The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-15
Seek To Get
 Recognition Of
 Irish Republic

The American Association for the Eecoso.tioE of the Irish Republic in ConnecaEUt fS bending all ins efforts to secure Inc adoption by tho General Assembly at Hartford Of . resolution cxMng fog ece recognition of the Irish Republic by President Harding. IfSs measure Is expected to c:ine be- -fcre fne foreign relations co1nnl .:tee at Iza1tford within a few dNys and workers for the resolution wsrc muck hcartened this morning by the rc- sceipt Of a. message from .tIfcSaEo w1eEe State President Simon <Ice:Ia n has gone to participate in the na- sf.p71I convention, that the illinois Elegislafu-e ny . veto Of I2S to l I had fpszsed . resolution almost Identical an te.aof with that which it is df-sired fto pass fin CcHrrc~cticut Tho Illinois Ees0lEt:on reads as follows: 'Whercas s ftho legislature Of the sovereign state Etr Illinois beins mindful ilot only of Eson. Lincoln and other peoples for kfi1e oppressed of Ireland, hut for the Epfcdgs of Congress made through b1enja111sn Franklin in 177s, and
 Whercls the present war in Ire Hand waGed to re9Tess representativ e Hovernmeut with every circumstance kof barbarian is c. menace to the peace Eof the world. and
 'rWshereas free sisteA republic in 1refand is in the ba-st interests of our EccdHtry. and thus also of our state,
 'Eo it therefore resolved that Pres ktdent Harding be requested in con
 
 b7tshed and practice frequently eXer- FciSed to recognize the elected Govern E5pent of the Republic of Ireland and e1fat this resolution signed by the hGoyernor and the Lieutenant Gov ferror and the Speaker Of the House of the State of Illinois and signed ENith the Great Seal of the State be teonveyed to President Harding and to tSenators DIcCormick. and McKjnaly iand Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary sof State"
 T1yj tsCotter, of Middletown. former chap Elain in the U: s. Navy, was the prin- ecipal feature of the meeting last night .of MacSwiney Council. the local Ebranch of the American Association, R. T. R. Father Cotter spoke in the Interests of the Loyalty Contest in 1 augurated by the council between the Various Catholic parishes of the city ] to determine which parish shall best answer the test of loyalty to the tacause of recognition of the Irish Re 9pub1ic, which Lord Mayor O'Callag- Than in his recetn visit here declared l-Association for recognition of the isdrish Republic The contest will open kat the next meeting of the council IHrvhen the general in charge of each Eparish will meet the members from {s1nis parish and assign districts to Ssworkers. In the course of his re- En1arks. Father Cotter said Every Bone here belongs ato the American Association for the-Recognition of the (EIrish Republic but each one of you EsshouId belong more. If Ireland is Esfo be recognized it must be recognized Eby her very own first. Those who Eshou1d first belong to the American E.ASsociation first in honor and In Fright are those who have come to this free od-bIessed America from Ire | land and made themselves as Ameri can as possible. Those of Irish blood born in America should come next, i, and thirdly we must have those we {, won't call outsiders, who have not ! Irish blood"