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PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY,
MARCH 1, 1919.
FIVE CENTS.
3000 DELEGATES DEMAND PRESIDENT ACT
THAT IRELAND BE GRANTED HER FREEDOM
‘sgpdinal Gibbons’ Peace Conference Resolution, Urging ~Application
ARCHBISHOP PRONOUXCES
PRAYER, OPEKING SESSION
of National Self-Determination Doctrine, Passed Enthusiastically.
Convention Opposes Any Lapse from American Traditions,
| gw REPUBLIC DECLARED AT WAR WITH ENGLAND;
$2,000,000 FUND PLEDGED CAUSE IN HALF HOUR
all roads ted to philadelphia on Washington's Birthday, 1919, when the
I Congress in the history of the world began its two days’
ation of Irish independence, brought about by national self-dete
‘fhe recognition of the Tesh Repub te By President Wilson and the
sent ex! wee! imperial
na were. the tenes
Race Convention last Saturday an nay
Saturday
fanight, was fraught with compelling interes, the apex
the high light of the great historical picture, was reached
‘oon in the Academy of Musie when the venerable, the
& sotie, the ultra-conservative Cardinal Gibbons, clea in the beiliant robes
me led the vast assemblage of all races and creeds by
calli the Pr ongress,
of ica to recognize Ireland's indefea
eedom, as determined by her people in open election, and to admit
a ace conference, This
a standing tribu
ch, the great citizen o'
sourpation
‘At points late in the proceedings the audience rose to a fine frenzy, ot
qntbusiasm, a8 when during the rea mE of resolutions ty “aichael J. Ryai
koq,, a state of War was declared as existent between Ireland and Englai nd
hen it was ‘resolved to otity President Wilson of the convention's
mt th
Yand again WI
action and to appoint mit minent citizens of nited States
to wait upon the President and, if to pro s, in order to
ce
dist of oe United Stated of Ameri gical
principles for the maintenance of wath the ‘United States had entere
world war ‘tor world freedom.
Over ee 000,000 Subscribed.
: oe was the applause high- -opirited ¢ suttence the only
est determination of ‘the people to ol
evidence of the
tain official recognition
for the gallant It e cle beside
jron-clad fleets of the giant-pow: ir ‘ich. for so many centuries
striven to complete the conquest of Ireland, When between two waves of
tempestuous approbation, the chairman of the convention, Sup: Court
Justice 1 F, Cohalan, of New York, called upon the heads of delegations
fulill the pledge made in ause of the
resolutions, by zen ing
lion dollars promised within six mont
n came @ response so prompt ands sunerot
and
when ation ponse I 8 that,
instead of a million dollars collected during half .a.yeur, over two: millions.
i half an hour, the Irish Race €onvention put itself
acteristic’ American spirit—American
fits superb generosity as in its pra ctical interpretation’ of the’ ideals. of
fraternal freedom. .
7 Exconded All Expectation.
convention large beyond all
‘enthusiast
of the United States
gress and mombers of the Irish Partie
ment, Mayors of American
beyond: all Hon” cities, famous doctors, tawyers,
reelent. [rom every seetion of the | authors and artists, sombrery-crowned
i ranchmen from the Western plains,
eviean Continent, American citizens |Panchmen from the Western plains,
irish and non-Irish ancestry bad tan ‘centres, Sons of the Confederacy
ere ‘owed the Mecca of Free-| trom Dixieland, veterans o ‘Gran
om, No-enpital. of the | Army of the Tepublie. toll-w th
rn mot
era whose sons had fought in freedom 's
arn
d_ Cro:
ame, Rei
o ‘igned, and where ing girls, women. of social prominence
q ie erty Bell” peal peale the world | —ail gravitated to the centre—a world-
ie cent r the time bein; ere @
ee eeciamation of everlasting freedom few "unter rishamerican pee
‘cap ritish misrule. had helped the envoys of the
The delegates to the Irish Race Con- | {rish Republic. to plane the stand:
mos ert:
[fenton were mostly of Irish blood, rot of universal libe
i them descendants of Convention Opens
ihe at
‘ler “ieen_gotoniate, who ought Memories of these most glorious
i) Cited Trntne Ameican |tWo days in modern Irish history are
£7 Revoluti the ity were | Xaleidoscopic in movement, in variety,
1|atholles, as is the case in every Lrish- | in wi
Snetican gathering. But the min
scended Presbyteri:
dein stersdessonded Episcopalians were | pri
juke a8 determinedly and as patriot
ily nsistonc upon: independence. for
w
qiiend as were the Catholics whose | W
jteenors for three hundred years bi
lhe G, kmerica from every county | Breen united
|e the fox provinces,
4 Race Convention,
- Fates’ uttered froma the fasstafts of
many residences throughout the city
all day Saturday and Sunday.
