| Show THE IRISH PROBLEM CLAIM OF IRISH REPUBLIC TO recognition CAUSE OF TEM DEBATE crowds jam corridors and committee rooms and punctuate proceedings with cheers and hoots as speakers present arguments the claim of alie irlby republic to recognition us an independent atlon was brought to congress on and was debated in militant fashion throughout a tempestuous all day session of the house corn on foreign affairs A crowd which jammed the committee room and blocked adjoining carrl dors punctuated alie proceedings with cheers and with hoots of disapproval as the opposing speakers presented their arguments and man times threw the so joslon slon into by yell ing gratuitous advice to the committee and witnesses it included many lead era of the cause of irish freedom in this country and manifested in many its sympathy with the pita for ahe occasion was committee conald of a bill by mason republican illinois which would appropriate funds toi dispatch of diplomatic and consular lepit sinta to the government set up bj alie insurgent republicans its supporters declared it presented an opportunity for congress to do all it could constitutionally bovard a full diplomatic recognition and its opponents condemned it as an effort to involve the united states in a dangerous foreign situation tate in the session charges of pio on alie part of the irish republican leaders and some of their supporters in this country threw the meeting into a furbie which the corn quieted difficulty after the chairman had warned against insults to any of the witnesses justice daniel I 1 colnman of the isea lork state supreme court and frank I 1 alio headed the irish american delegation sent to paris during alie peace negotiations appeared to espouse the cau e at irish freedom and ask for passage of the bill the arguments in opposition were made by george I 1 I 1 ox of new ibaven conn george T lemon of troy N Y president of alie national federation of presbyterian patriotic societies and others |
