Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-07-15
is HARDING APING ROYALTY?

Recently Miss MacSwiney, sister OF
the great Irish martyr who gave his
life for the cause of freedom in Ire
land, visited Akron, and was royalty
received and accorded the courtesies
and honors to which she is entitled
as representative of the new repub-
lie across the ocean.
The Akron Herald, one OF the
brightest and most fearless labor
papers in the country, in its issue
after Miss MacSwiney's visit, in able
article made public the contemplate
and un-American course pursued by
the President of the United States IN
refusing to grant an audience to this
patriotic woman unless she was
introduced by a representative of the
King of England.
The following paragraph from the
Herald tells of an incident not report
ed by the big press associations or
published under scare heads by the
great metropolitan subsidized dailies
of the country, which would indicate
that the Democratic policies in vogue
at the White House from time I'M
memorial are things of the past, and
that the present occupant of the
chair filled by Andrew Jackson,
Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lin
coin is already aping the senseless
formality of the royal court Of st.
James and requiring applicants for an
interview to be presented and vouched
for by some "high up" before they
are admitted to his august presence.
Probably the next innovation will be
knee breches, powdered wigs and
swords.
"Last April Miss MacSwiney called
upon the President and paid her re-
spects At that time she said to him.
Later hope to talk with you about
the conditions in Ireland" The Pres
ident said he didn't see any reason
why such meeting could not be ar
ranged. Within two hours after she
had called Sir Auckland Geddes, the
English Ambassador, rushed to the
White House and protested against
the reception Miss MacSwiney had al
ready had. In May Miss MacSwiney
wrote the President for an audience
along the lines agreed upon. She was
informed that, inasmuch as she was
a BRITISH SUBJECT, SHE MUST
BE PRESENTED BY THE BRITISH
AMBASSADOR BEFORE SHE
WOULD BE RECEIVED AGAIN AT
THE WHITE HOUSE! Think of it.
Naturally, as a loval citizen of the
Irish Republic, Miss MacSwiney
spurned with contempt the studied
and gratuitous insult offered by the
head of a great republic to the rep
resentative of another republic in the
interest Of a powerful and tyrannical
empire"
Societies are organized, money col
lected and missionaries employed for
the avowed purpose of educating the
poor benighted foreigners who flock
to our shores, and teach them the
true meaning of patriotism and lib
erty, in order that they may become
desirable citizens of this great rep
ublic.
If the story told by the Akron
Herald is correct, and there is no
reason to doubt it's truthfulness,
would not President Warren Gamaliel
Harding be most fitting subject for
instruction regarding the real mean
ing of "Americanism," and that the
honest patriotic American citizen
does not govern his acts according to
the whims and desires of any foreign
king or potentate, be he English or
otherwise.
The republic of Ireland is battling
for the same political freedom which
America secured from England and
the citizens and representatives of
that republic are entitled to and
should receive at least common
courtesy in the United States, from
the high and mighty Harding to the
most humble inhabitant.