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- -d V-Ilgllelrills
. dowe wit sn
of Music, Broad and Locust
Anniversary of thepone -Hundred and] Thirty-‘second
will be celebrated under the auspices of the Clan-na-Gael, at the"'='Academ
Sts., on Thursday Evening, March 3rd, I910. .
Birthday of Robert Emm
CLAN=NA-GAEL JOURNAL
“ '"oiricia7 I
Irish-American Club
726 SPRUCE St.
.No Hindsight or Foresight.
class or England imlnied with the spirit '-
to sup-
of liberty that they have failed
' ' Socla
port
Mr , h llurn . rlel
r a e-lime Socialist and
leader (red ring lzuld) o a oh rim
0
a full-blooded, dyed-in-the
Rosehery-Rothschild
no doubt. with the consent 9
his patrons, condescen ed to express his
willingness that Ireland should be en-
‘ me kind of 3 glcrihed
unty Council. "subject to the supreme
authority o the Imperial Parliament,”
is upon s c , an
Valavish working class with no higher de-
sire than c eap tobacco and heer. t
Ireland was asked by John E. Redmond
‘and T P '
=
o
. . Oconiior to depend for its
political freedom. instead of upon itself.
A newspaper iohhor like O'Connor, an
’a grasping landlord like Redmond. who
set the pace for the three yeat-’s rise in
the price oi land against the tenants, are
not ht men to lea r guide the iris
they y
lost in that fetid slmlzh of Imperialism.
the British Parliament and London so-
Cl
- ye rise of an Independent party out
.ot this last election is. there
‘ , constituencies t
elected them are to be coilgratulated on
having taken the first step in
cipation of the so-called Nalionalis‘
the dotllittation of a secre
camarilla that refuses to account for its
funds or policy to those whose servants
it should be, we have no '
at
:
to elevate the tone of Iris public lifc
must e liailc with satislacllon by all
thinking, patriotic Irishmerl.
I, The Sllpree Test for
llellmollll;
The most striking fact in the result of
Ihe elections in rear Brit
merit and to t cm as long
Tories carry out at program agreed on
n them and the Irish party. An
examination of the Fuzllrcs of the election
will leave no doubt o ’ e stand-
in; of the various pl ties is as follows:
7 274
S‘ orles ..
Itisli party
ctl lg
and l..al>v;ritts is 3x3, or zl less than 2
bar: malt-rily the whole House
' assliine l
Lm get pilssctl In i it:
8 guarantee of the support of the Irisl‘
am and Ireland e
-570
Liherals .
really rule the party-should rh-ride to
put the Lilie-rats in power, Ireland will
cxprct that there will be solid, Iatlglblt
reasons fur doill so. A va ue promise
mornerlttius step.
The snuleihing that cannot be done, even
with Mr. Redmond’s help, in the present
Farliaincnt, ‘ '
meat to the
:
‘T-
3.
' n.
Sxolulllilt the promise, however v:tgui'.
of a Home Rule Bill to be itltrmlllcexi
IBTER Till". VFT
pass the House o o mo s it would
be thrown out by the Peers for ti-
rcn Fl 5. bet‘ use It would be ’I
for the reason that
joillctl in the Liberal crusade against the
l’l4lllSC it er s.