Fully. two hours before the first ses-
sion of the Irish @ Convention
pened in the Second Regiment ar-
mory on’ Saturday morning delegat
begun
The ar
ie
i Lady of Mercy
of | rectory, Immediately opposite, made
brilliant algulay
i
Lady of Mercy Chure!
tials redented and certified with
the utmost dispatch, so that, notwith-
iF
‘mm the Ori standing the great throng, in less than
gf Sot, Oogles |ONNDE lua sama
By obi Kraush thousand delegates had thelr, creden-
po ‘auskopt pointed out, | thousand delegate fy to be
ndinitted to the convention.
‘The interior decorations -
mory were in harmony with the splrit
the occasion. Everywhere
‘slectrical symphonies
of which were swung in interlaced
Mumination across the wide space be- |
neath the roof, Huge, fours
leay rocks, “each
S sin noited Green “and
'e Kren hill: e -
he es nen int of Ulster their ban
the pf Leinster’ resound to their
vane’, of
dag ¢flirteg’* MUmater with ardor are
—th
dug ZINS Of old Connaught thelr
tu
range,
e tran|
od armory into an Irish fairyland. |
nt ra-
3
re
Pugles have heard?
Y bree
a vitae, supported, the orange
wave who shad come to testify to the un
er returns broken continuance of (he Immemorial
tame fo untecter the teendanip existing» between. Fran
and Ireland,
"pather Magennis’ Spee:
When the convention Gpened there
was not a vacant seat in the armory;
even the standing places in the side
windows were filled to the ultimate
inch, ‘The vast assemblage stood w
(Continued on Eighth Page)
Governoca
n~ || nearest t
ve | BISHOP HAYES 1S CHOSEN
st Bishop Ordinary of U. $. Army and
2
clusters weretof New
Sout Salen Ietters the name. of a county
sees Kor ea West, met in one |in Ireland, formed an appreciated ad- selem:
EMLimermatienet tS ow & Tea: |aition to. the mural Ornamentation |
Same ee Ora! which for the nonce transformed the
“beeseech Thee, hty
Goa to shed ils taht ‘on our minds that
we may see right; and
to strengtheA our wills that we may’
follow it.
“Gathered fosether in behalf of
nation, we implore
pon its childre:
their birth or home of their fore-
fathers.
“What people have served Thee
as the Irish racet
“In the day of Ireland's prosper-
ity and pre-eminent learning
and holiness, her missioners carried
from the highlands of Scotland to
the plains of Lombardy. The pick
of her youth peopled Thy holy
Places in lives of self-e t
arto centuries of ution
of her chitaren Einpuiea
tii vei of. their 0 mar-
yrs. ion. ners were
rut forth from their
homes and the choice lands of thetr
of tI
country were parceled out to their
foes.
‘boon of education was for-
bidden them and then they were
mocked by their oppressors as ig-
ne
priests were
he fastnesses of
the mountains, and a felon’s price
was set on their heads,
“Laws, penalizing them with racks
and ropes, were enacted to terrorize
and crush them.
