The Washington times., 1920-06-10
c. 0. P. PLANK WILL.
BACK IRISH CAUSE
Platform, However, Does Not
Propose to Pledge Party to
Any Recognition Policy.

~ CHICAGO, June 1o.-An Irish plank
expressing sympathy with the aspira-
tions Of the Irish people. but not
committing the Republican party to a
policy involving recognition OF an
Irish republic may be looked for in
the platform Assurances to this
effect were given Justice Daniel
Cohalsn, vice president of the
Friends OF Irish Freedom, yesterday
by members of the resolutions COM
mittee.
These assurances were given after
Frank p. Walsh, leader of extremists
among the Irish. had present ed a plea
for a plank involving recognition, but
with the reservation without inter
vention." Walsh had made an at
tempt to meet the demand of the con-
servative or official party as repre-
sented by Justice Cohalan, but which
did not meet with their approval.
Between the two there was this
issue: Walsh, who is working with
Eamon de Valera, president of the
Irish Republic" insisted upon a plank
that would "force the Republicans to
go on record" The other group
American sympathy with the Irish
and make friends. not enemies for
the cause, as one of them expressed
IL.
Advocates FAN To Agree.
The Walsh idea, which has for the
present, at least, the approval of De
Valera, contemplated making the Irish
question political. The Cohalan idea
was that such a course, by making the
Irish question a football, would only
serve to injurc the movement at home
and abroad During, the night these
two ideas were in conflict in various
conferences, during which friends of
each group sought to find middle
ground. The best that those who
wished to get something that would
be agreeable to the radicals was a
promise that the so-called official
party would not interfere with the
hearing on the Walsh plank. II
Walsh presented a plank that would
meet with their approval, well and
good. Otherwise they would ask for
a hearing of their own.
Meantime the Republican leaders
were having their trouble with the
question. They were clearly of the
opinion that the Walsh plank was i'm
possible. There were some Of them
who in view OF Walsh's third-party
movement and his suspected desire to
head such a party that went so far as
to question his good faith. On the
other hand. there was no real opposi-
ton to a plank that would follow the
proceed ent laid down in the platform
Of 1890, which expressed sympathy
with the Irish peoples desire for self
government From an American
standpoint there could. they thought,
be no objection to such a plank,
Resolution Presented
To the committee they presented
this resolutions: Recalling with
gratitude the success OF our country's
struggles for national liberty in days
gone by and the reaffirmstion by our
fathers Of the principle that all gov
ernments derive their just powers
from the consent Of the governed.
and convinced that the denial OF this
inalienable right Ia wholly contrary
to tho spirit and aims OF the men
who gave up their lives In the great
war, and IL a serious menace to world
peace, be II therefore resolved.
THAT this Republican convention
desires to place on record Its sympa-
thy with all oppressed peoples and
its recognition OF the principle that
the people of Ireland have the right
to determine freely, without dictstion
from outside, their own government
Institutions and their international
relations with other states and peo-