South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-10
RECOGNITION OF
IRELAND Is MISS
H'SWINEY'S PLEA
Noted Irish Woman Addresses
Huge Crowd at Notre
Dame Univ ersity.


Dtiic OilN tIsilg'
&C., ~ f i,.'N tAIE ~ 30
ths for ireland ia lts struggle Tor
freedom. lie declared that Terence
MacseIney had demonstrated TO the
world taat Ireland Isl sun capable
a. producing heroes. and THAI any
nation which could produce men of
his tgIe could hope Tor lts ultimate
freedom uo maL-er h0W dark the
present appeared.
Aiss NacSw-uey speech was
fllk and logical appeal for recOg-
milton Of che irish republic. mot in
pity bu- i1 JUSTICE couched in ex-
ceLe1t Eas.isl and delivered with an
appeal which held her audience at
a. ery second. ln her opening re-
MARKS she called attention 20 the
men VINO nave risen 10 leadership III
tIe illaH HsH- 1'F L.n- penn nee anu
STATED lAt- lIeae Hlen Aal risen rom
OF iI--ie 4-'-i'llls III -lS
SV'ilJ 10 lt-Ne .-'-l p'o-' 40 90.
men because lhey were 4cLua-eu %
tne Hls"'sl MOI "nlch oeFe'opeu
thelr ho'le DEEDS.
AsAs f',c'S i'i' ioi'
I'm support or her statement that
the United States would not have 10
so 10 war With England by recog-
nizing the Irish republic, Miss Mac
SWiney SAID Jnat tne Recognized
pOAcy OF the government Was EN-
bodied i'm the principle that ''recog-
milton without military Intervention
IS not an unfriendly act" She de-
clared that the United states gov
eminent had oraved the wrath OK
England by following this principle
in recognizing the republic of France
in 1898; that Argentine, Greece and
other governments had been recog-
nized by invoking the same principle
and that mere recognition or ireland
without military intervention could
not be considered an unfriendly act
10y England
II, characterization Of the Justice Of
T-ofsDd,s Gob+ for freedom. the
eooal-er drew n striking analogy of
tbe nroeerf roeition of Ireland 10 the
earIv davs of the American struggle
for independence. She declared il
70 be the same fight against the
same enemies. but that Ireland's
fgbt was the harder because so
nils sanerated Ireland from Eng
land and that all of the modern
,veaDors of warfare. including big
and little GUNS. tanks. a>nored cars,
and aeroDlancs were being used
ar,inst her country
Women suffer Most.
DRAWING the anaIogy further she
20 HNrear-er
80 Ar,erfrs were i'm reality rebels.
the Irish people were not; that Eng
land was am usurper whom the Irish
peo1le had never recognized as
lawful governor iu 200 years con-
oic+ Comuaring tho suffering OF
Washinet6n and his men at valley
f-,res to conditions existing in Ire
land today. she made her only refer
ree To the actually existing state OF
affairs when sine said.
after all. washington saw only
his men suffer. but fin ireland it is
the women and children who are
.nffarint- The most. For every au-
tbo,+ioa+ed atr0citv committed on
40 continent during the great war.
,-.~s s~s 100 authenticated atrOci-
~. an Ireland.
pcorviur to the refusal of Ireland
20 ae.e.- the homo rule proposals
~ r-r~re0d sine sqid that England
,,-,s fre97abla of Improvement ex-
GENE when forced 20 IMPROVE; and
s+-1 +b. rrcrs made 10 the Rev
cl,,t.or.r-- government in 177S. when
,.,...-,i-i,,, Of America by France
s.s,,o5 c.-taiv- she declared that
49,. - a 7-rer.f N a