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~ a is doing,- misconst
“will not be allowe:
the met etree is “ver;
2 .
Che Saelic Gmenican.
inet those countries had. been .gullty
an act of{unneutrality.
ote. Lotge—Why, the thing is 80
Their embargo applied equal-
be es would only senly t
one, in pract!
“Mr. Hiteheock—Thelr embargo.
pitea vo Germany especially, because it
wa: Germany that they could
Carey on their rade on land, . They
on a trade on land
h
tion in the world prohibited, accord-
ing to his theory, from exercising this
sovereign right of government—exer-
ceising it for its own benefit, exercising
it for a moral reason, exercising it be
cause the failure to exercise it makes
it @ participant in the war.
EMBARGO SUGGESTED AR _RETALE-
TION TO BaITA
“Mr, O'Gorman—Stppo: Nhe Mt
gerent that is the chief beneficiary of
cur present policy with respect to the
exportation of ammunition were to dis.
Teg Bard our rights ag a neutral nation?
e Senator uid
be justified in placing an emb:
the exportation of arm:
tion as a retaliatory measure because
of such conduct on part of a belll-
Berent nation ‘isregarding and. offen-
aively violating our rights as a neu-
ete Lodge—Of course we should
have a right to impose, a _Tetallatory
embargo if we want
"Sir, O'Gorman—if we aid it for that
eason, could it then be said ine we
were guilty of an unneutra’
“Mr. Lodge—A retaliatory cmbargo
That opens @ great many questions as
to whether there is ground tor retalle
tion or whether that is the best
dealing with it.
might. very well be-an un
Little wonder that the
country | that its policy of neutrality has
thing but a sham and a pre-
tess reassembled
the Pre Britian press of New York w.
able ugh suppression and 4d
tone te econ thie vital issue
ent. cannot well smother de
bates a the ‘senate, although it can, as
rue jhe arguments
hold up to public odium Senators
who will pot follow the Administration
bellweathe:
This debate has “served a splendid
American purpose.- reveals to: the
eople the fact that st horn Ameri-
8 Who persist in safling on ships o!
belligerents ot only ill-balanced
mentally, but sre also unpatriotic in
Jeopardizis he blic.
executive branch . of . the
ment. That is a great deal to be tha
ful for in these days of Administration |
INSIST ON NEUTRALITY,
United States Senators Declare
‘hat Americans Should Not
Travel on Ships of Belligerents
or on Vessels Carrying Contra-
band Into War Zone.
President Wilson, since the reassen-
28: a
sentiment of the people of the country.
Before Members of the gress ha
the chance to be heard, the Wilson
0
against sailing on
sbips of belligerents laden with war
manitions pike ane
hip exalted far 0 anything am Amer-
madras tration bad. attempt
Then sentiments of Senators and
Congressmen during the past week havi
Awakened the Administration to the
hollownees of the position {t has cre
fore.
aew Yo
8
=
rk newspapers declare that
‘ery mi
" r the ‘disposition of Sena-
tors sand “Congressmen to insist that
foolhardy Americans sbould not be al-
1 to go on munitions-laden vessels,
‘and thereby help to involve the United
si the Europ:
Especially 16
enators who
themselves in
warning to obstin-
nely foolish Americans and insist that
come omclally
a wal
trom the Administration. Ip the fol
. pring opinions, me views of several
jenators this ftmportant matter,
stally affecting as tt goes real Ameri
ed against the cittzeus. of Panother
rete nation,
‘ATOR, CURTIS, Kangas (R
thi
wonde that the rights of our citizens
and thelr commerce be respected by all
belfigorents, I believe in a neutrality
is four-square.
