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League Sure to Bring War, Say Irish Leaders
STEAVROLLER TACTIGS IN
PICE CONFERENCETOL
speeches there was apnlause as the.
thorough-going American statements
were uttered,
It is worthy of note that the
spokesmen for Ireland did not at any
ime ask the committee to raise its
klnd in any movement to bring about
the freedom of Ireland. They de
parted entirely from that line of
argument, and made their case sole
ly upon the ground that the Interests
of the whole people of the United
States require that the treaty should
not be accepted,
SPEAK FOR 20,000,000,
The speakers sald that they spoke
for 20,000,000 people in America of
Irish ancestry, and from the stand
point of these people, they sald, ac
ceptance of the treaty would be dan
gerous to the continuned peace and
pafety of the Unilon.
The absence of the Democratic
members of the committee was con
spicuously noted, When the com
mittes convened not one of the Dem
ocratic senatorg was present, Sena
tors Swanson and Pittman came in
after the hearing hegan, and they
were the only members on the Demo
cratic side who atiended,
Senator Brandegee of Connecticent
made this incident a part of the rec
ord by having the roll of the commit
tee called. It showed all the Regub
licans and Senators Swanson and
Pittman present,
The atory of the trip to Paris by
the three American representatives
‘Wwasg related in detail, as well as the
trip they made to Ireland to investi-
Bate at first hand the wsqports of
British cruelties against the native
population. Most of the story was
told in humorous vein and without
@ trace of bitterness.
WALSH SC@QRES CONFERENCE.
Mr, Walsh was severe in his ar
ralgnment of the peace conference,
which he characterized as a farce. At
no time, he said, did the American
delegates to the conference have any
thing to say about the important mat
ters disposed of. They were as so
many dummy directors in the hands
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¢of the British and French delegates,
| he said. ’
| Mr. Walsh made mention for the
| first time since the return of the dele
gates to this country of a secret inter
view they had while in Parig with
| President Wilson. At this interview
! the President is reported to have as
}mzr!od that the Irish people were en
| titled to self-determination. When My
| Walsh mentioned this interview, he
!mld he would not disclose it to the
]nnmmmn except in executive ses
| slon for the reason that it might
prove embarrassing to the President;
he offered to give it to the committee
in eonfidence,
Senator Johnson of California
promptly entered a vigorous objec
tion to this proceeding, asserting that
under the principle of “6pen cove
nants openly arrived at” the commit
tee could not accept the document in
confidence, The committee theteupon
directed Mr. Walsh to submit the doc
ument for the record.
COL. HOUSE COURTEOUS.
There was some applause when this
order was made.
Another interesting point was de
veloped by Mr. Ryan, when he in
formed the committee that when they
requested an interview in Paris with
the President they were referred to
olonel House, He said Colonel House
treated them with extreme courtesy
in the efforts they made to have their
passports altered so they could go to
Ireland. Colonel House also arranged
an interview for them. with Lloyd
George, but on the day set for the in
terview Lloyd George was unable to
attend.
Mr, Ryan told how the League of
Nations covenant was adopted In the
conference., He said that after it was
read by President Wilson there was a
brief statement by the Japanese
delegate regarding the principle of
social equality and one by a repre
sentative of Belgium, expressing re
gret that Brussels had not been chos
en as the seat of the league; other
delegates all over the room were at
tempting to obtain recognition, Mr.
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Ryan said, but Premier Clemenceau
waved them all aside and refused to
recognize them.
SAME OLD STEAM ROLLER.
Then, according to Mr. Ryan, Clem
enceau sald there appeared to be no
objection to the covenant and it was
adopted without a roll call or vote of
any kind.
“Was there any difference between
the way the steam roller worked over
there and the way it sometimes
works here?” inquired Senator Borah.
“Not at all,” responded Mr, Ryan,
“and we who had obgserved the steam
roller in action in Chicago, Kansas
City and other placés were surprised
and rather admired the smoothness
with which it worked."”
During Mr, Walsh's statement, Sen
ator Borah inquired if there was not
some (nfluence at work to prevent the
American delegates from obtaining a
hearing on behalf of Ireland,
“Yes, we were prevented by the
representatives of Cieorge V,” replied
Mr. Walsh.
JUDGE COHALAN SPEAKS.
Judge Cohalan made the’ opening
statement to the committe, gaying:
“Speaking on behalf of the great
bulk of American citizens of Irish
blood, who number more than 20,000,-
000 of our population, we are opposed
to the progosed League of Nations for
many reasons, all of which we believe
vitally affect the interests of our
country. We are opposed to the cre
ation of any superstate, or combina
tion of nations, that will interfere
with the independence or with the
sovereignty of the United States; that
would give over to any power or com
bination of powers any of the rights
for which aur forefathers strugggled
and which are part of the heritage of
a free and independent people.
