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Show U. S. LAUDED " BYHLERA America Moral Leader of Entire World, Irish Evangel Asserts. SACRAMLXTO, Cal., July 17. Eamonn De Valera, provisional president of the "Irish republic." speeding today on a special train to San Francisco, where he will ho the central figure during the remaining re-maining bcsslons of the national convention conven-tion of tho Ancient Order of H lbernlans, telegraphed to tho San Francisco Bulletin Bulle-tin a nioHsage in which lie characterized tho Wnited States as moral leader of the world. "Fenplo of evr:ry country look to the United States of America as their nat-tiral nat-tiral leader in tho cause of human liberty," lib-erty," Jjo Valera said. "Your own conception of liberty and your consistent traditions of liberty at Home, as well as your international policy pol-icy abroad, have won for you the moral leadership of the world. "The. cause which American public opinion aligns itself behind today as being be-ing Just, the 'whole world will accept and support tomorrow. Tho clear evidences evi-dences of the sincerity with which Americans Amer-icans support the cause of democratic government in Ireland is to me the greatest, great-est, surety that government by tho consent con-sent of tho governed will obtain in Ireland Ire-land and that our people will no longer he compelled by military force to live under un-der a sovereignty which they do not do-lre do-lre and never have desired." An excursion headed by national officers offi-cers of the Hibernians was organized In Sap Francisco to greet De Valera at .Sacramento today and escort him to San Francisco, but no formal appearance until un-til tu morrow had been planned for him here. |