Word: irelander
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...foreign relations. Admiral Sims has always stayed well within these bounds; the convention has overstepped them by its references to the British war debt and Sir Auckland Geddes. Aside from these considerations, the convention has apparently forgotten the minor detail that Admiral Sims did not make his observations upon Ireland in an official capacity, and hence cannot by any chance be court martialed. Indeed, it is very doubtful if the Admiral will suffer from this denunciation in any way. A great man is never without enemies; and the concerted efforts of the Irish sympathizers to belittle Admiral Sims only prove...
...overstep the bounds of morality and common decency. A good illustration of such a case is the set of resolutions drawn up by the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic at its first annual convention in Boston. The convention, after expressing its sympathy for Ireland and the cause of the "Irish Republic", proceeded to demand the court-martial of Admiral Sims because of "his abuse of official position and misrepresentation of the Irish cause"; to agree upon a boycott of English goods in America; to insist that Sir Auckland Geddes, British Ambassador, be recalled for attempting...
...them, he was but utilizing that same freedom of speech which the Irish in America have so long insisted upon. Besides, Admiral Sims has been in a position to know the facts in the case; his base of operations for the last two years has been mainly situated in Ireland--a position which can be matched by very few of the Irish sympathizers in this country. Further, what he spoke and wrote was done in defense of a friendly nation and military ally; while the convention, in the same breath with which it damned him for too free a tongue...
Another resolution drawn up by the convention embodied a vote of "appreciation and congratulation" to those newspapers that have advocated "the rights of human liberty, especially Ireland." The convention was jully justified in voting as it did. Without the consistent aid and startling publicity afforded the Irish question by some of our daily journals, especially those owned by William Randolph Hearst, the cause of Ireland in America would have died a natural death. But as the case stands, these journals by their cheap sensational appeal to an impulsive and easily influenced class of people, have encouraged Irish sympathizers to acts...
...crawling towards the United States. The answer to the question becomes apparent when the leader of such an organization attempts, as did von Mach, to use the American Legion as a connecting link between the Teuton and the Sinn Fein. It is obvious that any liaison between Germany and Ireland can have but one purpose: to sever the present friendly relations between Great Britain and the United States. It would be dangerous in the extreme to allow such a plan to materialize. Commander Galbraith, head of the American Legion, in a recent interview with von Mach is reported to have...