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Full Title	The Gaelic American - Vol. XVI, No. 32, August 10, 1918, Whole Number 778.
Contributor	O'Reilly, Michael.
Date Added	31 October 2019
Format	Newspaper
Language	English Irish
Publish Date	1918-08-10
Publisher	New York [N.Y.] : Gaelic American Pub. Co.
Source	Joseph McGarrity Newspaper Collection
Topic	Irish Americans > Newspapers.
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Disclaimers	Disclaimer of Liability Disclaimer of Endorsement

OCR Vol. XV., No, 82. Whole No. 778, NEW YORK, AUGUST 10, 1918, A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF IRISH INDEFENDENOE, 1 IRISH LITERATURE AND THE INTERESTS OF THE IRISH RACE. Batered 00 ater. Oct. et the Pest Office at rd Say EEO A of March 2, 1870 PRICE FIVE, CENTS. ~ IRELAND'S STRONG APPEAL TO PRESIDENT WILSON ‘Address Adopted By The Mansion House Conference, Representing Every Elenreat In Irish National Life, Abd Which Would Have Beea Presexted At The White House By-The Lord Mayor Of Dublin But Fer The Obstruction Of Tho British Foreign Office, ts Delivered At The American Embassy In Leadon In The Abseace Of Ambassader Page—lIt Appropriately Reminds America Of The Appeal Of The Contineatal Congress To Ireland Whea The Revolted Colosies Needed Sympathy Asd Help—Asks Requital Of trish Services By Aid In Rogelfing English Calumnics Intended To Becloxd The Kssuc—The Conscription Act Involves Questions Far Larger Than Aay Affecting Mere Interaal Politics— “They Raise .A Sovereign Principle Betweea A Nation That Has Never Abagdosed Her Indepeadeat Rights And An Adjacent Nation That Has Persisteatly Sought To Strasglo Them ” — Masterly Statement Of Ireland's Right To Nationkood—Mr. Wilson Reminded Of His Championship Of The Rights Of Small Nations. (From the Irish Independent, Dublin, July 5.) The following is the text of the statement of the Mansion House Confer to President Wilson. It is understood it was delivered yesterday (Inde “Sir—When, a century’ and a half assert the ancient Laverton nat the subject should not be taxed without the consent ome his representa! land strove to crush Today tard to crush the people of Ireland if they do not accept a tax, nal ; t ; : y : pendence Day) To the President of the United Eaten: i in money but = diced.’ ity and precision.” “THE IRISH PARLIAMENT WAS DESTROYED. \ “If the Irish race had been conscriptable by England in the war against te United Colonies, is it certain that your Republic would today flourish in thp enjoyment of tts noble Constitution? *. “Since ‘then the Irih Parliament has been destroyed, by methods de- of British statesmen as those of “ and {forced through within 2 week, despite the ‘votes of Irish “Under a-system of closure never applied to the debates which established Con- “geription for Great Britain on a milder basis. CALUMNIES INVENTED TO BECLOUD THEIR ACTION. action, we venture to Ireland. “Seeription Act involves for Irishmen questions far lar; internal politica, They raise & sovereign principle ¥ to ‘jransle “Were Ireland to Surrender that principle she must submit to usurped | lish power, ‘condone the fraudulent prostration of her Param: 1890, and aban- ig are the 4 don all. claim to distinct Nettonality. cmeepsaated and far-reach! lessly aroused i ie reel “another race whose title to. legis) UNDER THE PENAL CODE eee NOT TRIED. ate clearly d erishes Persecution, but by the ve Tights. The authority, of rests solely on an alleged Papal Bull. The symbols conquest are roo cestles, ruined abbeys, and deals. “The title of King of Ireland ‘was first conferred on the English m jament held 1q Ireland in 1542, a when only four of oot jo English enc Fey Population, military servi ENGLAND'S PRETENSIONS RENOUNCED. ¢laimed control over both Jogiaatsve and sadtelat ‘the sovereignty of the Irish Le; le British statute declare hereafter be questioned or questionable.’ the’ spirit evoked successful gevolt of the Ualted States "America is to be thanked, aaa Tr won no mesn nia er © sym- Gongress. ‘Yet scarcely had I. signed his “when his Ministers began bs “debauch the Irish to all arene 2 1800. bribery, a salorty of corrupt Colonists procured vote away the existence of their Tegisiature na pelf, and tit 1@ authors of the “ket ot Union, & however, sought to soften its shackles Jy Uniting the future jurisdiction of British on ‘a bvious forms of ‘were provided for, although Bri framed the terms en-obligation to yield enforced service was been asserted. ment no standing army or navy. was raised, nor was any ontribatien made, om representatives and | hes raised. er independent. Tights and an adjacent nation that bas per we while ne of thousands of. Irish at England, and is one of the oldest 6 jefined. It chi be with ae [ore “ ws in force at the tin time ot pet a au remain as now law seabed lished, subject only to ions from time time cea may appear re cae o Parliament of the the Caited ‘Kingdom to there was no lew esta! service for Ireland, what ringing from a preer. Judtee ot the weaker IRISHMEN FORBIDDEN TO BEAR ARES. ‘The artificial ation of w jon Acts, culminating in the perpetual Act of Repressl ich graced Queen Victoria’s Juntos ‘Year in 1887. Suspension of the Habess Corpus Act, th of free speech, gibbetin, shootings, and bayonetings, are ‘co! commanpiace vests ‘The \ (Continued on 2 on Page 2.) the Treaty to che? construed as Britain pleases, and always to the pre- lerate Volunteering, the measure was thrown out Ace tie Frouse ise of Lords on the Plea that Irishmen must not be allowed to learn th “For, rs despite ay Bit o “Ot ana = ‘Privilege of free citizens to bear Constitution of America ot Ire 58, effects of forced sctment such as Conscription, afecting the Tegal toa moral rights of Sa Ending The Vigilance Of The British as an lon Liverpool, The Resourceful Iriskwomas, Sips Into Dublin Without Their Knowiedge—While The Murderer Of Her Husband, Released From An Asytum, In Which Ho Was Confined'On A Fake Plea Of Insanity, Restored To The Army And Promoted, Is Allowed To Roam At Large, The Widow Of His Victim Is Persecated By The Government That Preteads It Is Fighting For Small Nationalities—Aa- English Paper Asd A Member Of Parfiacat Protest In’ Vain Agaiest Her Shamefel Treatmeat, So She Takes Her Case Into Her Own Hands And Sumnmarily Settles It—They Would Have Kept Hor Ie England, Ct Off From Her Meats Of Living, With AU Food At Exorbitast Prices And Separated From Her Little Son, But Sho Foils All Their Well Laid Plass—Nora Connolly And. Margaret Skinnider Accompanied Her To England. And Are Now. Living In Gaszon—A Specimen Engfish Restaurant Meal, 1d be Mrs. Hannah Sheehy Skeffington hes © | reached: Ireland, in. spite of the British | arated. ed |s80 by’ force and by making another public scandal. . The news of her movements since she sailed from New. York with Nora Connolly and Margaret §] wympath ent on, thelr What the verdict was, . —— Un papers had & lttle, but the news of Ea ts epee fans fave tee “vsee THE “GARLIC AMERICAN” FUND STILL GROWING Sse zzz = >=» atting Prelude to that appeal than the terms in which your rerateunare greeted ’ . 2, ote tigate ot the British . : e Govern: We aro desirous of possessing the good opinion of the virtuous end ee ment’s most worse than is are peculiarly desirous of furnishing you with the true stete gross ‘Bowen-Col of our motives and objects, the better to enable you to fudge ae ur conduet| The Area af Interet Staadily Wi ae dhurst, who murdered ber ‘husband, and determine the merits of the controversy with tmpartial- ly Widening.as the Appeal for Help [ren Skettn the Sen Jo—Lettare Fr a tre nat ‘Tay Garo. Aurmcinw Defence Fund | Members ot Celtis Club, Progress, jévin Club, Cleveland, It As, shall the Irish people in America be denied the right to de- Wate tes Tone Club, Los Angeles, name against vile and jeeny... 