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Show KING WOULD BE JAILER, WALSH SAYS NEW YORK, Aug1. 18. Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the American commission on 1 Irish independence, characterizes the world as "a vast jail, with Kins George V of Enpland as Its keeper," in a statement state-ment issued here today protesting- against ' tho alleged acquiescence of various state departments In permitting England to deny passports for their citizens to travel In Great Britain and its possessions. He ursrod that a joint secretariat be set up In the league of nations to protect citiAins of all nations, instead of having a ofr.gle . secretariat "in the shadow of the steeple . of Westminster. The present form of the , league compels pympathy with tho im-1 im-1 perialiatic ambitions of Kngland," he declares. de-clares. Ti3 fatfment concludes: "To be Tin a true roign of democracy In the world, the jail doors erected throughout the world by the passport system must he battered down by the democrats who understand the true meaning mean-ing of tho words liberty and freedom." |