Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-02-21
WILL GIVE IRELAND ALL
BUT ABSOLUTE INDEPENDENCE

Great Britain will yield everything
to Ireland hut she will never give
Ireland absolute Independence, said
Rev. j. Beveridge Lee, D. D., of New
London in an address on the English
Irish question before the Brotherhood
of the United Congregational church
at the Brotherhood's monthly supper
and meeting Monday evening at the
Community House
The meeting had its usual large at
tendance and the address proved one
of the most interesting heard in some
months. The supper, provided by the
ladies of the church, was served at
$50 o'clock, following the excellent
menu. the business meeting was called
to order and was presided over by
Vice President H. R Kind in the
absence of President Nathan A Gibbs.
The business session was brief only
routine matters occupying the atten-
ton of the members.
Rev. DR.. Lee was introduced by the
acting president. His address covered
observation which were made by DR..
Lee on his various trips to Europe,
the most recent of which was last
summer. He said we can't always I'M
derstand why people in foreign coun-
tries don't think as we'll of us as we
would like them to think of us just
because some Of our people travelling
through their countries are not the
kind of people whom we would have as
representatives.
DIR. Lee spoke briefly Of Holland,
with its quiet towns and villages and
canals everywhere. We went into a
museum after we had been to the
Peace Palace. OF all the paintings I
have seen l have never found any,
| where the work of the brush that has
so impressed me as the work of the
old Dutch school
| We came to the picture of Christ
at the Last Supper, stood before the
picture and couldn't get away from
| it. l was attracted to the figure next
to the Master, the figure of John. 1
asked Mrs. Lee If she saw anything
peculiar about it. Look at his face, |
said Van Dyke has painted him boy
of 16.
| 1 always knew John was counted
| the youngest of the disciples, but /
| never knew he was but boy. Then
understood why he was the beloved
disciple. II there was such boy in
your own congregation wouldn't he
be the beloved member Of your whole
church? We went back through France
and across to England.
Getting back to his topic DR.. Lee
said that one of the saddest things
we have to chronicle in the war i.
the fact that when the United States
and England were together in thu
war enc part of the British empir.
was disloyal. Ireland won't admit i
was pro-Gernan; they were simply
anti British
Whe the people of Britain ration.
ed and when we rationed in this coun
try Ireland refused to do it. For cen.
fury after century the Irish have re
fused to have anything to do will
those they call newcomers The,
considered all new corners enemies.
| DR.. Lee said that inter marriage, /
1t had been started five centuries ag,
would have prevented many of tn
wars in Ireland. They have been try
Ing to settle the whole question Il
Ireland for five centuries, he said.
Speaking of the Irish famine in tn
4os when whole potato crop wa
blasted DIR. Lee told how Americ;
helped the Irish and how Britain blum
dered in handling the whole situation
When the fever came it swept ava,
thousands and thousands; whole fam
, lilies were wiped out.
The Irish don't forget, he said. A
they remember the kindness of AmeIi
ca they can't forget the laundering O
Britain.
The situation In Ireland Is hopeless
ne said unless something turns u