The Irish standard., 1920-01-03

y meeting of the general committee
e the Ancient Order of Hibernians,
composed of the five officers and two
additional delegates from each of the
enc hundred Divisions in Philadelphia,
which met this morning, at II o'clock,
n the A. o. H. Club House. 1906 North
BROAD Street. and which, at present,
% making arrangements for the Or
1er's grand annual ball, scheduled for
Usbruary 8. in the Academy Of Music.
John O'Dea, National Secretary. Of
fered the following resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That this meeting of
American citizens, representing the
Ancient Order of Hibernians Of Phila-
1elphia, proclaims as it's firm convic-
tion that the recognition by our gov
ernment Of the Irish Republic is in
harmony with that political liberality
which, in the opinion of mankind, has
hitherto dignif1ed America.
We call upon our representatives in
Congress to urge the Committee on
Foreign Affairs to report favorably,
the bill introduced, by Congressman
Mason, of Illinois,. providing for an
appropriation of $4,000 for diplomatic
and consular representatives from the
United States to the Republic of Ire
land, and to vote for it on the floor of
the House, reminding them that when
we, as the Thirteen Colonies, estab-
lished government and struggled for
freedom and recognition, the people of
Ireland, through their Parliament, ex-
reminding them also of the official
recognition we received from other
governments in the continent of -Eu-
rope, and of our alliance with the gov
ernment of France, which sent to the
aid of our armies the Irish Brigade,
which was then in the French service.
In this connection we beg to remind
our Congressman, that America, on be-
coming nation, extended its earnest
goodwill to all struggling peoples
further reminding them that when, in
1909, the people of Spanish South
America commenced their long effort
to establish republican form of gov
ernment, they received hearty encour-
agement on the floor of the American
Congress, it proposing, as early as
1910 to recognize the independence of
the Republic of Venezuela. In fact,
almost every session of Congress up
to 1925 was marked by resolutions to
extend official recognition to the re-
publics which, like the Republic of
ireland today, had modelled their con-
stitutions on our own.
The official recognition by our gov
ernment Of all the South, American
Republics, before any recognition had
come from Spain, which was not until
1916, was evidence of a proper republi-
can, liberty-loving spirit, American
ministers and consuls having been ac-
credited to nearly all Of these nations
before the complete subsistence of mill
tdFy 0uOit. o1u1ldI ISCO6uAIlOA VI Iu0
Republic Of ireland today, the condi-
tions being identical, is what the Ma
son resolution proposes to secure.
We recognized the Republic Of
Liberia by founding it in 1922, and rec
ognizing It. automatically, in 1861. as
an Independent state. The resolution
OF Daniel Webster to recognize the
Republic of Greece in 1923 by the ap-
pofntment of United States Minister
was a potent cause Of the final inde-
pendence of that nation. The recogni-
ton OF the Republic of Texas resulted
IN the establishment Of free state.
The recognition Of the Republic Of
Cuba was. but more complete emula-
tion, Of the, proposal Of Henry Clay to
accord diplomatic recognition in 1919
to the United States Of Rio de la Plata.
now the Argentine Republic. These
are but few Of the political prece-