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Show lEAIID'SIE - TO DE TOED III SPEECH Mist Mary MacSwiney Expresses Ex-presses Desire to Reach Americans With Story of j Problems of Native Land , YIUi tb l'nilr.l Stat-! S violate a practice which j it he followcl since 17911 Willi the t'nitrrl State remirniiie the lrih republic a it ha rerof-nis'd rerof-nis'd other republics In all parte of the world since that time" Thess are the queetlona whlfh Mia Mary MacMwIney, elder elaler of the tale, ltrd Mayor Terence MacMwIney of Cork. Ireland, who arrived In Melt lke at I 3 o'clock this morning, naked "I wan! lo gel to th section of Ih American people who are not Irish or Catholic. I want to tell Ireland e elnry to thoaa who do not know H. My average eaperlenre with the American lie,. pie elnre my arrUal In the I'nlted Htatea December 4 la at la that they are prejudiced, hut Intelligently hon-eat. hon-eat. There are none eo blind aa those who d- not want to -e. The American Ameri-can people are not thla Way. I will point out to the AmerlCun people that Ireland haa the right tn recognition bv the republic of the I'nlted Htatea and that auch a recognition could not poeaihly hurt th nation." CLP-tUPPORTINO. Iteaardlng the point aw to whether Ireland wiu!d be e-lf eu. porting If given freedom. Mla MarHwInev declared de-clared that it bad been proven It I would Htie claimed that the. country bad been held down and not allowed" to develop lis reaourcea and Induelrle The counlry. which now hoi. la about 4l-no people, could eaally accommodate accom-modate and thrive with a inpiilaiton f ;o ooo.oo aoula. she declared. The ailuallon wsa rharnrleriie.l aa similar In eery reepert lo that which confronted con-fronted the I'nlted Htatea In 1774. "When the union of the P.rituh la-tanda la-tanda was formed II wea agreed that the runda of Ireland and Kngland ahould In. kept separate. Kach waa aupplleil with an ei. hecnuer." sold Mia MarHwIney. "hollowing the Napoleonic wars. Knslsnd's debt mounted In shout 4n.v0AO pounds and Ireland a 2l.tru0.ooa. In 1117 Kngland Kng-land broke Ita own ruling and decided that the combined debt ahould lie lnrne by tioth countrlea. A commla-alon commla-alon waa appointed by the crown of vKngland to Invretigate the situation. The Inveatlgirtinn extended over a period between 1117 and 101. MORE THAN EXPENSES. "A public announcement of the flnd-Inga flnd-Inga waa nrnde in 191 1, when It waa found that Ireland had paid all of her own onenaea and paid Into tha Kng-liah Kng-liah evchecquey a sum enusl to $20.-noonoo. $20.-noonoo. Home of the openers which the country paid In lhal lenalh of time were items of lloo.oud aalary to lord lieutenant spiontrd by Kngland. Kng-land. and something like 17.000 000 f,,r the support of Kngllsh police on duty In Ireland. 'The I'nlted Hialca today la mis-trees mis-trees and banker of the world. What America, doea lodiiy will be followed tomorrow. t;eorge YYaahlnatnn once aald. 'Thnt ecnnumlc development inipoaaltile without economic freedom.' Ireland haa aa much riant to freedom aa lleigium or as several of Hie minoi nations that have been declared r. piiblira through the World war." BROTHER ARRESTED. Mies Marrtwlney told In a voice not entirely unshaken with emotion of ihe treat of her younger brother John only a few dys sgo by officers of ihs fllack and Tan. Hhe told of how his life had been saved because of prompt ctlon on the part of memhera of the family getting In communication with the authorities, while six of hla rum-radea rum-radea who were arrratrd at the aame time were taken out of prison and shot to death. Miss M.irHmlney has brother, peter MarHwiney, and one elaler who Is nun In a ton vent In Mouth Carolina. V Peter, who waa at the bedside nf his X brother Terence when the latter death csme after a faat of many weeka f ta now lecturing In Weal Virginia, said ' Miss MarHwiney. A public reception will lie tendered Miss MacHwlney at the Hotel I'tuh to-morrow to-morrow afternoon between & and i o'clock, and a luncheon Monday, Monday Mon-day tiiicht she will deliver an address a the Halt I-ake theatre. |