Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1920 — IRISH FREEDOM SOCIETY AGAINST LEAGUE OF NATIONS [ARTICLE]

IRISH FREEDOM SOCIETY AGAINST LEAGUE OF NATIONS

iThe ' national council of THE FRIENDS OF IRISH FREEDOM mkde known Saturday, October 16, the passing of a resolution urging the repudiation of the League of Nations by the America® people at the approaching national election. The resolution declared that the League, “is an attempt to undermine and eventually destroy the sovereignty of the United States and make it subordinate to a super government controlled by- the imperialistic power of Europe and Aria, in whose council England would have a . controlling voice and influence.” The resolution declared “the time had come for crippling the resources of the English enemy and that | no better weapon eould be used ( unpon this side of the Atlantic than ceasing to trade with the enemy and purchasing American commodities instead.” Every Irish organization in America was urged to “give its best attention to this subject.”