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vol. XII., No. 5. Whole No. 594.
NEW YORK, JANUARY 30. 1915.
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A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE or Inisn niinnriaiinniicn, IRISH LITERATURE AND THE INTERESTS or THE IRISH RACE.
IRIUE FIVE CENTS.
.lVASlllNfiTON MEETING DEMANDS NEUTRALITY
‘Citizens Of National Capital Applalld Speakers Wllo Condenln President And Secre-
lztary Of State For Their 0ne-Sided Conception 0i Their Dilly-W I6 “Erwin! I
r
ls Denied food And lllher Nccessaries For Nun-Cunlhatanls, England And
Her Allies Are Supplied Wilh Mnniiiiins 0f War-And American
Mariliine Commerce is Seriously lnlerfered ‘ill:--Mr. Wilsiln
vvasHiNuTox,, an.
Theatre was iiilsd last night irr
crowd
sneakers were Representatives W
stairord or Wisconsin and Henry voli-
John Dewey nf New or-it. nd Rewo-
IEHIK Va C k OE Nfllifnl
r RHIIIESPDKBIIVQ Rfchnrd Bnrtholdt 0(
these neutrality meetings.
Chairman Baker opened the proceed-
In 5 I7 .n ver :00 Ipeech. Aellln
lortn Ahe necesslty (run: the Dolni. at
’v w merican interests or chloro-
rag strict neutral :3
be tail-ly carried out ltitilia
tiun or a portion or the lll't>:lI in attack-
ing citizens whn dilrered with thorn in
y to pro
c that were
not compatible with the interazta'ot the
nrerlcaa people. who were made up of
various Eurouenn strains and racial
elemen .
REPRIJSEN 1.4 T1 VE an n'oim's
ADDRESS.
nepreaentaiiva stnliord or Mllvraiikee.
was the out speaker and lvereci
very able and trul
d
‘which was treorrently applauded by the
audience.
neutrality.
"I contend (lint II the Government I!
not privileged to equip and sell III)’
Ihlp or send nny expedition to the coun-
tries It Fill’, the ‘rent armament Hrnil
‘Nlnd curpnratlann which are part and
Government should not be
I E eillterents
ll oth
ports. it mlg t r; t
S 3938 In It I! II
ureeit the nuts or alralra
were in our death
t Britain and Ger-
many tarnished our enemy with arm
hue Great
9.
Justice. a dollar dlnlomacr pared
ni bloa ney rel-elved for the
er.-rshter or our friends. -
-7aLL.:Iz:1t BLAIIEK ll-Itsazl.
itcpreaentative vellrner, who was th
next aoealcer, arouscd the audience to
a high pitch or enillllsfltsm. Ha’ d
rlared at the very outrot that the neu-
trrrlity requcatcd at the American neo.
- eat wllaen was
maintained nl a veil orcr irrvoritiam for
Great Britain.
--i=reei
a noble
=
at
Drocll nlnllan I:
do
said Mr. Vollmcr.
dent Wlln
lhollshlr"
Condemned For Snecr A! “ llyphenaled Americans."
--and canard universal ahhlauee
he had us pray tor peace throughout
the country on ocroher 4. While the
rountry prayed its hands were helps
mind with blood money lar worse than
the thirty pit-es or sliver w
rncoiteci for the hetrarai or Christ. The
r we
her vie ent tract to the wori: or ecli-
ing cannon and rirlcs to t
r alrd nocltetlag the proiita received
lrorn rurnls-hing our tellowmen with
atrirrrrenta w h w-hich to kill each other.
"Having silenced by proclama-
tion and request for strict neutrality
thosa aholeouid have told the truth.
those wine by travel and rearilns in
German as well as Enxlishe-I mean the
r I .. r. 9,“,
though the people or waehington had
hold a
thrlr voice. weru more
to hard than it tho nianlo lhlnxn
were so ln.:<ew rorl. Philadelphia.