GRONNA, Nore Dakota
(Kep.)—I do not care ake any
crite of the Presitent at a time
like this. I will say only that I am
disposed to favor placing an embargo
on shipments of arms,
ther,
the President's present policy.
however, that Americans should re-
frain from travelling on merchant ships
of belligerent nation:
SENATOR GALLINGER, New Hamp.
shire (Rep.}—The American people are
not neutral, . Although the policy of
e Government has been said to be
neutral, it is not so in fact. I would
have it become more neutral by impos:
ing an embargo m the exportation ot
munitions of war.” course, that
would help Gert any. been
born’ under the British flag, I can say
Great Britair has no love for us,
Treas German: ny France and Russia
have befriended
SENATOR SMOOT of Uta (Rep. oS
ai
not steadily m:
and vacillating attitude toward foretgn
ations we would: not now have reach.
ed this critical stage in our relations
with Austria, We have often threaten-
ed, and then weakened, until foreign
nations as a whole think they can treat
‘Hof Colorado
Government shot
warning in this respect. But the
talned th
‘The Administra-
the conditions
that have existed was the only one that
ad be pursued and hes my indorse-
ment."
SENATOR WALSH, | “° Montana,
(Di policy toward | the | bells:
crents bas been all right
has gone, but it has nat gone, va)
enough or been- strong enough.
instance, we~ ‘proteste a fe Gre Britain !
nine mon:
wer. We shoi
more igorous and make
these: belligerent ‘nations peattety our
SENATOR “ROBINSON, * Arkan
hot in favor of war, but
r vvor positively a stricter adherence
to the present policy to protect. our
‘conimerce Aud’ rights.“
SENATOR” HOKE SMITH, ‘Georgia
(Dem.)—-I am aware of nothing that
has happened that would justify war or
a severance of diplomatic relations rae
any of the foreign countries,“and
thoroughly pes 0° anything. "hat
would lead to
SENATOR "FLETCHER, Florida
(Dem.)=I believe that’ the. President
should. issue a ‘proclamation’ urgin|
Americar citizens-nbt to travel ‘on’ bel:
reason to-day. “-Atericans should keep
off those vessels and should not, for
elther pleasure or business, nate on
putting this country in danger of
The President issued a call to Ameri:
tana In Mexico to come out of the dany
ani lo ‘not see why he
ould not do the same in case of the
ar zones 2
fo tosint that, Selltgerent vessels own-
eat by belligerent Powers should, be Im:
mune from attack 1 because one
or two Americans of a ert
can citizens are aboard opin.
fon not justifed - One of ine pelliger:
ents might employ a few American citi-
ens to make all the trips with thetr
merchant vessels merely t to insure them
against attacks by
course eae t hardiy ‘iene kely. but It
might
I teliove vest attacks by evbmarines
yn merchant and passenger vessela are
beutal, and ‘vo should protest vigorous-
ly against the sinking of such vessels
without stv tng the passengers and crew
opportunity to leave the ship,
an
| whether Americans are on board or not,
PLAN jee CARNIVAL
R THE DEFENSE FUND,
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Jan, 7.—Th
John Boyle Oreilly Club and Cumann
na mBan of this city ue making
its for a grand Irish carnival
r the Defence of Ireland Fund. Hi-
been engaged tor
ry 2, 3 and 4. An
energetic committee of men and women
en who have selected the
and Mise Brigid Gloster, Treasurer.
committee are to secure
funeral pictures
this
futetnatianny to
rent Irishman who {1 his salt
should be working at the p present time.’
. —————
While this country remains the
arsenal and financial backer of the AL
Nes it is the rankest kind a hrPoeriey
to talk of American neutri
n| Biers to. keep out
CANON O'LEARY 1 IN A RAGE.
Dingle Clerical sal Recruiter Abuses
His Parishioners for we ‘using
to Enlist—Says He Con-
tinue His Efforts in Spite of
Opposition and Failure.
