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Show 'Si FEIN LIKE BOLSHEVIKI AVER ; UNIONIST GROUP Committee Here To Combat Propaganda of Irish Republic NEW YORK, Dec. o. Method- Ol the Sinn Fein were likened to tlose of the Bnlshevikl h seven rneruber-: jor the ristcr unionisl council of Ireland, Ire-land, who arrived n the sipamship Co-lUmbla. Co-lUmbla. In n statement to the press ihey said there hnd come to Ihe Uniti tl Slates to protest Sgain8t lhe spread ol Sinn Fein propaganda six of thi I member of the mission ar clerg m on "As an official delegation from the Episcopal, Methodist and Presbyterian churches of Ireland to ih- United States of America,'- ihe statement said, "we wish first to convey the greeting of the people we represent to the people of America We are not here on a financial campaign. We are hoi here on n political campaign American politics is a matter for mer-icans, mer-icans, and British politics a matter feu Britishers. Wc are here in Ihe inter esl Ot law and order, of truth and h n is of fair pla ami principle, to pro-I pro-I test againsi the pernicious propag ndn I which i- being spread In your country in relation to Ireland. "Our mission is not sectarian. tir mission is to saj to America that iho Sinn Fein movement in Ireland, which is spreading its propaganda in America, Amer-ica, is not a solution Ol Ihe Irish question; ques-tion; that il is radical and destructive in its threai and assassination, and that it is not supported nor respected now b ih. better tjpf of people in Ireland, whether Catholic or Prolest-ani Prolest-ani ; who have no interested or prejudiced preju-diced motive; thai it was the p.irl jof rebellion during the war; that it Qnpprirted and furthered ihe caus ol jlhe foe; that, it was a traitor to the allied cause. We wish to point out to ithe people of America thai Its terms are misleading Naturally in America you would favor a r pubtcnn form ol government! The sinn Fein calls Itsell a republic Therein lies the danger. It is a movement akin to the Bqlsheviki republic in Russia. Their method are alike "We are her" to say to America that this element is, ar cording to their ov n announcement, asking the American people for several millions ol dollar-It dollar-It is your right to do as ou please With your gifts, but we feel that you i ought to know the purpose and the ob-jecl ob-jecl for which these millions are being be-ing raised The republic doc? not exist ex-ist and cannot exist. , "We are here also to assert our selfrespeot, if whal these sinn Fein i 'agents sa concerning lhe British government gov-ernment in relation to Ii eland as to brutality, domination and subjection, is true, and if our churches are op-posed op-posed lo Sinn Fein then we are part-jners part-jners with the government We resent their untruthful propaganda, we are here to help your citizens who know the falsity of the Sinn Fein appeal, to j inform the American public on the real situation We know our mission will jhae a wide hearing for the report of i your fail play and honor is abroad in jour churches The delegation is from Belfast and soon will begin a speaking tour of I the United States It was met by a committee from the Societv for American Amer-ican and British Friendship, and b ! ministers and laymen from a large number of churches in New York and 1 iciniu |