“The bread was taken from the
mouths of Irish children and their
trong: f starvation by
the roadside.
he roof was pulled down from
over the heads of their aged by the
myrmidons of absentee Jandlords.
“Combined ty1
drove them ‘in myriada to othe ‘four
corners
face of the globe with
rd, Is Ireland to
nturies she has been
ARCHBISHOP HAYES
ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK
Navy to Rule Metropol-
RESOLUTIONS. URANIMIOUSLY
~~ ADCPTE THE CORVCATION
‘The resolutions: ‘bnanimously adopted by the Irish convention read
as follows:
We, the delegates to the corvention of the Irish race In America,
assembled in patches | pee cradle of American liberty, on February
22 and 23, 1919, and rep: many millions of citizens of the United
States, hereby solemaly declare and resolv.
‘ erican citizens we uphold the honor aad interests of the
me during all the lat have elapsed
presen’ w roud
closed and are ready to perform any
and make any sacrifices our Government may'in the future demand.
‘ Second. We heartily approve the principles of justice and lberty and
“peace tor all mankind proclaimed by President Wilson in his declaration
of America’s objects in the war. the approval of the entire
A an@ were the chief cause of their enth je support o!
the wera indorsed by the spokesmen of the British Government
wate hostilities rogress, and @ whole wo
roclaimed by the President was the
ong, hose declarations the one that “ail peoples
a e
are entitied to selt-determination” received universal support
the peoples who were fighting Germany. Our Government
ymrades as: the war are, therefore,
bound in honor to apply the Srlnciple of eeif-determination to Irelands at
well a8 to the other submerged nations which have been their
freedom as a result of the war. If it is not applied to Ireland the United
States will be placed ina most unfavorable Tight before the esilized world
and Hison's solemn doc
'
. ° 4 TRELAND’S RIGHT CLEAR.
the right of @ people to decide
in the world and the form and character of thelr govern-
ment, Treland is eetty entitled to sett determination, She is the oldest
of the nations of Europe and pos: essential elements and
butes of a separat con
ent grap!
ped Ahrough the action of @ foreign government, and
eelared ot oe her own people. She has never fortelted her ight
to nationality nor acknowledged the right of any other nation to deprive
her of it. 5I asserted that right, either by Y armed force oF
means, in every generation for 760 years. She preserved during all
her distinctive characteristics of race, ideals and cul in
face of the most persistent and ic efforts of a foreign £0 t to
ress and obliterate them; she is istinctly
a nation as when the invader at set foot ¢ on n ber va ‘ n00, She has
suffered oppression, misery ersect in the world's
history at the hands 61 castand, once e thriving tdste have been
destroyed, her economic life retarded and her population
systematic
reduced to one-half what it was in 1
splendid .
oration of her hard lot has been w
ment by strenuous agitation
concession has ever been freely
Thir aide from Iyelai's tsatenatte right to govern herself im ber
y peop!
rting. Every staal
m an unwilling foreign govern-
often namounting to insurrection, and no
made.
own way, out interference b; own shores, the
atte to File her against convent of her people ts the
most conspicuons fatlure in history. It has failed in every essential thing
for whi ments exist—the promotion of the wel ft the governe
the p of their natural righ’ d interests, the development of
ir Tesot their ¢ pontribution to the sum of human happiness and
the world's p: conquest be acknowledged as giving one
by the English Gi
and in-utter disregard of the opinions, wishes and protests of tht
ple. : .
MENACE TO WORLD'S PEACE.
Fourth. © The condition of etand, which the
~deliberate action of the English Government, is an international scandal
and a constant menace to the world's ce. es the last
300 r soil has been invaded by foreign armies to aid her people to
overthrow English rule. So long as Englan is Ireland by military
force and denies her right to govern herself, the Irish people wil continue
assert their rights by every means in their power. In 1916 rose in
‘rebellion, Janu: a, 2018, their el entatives,
on
supported by. an overwhelming majori the
laration of Independence and proc!
peal fo:
ination, to which he has unequivocally committed
tates,
the name of the many millions of American citizens
ted their fui
ce the same
recognition which have been accorded to those of otter small
WASHINGTON'S \ WORDS. TRUE.