' e nllly remaining uestinu in wh't+
lrtlmlrl is vilally interested is the lllld
’ ‘ Parliavnellt, wllirll
rnhs Ireland of 2,000,000 a ’
zldtlitiuli lo the l3.ooo,
IS tltllltlally defrauded, which will ruin the
lvllisk Ira c and ‘misuse intolerable
chased their holdings. The 1.ll)UTuls art
[Il<‘(;:cLl to pass t at I ildget Ilgillll II’
the 1I(‘l‘V Parliament “lllltllnut the change
of it ml: or a war " The annnr tlf‘
this without the help of Mr. Redmond
and his party. I Mr. erImon:l’s party
votes for it Ireland will he thc-tn re-
sporsilrlc for the ruin and havoc wllich
‘ vi work. s l -
Oil the other hand, a f0ITlblll.'I[i0I'I
tween the Tories a
any, rvinforce
e Rulers. would force
be-
rc e
Mr. Rt-tlllmnd and his three ol
leagues make this situation kl-oivil tr
t Liheml lcatlt-rs-far
can now take omee wit out 9
:-
re
rteilllcr
oa y-a act with ropcr lirmness
jlltlgnicnt and tact, can decirli
which English party will assume the gnv-
erniiiciit of u lzm ‘
vi-cll-iritorrned llicrl that the Tories are
, ory-Irish combination a ma-
yority of 40. As the Labor party is net
tied to the Liberals, and the Tories are
also ready to bi or their support, it
‘s quite possible that their at votes, nr a
guotlly nu-liller 0! them, mi ht he won
tiilytliillg. and all measures sent
0 the Lords when To lililllstcrs
Vere ar-
nell in lzrllmorurs place to-(lay there ear
be no tlmlht how he woul
wn ld sec at once that inflllizely iiiorr
cnllltl llc nhtaineil for Ireland from (hr
nrirs than from the Liberals, and hi
> He has alrcaily stated in npuhhe
spcrrll that he will stick to the Llllvrals
' I e vein o t otlse oi Livrtls re
abnlisllctl That will take a long (line
and the Iris ..ic
enp e s‘
Mr. Rctlrllond liar all the years tltzlt the
- should
a tlonalists throlighout the
: of the veto
. money. ‘
to rnuventi us which
job oi aboli illg the Lords’ veto will
take. lrealltls eds are prrssing and
tlcnland immediate rtlicf. wH.tT CAN
THIS. PAR-
II to the Liberals in
e V‘<l’I<.‘ e British
Constitution has been tinlitered up will
be poor consolation tor th all-
n ge sorn thing like it in this
Parliament bv putting the Tories in V
Will he dr) sn?
power?
Mr. Redmond'a
Unfortunately for
reputation as a enilcr. he has nlrea y
stated in the same speech, in Rath.-nines
that he hoped the Iilierals would l'I3Vt
a majority witho t th e docs
not want the balance of p '
ra of it, nl he h not explained
I e reason. car I s in t e pront-
ise made in Ratllmincs that he will stick
to the Liberals, thus indefinitely pas!-
e and making the rob-
through the ' Lloyd-
George Bud et a certainty, then the con-
clusion will be irresistible that Mr. Red-
mond is not a free agcril-that the coil-
lriliutions from rie Jbtrals to 2
untls have given them a mortgage
the Irish party, and that IT MUST
SUPPORT THE LIBERALS IN THE
(‘IF < ND AND
V‘
EFINI l‘E i=osTl=0
uuz.
:r
-l
E ‘IND
T
MENT OF‘ HOME R
we are not lscliovt-rs in Parliamentary
agitation. hut we are free to zidmit tl-la‘
'f
I Mr. R(‘Lll'tlf'I'ttl rises to the level of the
in this emergency, lle fails iorever, and
go (lnwn discrczliled and dis
zraced. t is his lnsr chance.
Tickets for the entertainment [3
an be procured at the Irish-
American Club. 726 Spruce St.,
or at the Box Office on evening
of entertainment.
A Clalislllell to llollllr Emmet. 3‘!
Events in Ireland Arouse Them
to Renewed Zeal for the Only
Policy that Can Win ’
Irish Freedom.
The Robert l-:muu;tV anuii-ersary cele-
bration ‘
and policy for which the martyr patriot
gave his life. and for which Allen.
frequently they pass resolutions dealing
‘ existing conditions and events in
Ireland and England which define their
position and prevent misunderstanding.
' ‘ ‘ to I a crisis in
Ireland, the attention of Irish A attollal-
ists ill America ‘ '
in the old land as it has not neen
.ll:tlly years, The Cnllslitutinllalists have
staked everylhirlg on their alliance with
the litlglish Liberals. blindly believing
that the English people would give an
uverwheltnirlg majority the abolition
power 0
Lords, and John hull has
l' as again that he “dearly loves :1 lord.”
liamenta y nation that confronts Mr. eln e vote ‘n t riiainrgives the
cilmuud and his colleagues. t is such Home Rule p the lialance ot pow
a situation as ll ho e r 1n ‘
they will supportullc Liberals and allow
Home Rule to lie on I a shell, where
Asquith has plated it until he has dealt
with the veto of the unit: 0 r s
Asquith has not the votes to do so, this
luv.
