The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-22
APPEAL MADE FOR
RELIEF in IRELAND

Z John y. Jones, OF Pensacola, has
been appointed a representative for
Florida on the American committee for
relief in Ireland. which is conducting
a campaign to raise funds in the Unit
ed States.
The following appeal to the Ameri-
can public has been sent out from the
New York office:
I'm Ireland today thousands of WON
en- and children have been driven to
the pitiful refuge of the fields and
open country. Balbriggan, Granard,
Tralee, Templemore, Trim. Tobercurry'
Lisburn. Thurles and numerous other
towns and villages have been burned
and are in ruins In Cork alone acres
of business buildings and homes have
been wiped out by fire, and grim
winter will soon overtake the home
less.
"Over forty creameries. the CO.
operative plants of great and smaii
communities, built by Irish farmers.
have been RACED to the ground ana
the economic units they served nave
been paralyZed.
Thousands Of works. have been
thrown out of employment by the
burning of factories and creameries
and in consequence Of the generally
disturbed conditions in Belfast alone
thirty thousand shipyard workers and
their families are on the verge OF
starvation.
.sThe transportation system has
broken down, so that it is difficult to
distribute even such supplies as are
available in Ireland.
ITO meet this appalling situation,
and cope with 1t before it reaches a
point where it may menace the very
existence of the Irish people, the
American committee for relief in Ire
land has been formed. This commit
tee is a non-political and non sectarian
body, solely humanitarian in aim,
which seeks the cooperation of all
those in whom human suffering evokes
This American committee
purposes to supply relief to the women
and children in Ireland. without regard
to political or religious distinction,
trained relief workers. dis
tributing foodstuffs. clothing, building
and medical stores.
1.-The suffering and the helpless in
Ireland seek air from the American
people, VINO nave never yet TeluSeu dll
from the suffering and helpless
To relieve the hitter need of the Irish
people, the undersigned therefore con-
appeal for aid to the human
ity of America.
There is little to add to the above
save to point out that Ireland is vir-
tually the only place in the world
where the destruction of resources has
been continuous. Today industry is
paralyzed in Ireland and the greater
part Of the able bodied male popula-
ton is leading a hunted and fugitive
existence. If present conditions con-
tinue unrelieved, the Irish race in ire
land faces virtual humiliation. We
are confident that Americans of every
class and creed will respond promptly
to avert the terrible fate menacing a
people to whom they are so closely
bound by ties of kinship and of COM
mon heritage.
Executive COMMUNICATION. Morgan
J. O'Brien. chairman, Thomas F. Ryan,
Nicholas F. Brady. John D. Ryan. Hon.
Thos. j Walsh, Edward L. Doheny,
Hon. David I. Walsh, Lawrence Good
kin. John Quinn, Hon. Jas. D. Phelan,
Martin j. Gillen, Thomas j. Maloney.
Richard Campbell. secretary, 1 West
saith Street, New York.
John J. Pulleyn, treasurer, Emigrant
Industrial Savings Bank, Al Chambers
Street, New York.