‘We remind our fellow-Ame well address
American people of George Wast ington, and paneatae that portion
thereof embodying his advice to avoid all entangling alliances with Euro.
pean powers. These words are as true to-day as when he first uttored
of nations be
demand, _ineratore, if any league made, that all
may
is aay sametated
ent, Ww vithin jonths of
f $1,000, 00 ‘one milion Sones) an a that @ subse seo list be
tort established and the pledges of cities, towne and individuals be
now received.
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Right Rey. Monsignors Nevin F.
Fisher and Michael J. Crane Are
Named for Exalted Office.
VACANT RECTORSHIPS FILLED
Monsignor D. J. Gercke, Rev. Dr.
A. B. McKay and Rev. Dr. H.
C. Schuyler Are New Pastors.
Fis Grace the Sort Reverend Arch
bishe announced appointments of
two vicars re general, the filling of
Schuyter, 6. T.
MONSIGNOR FISHER, V. G
vice rector of the Catholic
High school for Bors has been ap-
pointed Agnes’, West
rd 886. Re-
turning to Philadelphia was ap-
pointed a prof he Seminary
Of (St, Charles Borrol
on the o opening of ‘he Seenatie High
School for Hoya he was fa
rector, which
December, 80h when he was appo
&
b:
the Rev. Hubert P,
Du his pastorate the church and
school hae undergone extensive im~
Provements, the formr having been
practically rebuilt in the Pariah’e dine
mond jubilee year, 196 izing
itan See.
A press dispatch from Rome, dated
February 26, chronicled the spooint-
ment of the Right Rev. Patrick J.
Hayes, D. Dy: titular ‘Bishop of Tas
gaste, ishop 01 of the
United States army avy, to
Archbishop of New York, in succes-
yn to the late Cardinal Farley. The
new Metropolitan wae Auxiliary Bishop
York "untl the Cardinals
death, September 17, 1
Archbishop Haves
has had a
the priesthood,
remarkable, careor i
which he entered only
was born
“80 made
Ty etudies. in’ the public and
fparish schools. He auiended St. Jo-
gepn's | Seminary, Manhattan
jege. New York city, and the Cath=
oie University of America, Washing-
jo: received the degree of A. B.
™ (Gontinued on Eleventh Page) 1
)HOLY FATHER APPOI
SANTA FE ARCHBISHOP
«TO PRONGUNGE ALLOCUTION |
Holy Father Will Deliver Timely)", cs a
Rome,
Father,
| ARCHBISHOP CERRETTI PAID -
AT CONSISTORY, MARCH TO) onion aes my
t is not gen:
Archbishop Cerrett,
apal mission to th
Message—Secret Session for
Preconization of Bishops.
sailing for America to take
celebration of Cardinal Gibbons’ ju-
bilee.
His Excellency’s visit was private,
but. it lasted
long enough, to
February
Holy
5.—The
xv. has
Pope Benedict ers of the ‘Church there. "The
pointed March 10 as the date for hold visit shows the deep and ateetlonate
The Rev, Albert Pager,-of Jemes,|ing the next Consistory. jae taken by the Holy Father
New Mexico, has been appointed by Irish afta:
y Father Metropolitan of the
ndlocese of Sante Fe, succeeding
ihe Most Rev. John Baptist Pitaval,
D. Dy, who resigned some months ago
Recount of Il healt
ote Oe eth appointment was
the Hol;
As m
this session of t
be a
zation ‘ot (Bish
¢ Cons
v
Wed In, iis cite on Thursday in
an A Press
"iia
mieution of s
portance,
of the Pay ni
secret one, only for the preci
shops appointed vince th
Womens will proneunce aun alle-
jome special and timely im-
Carma the ole sermeriges ‘lied by
‘ @ German religi order,
‘
A PERSONAL VISIT | =
Is
sh | sirst ‘aes tf si
MUNSIGNOR CRANE,. V.
hat thet location of the chi
@ centre for transient worshipei
an ‘attraction to ponsCatholiee and a
piuce convenient for those engaged in
usiness or the professions who desire
to engage fo spiritual exorcloas, he ex:
tablished the Mass for night workers
autho!
controverted Teilgious topics, expecially
the primacy of St. Peter.
made a Domestic Prelate in 1905.
