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. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF IRISH INDEPENDENCE, IRISH LITERATURE AND THE INTERESTS OF THE IRISH RACE.
‘Vol. XIII, No, 52,
Whole No. 693.
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 23, 1916.
Srtered
‘New Yerk, N. ¥.
second-class ma
Oct. 1. 1908, at the Post Offire at
under the act of Congress of March J. 1675.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
IRELAND, GERMANY AND THE TERNS OF PEACE
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No Authoritative Statement Of The German Conditions Has Yet Been Published And
- ‘The Version Given Out In America Is A Fabrication—Peace Negotiations Not
: Likely Until Germany Wins Further Decisive Victories And England’s
Allies Get Tired Of Fighting For Her—treland Vitally Interested
In The Settlement, But Will Have No Yoice In It Unless She
. Is Thea A Belligerent—All She Needs Now Is Arms
And Munitions—With Her Great Natural Re-
ae sources And Splendid Geographical Posi
tion, She Could Support 25,000,000 .
a OF People And Become A
= Strong
many’s announcement after her
or mi
&
in
8
8
ies ex:
who conaor herself
fnvasion for
and Russian politictans
continue to do her bidding at the e3
pense of their own pe opie. The war
Will go on, but the world will no
@iscussed,” untess all signs fail, they
will find England and her Allies in a
more rec mood. terms o}
red by any and her Allies will
algo, in all probability, be ‘much more
onerous for England, France, Russia
and Italy than any likely to be Droposed
if a Conference were
ot the Proposttion just made by the Ger
in Chi
anc
“oeeuanrs “pERus UNKNOWN.
is that Germany would be
willing to disse now are only a nate
Je
America on the day the nows first cai
a al balloon, This
ston fnaludad evacuation of the occ
pied p France, the restoration
ef Belgium, the creation of independen
Kingdoms in Poland and Lithuania, the
restoration to Bulgaria of all the ter-
her in the Second
the splendid fight of
the savage English huteherien that fol
lowed ft.
IRELAND'S VITAL INTEREST.
an the map of Europe will ae
termine whether she Is to r rain under
le, ht modi-
t
ce her among the ne
of her populat:
fer here vsapetate of defending her Tights
ma anterests against all
tory.
trelena fe fully capable of matntaln
and
food reduction dwarfed by the d
ate economic and political -policy of
Englan .
In 18te7 Ireland had a population of
io, . on
{ Soe
by| tem, for double that numb:
nd
cattle rang
ible
Poe | is
@) and will
Power.
ae 900 and produced ‘food enough
inder an antiquated system of cultiva-
tion and an oppressive alien land sys-
er of people.
British
000,000, And long before now that po}
ulation would have wrested its natural
‘ights from Englan
a MOCKERY OF SELF-GOVERNMENT
lome Rule
ly at the mercy
of the Imperial Parliament, retains the
Eras legistation or to ¢1
nes. Under sich a sve stem of
dependence on England Ireland would | ®"™
ave no chance to grow or develop
strength, the present stagnation would
continue “and
go on decreasin;
able her to win, and even if her success
be only partial she will achieve
status that she has not now which will
made possible
ccesful fight in Ireland and
German naval victory
than that won
Jutland, we now now that in private
all Engl wal men speak of that
battle as ah English defeat
submarine bases und a lay
d
the country he
gent army, Englani
sea would soon disa
would many
ships be sunk,
ods of efficte:
ton of industry,
resources and ‘training, Ire.
land ould speedily become self-deps
dent an
and re Tepreased by the blight of English
rule.
must ‘FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.
mnot be achieved
glorious
leome, as French, Ger-
an and Polish help was gratefully ac-
cepted by the Fat
al
a ENGLAND'S Mastery OF THE
wien the western, torts of Ireland for | Ger:
Cc
| ference that Ireland insists on remain-
-|ing in the British Em)
tunity. tbat is the task before the
al tr of the Irish race and they
should “cir their loins for the ‘final
TTRELAND MUST BE IN ARMS.
