Something like real Democracy, however, is coming to stay. Great and sacred principles have been invoked, and the workers of the world are not going to let them be quietly buried. Nor will Ireland. We are determined to apply the acid test to these noble professions of faith. The President of the American Republic, who has espoused the cause even of little Schleswig, will be confronted with the case for an Irish Republic. There can be no League of Nations, no firm foundation of international justice, so long as Ireland is denied that freedom which Letts, Finns, Slavs and Poles have won. On behalf of His Holiness, Cardinal Gasparri, Papal Secretary of State, issued a statement (24th August, 1918) in which we read:-- "History teaches us that a form of government imposed by arms does not and cannot live." On 6th November, 1918, Pope Benedict XV. wrote to the Archbishop of Warsaw:-- "Thanks be to God, the resurrection of Poland is now finally dawning. Now that Poland has regained her Full Independence, it is our most fervent prayer that she may once more take her place in the community of nations and resume her career as a champion of civilisation and Christianity." Surely our Holy Father is looking forward to the day when he can address similar congratulations to Ireland, the Island of Saints and Scholars. Let every Irish man and woman who reads this vote for Ireland's Independence. =FOR THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE HONOUR OF ERIN.= Transcriber's Notes: Passages in italics are indicated by _italics_. Passages in bold are indicated by =bold=.