Monsignor Crane, V. G
3 Ths, Right Rev. Monsignor Michoet
following Sunday. He waa one of the
(Contined om Eleventh
position be occupied, anal i
~ the
urch, made
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
RESTORED [8 HEXICO
Federal Government Seems to
Have Changed Policy—Arch-
bishop Mora Pontificates.
INFAMOUS DECREE ABCLISHED
Favor Amending Constitution's
Anti-Catholic Features — Mon-
signor Burke Meets Carranza.
By REV. EUGENE SUGRANES, CMF.
On Sunday, February 2 the feast
of the Purification of se Biessea © vip
greatest
vacant rectorships and several changes gin Mary, the in
of assignment among the younger | W hemlaphere, the besstifu
priests. sumptuous Cath of the City of
The Seclesiasties «chosen for the ex- | Me: was the scene of ‘pOs—
ted office general are the| ing and unique celeb: © the
Right Rev. * sonal or Nevin F,| first time si was forced to leave
Fisher, P, R, of St. Joi Evan- | bis coun: 1@ Most Rev. Jose Mora
gelist's and the Rev. Michael] ¥ del Rio, D. D. Archbishop of Mexica,
J, Crane, rector of the Church of St.] officiated in Cathe le
Francis de Sales, brated a Poni High Mass in
‘The Right Rev. Monsignor Danlel J. | thanksgiving for his bappy restoration
Gercke, who. has been laboring in the| to his see and country. .
Plocese or Neuva Caceres, in the Was crowded to
fppines, nay peen tppointed weston of us utmost capacity, as oa the Flee
Fastest the J.) two colomei towers, that fank the
The Rev. e on ne Ble
D, of St Sonica's, bas beoh “apeine, | 2% | Cocalo, ‘pealed forth "ine. joyous
maculate Conception lly rendered by the choir of thw
The Rov, Hes C. Cathedral close of uae
tay Soity ie holding of thee
similar social festivities.
English and colonies in Mexico
very numerous and that the ep
itual wants of these people cannot De
properly attended to by ministers
Mexi It ts absolutely neces-
sary, therefore, that priests of their
nationality should,
look after : the interests af
the members of More=
over, these people invests
ments tn Mexico and have contributed
in no small 4 to the develop
ment and of country.
Hence they are at least entitled to
com)
When asked about his mission te
Mexico, M Burke replied with:
characteristic humer that he
phecy
May God continue to bless him in bis
incessant and unselfish labors for God
and co!
Sick ‘of Barbarous Pelioy.
‘There
of doubt
the better in the
d anti.
and conciliatory, of
ernor of Jal neral uel NL
eeuen, ip due to couhdenial orders
received from the Federal Adminis-
jon,
The recommendation to ame!
re jonse of Representatives, was
not acted on at once becay the
prospective* ‘Mexican
ment is expected to
me,
Congress. Yet the 1ahged for amend-
je passed at
people sick
hear? of the be barbarous policy of pie
age, plunder and relig
ach
during. election time,
the fact remains that Ue signs of the
(Continued on Third Page.)
ve SIX NEW ARCHBISHOPS
NAMED IN FIVE YEARS
Within five years
pulitan Sees of Ne
francisco, St. Paul, Chicago, Philadet-
phla and New York havo, bee
cant, and all are now fille.
chief pastors.
the great Meteo
ee
HER,
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