Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-03-05 | Page 18 | Irish Convention Opens in New York

IRISH CONVE0JTIDN OPEIBMNEW YORK Justice Go fx Denounces Americans Who Sail on Armed Ships NEW YORK March 4 A new na t onal orgamzat on to bo known as The Friends of Irish Freedom was formed here ton ght by prom nent Irish en from all parts of the country in at endance at a conference called to out ane the att tude they bel eve the lr sh of the Un ted States should assume to ward Great Britain The organ zat on will be go erned bj a nat onal comm ttee of sixty members w th an axeuiti e comm ttee of twelve. Nat onal con ent ons w 11 be held twi e a j ear or ottene it was announced An person of lr sh extraction who sym pathizes w th the country in her aspira t ons for ndependence s el g ble for menibersh p The objects of the organization as announ ed by Capta n John T Ryan cha rmau of the comm ttee which worked, out the details will be to en courage and ass st anv mo en ent for the nat onal freedom of Ireland and to ad n the ndustr al improvement of the country as well as in the revival of the language 1 tcrature n us c and cua toms of the Gaels In open ng the lr sh Race con vent on' here today. lust ce John W Goff of the New York su preme court sa d there was a pro paganda n th s country to involve the Un ted States In war with Ger many denounced Amer can c t zeus who for pleas ro or prof t wantonly ex pose thembelves on sh ps m the war zone and declared that the r act on should not be alio ved to involve the wholo nat on n wa The convent on attended by men of lr sh lineage from many parts of the country w 1 last two d&ys and ts spokesmen say, w 11 cons der problems relat ng to Ireland espec ally s nee the war began and take effect e steps for the r so ut on The con ent on says t is opposed to Br t sh nfluence n th s country and seeks to destroy t It also w shes to preserve for Ire and the remnant of ber manhood and to keep England from send ng them to death or capt v ty on fore g so 1 Just ce Goff sa d the lr sh people were not loyal to Great Br tain The ma ntenance of a huge garri son s found necessary to overawe the people when the arn y s needed else where he sa d James K McGu re former mayor of Syracuse N Y cha rman of the com mittee on credent als reported there were 18o6 delegates in attendance at the convent on lie sa d thev came from throughout tie co ntry from Nome Alaska to Tampa Fla Judge O Ne 11 Fyan of St Lflu s who was elected pe manent cha rman of the convent on asserted that sect onal 1 f ference and denom nat onal and pol t cal strife had been forgotte by the delegates and added that after the world war the Un ted States should de mand of Great Br ta n whether the lat ter s o or anqu hed that Ireland be made absol el lndepe dent an ong the nat ons of he world The I h eoile be declared do not stand bA n 1 the Br t sh go ern nent h s war but for Ireland and Ireland a one