASSURANCES have come
from the British government that it
sWill not seek to interfere with the
rroceedings by preventing attend
ence of Irish witnesses or otherwise,
altho members Of the commission also
understood that they could expect
no assistance in their task from the
British.
Irish to Reorganize.
Stirred up by the challenges Of
President de Valera that the 'inac-
1tion" of the Irish movement in Am
erica had become intolerahle, several
hundred Irish leaders from all over
the United States voted new or
ganization and action.
Chicago was represented at this
conference by Richard w. Wolfe, u
iinois chairman of the American
commission on Irish independence.
The Rev. Father Cahill, president Of
the Chicago Council Friends of Irish
Freedom; Mary McWhorter, presi-
A8ent of the ladies' auxiliary Ancient
Order of Hibernians. and Dean Rob
IT Morss Lovett OF the University OF
iicago, John Fitzpatrick and Ed
ard ,Nockels, president and secre-
rsry Of the Chicago Federation of
Labor, also were present.
The new organization is to have a
jsranch in every state and it is plan
ned to take into membership not only
the millions OF Irish blood in Ameri-
"a. but all friends of Ireland. An II
linois convention has been called for
next Sunday.
Orss nization Perfected.
s'The American Association for the
RecognitiGGl Of the Irish Republic"
vas organized here today by Irish
leaders from over the country, who
we're summoned to Washington by
Eamonn de Valera, president OF the
provisional Irish republic.
The new organization is designed
to supplant the lends of Irish
Freedom and to abs 3rb the member
ship of that organization and to give
De Valera Il sehicel for working out
his plans anu those Of the Irish rep.
resentatives.
Edward L. Doheny. of Los Angeles.
who presented the minority resolu-
tion for recognition of ireland at the
democratic national convention at
San Francisco last June, was elected
president Of the new organization.
The vice presidents are Judge John
~. Gon of New York; John J.
i,astelline, of Cincinnati. and Mai.
Eugene Kinkaid, Of Jersey City.
John J. Hearn, of Westfield, Mass, is
treasurer. and Daniel 0. OiF1aherty,
of Richmond Va. secretary