APPEAL TO I.R.A.

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 September 1939, Page 8

APPEAL TO I.R.A.

IRISHMEN IN SAMOA. [by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] APIA, September 5. An appeal has been signed by Irishmen and by people of Irish descent resident in Western Samoa, to be sent to the Prime Minister at Wellington, and thence forwarded to other countries, with a request that they assist. It also has been given to the Press to be broadcast. It says: “In these disturbing days of war, in which forces of terrorism and fury have been let loose upon the world, and in which the future of civilisation, which we hold so dear, is beset, we, being native sons of Eire, or persons of Irish descent, living overseas, do earnestly appeal to those of our countrymen who are members of the Irish Republican Army to refrain from hostile or subversive activities directed against the British Crown and Empire. We feel that, in these grave days in which aggression and oppression are rife, a united British Empire is indispensable to the combating of those forces of evil which obviously now seek not only to destroy it and its peoples, but which also, we believe, are directed to overthrow Christianity. We also urge all Irishmen throughout the world, whether resident in the British Empire or in foreign lands, to ( further our cause by publishing and disseminating our appeal, which we feel confident will not be made in vain.”