“We believe that it is intolerable
to self-respecting, upstanding Amer
icans to ask us to enter into any
agreement under which any power, no
matter how friendly it may claim to
to be, shall have six votes to our one,
or under which the pewer to declare
war or to control either directly or
indirectly our armies and navies shall
be placed in the hands of a group of
foreigners or men outside of the reg
ularly constituted authorities of our
own nation.
“We entered the war to end autoc
racy of all kinds, and we are asked to
emerge from it by subscribing to a
so-called League of Natjens that
would give over to England the abso-
Jute mastery of the seas and make
her a world power unequaied in the
history of the world in population, in
territory and in dominion.
ASK EXTENSION OF LIBERTY.
“We ask for the extension of lib
erty, not of autocracy, and we urge
that no League of Nations which so
vitally affects the sovereignty of
America and which leaves the peo
ple of Ireland in the possession of the
governing class of England can be
right or can make for a just and per
manent peace. |
“We insgist that this is in no sense
a League of Nations, but is |imr.ly a
cover for an Anglo-American all nco}
under which the freedom of America
would be abridged and the power of
the governing classes in England per
marently secured.”
Bourke Cockran’s speech to the
committee was frequently interrupted,
by applause, and at its conclusion
senators crowded about him to con
gratulate him upon what they char
actarized as one of the most powerful
arguments agalnst the League of Na
tions l'eard since the fight started,
One of the first to congratulate him
was Serator Borah, and he was fol
lowed by Senators Johnson, Moses
Knox and T.odge. ,The committee in
tends to have thé speech printed and
distributed ag a Rub”r document.
COCKRAN RAPS TREATY,
Mr. Cockran arraigned the, peace
treaty and the League of Nations as
the most dangerous proposals ever
made to the American people. In his
argument agalnst the league he said,
in part:
“We are here to protest against any
treaty or League or Nations that
would remove the cause of the Irish
people from the conscience of the
people. Our only hope is .in- the .in
fluence of the American Republic. I
am an Irishman by birth as well as
by blood, and the reason I am here
is because I do not want to see the
country to which I came help destroy
the principles of right and justice and
liberty as applied to the Irish race.
“There can be no peace throughout
the world until the Irich question is
disposed of. One great difficulty in
dealing with the Irish question is to
understand just what it is, What is it
that causes the unrest in Ireland? We
are told that the purpose is‘the Yur
pose of an impoverished, thriftless,
lazy race to impose its will upon a
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RAY OF OPTIMISM
our country. They desired to have'
immediate information regarding the
activities of the delegation of the
American Federation of Labor at the
Amsterdam conference of internation
al trade unions, the conferences which
our delegation held with the repre
sentatives of labor in these countries.
“The delegation, consisting of Sam
uel Gompers, Danfel J. Tobin and
John J. Haynes,submitted their reports
in writing and which will be made
public very shortly. We are not pre
pared to give it out at this time, be
lieving that it is most appropriate
that the report be made direct to la
bor first and jointly with it to the
general public.
“It can be sald for the report that
it showed clearly that the wave of
bolshevism has receded and that the
International Trade Union conference
at Amsterdam voted overwhelmingly
against any bloshevik principles br
tendencies; that the international
trade union movement is founded now
upon a more democratic basis, that is,
that the representation of organized
workers such as the United States,
England, France and of Germany
should have its seat in these interna
tional conference, and that the of
ficers have been taken away from
Gem:uny. :
STEEL INDUSTRY. v
“The executive council had under
consideration the iron and steel or
ganizing effort and have endea.vored‘
to bring about the very best results.
The efforts are still being made and
the hope is entertained that amicable
adjustment may be reached before
any outbreak or cessation of work
shall be inaugurated.
“The cigarmakers of the United
States are engaged in strikes for im
proved conditions occasioned by the
high weost of living and there are 125,-
000 of that industry who are now en
raged in the struggle. The executive
council endorsed that strike and
pledged its moral and financial sup
port to it and will isaue additionally
an appeal to all labor and friends to
come to the financial and moral as
sistance of the men engaged in that
controversy.
“In regard to the actors’ situation,
a new charter was issued to the Act
ors’ Equity Association and the old
time White Rats Association under
the title of Actors awd Artists’ Asso
clation of America and the pledge was
given for tha full support of the fed
eration with its membership to the
actors engaged in the contest.
ABOUT PLUMB PLAN.
“The executive council had bhefore
it the representatives of the labor or
wanizations and their counsel who fa
vored the Plumb plan of rallway own
ership or railway control and admin
istration. The council considered the
plan as well as the provisions of the
Sims bill dealing with this important
subject,
“The plan and the bill, so the coun
eil declared, are of such transcendent
importance to labor, to the people and
to the country that the couneil decid
ed to defer final action determining
the position of the American Feder
atlon of Labor thereon and that in the
meantime a subcommiitee was creat
ed for the purpose of examining into
all of the facts and evidence obtain
able to secure the advice of all we can
tg contribute to a full understanding
of the subject, and the subcommittee
after its examination and investiga
ton“is to report to the executive
council of the American Federation of
Labor upon the entire sabject. There
were other matters of limportance
considered, but these hy ug are re
garded hardly of public interest.”