Canon O'Leary, P.P., Dingle, County
Kerry, is the only man in the town an.
surrounding district favorable to re-
cruiting, and he abuses everybody who
is opposed to his views. “That a parish
priest has no power without having his
arisnloners behind him was brought to
light at a recruiting meeting held re-
cently in Dingle, Canon O'Leary work-
ed hard to make the meeting a success,
mit $0 ante of ‘aM ble ettorts tt was a
an failure ieritated the Canon and
he denounced is audience of less
than twenty people, ‘those who gave his
Jecrulting activities the cold shoulder.
ue id it might be supposed that, be-
number in
the district who did not approve of the
objects of the meeting, he should be
afraid of them.- Well, he wag there to
show in the first place, that he was not
afraid of them, me: there to de
his duty, and it did not matter one fig
to bim what these people thought about
him. He was going to do his duty no
tmatter what pe iomuequence might be.
In the second place, he approved of the
All: men.
ft
ind everything
else worth considering, were in favor
of getting a sufficient number of sol-
ft our country the
Huns and the Turks, who want to over-
run the whole of Europe, cur own coun
‘ry included. «
‘What doos Canon O'Leary’ m
“aging bis duty?” Surely i 1s no part
of his duty to ask young Dinglemen to
throw away their lives in defence of the
robber Bl atter
of fact, if on confined
opposition.
cheap and bet
people for the clerical garb will
save him from the. consequences of his
insults and effrontery., However, it did
not req fs open declaration of dis
regard for the people to convince those
who uc fm that he fs more concern-
ed t the affairs of John Bull than
the things whiel ain to
scionof the “bailiffoeracy” pas tale
ish Empire, the people of Dingle can-
not be congratulated on, their Shepherd.
The cler; an who would. as!
Irishmen to lay down their liven. °
fav e the British Empire, is a wolf-{
sheep’s elo thin,
ee eg
"| LANSING REVERSES WILSON
Secretary_of State Rules That
en Enlisting in Foreign | ¥
Armies Forfeit ‘Their. _Citizen-
shi
‘Ds
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—A
sharp ¢ dit
[erence of opinion between the cere
iy of State ana the Secretary
bor as to the of Ameren, cn
ens who nist ‘in foreten grmtes is
disclosed in a letter addreased to Re}
sentative Bennet of New York by Bee
retary of State Lansin|
Tn it the Secretary of State lays down
the principle that an American ‘citizen
Jo!
held tn instructions recently ies
cers by authority ‘ot the
Sometary © ‘Tabor,
The instructions were reflected in“an
migration Service fanada, as fol-
“Instructions should be tssued by you
of State, the. order quot
replied in the negative. He enclosed a
ony of a department circular in which
ft is held that A king a for
eign oath of cileglance lose thelr Amer:
fean citizenship and deprevating such
meri
water ‘auoting 8 section 2 of the ‘Act ot
rch 2, 1907, providing that an Amert-
can rtitizen expatriates himself wi
he takes a-foreign oath of alle; legiance,
in toretgn
rinies and some branches of some for.
eign armies does not require an osth
of allegiance to @ foreign Si
“On the other hand an one ‘ot ak
legiance is required as a condition of
service in other foreign arm
Department cannot give authentic in-
formation on the subject of the foreign
requirements in this respect, because
of thelr variation and because they are
partment woe not undertake
y of an individual
e his S citizenship.
of ‘the opinion nevertheless, that the
observance of neutrality in. the conflict
now engaging certain European Powers
requires ‘American cftizens i avo’
Helpation in those confiic
Secretary Lansing concluded “ni fis
letter!
“A copy of the enclosure’ which ac-
companied your letter, together with a
copy of this Department's circular above
mentioned, Is'today being sent to the
Department of Lal bor for its informa-
tion and such action as may be deemed
appropriate.”
re) "
COLONEL CONLEY CHOSEN
70 LEAD THE GRAND MARCH
Colonel Louis D. Conley, of | the
“Fighting Sixty-ninth” Regiment. will
lead the grand march at the Trish Ball,
which’ will be held, under the auspices
of the United Irish Counties’ Associa-
tion, in Central Opera ..House,..Sixty-
seventh Street and Third Avenue, ss
York; on Saturday eventhg, Jan
The “event, cnuveays * popular! st deist
ciretes In’ the Greater cnn will be un-
usually interesting ti
the aitendance’ of a. ler
off men of the Sist-ninnn in
full dress’ uniform. "Colon Hey’
ae assistant will be
werything 18
“the ball, and those"who ditehd are” as-
COLONEL © CONLEY,
DEAD THE GRAND MARCH AT | a a
E TRISH “BALL.