Baltimore, Chicago or st. boiiln. '
e duty and tho interest at
this country, ha said, to prcehrvo atrlct
neutrality oth in letter and spirit. in
o matter
t r
Unliad staletl. not only to tniorce strict
hat to hrntert the intlcresu
Dennle. no matter who
re were t o lirohlxlnilns carried
on since the outbreak or the war to in-
iluente Aneerlr n a
German propaganda whirh was conrined
exclusively Io riett-ndiils t.'ernrany‘ll mo-
til-sa anti showing that the war we
rort-ed t was started in reply
to the other propaganda and wae aimed
solely at ohtalnlng the goocl opinion at
the American poorrie and dld not ask
u
at
then Ambassador and Dr. Born-
irard Dernherir and may were not here
when the war broke out. .
’1‘hcr other Pl’nfmKIlI(ll was in var-or or
England alone and Ilnnred tlm other
ident allowed the country tn he uaed as
a supply ground (mm which the instru-
ments of I‘li' Ira provided to Ellrnlla.
‘(The German cattle was cut hy the
British fleet-prnI7nhI)' its greatest
achievement up to d t
Germ n wireie
I
been eavily censored.
From England this country. in:
e. was pumped full of falsehoods
Iucb quality that all the iamons
u taken to
n.
with the Isslslnncs ol the PI‘o-Brltlish-
Anierfrlll Dress. it In
the de-
Preplred for
th
Go In)’ I!
made greater progress than any other
nation tinder the run. That in the
rrlrne tor which the Is to he punished
even unto extlnljtlon as a he on.
acceseoer To rllmr.
'.'Tha United Stltes III an accessory in
the greatest crime in all time when it
maintains Its neutrality on paper nnli
the Alllen Against. Gcrmlny
hnd Auslrll-Hunxilrit Sui’ I an
2dlI'Yln8 aheetarle to see poor old Uncle
bringing up the rear or the Allies’
herelogenenlil pmresslnn in-
clrrdrs indlane. Arabs, Es:-htlaoe anti
1-o ere uncle stint in such corn-
JBDI.
pany would he runny it it were not In
an.
“Thin war was not ‘made ln German
But ‘made in Germ '
.' reused the war.
-I
1
to
-<
A: Bel-
hae long heen oriicered hy Frenchmen.
hill in congress
-r
er
a
l:
o
n
2
toward Dernnnenl peace. when
United State: ehlnh cannon and guns
ubrunrl Ina cummltl I bre ch of nail-
cauae Great Britain control: the dean.
Conaeuuently our country In lldlng but
one llde Ind nlnklns [ha word: 01 IL!
President‘: proclamation and its own
prlyern I mockery.
“And still England continue: to atop
our nhlvi on the high lean, drnlh
Did 5 o
lllui (old: I‘ I be ruvettrd by III nu-
ilona when It cover: our icgltinlaie
trad "
Hi PHI-INATED AdtL‘RIdAh's AND
Il‘.V0ll‘.YoTH Nils.
o see each a Irilentlld meeting
on an liu-lemon: niuhi. into that.
allied P . . to which th
American Deollle owed a debt or grati-
hen England was threatening armed
ntervention in the Civil war, to
Federal Government in case or sue
”:
tervr.-ntlon. nglahd sent her hest area
here and their nppeala tor sympathy.
and sometimes more than try athy.
aahe indirectly tor American
nlihlstnnre for England in this war, and
t
thins store In the vlnera oi sew Ynrk.
Philadelphia and other cities. '
.all. the New itorlt daily paper. have
stendilftai-rletl on a propagandathat
its hhlect to iniiaore arr.-ricrn
Dlihllc opinion. so that the Government
o intervene in t
o
Eng! h an ho Ira not Arlrt-lit-an ii
xena. some of the chic! departments
on the New York W rm are controlled
by Englishmen. and coins or the editor-
Ial writers on the rzncrrrrrp Slut are
Easliahrrrcn wire in e not taice out
their ilret papers and never intend to.
WILBDSWJ I.TlClJ!.'l’ 10 T)". IRISH.
Now. the term hyphenated American
as louea h
every than who um it
the apirit oi Knownnlhlnglsnl. l
sorry to ray that ivrcsirient wilson set
a very had errnrnp in thie matter and
eeicloariul sanction to
the tree at the insulting epithet.
unveiling ere in waah
nioniimen
3
ol Ink
men c
r1'e r-ace. who are as good citizens
8 ICPIY.
It showed Inlrltlllldcr Meculser accord
ing to his campaign nunngcr, Mr. Mc-
tconiirrned on Pale 5.)
