New-York tribune., 1920-08-06
.CrowdCheers
X. c. Pilgrims ggrims
Off for Europe
Steamer and Police Boat
Escort Liner Down Bay
as Delegates Depart to
Present Statue TO France
Convention Sessions End
Resolution Expressing the
Orders Support of Irish
Will Be Drafted Later

ne zoo hnlGhtS OF COlumOug who
Will present the statue of Lafayette
IN Metz to the French people departed
yesterday afternoon on the French
liner Leopoldina for Havre. Hundreds
of friends thronged the piers bidding
them godspeed. The entire frst-class
accommodations of the ship were taken
over by the Knights.
Supreme Knight James H. Flaharty
was in charge of the party Among
the members Of the executive COM
mlttee on hoard were Martin H. Car
mody, Of Grand Rapids, Mich; DR.. E..
w. Buckley, of St. Paul; John II. Red
ding, of Denver; J. j. Leddy and VIII
liam P. Larkin, OF New York; John +.
Martin, of Green Bay, Wis; Judge
Paul Leche, of Donaldsville, La; Luke
&. Hart, of St. Louis, and John Ken
Nedy, publicity manager of New York.
The convention OF the order was
aroused yesterday to great enthusiasm
by the reading of a letter from Eamonn
&c Valera, Pres ident of the Irish Re-
public The speech of Joseph Scott.
lawyer of Los Angeles, who declared
thc Irish Republic to be not alone an
Irish cause, but an American one as
we'll. increased the fervor Of the
Knights. Mr.. Scott declared the cause
of the Irish Republic an issue to be
upheld by all true lovers of liberty.
The cheers which accompanied this
declaration could 5e heard through the
Hotel Commodore.
Irish Resolution To Be Drafted
The convention instructed Supreme
Advocate Joseph c. Pelletier, District
Attorney of Boston, to draft a resolu-
tion to be submitted to Mr.. de Valera
expressing the unqualified support of
the order for the Irish cause.
Mr.. Scott urged the members to rise
in the might of their manhood and be
counted to a man true Americans in
upholding the cause Of liberty. "We,
the citizens of the same country that
produced Thomas jefferson and Abra-
ham Lincoln" he said, "wll not deny
the great principle which they pro
nounccd, that God Almighty never
created any man great enough to hold
his fellow men in subjection. The
question of Irish freedom is an Ameri-
can question. The boys of the glorious
Goth wanted not only to smash the Hin
dcnburg line, but to make forever GER
tain that any nation that advocated
hypocrisy and suppression, whatever
its race or cline be wiped off the face
Of the earth We should feel that their
sacrifice was in vain, and shall feel
that my kid brother sleeps in vain in
the fields of France, if Ireland is not
given her independence"
A. L. Joyce, of Indiana, declared that
he had confession to make. He as
serted that although not of Irish birth,
but Of Irish lineage, he had been a
great admirer Of John Redmond and
the nationalist principles of Ireland
for thisty-five years. Since he arrived
IN New York, he asserted, he had
undergone a change of heart and was
now for an Irish republic, having been
shocked by the British coercion prac-
ticed in Ireland.
The convention adjourned in the
afternoon, leaving the selection of the
place of the 1921 conclave in the hands
OF the board of directors. San Fran
cisco was the only city to extend a
formal invitation, but this was not
acted upon.
1t was announced that the Pelletier
resolution would not be made public
for q few days.
Parade to Pier
After adjournment the delegates, in
200 automobiles, left the Hotel Com
modore for Pier a, at the Battery.
The parade moved from Fifth Ave
nue. to Lafayette Street to Broadway
and thence to the Battery 1t was led
by the Police Band.
Aboard the steamer Highlander 400
knights and their friends escorted the
Leopoldna down the bay. The Police
Band was aboard the Highlander and
serenaded the departing pilgrims as
the liner went out through the Mar
rows. The police boat John +. Hylan
also served as an escort.
Joseph T. Toomey, of the Corrigan
Council, was chairman of the farewell
delegation. Among those aboard the
Highlander were William j. Mckinley,
Dr.. Harry P. Swift, chairman of the
New York Chapter; Joseph C. Pe!le
tier, District Attorney OF Boston and
Supreme Advocate of the order; Nor
Michael S. Hogan, supervisor of tina
X. of c. activities for New York;
Daniel A. Tobin, deputy, second dis
trct, Brooklyn; Monsig gnor John Evers,
rector of St. Andrews Church, and
Daniel Dwyer, deputy Of the twenty
seventh district. Miss Anna E. Cassidy
and Mrs Daniel Tobin, of Brooklyn,
were in charge of the Brooklyn dele
CATION.
At the time of the presentation and
unveiling of the statue at Metz Mar
shall Eoch viii become a memb,r Of
the knights of Columbus and will be
presented with a $4,000 marsnal's
baton.
Later the Knights will 20 to Rome,
where they will be received by the
Pope.