sured of a night of real Irish merry-
mak’ and 008 fellowship..-A com-
mittee ‘of the best looking and
most genial members of, the, Irish aun
ty organizations will welcome patrons
of the affair and show them what genu-
Ine Irish hospitality, as practiced
wherever the sons am ters ‘of
the Gael foregather, is ke Pesta FIs
Musle will be “supplied by’ Professor
McIntyre’s orchest ra.
mount of interest “shown
so this octal reunion of the Trish. In
New York it is evident’ that thé Irish
Ball ae 1916 ‘will be a record “bre eak
the committee has arranged to pub-
lish a Journal and Year Book. Jol
Caulfield is ‘halrnan of the committee
having of the eee Miss
Kirby is president of the
lary, the members of which’ ue caving
valuable assistance to the men.
jaaies who are taking an active | interest
in the ball are Miss Turly, Miss s Lynch,
shes Connellan and: Miss Moriarty. ary
J. Moynihan‘ is “chairman ‘of the
committee of arrangements and James
x O'Kelly ig secretary of the ball com-
ge
By
CUMANN NA mBAN,” INC: a
COMING IRISH CONCERT.
Few events are attracting as much a
tention as the peer to be given ty
the Cumann Na mBan,-Inc., on Wed-
esday evening, Janu anry. 19, at. Sti Gab-
riel’s School Hail,-Thirty-sixth wt
cond Avenue, Manhat
proceeds will be devoted toward we elD-
ing the Irish Volunteers in Ireland, the
only work which the Cumann Na mBan
is at present interested in and by far
the most important, while there is any
ung Irishmen being forced
to fight unwillingly for England, The
fact that pre Government
ly decided t
Ireland, shoud: m
B
8
a
S
be
Gor ovement will not be anxious to take
tisk,
‘The arrangement committes hag pre-
pared an interesting Programme. Some
of the artists invited a1 George Pot-
contralto;
Kirchner, Miss Helen’ McGowan and
rai nell," temeren a
- The Gaelic Chorus -of the New: York
PhiloCeltic Soctety, directed by Geo
Potter, will sing @ numb
"An. exhibition eighthand sig
and other Irfoh figure dances will ‘be
aw in’ rehesd: ‘tor
MOURNS GRETA:FITZGERALD | 7
Cumann Na mBan, Philo- o-Celtic
and Irish Gaelic Societies Ex-
press Their Sorrow for’ Deaths
a Patriotic Irish Girl and Hor
Mother.
cumaNy NA man INC.
Cumann Na mBan, Inc., held its reg-
ular semi-monthly meeting on Tuesday
evening, at e Tuxedo,
Madison Avenue and Pityninth Street,
Manhattan. various commitices
reported favorably on fhe concel a eos
held Wednesday evening, Jan 19,
at St. Gabriel's School. ally Thc
sixth Street near Second Avenue,
mittee was appointed’ 'to aratt
ae
suitable resolutions expressirig, the ‘sen:
timents
Miss Greta T. Fit
aunchest workers ta the Cumann Na
ise Fitzgerald's ‘death 18 a severe
e band of young. people wg
hove Tabored with i
cause of Irish Treland:
activities in the G:
Fein won Ci
bership of the Irish-Ireland movement,
Her interest in the work was such that
she sacrificed everything in order to be
of use in “furthering~ the ideas at
Inake for Irish Netional pride and self-
respect. She was ‘true to’ the “ideals
taught by t
vived her but a few b
whose Jife was saintly, who loved Ire
land, remained ‘always steadfast ini the
National sense, and infused’ that samé
unconquerable spirit into’ her
daughters.» While the Irish race
8 lo characters there is strong
Her
"HILO- cent SOCIETY.