SACEIFICING THE IRISH.
Regiments Wiped Out. Reinforced
lly Drafts From Home and
Then Slaughtered Again-But
General French Says the Sur-
vivors Look Splendid.
The Wly Ill Whlrh the Irish rcxllnenll
are prrt ai Lilo poet or danger and nearly
wiped (will 01’ existence, [hen rt-inform-d
In
‘at I: shown 11)‘
rear-hing lrellnd irorn the rroat,
blln Ev: ' in I re<t-nt
losses ahlch it sutlered.
osn :3.
nnaed of .
cornpztnr war annihilated at Mavis. a
alter the turtle or he careau and the
Dreredlng engagement; the strength or
t e regiment was one , lor; live too
clients. and l 2 nice They warn the
rat to cross the Alene. their numhrra
ng need then aagnrenteri to aim.
'l‘llv." crossed singly. on one lnnk
hieuteonn l-tuwh n i- din; sortie
as shut in th ahouider
Their rnnkl were decimated with shell
tire that morning. ,
Fresh drarte train home having het-n
they Ilucked on the 20th.
. . . ., Le Pill)‘.
ai 5 open ground lost three
oi-ncera and atreui 300 men. They en:
trenrhed outside. rnana, having
the Kaiser came
machine suns mowed t em
down, her-onet charge alter hayohet
charge drove them hack. out t elr near-
here oeenred innumerable.
The Royal Irish walled tor the assist.
eoce that never rnnle. and e ery man
that weni into action that day. number-
: l9 otllcere and one men, wee either
killed. wounded. nr talten prisoner
-Lleut-.nent til. c c. Harrison,
twith ‘hlnuionnnt Jtushtonl a,
trereau carried colonel Cox out or the
tiring line when wounded, war eerereiy
aorrndcri and elccn lirlsnner, as wall
Lieutenant Laing.
Ma or E. H. r.. Dnnicll Is now heileved
who
IA
rnrth (son or E. w. snrytlt. J. in
Llelllrnnnt
are
all nunrhered in that day's casualty list.
General French’:
a
-w
E
o
in
:1
E.
o
a.
:a
veterans
wlrenr England will send to the man
naorhourea rrnril they are ready to all
irere it what the reins
the Kiiiieliny Pea-
rt:
Field ilarshei sir .lohn I-‘renrlh. u..xi
‘.c ‘H3. KCI1. r:.c.v.o., and at) C
to rrdecin-chicl of the British Ear
iledltlonery Forrc, and Colonel-ln-Chief
or the Royal Irish glment. on Janu-
-r,v 1. lots. sent the toiiowing teiesranr
to General c F. Gregorie. 0.9.. Colonel
or the regiment:
" ave In-day inspected Battalion-
nuyai irieh. They iooit rrticndid, and
we eerld you our New Year greetings.
-sinned.
. V E’.
The part taken hy the Royal Irliih in
the present unprece cnted campnlgn
it added treeh laureia to their. already
illustrious record, and it i
ctl . h
l he renren-lhered, was very hadly out
up in the initial stage of the campaign
(continued on Page 8)
them to advertise in it
The
lie profusely illustrated.
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in business or has anything to sell or buy should use
some of the advertising space in our Special Emmet Ail-
nivershry number. which will be published on March 6.
If you are not in business yourself say a good word
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special Emmet Anniversary number. write to the Man-
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THE FAKE UNITED lRlSll LEAGUE CONVENTION
lledmunilile Papers Ilumhngging The lrbh People With Ghost Stories 0H Linle
Iiaihcring In A Lodge llotlnl Al Terrau
Earden Iliere Every Mail Who Tllrrled
l'p. Including Nl5l From The “Gaelic Ainerirdn" llflirc Were Given
Tiehcls Certifying Thai They Were ‘llnly Accredited Delegates "
-A farce From Beginning Ta End. lllll It Is Hailed ln Ire-
land As A Grand Endorsement Oi‘ Redmond.
