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. The Saelic Amenican.
December 30, 1916,
SIR HORACE PLUNKETT’S IDEAS OF HOME RULE
He Thinks If a Commission Appointed by the British Premier
Were Given Charge of Ireland, Including Ulster, for Five
Years, the Grateful Irish People Would Send Over 100,000
Men to Fight for
Be Thrown Into the Melting Pot Again
8 It
Parliament Would Do: A:
England—Then the Irish Question Would
and the British
leased—Astonishing Errors
of Judgment by a Usually Clear Headed Man—But : at Least
He Does Not Favor Partition.
Sir Horace Plunkett, who usually
spends his Christmas with Theodore
Roosevelt, whom he first inet when both
were ranching in the West, arrived in
New York on the Adriatic on t Tuesaas,
December 19, He had in bad
health for some time and, teeordtag to
the National Ques-
e the first to recognize
the great importance of his work, which
will be of inestimable value to the ‘Irish
people, no. matter what form of govern-
ment may force. '
“7 vening Sum of December 20
printed an interview with Sir Horace,
in which he gave his views on Home
Rule and predicted an early, tem-
porary settlement with England and an
land’s troubles, Sir Horace
is a Untontst, but he. sadonbtedy
wishes well to the Irish
of Home Rule ‘a neritabis, he aid
his utmost two years ago, both with the
Ulster Unionists sand the squitn Goy-
ever measure
might be sfopted ‘spplied to the whole
country. He pointed out to all parties,
Parliamentary
“dis:
astrous, but his pleadings were in vain.
In a strong letter to the London Times,
which Tue Gaztre *AteRICA published
at the time, he urged that a Conference
of the leading men of all ‘eish parties
arrange a hich
be included in the Bil},
they would remain
He expressed the decided
opinion that a the end of the trial
made up their’ minds
that their Interests were in no
from their Southern fellow-countrymen
and woul to remain im an un-
‘divided Ireland. Og,tbe other hagd, he
potnted out that if they were. firs
fe also contended
that the experfment in the res re-
land was doomed to failure ecattse of
the exclusion.
stri
ASQUITH REJECTED AIS ADVICE,
Government decided to
ir slaves of the
Sir Hor-
The
Ieteh Party meekly submitted.
that t
made a Political mistake, bat we of the
Bt ed me” Nationalist ele-
ment, believ od»
ed deliberately in order
a?
quiesced in their action because the:
were, a5 they are Sua the slaves of
the Liberal
These facts are cited to show that
eagle and Lord MacDonnell, who,
cording to recent cable despatches, are
working to it a conference to
recommend a compromise settlement of
the Irish Question, Like Sir Horace
tal, NS lonaltsts believe
of all of Ireland's ills.
ther be said because of their train-
y put the con-
eats a Ireland. But they are frank and
mn Who 8a} nrhat they meap,
whi wane. the Parliamentary Party prate of
Ireland's interests while serving those
and de! iterate sacrifie.
us PROvIsION. AL PLAN.
of the Evening Sun article
which pamwarises Sir Horace’s views
may not b @ gutte, correct, but the por-
tions In quota ation marks must
sccurate, Summing up
Sir Horace’s pla
He would. treat ‘reland as a single
political and administrative entity and,
legislate, he would have
to 150,000 of their young
issues of the war were properly explain-
-| that Ireland will bea
danger | ¢
e Englishmen only x e
8
be as-/ 1
2 be
mmary an aa et statements,
cor
ment, or any dody| An
ea to them would. join the English
army end go to the fro}
ANXIOU: : FOR IRISH xecnoiTs,
To show that this fs not
statement of Sir Horace’s ‘peattion, it
is only necessary to quote the interview
aad the introduction. In tl rat
| pear the interviewer sa:
forace, is conv! need That the
understanding
a
ithe defence ‘ot
hat shows, if he is reported. cor-
rectly, that Sir Horace’s chief anxfety
is to ‘get yishmen fight
an unfair |
It ‘would take more soldiers to attempt
to carry it out than would be realized / 8!
yy the levy. There are other measures
automatically disappear and Teave the a ‘The
nd cleat new regi
IRELAND ILL NOT BE POOLED.
