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Show L : k vifc' clElQ .. vj vjy Vv 1918 1919 ! Yhcn our men were lighting in Europe, and the Fourth When the War was over, and the Peace Treaty with its l.ibcrtv WaS cm boated, President Wilson, speaking intertwined "League of Nations" was presented to the iNcnn or ", asved. United States Senate for acceptance or rejection, President ftll the military power of niiy watioii or ki ouv ol nations bo siiI; t ro(l to dctor- WilsOIl Said" I slne the fortunes of peoples over whom they have no ri -lit to rule except the I -icM of Force T "EiiKaKMucnts which contemplated any disposition of territory, any exten- 'psoainteestV0 wroilK wenk atio and mnho them subject to siolls ot sovereignty that iuiSht seem to be to the interest of those who had the . power to insist upon, them, Ixacl lj:xn entered into without thought of what the j Villi Said! peoples concerned might wi:;h or profit by. And these could not always be j Soman, no Rroup of men, chose these to bo the issues of the st iu;.,vle. They honorably brushed aside. It was not easy to graft the new order of ideas ; re the issue of it; and they must be settled Itv no Hrr"!-"-erent ev enmuro- i i i .. , ., c r,. r ,. . , , - nf (..(.t. i i w , , " , . , 1 V. 11 Uie ol1' rlltl some oi the fruits of the grafting may, I fear, for a time be 3 oise or adjustment of interests, but definitely nr.d once for all and with a full ' 3 jneqnivocal acceptance of the principle that the interest of tlie wenLest is aa bitter." ? (Kred the interest of the strongest." , President Wilson, ,;s lf)ls , Washington, July 10, 1919. I Have the Fundatn&UGi Principles of Right Changed Since 1918? j 2? s Has the Continuance of the United States as a Republic Become 1 Contingent Upon the Proposed League of Nations, so that Com- 9 promise with Principle is Essential for Self-Preservation Sake? I Or is it that to protect the far-thing possessions of one of our associates in the late War, we are to accept a British-drawn jf .eague of Nations, throw Washington's advice against entangling alliances in the discard; endanger or abandon the Monroe bctrine, and pledge our children and their childrcns' children to the maintenance of that seething mess of European i "trigue which drove our fathers to this Continent? I j ; j Lulled with the belief that President Wilson's promise of "self-determination for all peoples" meant justice for the land of :eir fathers, meant the recognition of American ideals of Liberty and Equality for all in that Land, the citizens of Irish blood j .nong you have had a rude awakening. 1 Alive now to the danger which threatens this Republic they would have the country aroused to the cry of J ' ! America First! I or with perceptions quickened by seven hundred years of contact with England they see: England gorged with the spoils of onquest, but affrighted at domestic unrest, seeking a partnership with the United States which would bind us to maintain the I irritorial integrity of the despoiler. 1 Such a partnership, if partnership it be with one vote for the United States and six votes for the British Empire, could avail j -aught to the United States of America, for we seek no territorial aggrandization, and it must certainly mean sacrifice of prin- j "'pies which President Wilson restated less than a year ago principles upon which this Republic ha grown great and powerful. j : : j' i For Instance: Are we to accept partnership with that Empire which holds Ire- ' land in military subjection against the expressed will of the people j ; : by ; "Xroops equipped with lorries, armored cars, tanks, machine guns, bombing planes, light and heavy artillery, and, ; ! f jn fact, all the engines of War lately employed against the Central Powers?" : Atrocity Charges, t American Commission on Iris?a Independence. s i r:, ! To which the best answer the British Government could make was: ! '. j "The equipment mentioned is normal in these days. As regards equipment, the troops in England are similarly equipped, as also the troops of our Allies, including our American Allies." I 11' Answer of Sir Ian Macpherson, Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1 speaking officially for the British Government. ' '' i ' ' f For America s Sake Let Your Senator Know Your Views. j - ?. PUBLISHED FROM . I THE IRISH VICTORY FUND j UNDER THE AUSPICES OF . ; FRIENDS OF IRISH FREEDOM and ASSOCIATED SOCIETIES |