The New York herald., 1922-05-22
MARKIEVICZ URGES
DE VALERA'SCAUSE
Countess Cheered for Pleas for
Republic in Madison. Square
Garden.

For an hour and twenty minutes last
night IN Madison Square Garden the
Countess Markievicz. Minister of Labor
in De valera's Cabinet. regaled between
5000 and 1000 men and women with an
appeal for the support OF the Irish re-
public and the reputation Of the Irish
Free State.
Her audience was fiercely enthusiastic.
II there were present any Free Staters
who intended to heckle her with ques-
tions, these followers of Collins and
Griffith maintained a discreet silence.
The crowd cheered the Countess for six
minutes before she began speaking. She
opened with a brief peroration in Gaelic.
not the least remarkable feature of her
talking was that despite the fact she
was Grating at the limit of her vocal
powers the entire time. her voice did not
grow hoarse or weak.
She was just as clear, enunciated just
as nicely when she stopped as she did
at the beginning She retold of the
Ing in Dublin, Cork. Sligo and other
embattled towns and counties. She
spoke OF Lloyd Georges call to De
Valera to go to London to arbitrate.
And then she drove her audience into
frenzy with a dramatic denunciation
Of the signing by the Griffith Collins
emissaries of the document that ere
ated the Irish Free State.
Weep or Laugh mt Death.
Her hearers wept when she mentioned
the dead soldiers Of the Irish Repub-
lican forces; they laughed and some
times hissed when she referred to the
dead English soldiers. She condemned
the treaty as "a surrender"
I'VE will not accept governor-gen-
eral as the head Of our state and the
head of our army" she cried. We
will not voluntarily leave our four
ports in the hands of the English for
ever nor will we give them our sanction
TO establish military air stations in our
country.
"To-day in Ireland 1t is no question
OF De Valera or Collins or Griffith 1t
is a question OF a republic such as
America VS.. a miserable travesty of
Canada's constitution. De Valera Is the
Washington Of Ireland"
Former Supreme Court Justice John
w. Goff presided over the meeting,
which was held under the auspices of
the American Association for the Re-
cogrition OF the Irish Republic. There
were Irish and American flags in great
profusionN and three handsome of them
Irish pipers--competed from the CALLER
les. But most picturesque was the pro-
cession In which the Countess walked
to the platform.
CIan-na-GaeIs Represented.
Two stalwar,s pearing the Stars and
Stripes and tho Irish Rag led the way.
Then, looking much like the non-uni-
formed but determined volunteers or
the first small elements of the army OF
Collins, came a squad of the Gamma
Gael Reorganized. This squad was COM
posed of eight brawny youths bearing
ancient muskets of sundry descriptions.
Behind these lads marched Mr. Gotr
and the Countess.
On the platform tc receive the
COUNTESS was Eamon ODE Valeras
Mrs Charles z. Wheelwright OF
Rochester Anna F'itziu. the Metro
politan soprano. sang THE Star Spangled
banner" and later Irelands anthem
"The Soldiers Song"-was sung by the
crowd.
Two resolutions were adopted. One
requested the United States Government
to ask Great Britain to stop "the murder
and torture of Catholics in Belfast and
to punish the murderers before Joining
with her In an Investigation of the treat
ment of Christians in Asia Minor. The
other called upon President Harding
and Congress to insist that to Ireland
the privilege of governmental self-deter-
limitations be awarded Copies OF these
were sent to President Har-
ding. David Lloyd George. canon De
Valera, Arthur Griffith and New York's
Senators and Representatives.