Crowley, Mrs. M. J.
e Preside’ Re Father Dwyer,
LEGAL NOTICES,
Ore GEORGE F,
order of How, Jou
Tn pursuan
ala, atone
Mrs. Re
which will be more successful, When mae tt chem ee me aid Queation Miss Cohalan, Mr. O'Tocle and Mr, Rob- iyenacy Sant
e settlement of e Iris! weati ‘1 w York,
4 inson took oe etka dee
Irishmen have lost their local point of | 116. SctAemete oe ne en England's pene eating wit be held Sui the “ean
vlew and have been afforded an OPPOr-/nongs would be free and she would.be! aay January 7, at 3 P. ator ooh te eae, WORN Ey (Moca Tye
. ° : , Dorauch of Mavhatiao, 14 ihe Ley 4 ny
tunity to gauge the importance of this|in a position to do what she Hked with Speedy. a8 ‘possible on ‘econ nt of the opin teeny gt Biareh, i mento
struggle unaffected by prejudices of a| Ireland—if she was the victor. If she] entertainment and resention wntch tot ‘Date York, thes eae a
political nature it will not be possibte| Was not the victor and the Irish people! igwea, Mr. P. F. Galvin Coat a oy Soa
. ‘ohn, .
to keep them out of Europe.” had been caught by the bait they would | of the Entertainment Coma! Macca or Admiotsteutse,
What Sir” Horace calls “thet have lost the greatest opportunity In|"” 4° commun! ‘saa vead trom Mr.| 238% Trane ay, teal
local point of is al ihe history. med ot vo a tee Victor nerbere Segretting his inability New York City. @¥onm
‘on't be caugh dea of allowing | tq pe presen rom Mr.| Sraitic SORNTB—In par
spirit of Irish _sstone which | the Engtish Premler to appoint a Com-| {Seah or seringneld, Ohta, inguir-| So Hon, Youn P. Romi
nglan has inl; try- | bul 1» OF itive Council, to ad-ling how a f the Friends of the roaty of New i
g for centuri been ut, ang| Minister Ireland would be fn all essen-| trish Freedom might be organized, The| Stark, lute of the
“ ” voti Is the same as appointing the Lord) jatter communication was referred to ae is
hat he calls “patriotism” {s devotion |; feutenant and the Chief Secretary, the] str. John D. Moo Sicinee, OP rneanee oF th
to the Briti mpire which crushes| only difference being that. they There was a vory fine musical and wal i Sere, Lista Saat tpt
nd tmpoverishes Ireland. With such] be" Irish tools) of the, British overt New ne th Feb
perverted ideals in the mind of a very| ment, instead of English. And, as the BRAYINGLESS MULES. Dated, New York, tho 9th ebot tos, 1018,
well meaning Irishman, he cannot pos-| bead of the Co:neil would be a member yes meer
sidly understand the Irish point of view./of the English Cal binet, Ireland would ce ecato:
But one would naturally think that the Still be ruled directly from London. And , OPS ‘ean dlsovered for etantine “Suomnay fort fon Brecntors,
knowledge that makes him say in re-|at the end of five years, no matter what wiyee from braying at the front, “Too Walt Stre
the promised Colonial Conference might “aantatton, New York City. (OSFebtn
gar rd to Conscription in Ireland that “it
ould take more soldiers to carry it out
her hypocrisy and false pretences in the
war, judgment of all English-
men and Irish Unionists is perverted by | P'
ind they are incapable of right-
for. Englan: “And he is — so|the war al
saturated with English false-|!y interpreting the plainest facts.
heods about the { bses and object HA PARLIAMENT FOR PART
the war that he iRS1ind t te aura
ity of m that the question ot Partition sir
trying to cont tnce trish
England ie fatuondd by any motives
that are not base “and sordid. Most
Irishmen now know :that England's
object in the war {:
destruction of
an industrial and commercial rival and
that her victory would be a very hard
blow to Ireland.
interviewer's description
“1.2 is confdent that the new British
Government will succeed, in spite of
ni} Lioyd George’s , previous failure, in
bringing the Irish Question to such a
settlement that Ireland will. give her
utmost patriotic service to the empire,
In Sir Horace’s opinion, Ireland {s far
from having measured up to the stan-
dard she should have attained because
of the influence of acute political differ. ed to ee
ences,
“Among the several ens of the
Trish probe which Sir Horace be-
lieves shou! wil be solved by
proper handtine are thes
“A Government in Ireland which will
do away with the necessity for martial
increase in Irish neering 80
ir her share of the
Tesponsibility for the defence o the
Unite ingdom.
“ihe 4
Conscription for this ebject, Conscrip
tion in’ Ireland ftself being impracti-
ble.”
WANTS 150,000 MEN,
He proceeds fo quote Sir Horace, and| whi
the very first paragraph shows that his
chief concern i to get Irish recruits for
the British army. Here are his own
“At the outset of the war the politi-
cal conditions affecting Ireland were so
he
importance and stgnific of the
uggle. believe that: Ireland has
been awakening to its real significance
and that she will respond with the full-
est requirements of patriotism when
this education has Spread still further,
‘ore of such tal
used to be heard frequentiy that
Irishmen were sent out in front
put in the most: dangerous places a
n slow to
rand
tide of Prussian mil{tarism, bi
slow, 4 put ft so, as the United
st
tates. .