100. untra pan Sander agents of England in a large pert of the|7°Hn and Peter Murray, Los statementa Cal. -* Friends in Waterbury, Conn, per Timothy F. Ludd; Peter Griffin . atrocious calumnies ot the Irish gallantly fighting for the ses dom of all the small nations ous from which they oF thels athens “"That {a the use to which the Post- be may wake me the da; to find that he has made e very serious mistake. The amount recetved up to Wednes- moorning reaches a total of $6,443.50. —— SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED. — "80 Amount sly received. .$4,498 .00 90. Robert’ Emmet Club, Nauga- Collected. by Sunburst, er, tuck, “Conn, 200.00) New York; per L. Members John Mittchel cise inson: New York (second instal- ment): Peter McDowell .. brid pad 0s of gift, to the British army or oF Dery. No Irish lew for the levying 7 aos leemed unconstitution: mea and such a le of tho Treaty proviges that!—~ Henco yo of the Font, rae be Department Reaches P| a Remarkable Demonstration of Batlle a tarda Disapproval on the New York Times 100. 100. bie re hay Will. Be .|Now-’he ie 3 {lares, treo’ to do an, he don ts ° | d_ ordered ‘ni Ireland, although no charge inst her. oo | emarkably urceful and detere! oo | Moman. The news of her movements ‘on the other aide, as it appeared 00 Nt — ne ‘AL IN LIVERPOOL. her “ttle son, Owen, Nora Con- nolly and Miss Margaret BI Skinatder ar- Liverpool recently from New in her own country, but ey evidently want to make her exhaust her resources by paving | {abotous prices ter food. ' y they landed iverpool the three Indien ed the lite boy went into a restaurant to a meal, without Hed with ration tickets and They could jon of war bread, a title fake a few spoontu! of potatoss and tea without sugar. this they But doth girls ant to go to Ireland and the Govern- ment al ot permit th The "independent of Jaty 18 18 cont tained. ihe following item of n about Mrs, ston: INSIBTS ON HER arcs. Mre. Sheehy Skeffington, who has. ar-| rived in England. after her ‘American tour, where she was lecturing on Ire- and advocating the. Sinn Fein Liverpool Post, come pi! 8 have arrived. Almost every day's Dub-| ato day to day in the Irish papers, will be found below. how Hannah Sheehy. Skefington and i %:/MRS. SHEEHY SKEFFINGTON GETS INTO IRELAND. Gevernmeat, Who Mad Detained Hes At dey to go, but she declined to be sep RITES LETTER OF PROTEST. the samo paper of gay 15 the following Tatler, appeared, marhed “Passed iL aria ith yao, to te Dale aan 0 July '10.in Liverpool, obtained nnider, bes | eh Miltary of the Attempt to Right to - the Independent Befure Peal Unlomeon gsi the Baco While Tens of |ariom, en sel od nc ho was in svpered te flow ng: “i . ing, Callan anos — 2088, ewes later releseed ae cured | ator of "Under tea ciate id Le Tf the Protests Go'Uaotsd Daily. News, . thet had Tegulat of the & of aute "prohibiting her from trom going to Ireland. Her son arrived in Dub- lin, but she could not ad Dermitted to return. Pressed as to the overamssis inten- tions if guarante w he if that was not‘a' sentence “of Sails Hu o answer, nor did Mr. King get a Tenis, rae he ‘cake ifthe Government t was 16 great’ comment ‘ia reland, oaths, to Mr. Trevelyan, said Dre, Sheehy Skemtagion hed ee she would not be all to land in Ireland, as he } ad made the order on the Fecommendation of the Irish ernment, an ‘could set be revo.. “Was it,” asked Mr. Snowden, “on the

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