Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1920 — IRISH FREEDOM DEMANDED [ARTICLE]

IRISH FREEDOM DEMANDED

RESOLUTIONS DECLARE WORLD DEMOCRACY NOT REALIZED WHILE BRITAIN RULES. Indianapolis men and women of Irish descent, at their annual picnic at Turner park, Indianapolis, Sunday in celebration of Irish day, passed resolutions recognizing the Irish republic and declaring, that until Brimh rule in Ireland is abrogated the world has not been made safe for democracy. The resolutions follow: “Assembled to celebrate the anniversary of the great victory of< the Irish army at the battle of- Yellow Ford on Lady day, 1598, we, the men and women of the Irish race in Indianapolis, gs American citizens and lovers of human freedom, send greetings to the Irish republic established by the votes of the Irish people in accordance with the principle of •self-determination. “We assert that the Irish republic is only prevented from functioning completely by the brute force of the British empire, directed by the English King. , No Possibility of Peace. 44 We assert that when such a course as England is now pursuing is permitted there is no truth in the legend that the world has been made safe for democracy; that there is no peace and no possibility of peace, and that the people of Ireland are now, owing to England’s z own action, compelled to make war on England by every means in their power. “We declare as Americans, mindful of the principles of the fathers, of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln, that there can be nothing in common between the oppressive British Empire and the free American Republic and that there can never be Rny alliance, understanding or compact or association in which America can become the associate of such a power as England has shown herself to be. “To this end we urge all our people to oppose to the bitter end for the sake of American independence and the good name of this Republic 'every effort to cause the United States te enter a League of Nations in which Great Britain is in control as the same would not only bar the door forever to Irish freedom, but would shackle and destroy the independence of the United States of America?’