‘the hired Erlxliili organ: in irelsnd
which epcak fur John Rcdmond and hlel
loliow-rrar-sane. are hard up (or Irish-
Iimerirarr cniioracnrenls oi Redmond‘:
torture. hllfy one oi them many
the ciranrrc “ rea roaventio o n
the rnlterl irirrh i.oat:ne." alleged to have
horn held in xew rorlt on Decerrrher 1’ r
at which KILVTIVI hraache ' in .ur
torlc state were none to he rente-
rrrn d it ccrnrae, rxvry man I lhliiar
te. r
with rmidlllonn In arnrrica knows that
there are at tw-n
irranchcs nt ih
whole
E
to
at crrltaniutlon in the
l'nileri Sinlrl. much lose eighty-
senerous support to the man movement
lor the pig! t. rt:-live years." ,
ere are several of the men Inn
here the brunt of the work of raising
(nods tor the Land League in Xe: Yhrk
time he mentioned hlln.
concluded thu
The article
Mctmpolitan District Converrtiani
United Irish League of America
TERRAE GARDEN
De bar l5lli$I4‘
This Ctrlfflzs - we---& '
.1 if
nly enrdrt
ASSEVIBLY RCDMS
welegalg .
t:lrtlrnrao‘coraarhtee' " oeoedeoma‘.
Metropolitan District Convention
cccmber
rai:si.llli.r: REPRODL
tr -
ill V
VENTl()N"
lT'“Unitcdjlt'islrLcaguc of Ameiici
raznacs GARDEN asszlvnslx. ROOMS
TION OF DELEGATES’
MEN WHO ATTENDED THE NEW YORK DISTRICT "CON-
0l" THE l'XlTED IRISH LEAGUE OUT OF CFRIDSITY.
15th. I914
"oa'-crifa
CARDS WHICH “TIRE
live In the state or xew York. hat the
ironic of ir.-land know nothing or that
arm marry or llirrll are Ira astray hy the
lnrpudrnt Vnlnrhmdn puirlirhed In the
rterlrnonoir-. r-rt-era, r
nlhltt-r of net there Its no can-
vention or the I’, l. L. held In New
York on neerrnh r is. hu era was a
smell
hall
1-errece tisrdro an that date Ind many
or inner who attended were hreught
there by raise rel-lrehcnullann as to the
character and nhjp-L or [he
The nutrlln rrtcrrren or bccemher (.1
had an edl nrahins Ndiculoua
clninu ahout thla “<‘anxenlll1n." and a
ot rltiah organs whlc
maslluernde aa Nationalist had similar
Y
er:
articles. The
A
rcor-esent no rorce or lrlsn opinion
Amertta and who attacir the great pai-
rlot 3 sold his country tor Eng-
lish iohe tor hie tollowera.
ar
era u Ieniilnc
“The declaration of the great Cnnh‘2n<
tion at New York of the elected repre-
the hatlonellst Drsanlutlnn in that
Sine." ear-s rrrr yes no
douht that the irlsh l rich are
whrre they hate always stood since the
visitor Pnlxell and ion in
1879. They plelise their moral and a-
terlal an art to the Irish ea-
done is. action or the Pnrly under the
Drudcnl xuldnnre 0! Mr. Redmond and
It: lender). and Ivvrol-a 0 ll‘ c n
trol of the National
5
e
a y t to
have a tamiiiar ring in l h earv. rrorn
r-iein Iar osiea her condun. or
liiaactieater tame. and Mix Patrlrk man.
the first rreuurer cf the Land league,
0 the yours: at o arc coinlnt to
the trout in Alnarlrl to-dhy.
are the men who have heen at the back
or the Irish Farty and the Home Rule it
i
movement, Ind Ihifhlve llvtn their
These‘ In
support‘ the Irish Party and the irieh
income. and to
p dent lake intended to hutnhng the pet:
late at r an . what actually occurred
was th .
a puhlic meeting has been railed hy
the Irish volunteer Fund Committee in
the large hall in Terrare Garden tor
hurt -hen that
. were in desperate
straits and they hit on a mean piece or
.x........
"The irlahmen or New York hare