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The cartoon depicts an old woman (representing Ireland) cradling a globe, satirizing American political interference in Irish independence. The accompanying text criticizes Judge Daniel Cohalan and Irish-American politicians who invoke Ireland in American politics to gain leverage, similar to how Carson uses Irish issues for British purposes. The article argues that while Irish people are sympathetic figures in America, opportunistic politicians like Cohalan harm rather than help Ireland's cause by making it a domestic political football. The writer advocates removing Ireland from American political calculations, comparing it to how Germany was extracted from American politics—but warning that Ireland's constant presence in U.S. debates threatens Anglo-American relations. The satire targets American politicians exploiting Irish nationalism for partisan gain, portraying Ireland itself as a vulnerable casualty of this manipulation.
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AM “ POOR LITTLE THING will not succeed because it is not diffi- cult to understand and measure him. As for Judge Cohalan, he no more speaks for the United States than Car- son does for Great Britain. When he brags that America won the war and has a right to dictate terms of peace, one laughs. Which side was the judge finally on? Does anyone remember? The Irish cause is immensely popu- lar here, chiefly because the Irish are likeable, and we know them intimately. But it is not the men of the mood and temper of Daniel Cohalan that have made it popular. Quite the contrary. They hurt it as much as the Carsons hurt the cause of Anglo-American amity. De Valera’s proceedings and the sub- sequent ructions are troublesome, but, let us hope, not so dangerous as they seem to some observers. There are two great reasons why most of us hope intensely that Ireland's concerns may be arranged to suit a majority of her children: One is that we would like to see as many Irish as possible satisfied with the situation of their countr the other is that we would be extrem) ly gratified at the removal of a factor that works constantly to disturb the relations between Great Britain and the United States. We would like ever so much to get Ireland out of American politics. Whether it can be done, who Inows? Germany is out of American politics for the present, but it took a war to do it. Let us all hope and pray and practice, that we may be relieved by gentler and happier means than that 155 of the constant infusion of Ireland in our national concerns. CEPT for a few raging spirits in the Senate like Johnson, Brande- gee and their like, the minds of the Senatoriat Fathers seem to be tending towards agreement and the League. about the Treaty The now is about reservations, and most of those real question proposed are interpretive rather than reconstructive. The Re- publican critic, will say that the Treaty must recognize the Monroe Doctrine, provide for exclusive control by us of our domestic matters, provide a clear way to escape from the League if we don't like it, and fix up Article Ten so that it will never embarrass us. The Democrats will answer that the Treaty, properly understood, already these points. near covers all With minds looking as in the same direction as that, the Treaty scems not likely to be held up long. It is coming to be distinctly realized that it would not be good Re- publican politics to beat it, and that to haggle over it too long would gratify no one but a few violent men who are liabilities of whichever party harbors them R. ABRAHAM JACOBI Jewish descent and German born, He was obliged to quit Germany be- cause of his activities in 1848. He had lived and practiced medicine in New York since 1833. was of He Was a good man, an admirable doctor, and a first-class n he dicd on July roth in his nineticth year, there was more said in the papers hereabouts in his praise and honor than has been said in recent years of can recall except Colonel There may be an existing prejudice inst Jews, and also one against per- sons of German birth, but evidently nei- ther of them is impossible to overcome. American patriot. W one that we Roosevelt By his long and beautiful life of min- istry Dr. Jacobi did a service to the remarkable races of with which he was connected comparable to that done by a renowned man to the family that produced him. two men comicbooks.com