‘he New... roe PhiloCelti¢. Society
serious loss in the death
rald. The~ deceased, as
well ag ber sister Maura, was for many
ears a sincere and energetic worker |
«Miss
in the Irish -language-movement.
Greta Fitzgerald died on Januar,
r mother, Mrs, Margaret Fitzgerald,
“We are extremely ‘sores, to Tearn of
the death of one of our: most faithful
ISH GAELIC’ Tete oh ey i
end Historical’ Lecture
je given by Mr. ‘Wittiam .
h such a capable man
‘Mr. Hirschmann a t lecture is
ansetat, Mr. Hiachmana is lectur-
er to the Board of Educatign. _ The lec
ee wil as illustrated. by” suitable
othe importance” of, lectures of this
class is that it gives in a clear and con-
rn
nothing which oles
ter together and aids in‘ getting new
ones than lectures racy of ¢
The languase, slasgen are ‘yell ation.
-EWO
are very
class is now in full swing and augurs
w entertain-
ment on a date close to St.. Patrick's
a meeting. oh tins Society the” fot
lowing resolution
a iney, aa on oa Wy
asned:
H... Magee, and
e, the members of the
irish Gaelte Sockety, haying heard me
deep regret of the deaths of Mr
family our sincere sympathy, in their
ry sad bereavement,”
NOTED Ti Tse ACTRESS,” ao
REHAN, I8 DEAD.
——
In the aeath of Ada Rehan the Amer-
jean stage
ot “A. Ada c
Creban or. Rehan
brought,credit to ber ow genius sod io
the land that bore :
Rehan esa her.
he concert si starts pro mptiy t
PY M. “Tiekets sre 25.cents each and
mer be by addressing thé Sec-
tary, Misé Mac! sepermott, 344
Twentieth Btrect, “Brooklyn, N.
TS..UP..
nk] Best isi: HORLEYS:
he to
most player in the xpléiidia Dae oe
ganization.
As In New--York,:where-eritics callea
her the foremost ,actress -of hee t
so when .in abe she.made her London
debut. at. Toole’s © Theatre as: Flos i
“Casting the. Booiierengs the Engi,
a Linden eilah
rites “recety ed her
Woleome perhapy
0
Miss Rehan ‘for five ‘ears oe
United, States, with. success, Appearing
chiefly in Sbakeenosroan roles. She re.
tired ‘from the. 4.1905, when her
I,
‘or, the, past,..fen years her heats
was, foiling. oe ally,,,. She
‘Roosevel
i ct
ation a
— ete
OBITUARY,
Mi we HABE Hod ‘
“ MICHAEL. H..LONG.
*cHitGAGa, Jan. Sieh H,, Lon
beloved brother of John EB, Long, Press.
dent of the Celtic. Club, aca at his wt
dence, 7525 Avenue, duri
the early hours.of Friday, Decemier "
after). short, inesseu i .i..
Mr, Long. wwas.a ative at Lisdoonvar
na, ,County) Clare, and came. to this
country with his brother, John E, Long,
in .early.-2 ood,. l@ was general
foreman ‘or. ‘the Mlinois Central Rail
oad, for the. pact twenty
reserved ‘the ea st deals
is -ative soll, ad hering loving
to its traditional Roepitelitys and exeny
lifying in-his every w action v4
endearing: sociability. oe Benevolent ina
arked -degree,-he -was ever ready and
willing-to-aid-a brother who had-fallen
by: the. wareidey to extend a charitable
hand: to the cody, and a kindly. word
to the. alllictes
The, funeral, cortene: ta: Mount pivet
| cometary on Sundayes
raged and bis. tomy bave deen held,
5
pathizing with. the. bereaved relative,
ny, John Moloney,
William, ben tome Mula,
and Maurice A. Crotty, acted a
mittee on Tesolutions,
ee
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