New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-01

irish Official Comes to u. S.
% Collect Fsnds for the
White Cross; Refuses to
Discuss Conflict at Home
5, O40 Are Aboard Liner
Nc ornack Back, Bitter
Over Australian Tour;
Ochs Among Notables

The Cunard liner Aquitania, filled to
/ capacity with travellers from England
and the Continent, arrived here yester-
day from Cherbourg and Southampton.
Her passenger complement was 3,04s.
Soon after she dropped anchor in
3 Quarantine the tug NJ. Moran and the
police boat John H. Hylan steamer
around her to attract the attention of
Laurence O'Neill, the Lord Mayor of
Dublin, who had come over on tac
Aquitania to collect funds for the Irish
White Cross. of which he is chairman.
On the tug was delegation OF the
local Irish White Cross, made up
largely of women who had donned for
the occasion the colors of the organi-
cation.
Mr.. O'Neill came to the rail and re-
sponded to the greeting by waving his
hat.
AS the vessel moved up the bay he
chatted about his visit, explaining that
his mission here was void of religious
and political partisanship, and for that
reason he said he would not discuss the
present conflict between Britain and
ireland.
Father Fought in Civil War
This is his visit to America, although
his father was here in the early tifties
the Civil War. The Lord Mayor, who
IS q Catholic, was accompanied by R.
A. Anderson, q Protestant and secre-
tary of the Irish Agricultural Organi-
cation Society. Mr.. Anderson also is
executive secretary of the Irish White
Cross. He issued statement signed
by himself anil Lord Mayor O'Neill,
which outlined the aims of the organi-
zation. This he said in part:
The Irish White Cross has been
founded in the belief that there is work
to be done in Ireland for the relief of
hardship and suffering and for the re-
construction of industry. In time of
political disturbance and violence it is
still possible for men and women to
forget their differences, political and
religious alike, and to bend all their
energies to a constructive effort for
the preservation of their country.
The men and women who constitute
the Irish White Cross think differently
on many things. They are united by
the bond of common charity.
The main objects to which in their
Judgment the funds should be applied
are:
"The relief of distress and hardships
in case of individuals or groups of
persons deprived of the means Of live
lihood.
"The restoration and repair of build
ings, furniture, machinery implements
and personal effects.
'The purchase of provision or stock
in trade or raw materials to replace
stocks or materials removed or de-
stroyed."
John Mccormack Returns
Among the saloon passengers on the
Aquitania was John Mccormack. the
Irish tenor, who had been singing in
Italy and Monte Carlo. He sang at
t. ships concert and promised to give
q. recital at the Hippodrome for the
Irish relief.
McCormack's tour in Australia was
not success because of his stand on
the Irish problem. OF his trip to the
Antipodes he said:
81 don't like to think about it. If
/ ever go there again it will be as q
convict when Australia is convict
colony, as y was many years ago under
British rule" nals
Mrs. H. Lawson Johnston. wife Of a
British manufacturer. was kept aboard
the vessel overnight because she had
sailed from Southampton without a
British passport. The immigration Of
ficlals informed her that she could
not land but that the delinquency
might be adjusted by the State De-
partment.
Among others on the Aquitania were
Adolph Ochs, publisher of The New
York Times; William Morris, Martin
Beck. Mrs. Henry B. Harris. Mrs. Wen
dell Phillips, Major Gilbert Frazer