Evening journal., 1921-04-09
SINN FEINERS
enter DENIAL
Say Republicans Are Not
Responsible For Irish
DeStitution
CHARGE MADE BY
BRITISH EMBASSY

In letter received here yesterday
by the Delaware Branch of the COM
mittee in charge Of the Relief in
Ireland Fund signed by Richard
Campbell. secretary Of the American
committee for the Relief of Ireland
the statement that Sim Fein is re-
sponsible for the destitution in Ire
land is refuted. The statement was
given to the press sometime ago by
the British embassy.
Mr.. Campbell in his letter said in
part:
"Our committee has been constant
~ in touch with conditions in Ire
land. From the reports of the unit
of American Friends which the COM
mittee sent to Ireland, from the in
formation we have received from
sources OF unquestionable knowl-
edge, impartiality and integrity, and
from all the data that we have ex-
mined we unhesitatingly deplore the
following statement issued at the
British embassy inaccurate and un-
founded:
That every case OF distress and
destitution is directly due to the
effects Of the Sim Fein rebellion
There was no Sim Fein rebellion
in Ulster, yet our reports show that
there are over thirty thousand people
in distress in the city of Belfast
alone. The burning OF ffty-four CO.
operative creameries. and the de-
struction of dairy farming as an in
dustry the burning of more than
1000 homes and the destruction OF in
dustrial plants was not the direct
effects of the Sim Fein rebellion. To
say that the destruction OF millions
of dollars worth of property in Cork
ia directly due to the Sim Fein re-
bellion is to mistake the facts. All
that destruction is directly due to
the action OF the British forces in
Ireland, and ii was done to bring
about the conditions which exist to-
day The statement of the British
embassy is not believed in Englan L
General Crozier did not believe
The British Labor Commissioner s
report directly contradicts the state
ment Of the British embassy.
The British embassy states that
Millions of pounds have been
made available from money raised
by taxation in the United Kingdom
to build houses TO encourage land
settlements and to promote employ
ment schemes and the general work
/ OF reconstruction. but the counties
and cities Of Ireland who are Sim
Fein in sympathy refuse to accept
this money and prefer to appeal t.
America for charity
There is not one word OF truth
in the above statement. The grants
referred to were withheld by the
/ government from the counties and
cities that elected Sim Fein mem
bers to Parliament at the last cleo
ton. Therefore the statement thai
those counties and cities now refuse
! to accept the money belongs in the
realm of romance.
The British embassy alleges that,
There is no shortage Of food in
Ireland
"Our appeal for funds is based
upon the fact that thousands OF
people in Ireland are destitute and
unable to buy food. In 1847. during
the famine. one million people diec
Of hunger while Ireland was export.
ing food.
The statement issued from the
British Embassy says:
There is no case of distress af-
fecting any individual or property
which could not be adequately met
from British sources.
Attention is directed to the word,
could not as wholly misleading
British authorities in ireland admit
that violence in Ireland has resulted
in the destruction Of property to the
value of thirty-hve million dollars
other and impartial estimates place
the figure at FIVE times that amount
British authorities estimate tha'
there are more than one hundred
thousand persons actually in need
who would naturally be self-sup
porting That estimate does not in
clude dependent women and chill
dren.
THE statement issued by tn,
British Embassy concludes by say
ing:
The British Government Will,
not agreeing that there is any nee,
for American charity in Ireland, will
place no unnecessary difficulties il
the way Of any charitable organiza
ton
I'VE are at a loss to understan,
why inc British Government shoul,
place any difficulties in the way o
any charitable organization
Attention is called to the fac
that the statement from the British
Embassy was given out subsequen
TO the approval OF President Hard
ing of the efforts OF our committe
to raise funds for relief in Ireland
and in the very week when our com
mittees appeal for funds was reach