Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-26
SHOULD SUBMIT THE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
T0THE ELECTORATE
Friends Of Irish Freedom Say u
is a Question for the People
70 Decide at the Polls.
ASK FOR NO COMPROMISE

Friends
,.asr,.,d resolution saving they want no
san,,romise ON the League oi Nations, sA-
r,-r.sr;no belief that ii Is question LOT .ne
,,eople TO determine and insisting t'la' :.
l., submitted to the electorate tor apptoNai
W Ensb,,s;asrn characterized the meeting.
whose purpose was 10 pro'iio'e i'i''i'S''
in Irish freedom.
John r. Malloy presided and relerreo
70 attempts to prevent the meeting; ne ne
refrained from replying 10 personal aho
.,,,yer,itioa,s attacks. but commented on
,,,Sol,,tionx of the Wilmington Methodist
En;sconal Ministers Association, saying
he denlorcd their adoption and hesitatou
20 hel5eye they expressed the unanliho1Is ~
,,,in;oh of any denomination or sect; ne
a,d nht think am considerable hody Oh
~ ar,,,r;ranx would subscribe TO the doc
..;.., t6at the right To liberty and freedom
.ho.,,d he controlled by religion. he
s.a.eds religious controversies are irish'-
f,,l 10. contemplate and hoped an issue
would mot be raised -, r,I
IohI Devoy. editor OF the Irish World
srnke briefly. Mentioning an anonyrnons,
lesaet THAT had been circulated, ne saio
il exhibited bigotry, intolerance ana race
hatred y-sb
He announced that the fffelus oi a hiots -
FroodrEn would be asked on February. :
to s,Itkcrire for certificates 10 pay me me
aeb,. America owes 10 Ireland: he s'aoes,
Ireland spent thousands OF dollars 70 leeu
WashiAgton's starving aIIns at all
FORGE Ind furnished 2oo,ooo men ior TIC
war thht ended human slavery: =,
He resented talInts concerning inc al
legged KomanizIng Of ireland ana oeci1i esi
the Iriah always followed frotes'sahe ie'io-
Po;ntinr TO the Irish flag. green, white
"a ,-eAloy he remarked that IT exern-
y,I;6es Ihe splrit Of the Irish people
he shid the Negro who wrote that the
Irish hive as much freedom IN Ireland as
the Ne9roses have IN the United States was
irnorark or an Infamous liar.
He dontended that the people OF Ire
lsnd should have equal rights, equal duties
and eshIaI responsibilities. lie stated
her, his already been established IN Ire
land a republic modelled on the American
government
-oroI,ft;on in Ireland would be ineffectu-
II RE said the Irish are protesting against
Fnrlands right to rule Ireland.
Citin4 an Irish election, he stated l.
,O0 OOOf nersons voted 10 separate Ire
land from England and establish an lrlsh
rep,,blici representatives subsequently pro-
cla,media republic aud appealed Tor inter
Declaline the United States went into
the WoHld War for democracy, he accused
President Wilson Of not CARRYING out that
nolicy il the peace treaty. tie asked the
American people to appeal from the
PresiieJt's decision He declared the
administration had not fulfilled Its pledges
and sid the people must see that the
Dolitical party successful st the election
neyt No{ember carries out the pledges
JudgeIDaniel F. Cohalan OF the supreme
Court oA New York City made the prIn
cinaI address. He expressed surprxe that
some men had forgotten American ideals
and traditions and wanted TO prevent the
catherint Of the large assemblage to
Strike afblow for liberty He said the
Irish ara irving to bring liberty to Ire
Iand and 10 preserve American liberty.
he declared some individuals hope
the wort Of the American revolution
will he Iundone and England and the
limited States will unite, but the Irish are
advocatihr a cause that viii help to pre-
rerve tbJ American people. He mention
ed the fair that &c, 600, 900 citizens OF the
Limited dtates have Irish blood In their
veins and stated that, although they came
from the|race that did the most to uphold
the country. they are the only Americans
who reuiesent q white race that Is not
free. Ha said such thing should not be
and o,ioted Lincoln as saying no nation
can longtsurvlve whose cltizens are hzAi
free and Half slave
He attacked n1onarchlal government
II l. n,~.L
and stated there VIII be no peace on earth
until all the people are permitted TO
choose t1eir form or government. Like
JeffersonI he believed God Alnhghty
never rnaEe one man good enough TO reign
over anolhe He stated the hing OF
England lrules over every third person,
every thitd mile Of land and every third
psrt of the world covered by water and
held thatl is not right or just. He said
the peacd treaty gives England territory
tuo--birdl as large as the United States
and alrnoEt half as many people and II
the treat1 becomes pact England and
Japsn. viii rule and sway two-thirds Of
the peoplt on the earth He stated the
Mikado OF Japan rules more people than
there are IN America and the man who
controls Sthantung will control China and
400, 600, ,oT0 Chinese.
Declaring freedom Of Ireland would
benefit America, he said the United
States is The only solvent competitor Of
the British empire, the war broke every
other competitor into bits. The United
States mutt sell goods abroad four months
IN the War, and England must have
foreign orders for nine months England
owes SIC. 900, 900. Her receipts last year
we're sI0,t00. 900 per day and her ex-
penses $4,000, 900 Mentioning large
sums Of money lent by the United States
to England and her allies, he said they
are asking that interest not be exacted.
He stated Chamberlain wants $500 000,-
900 for thd British feet and limited that it
will operaf against the United States, the
only solvett rival England has. He said
England's naval supremacy would be
greater menace than militarism ever was
there woulH be danger right at our door.
He stated England wants a navy stronger
than all The other navies put together, but
to control the sea she must control Ire
land; she Eannot reach the shore of any
country without controlling the coast of
Ireland. lie said taking Ireland from
England dnd making it an European
island, instead of a British island, would
break the drip of the ruling class.
He decl4 bred the people of Ireland al
most unana nanously approve establishing an
Irish republic; only the Unionists oppose
IT. OF los irish Parliamentary representa-
tives electe b recently, 73 are Republicans.
He stated the people of Ireland simply ask
America to SAY 1--WE sympathize with those
who are struggling to be free" He CON
tended that the United States, having
strived to destroy autocracy, and the
war having| been won on that line, should