If the Peace Conference were held t
morrow this oe
that routd contro,
ny is in military occupation of
elgium and a very im:
situation
ce
Russian Poland, Lithuania and Cour-
land and a portion of Russia proper. She
and her allies hold all of Servia, except
small strip around Monastir, nearly
1 of the Dobrudja and the greater part
of Roumania. Poland and fa
ve been declared independent under
‘man protecti The wy
to bargain for
their ultimate disposition.
the other hand, England is in
military occupation of Ireland and in
absolute control of the administration
country, And the Irish Parlia-
nientary Party, elected six years ago, on
Issues that are now dead
OBSTACLES aes BE SWEPT
@ are cinta ‘to Ireland's rep
resentation at the Peace Congress that
be ov ercome in
, the voice of the people fa Ire-
Jand being stifed, the Irish. Parl
tary Party that has betrayed Ireland
nust be repudiated in some striking
and emphatic way by tl Irish Race
Second, the race abroad must see that
the young men of Ireland who’ are
ready and eager t
‘| Republic, as French and Spanish help) of the Am people and in violation
the "contempt an nled ta The whut] was given to Ireland in the past end as| of all Americen erincivies nad ine
ot tela, bat with ix contin ot Ireland sought French Ron ian| If this latter thing {s-done properly
Ulster excluded from the very limited) Del? fn recent ti A pnd tc dor e mass
vrharite ot the “ts ‘Dublin tegistar 8 fighting England ts by that fact alone| Irish citizens go. about tt In ectecntes
Ireland's tren blow struck| all. ther I be easy. The chief
ture and two rival administrations
force would 8 it to wine come
plete Independence. And she
monte of Ireland, as the price Ot this
ery he cacriiee of practically her| elt
Thole adult manhood.
SEPARATION 1 IRELAND'S ONLY
plete separation from Englat
Com| land
endent Gov-
actifice, her suffer-
pnd ie financial expenditure will the
be the
If Ireland fais to selze the oppor-
tunity her v financt
greater eee
IRELAND A DECISIVE FACTOR.
If vretand finds herself ple to strike
again for freedom, with or without tl
of England's enemies,
have a chance of winning through Eng-
ny| these essential
‘ial re.) tar
land, no matter by whom, is a
blow “for human Ibert;
Fighting cannot be "jone in Ireland
without arms and military supplies and
js shoul:
a
ga
Irish people in Amer
the first essential
When it is accom-
lished the way will be
clea:
S&C) THE EASTER TUBER FAILoRE TEM.
If the Easter ‘Neck Rs bellion had suc-
its end now and Ireland
would have a right to representation at
th: ret ‘That eee
was brought to a tempo
tree things—the betrayal of "ne arms-
n German ship by an official of the
‘Amer lean Government, the failure of
the Insurgent Tenders to provide for the
landing of when she arrived
in ‘Tralee Bay-—in iepite of the American
warning—o!
tory, and they have
e
been only slightly altered by the fail-
ure, e failure was a temporary
check, not a final dete magnifi-
cent fight in Dublin has revolutionized
Irish sentiment and worked
in foreign opinion,
‘Treland are
©) of proving that’ 300,000 of
ready to do what the 1,500 did in Dub-
lin, and the millions of the race abroad
would och to their aid if they had the
wing weakness.’ She needs
ee Ane and ammunition to ae 80.
1 h en-
Sutin elp may come to her
‘apportun|
We must t work to create that oppor-
hostility of the Government
in Wash-
ington. :
resentation at ‘the
duty, It is a can of the blood, Will
they Tespond t
ABANDONING ALL HOPE,
England Acknowledges She Can't
Defeat Germany and That the
Submarines Will Bring About
Her Economic Ruin.
E. G. Hales, MP. writing in John
Bull, says:
astrous defeat set down in plain E:
lish would be about as follows:
i
of the military annihilation ‘of "Ger
any. .
‘Let’s look the truth in the face;
Roumania was the key to victory. We
used {t as crazy or deceived men. The
Germans forthwith realized’ the impor-
tance
calculated to
once more in posse
disputed initiative.
‘How will the neutrals now judge
us? They naturally are
throw in their fortunes with Powers
She
selon of the un-
belt OU ‘hat does neutral Hol-
Tan 0 Roumania and the
Tecent activities of the U-boats have
mately will fo the economic ruin
of the English peoples,
abroad, These outnumber the people of
e
Ireland must win the right to rep-| pe
ve
“A resume of the Roumanians’ dis-
‘ng: | Ameri
ans.