$35 a Week for
Chorus Girls
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 30,4 Chorus girls
are to receive a mmh;xun wage of
$35 a week at the Hippodrome when
thet playhouse reopens Monday, a
ruise of $lO, and after the agreement
was signed today the Actors' Equity
Aspociation claimed the first big vic
tory of the actors' strike had become
an accomplished fact, The Equity
ealled attention to the resignation of
the Hippodrome's manager, Charles
B, DMlingbham, who is a member of
the Producing Managers' Association,
An announcement today that the
Producing Managers' Association
headguarters will be closed until
Tuesday gave rise to a report that
the managers had bought tickets for
Bostom in order to be on the ground
to talee part in the theater war which
has now ashifted largely to the hub
¢lty. No Information was obulnablal
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prosperous but helpless minority.
They say this because Ulster, which
opposes home rule, I 8 prosperous and
wealthy, while the rest of Jreland is
poor. But if the condition of the rest
of Ireland is the resalt of law and of
British tyranny, then we can set a
different light on the situation, If it
is shown that the unrest is the result
of British rule, then English rule
must be exterminated or the Irish
peog‘le must die. /
ENGLAND CAN’'T DO JUSTICE.
“You would not suffer a race like
this to be destroyed; then, if you
would not suffer it to be destroyed,
you must insist that it be freed.
“The fundamental impossibility of
England doing justice to Ireland has
been shown. When she trie§ to do
it there are forces in England too
gtrong to permit justice to be done.
“Ireland must bé relieved of this
incubus. She can not exist under
those conditions, She won't. I don’t
helieve all the potwers on earth ar
rayed under this league of Nations
can keep her submissive under this
wrong.
“And the same can be said of
America—she will neve remain sub
missive under a great wrong.
“If you follow the path laid down
by this ILeague of Nations—this
league which is not a league for
peace, but a league to prohibit peace
—~then I can see no hope for the
human family.” :
Continued From Page 1.
ras to their plans upon reaching Bos
ton six of whose large theaters it
was claimed by striking actors will
be closed Monday.
Six Boston Theaters
To Close Labor Day
(By Universal Service.)
BOSTON, Aug. 30.—Labor Day will
ses the darkening of six of Boston’s
large theaters, it was said today when
b'ctween 200 and 300 Actors’ Equity
Association members now playing
here voted to align themselves on the
side of the actors striking for union
recognition and the right to bargain
collectively. The actors and actresses
voted to parade on Labor Day. Stage
hands and musicians will be asked,
it was said, to join in a sympathetic
strike.
120,000 Chicago
Carpenters Out
(By Universal Service.)
CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—Carpenters
and allied building trades workers to
the number of 120,000 are on strike
for more pay.
Actors and actresses are striking
for union recognition. :
Lesser strikes include 500 cleaners
and dyers, 300 optical workers and
200 lunch room workers.
New Haven Shopmen
To Reject Raise .
(By Universal Service.)
NEW HAVEN, Aug. 30.--Rejection
of President Wilson's offes of 4 cents
an hour increase to shopmen of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
and the Boston and Albany railroads,
was the prediction today, based upon
the known vote in many sections by
the shopmen. The vote has not yet
been canvassed, but it is known that
a very large number voted to strike
again,
Rail Strike Ends
In California :
(By Universal Service.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30.—The
railroad strike here and throughout
central California has been broken
and the men were back at work to
day, interrupted train schedules being
resumed as rapidly as possible. The
railroad men were reported to have
surrendered unconditionally,
The old colonial mansion of the
Bullock family at Roswell, which may
become the nation's memorial to
Theodore Roosevelt, was viewed Sat
irday by a party of officials promi
nent in the Roosevelt Memorial As
sociation headed by C, W. McClure
state chairman for Georgia,
Several hours were spent about the
grounds and within the historle resi
dence which was built 79 yvears agoe,
A report, emphasizing the relation of
the home to the life of the forme:
President, is to be prepared
Raymond Robbins, American Red
Cross worker, prominent In nationa!
affairs and one of the members o
the national executive committee
having in charge the proposed Rooso
velt memorial, will be in Atlanta on
September 11 for a conference witl
the Georgia memorial organization,
This report will be presented to him
ind ‘will be placed before the nationa
committee when he reaches Now
York for a conference with former
President W, H. Taft and other mem
bers of the Roosevelt Memorial As
sociation,
Chairman MeClure s optimistic
over the outlpok for the ehaive of the
old homestead at Roswell as the per
manent memorial to the late Pres.
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| He has obtained the services of an
architeet to sketch a plan for the pro
posed memorial to be submitted to
the national committee in New York
by Mr, Robbing, The latter was one
of the Intimate friends of Colonel
Rousevelt. He will spedk before the
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