“I do not believe that recruiting in
Ireland bas gone on as it should. There
has been- some mishandling of the Irish
question by men who did not get their
understanding of Ireland on Irish soil.
ficulty
lerstand-
from the Allies’ point o!
wakened patriot-
id
practically torrets I believe that be
000 and 150,000 more mén
wit "yet enlist ‘or the defence of the
United. Kingdom.
IRELAND'S AWAKENED PATRIOT-
For a usually. tea headed man like
Horace Plunkett, these statements
ae t hear
everyone
cluding deserters fro
army, says that evervone in dretand a
talking of it more
Frenchmen, Canadians and Tociratians
who come here unite in saying the same
Kind of thing. But that docs not affect
the argument as to Irelind’s relation to
and attitude towards the war and the
“Prussian militarism.”
hentic news that
ed patriotism” which Sir osace ondly
hopes will make Irishmen go to fight
for England.
CONSCRIPTION oor OF THE
QUESTII
ir Horace is very frank in ad-
mitting that an attempt to entorce | Con-
seription woul ooeae eae mistake.
He would eee ae 150, 000 me eon
vincing them that Hogland is. right in
she war and that Ireland's interests
ould be served by Enatond's victory.
That is a truly Quixotic task, He says:
“Conscription 1s tmpracticable. I do
not elleve ft could be carried through.
accepted
3 gontion ‘of other measures than
att provisions govern
in Ireland, 72
t for the]
But
Horede. "Plunkett's hea ains clear,
because probably his ‘mind “was made up
before
his judgment on other things. He'says:
e R f course not now a
question between Ireland and Englend,
ut one between
‘The deat of a united Tretand 4s not “
not be, appeased by the gil
Parliament to three-quarters of
country
What @ refreshing contrast this at-
fords to the
servers of the Parliamentary Party w
ry to explain that the exclusion of the
six counties which ¢ they know is Intend
Sir ears experimen: nt
would include all Troland and leave the
country a single political entity, so that
it would impose no barrier to a future
. local
it is
a temporary makeshift inte ned “to suit
England's convenience and would throw
away the great opportu: nity. Presented
by the war of forcing a
tlement.
new obstacle to the union of the Irish
ple. Sir lorace Plunkett would
keep Ireland - wh 7 England,| »
keep - rast
Pluni ett, tt, Mthe “Unionist,
better bina ene than
sham Hot
IRISH cOveRSENT BY CcOMMIS-
Redmond,
he comes ‘e is plan for a set-
tement—weh he believes should be
agreed upon by & cones with the
Ulster Untoniste—he
“Now will the practical” grasp, that
fairs induce Ulster to
(0 meet the present
aimentty? t Tpelieve that if Ulster tried
would stay in the
they have of a
a ropreseutation no larger than that
demanded by her numerical importance,
mae less than that required because
tance,
“I was convinced that the Lloyd
George amropeaals for settlement of the
Irish whi oe twenty-six
@ “Rule: at
the difficulty,
1d not diminish the necessity for
martial law, and on the contrary would
play into the hands of the most violent
section of the Sinn Fein group.
ment. which would
do awa; ith the necesstty for Home
Rul
oy proposal was that the Irish Goy-
ment, so to speak, should go into
commission, Let its saministration be
placed in
Couneit,
Tecogn!
el
indi and commer
should be gtven representation beyond
what {ts numerical strength would de-
mand. .
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT TO MAKE
LAWS. .
“Any Irish legislation would remain
in the Imperial Parliam
ld be looked after by the Irish rep-
The Council would be
payed
a seat in the Ci
for Irish Parliamentary business, ques-| >)
tions, estimates, legislation.
mot may be that @ provistonal adjust-
e Irfsh question will be set-
tied in another way, Dut the real advan-
tages of such a provisional government
me in mind. Tt world af-
nee we hav
getting North and tretand, to-
gether in the actual work of Irish gov-
ernment.
“From the Natfonalist point of view
it would be well to have at the end of
the a government which would
| That is, the question would then be
the passions of the war clouded | ¢
| of winning it may
utterances. of the time-| <4,
0.
-}ary 7, 1917.
a
yf her financial and industrial impor-} the one
recommend, the British’, Parliament
would dispose of the whole Irish Ques-
tion by the votes of a British majortty.
muzzle some of the mule les who are con-
stantly braying at
bad it cannot be aeted Gaiverslly and
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oe BANGS MINE HUGHES. Cn pun
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eot. to the subssrinan ne
amoting: ‘Susiness. the office of
oe eet, In te
M.A. O'Connor |}
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majority of
‘om
them that solute Separation a
England ty true f
he war should end quickly “tne “chance
not come to them,
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surely come. a any event it is Ire
Tand’s as her mest to
tand on or fasltenatie ‘rights. .
(ee
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