Arizona republican., 1920-10-15
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There Is no doubt that the great body of Ameri- can citizens. we may say an of them except those who are bound by close ties of relationship to Great Britain. arc as they have always been sympathetic wth the aspirations of Ireland for self-governmene and later for independence And the demagogues of thls and other generations have always appealed to hish Americans by loud mouthed promises of assist nnce in securing from tyrannicai mother recog- hhlon of tho right of Ireland Co govern itself
 Tho record of President Wilson. every Irish nhan knows Is one of hostility. Ireland and of fiendliness to the English It Is only few years ago. but before he became politician that MT Will kon declared in an insult to American journalism uat he given to basing his judsment of world effairs on tho data he gathered from the London Times And shat at period when the Times finder the control of the walters much more Conservative than 1t has been within tho last ten pears under the guidance of the liberal North niffe. There then in all Great Britain nsti- tbton more reactionary than the Times. Nor then, Was there more reactionary American than MT. .wson.
 But not lohg ago the president stated that tho hope of lrshmen of securing Irish republic lay in Article of the covenant of tho League of Nations. 1re did not explain how that article be applied fp the relief of Ireland and no conceive how c may be applied. But the statement had em- tb,dencd Governor Cox to pledge himself under it. in
 
 DC freedom of Ireland.
 Now in contrast to this wild, impossible pledge which Governor Cox knows and which every intelli- fcnt rishman knows win be neither executed Nmpted. wo have tho statement of Senator Harding. Frankly made with tho knowledge that would cost him many votes. that there nothing he could do President to change the relations of Ireland the British domnions wo Bourke Cochran. pn Irshman for and politics. making of 
 against Senator Harding. We do think that any hppreciable number of them will be deceived.
 This Is not the first time that Governor Cox about election time has appealed 10 racial or national Prejudice. A notable of it and one which rsuted in his election governor of ohio in No- tember. 1916. by turning the heavy German vote of cincinnatL and Hamilton county him is found in the following editorial in Governor Coxs newspaper the Dayton Daily News. of october. 1916
 Every indication now is that with tens of
 thousands of these splendid people (Germans)
 stili sympathizing with the fatherand stu
 believing fin the righteousness of the German
 cause. stll hopeful that Germany win win.
 there is every evidence that they will vote for
 President Wilson for reelection the best
 means of aiding Germany. we'll because
 the reelection of President Wilson will be an
 aid to tho United States.
 Our German friends are coming to under
 stand that it does not just happen" that
 most of the rabid anti German people In this
 country are Tor Hughes. From Theodore
 Roosevelt down the enemies of Germany
 in tho Hughes bandwagon. So it is evident
 in this instance as In all others. Woodrow
 Wilson has been the real friend of the Amer-
 can citizen who sympathizes with Germany.
 That editorial. together with the well-known liberalism of Governor Cox toward the liquor traffic. In opposition to the strong position of Frank Willis. the republican candidate in favor of prohibition which was then state issue turned the tide and brought into the democratic camp the solid vote of the Germans and the brewing interests of only fepublican Hamilton county but of the large cities of Ohio generally and incidentally. President Wilson carried Ohio