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Show LARGE CROWD HEARS VALERA ON IRISH CAUSE CHICAGO. July 13. An audience of fifty thousand persons, it was estimated, estimat-ed, heard Eamonn de Valera, "presi dent of the Irish republic," appeal tor fid and recognition of Iri.-h independence independ-ence today at an open air meeting held at the Chicago National LeagUt , baseball park The crowd was enthusiastic, but some of the spectators Indulged in hissing when the names of President I Wilson. Premier Lloyd George and Sir I Edward Caraon, Irish unionist leadei iwere mentioned Persons on the1 I speaker's platform however, BOOH 'stopped their demonstrations, i Mr. De Valera expressed confidence' that Americans sympathised with, ihe! Irish inde pendence moemcnt and i hoped that the American government would recognize the "de jure government govern-ment ' of Ireland, i Frank P, Walsh and Edward F I Dunne, members of the delegation sent by Irish societies in America, to present pre-sent to the peace conference a peti-, peti-, lion for settlement of the Irish qpes lion and Mayor William Hale Thompson Thomp-son of Chicago, were other speakers I Mr Walsh referred to Premier Lloyd Ceorge as ' the trick mule of '.Great Britain " whose actions, he said, inobodv could forecast, j Resolutions that congress be urgd to 'recognize the Irih republic as now established and to establish I trade relations with Ireland for the , I benefit of American common labor ;and strongly opposing the league of nations were adopted with enthusiasm. . !The league, it was declared, would im-j im-j j pair American sovereignty and would I I imperil the constitution, destroy the , I Monroe doctrine and would guarantee ! j "the world supremacy of the two re- (maining despotic empires of the i world Groat Britain and Japan '' The degree of doctor of laws was conferred upon Mr. de Valera at De , ! Pauw university this morning Tomorrow he plans to confer with 1 l local bankers concerning the proposal a to Issue Irish republic bonds. At 7 - p. m. he will depart for San Francisco. |