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Show De Valera Makes Plea for Irish Republic CS S3 0 3 3 & Tells of Struggle for Self Government LEFT TO EIGHT Commissioner Miles L. Jones of Ogden, Eamonn de Valera, Miss Josephine Ferraro, T. S. Browning, mayor of Ogden. The Irish leader arrived in Ogden yesterday, making a thirty-minute plea for a more general recognition of Ireland's aims and aspirations as a nation. Photo by Christy Studio, Ouden. a pi vy,"'.' Ivw4 I - i ?, f , , Li JVa' ,v r i: f -3 Emerald Isle Patriot Met at Depot by Large Crowd of Enthusiasts. 01 GDEN, July 16. That Ireland will continue the fight for eelf -government until success is achieved was the declaration of "President" Eamonn De Valera of the Irish republic before more than five hundred people at the union depot this afternoon. During the thirty minutes he was in the city Mr. De Valera made a brief address and held a reception at the depot to a large number of Salt Lake and Ogden persons. Among those who gathered at the depot was about an equal number of men and women. Several of the young ladies carried car-ried small American flags and the new Irish republic flag, green, white and orange. Mr. De Valera was met at the train by a committee headed by the Rev. John Lagan, who introduced the visitor. Then, with the large national and Irish flags on each side, the president was taken to an automobile on the east side of the depot, where he made his ad-, ad-, dress. Delegations Present. Around the automobile were gathered Mayor T. S. Browning and Commissioner Miles L. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Smyth T. A. Whalen, Dr. E. M. Conroy, John P. O'Neill, James McKensa, George C. Foley, A. R. Heywood. Mrs. T. D. Ryan and representative men and womm of the cltv and the young ladies of the St. Joseph's church societies. There were a number of .priests of the Catholic church from near-by cities. The Salt Lake delegation present consisted con-sisted of Mrs. Elizabeth C. Geoghegan, James Ivers and R. C. Treanor. In a brief address of welcome and introduction in-troduction of Mr. Do Valera, Don Ma-guire Ma-guire spoke of the occasion as being the greatest pleasure of his life. He briefly reviewed the war and the fourteen points of President Wilson, which gave an assurance as-surance of the nations engaging in the conflict the right to be heard. He referred re-ferred to what France, Poland, Serbia and the other nations of Europe had received, but not Ireland. He told of De Valera' s work for the right of humanity and liberty. lib-erty. Then Mr. Maguire presented Mr. De Valera, who was given an enthusiastic welcome. U. S. Moral Leader. Mr. De Valera spoke as follows: "I appreciate more than I can say the welcome you have accorded me, because be-cause I know it to be a demonstration of sympathy with the cause which I represent. ' "Peoples of every country look to the people of America as their natural leaders in the cause of human liberty. Your own conception of liberty and your consistent traditions of liberty at home, as well as your international policy abroad, have won for you the moral leadership of the world. The cause with which American public opinion aligns itself today as being be-ing just the whole world will accept and support tomorrow. "The clear evidences of the sincerity with which the Americans support the cause of democratic government in Ireland Ire-land is, to me, the greatest surety that government by consent of the governed will yet obtain in Ireland, and that our people will no longer be compelled by military force to live under a sovereignty which they do not desire and never have desired. Is World Issue. "The issue raised by the Irish question ques-tion is a world Issue. It is, in fact, an issue of right and liberty against might evervwhere, no less than in Ireland. "The triumph of Ireland's cause would mean a greater security for the world than a league of nations even, for it would be evidence that a real change of heart reallv has been brought about, without which artificial contrivances will be of little avail. "In aiding this cause you are undoubtedly undoubt-edly taking part in a holy crusade a crusade for a higher life for human kind, in which the methods of the brute will give place to those of reason and brotherly brother-ly love, and in which each nation, instead of being a law unto itself, should be ready to obey a common law founded on equal-it equal-it v of'richt between all. "Mere passive sympathy will not secure se-cure this triumph. Those who have sufficient suf-ficient vision to see the goal to which it leads must become active partisans, in order that the way may be accomplished. This means organization, which alone can harness public sentiment and future leel-ing leel-ing to a purpose. Seeks America's Support. "Your elected representatives are the natural organs through which you must seek to express your purpose in action. "In a free country the representatives of the people desire a clear manifestation manifesta-tion of the public will, in order that thev may obey it. In this, the freest of ail countries, you have but to tell your rep- resentatlves what you want and they '. will do it. ; "If you hold that the principle of self-determination self-determination should apply to Ireland, and that the government set up by the Irish people should be the government which your government should recognize ! n.s the legitimate government of Ireland, ' I am certain your government will not ! support the opposing principle and ac-i ac-i knowledge as legal that which has no 1 foundation except in military force. En-I En-I gland occupies Ireland as an invading i and usurping power, and by its brute : strength prevents the will of the Irish i people from being effective and Ireland's i de jure government from fulfilling Its : functions."' |