The writer goes on to-quote from a letter written by him to one of the principal British representa: tives in -the United States in January, 1918:
The seriousness of these articles in my jadgement ig this, they are not contradicted, they are. ited and accepted as facts. Since the United States declared war, they cannot criticize the President or war policies, but the British are free game, and they rarely talk back, Mrs. Sketfingion's presentation of the petition was part of a deep-laid plan of which the propaganda is endeavouring to prepare the foundation by showing that England is the oppressor of Ireland and India. The President has practic: ally endorsed the principle of self-determination by small peoples, then when the peace terms come to be' discussed effort will be made probably by Con. gression] resolutions to apply the principle of self-determination to Ireland and India, and if these articles are always permitted to go unchallenged and unmet, there is " possibility that such a resolution might pass Congress, and so seriously embarrass the British in their Peace negotiations, The American correspondent followed up the letter from which the above is a quotation with other similar communications. He protested against the closing of the British Bureau of Information in the United States after the sign: ing of the armistice.
But the persons in charge of these affairs felt that the friendly relations established between the United States and Great Britain during the war were too intimate to be easily broken, and that the Irish propaganda was too much discredited by their attitude with reference to the war to justify the expenditure of any money on that object, and that the terms of the Peace Treaty were. too far advanced toward completion to admit of any interference or modification by the who had pre viously been opposed to the Allies. 1 Will ask you, in view of subsequent events, to review conditions and happenings and determine whether the plan which I proposed or the plan adopted was the most sensible in results."
EnctisumMen at Home, overburdened with taxes, have at least some consolation. They are not paying them to Germany.
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