Rated States is over $4,000,000,000, ang
THE CONSCRIPTION AND PARTITION PERIL
vy | Recreant Leaders OF The “Irish Party” Have Made A Secret Beal With Lloyd
Gcorge To Dismember Ireland And Compe! The Remnant Of The frish Race
To Fight For England—Their Talk Against Conscription Is Inteeded
To Throw Bust {a The Eyes Of The People—The Only Thing
That Prevents Forced Military Service Now Is Fear Of
Desperate Resistance—Ireland Oo The Verge Of :
Famine And Loaded Dowa With Staggering -
\ Burdea Of Taxation—trish Prisoners
Cruclly Treated—Engiand Embitter-
ed Against The Irish People—
Recruiting Au Utter Failure,
DUBLIN, Dec. 4.—In spite of the
declarations of Redmond, Devlin and
hat they are opposed to Con-
more evident
en-
Parti-
-| Irishmen to sacrifice themselves to save
ngland from the punishment that is
awaiting be er crimes again inst the Irish
people and the human rac
pieces any, moment and LI
will “undoubtedly be called upon to form
@ new Government.’ Though everything
points to the coming of Conse
-|and Partition, there are thos
is poinced out that
y to enforce
and that
ke the G
sergeants and they are chagrined at
their failure in obtaining recruits. Th
eks may bring about impor-
jouthern and Western Railway at Athy
‘is undertaking, it is estimated, will
but the sanction of
the work can ‘be starts ee
1 is finding its
capital invested in
&
&
this was used to
inclined to} wars
MANY sonore CLOSED,
According to a report of the Commis:
sioners of "Na tional: ‘Education in Ire-
land, there were on December 31, 1915,
8.207 schools in operation, a decrease of
with the number on
ecem bel 194 @ number of
,| Pupils on the ‘Tolls of all schools for the
year was 700,265, re average daily
tendance for the 1S 508,424.
IRELAND'S Sriscreita TAX:
* According to a statement made by -
’}the same as
will be necessary before *
| recently that
°
ward England's political interests, ana t
ce Ireland, sald in reply toa
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in
reply to. a question, the contribution of
Ireland to the revenue for 1916-17 will
reach fe 88. 000. This means (ao ine
crease of £3,804,000 on last yer
get and ts £10,599 500 in oxcens, of the
een | revenue contributed by this country im
3
13-14. In other words, taxation im
Ireland has doubled and the high water
t yet been reached. If the
expenditure for Irish services will
durin, auenciel
year, the contribution of Ireland for
Imperial purposes w:
v00, This burdes
living in their own land. But every-
thing is in the melting pot and it is
probable tha' a result ¥
it the war
the Robber Power of the World may
come to an inglorious en:
FOOD PRICES STILL SOARING.
1915 shows ‘a decre per cent.
ae compared with 19)4 numbers
f animals exported in 1915 were 841,
S57 cat 489,657 sheep, and 179,058
swine, mpared with 945,328 cattle,
538.89 sheep, and 147,924 swine
The high price at foodstuffs is un-
precedented and pri
o and towns,
Mluring. While public boards are doing
all that can reasonably to
cope with the distress, yet, the high
many
Bishop of Ardagh,-who presided at
g in ford, said that
joney was coming into
The cost of living 1 had in
y| creased 98 per cent.
CONFLICTING RECRUITING
FIGURES.
The figures of recruiting continue to
be a puzzle to everybody. Every Gov-
gives statistics
has raised the total t 000. Liord
George, In the House of Commons, sald
the. r of recruits
secured in Ireland since the outbreak of
the war was 105, ves Ao; ova George
as Ox:
‘| ceptional means of Veritying ints figures
where Mr. Duke, Chief Secretary for
juestion:
r 130,24
men a reper rted bi
rvists. It is belfeved that this
of in consequence of @ prewar
obligation to serve,"
ENGLAND Busrrrency AGAINST
The cotimate t ‘eocralting is Sreatly
exaggerated an of
has not exceeded 30,000, ace
rding to rellable tnformation. ‘Out-
s re
5
a
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fatture has embittered ne Enxltsh press
and the English people. Iretand has
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