lilllndt-rirl:( and illralnrity or treachery.
he lm u L‘ callsc has sen
c llls grip on the Irish
c
. constiluc cies hr the use of American
vitli this monoy they pack thi-
. sclrrt members of
Parliament, pay their expenses ill the
the 0
Coilstitutinnal Home Rule Movement in c
is riveted on the situation '
make it practically impos-
sihlo for ally large number or men rcally
reprcsriltiilg the constituencies to color
rarlinuieru. with this money, wine is
ilied to et't:l1 at lI)t‘('II .
party, the salaries of a IIIIrIIl)('
or Irish members are paid, and they art-
l us made blind slaves nf
a really control the party
(’lccli:‘ns and
worse from year to yta
5 1thc risls allt‘. thtr
is a . read re gain in e
It-llltl. The real oublic opininn of Irrluni‘
is lhun c and prevented from oll::lill-
ing fret: expression, owing to in . 0
. uierienn money, and it behooves Na-
lioiialis-ts here to speak out with no Ill!-
‘ alic llI’t‘lIIYa-
ta'e [I ace during the weele preoe me
llrlrl tllat inlltuvimr March '
vcrsrlry ot Robert Emmet's birth.
The American Press on the P
Recent Elections.
in cable dispatches and editorials rhe-
American tlrtilv ers are ringing the
5 , and so on.
n Illt‘ assu-riplion that Mr. Rcdiiioiiilis
party was an in epentlerll one, slilmllnl‘
. 1- n .
relnlltl, nt
matter which English party sholtltl lit
wcr. and that genuine lloiuo Rlili
was ils real objective.
Nntlling could he more natural and
reasotlallle 1 art for American news
Slillilliovhlllitt as 9c ’
had Tnrtts and Liberals running at
him and compettrllz r hiiiavnr. In
fact. the situation is in nitely more
tavorntile than any that ever c ni nted
Parnell frr not only are the two British
nnrtits eve ly balanced. but de d
'k 0Ir‘l’ the financial licy is so des
neratc Ihal the business interests of F. I!’
‘('tl a roiript so on 0 it v
smile inctllod or other. -
irn must continue until another election
litmus .1 tlt-clslve verdict from the Brltls
p e. g .
It is the greatest opportunity that an w
Irish Parliitmenzary leader, if he were
a statesman, can expect t is t r
I ugh. It IS a question hetw - Ltlrkin and O'Brien died. ey no‘ greatest opporumity that John Retltnrmtl
ing till the Liberals are ready to intro alone honor Robert Einiiiet, but thel or had or will ever ave again, i one
tl c a measure I at will surely be llntlertake to continue '5 work ulltil l-i otrgh to use it is clearly indicated by
thrown out h the Lords, and making a Ireland takes her place among the ua- the notion of Parnell in i an i886.
eiil for a my measure, which the lions Naturally, their “lien Tory crimpeirtiori for is suppn
Peers will pass. The situation is as clear speakers have always something to say matte Gla no come up ,5 “ml up
this pnizlta it possibly to I lie. about the present condition an pr s- m,d..e. his met Home Rule hit, it
hon be 27 ads of the Irish National cause, and Parnell la re lI'I Redmond‘: place tinlay
lie wnltld quietly wait in grim SI euce or
the final result of the elections and llI(‘n
Home Rule and the Budget. For it l<
. would rtlh
Ireland of an additional 12,000,000 a year,
‘ the few remaining inrlllslries
of the country, an impose iritolerahlr
burdens on the fanrlers who have pur-
chased thcir n .
The dirlcrencc between Parnell and
Redmond has been made apparent by a
declaration of Mr. e on . He could
not evcn wait for the close of the polls
er. or the asscnlblillg of Parliament to ex- 4
unhtnesstn grapple Willl
ntrninlt neck-and-neck , .
stead of announcing that the Irish party
would rfln ‘ndependent and support
gish party unless it L‘ ' ' r
I a IlI4'iISlIl'C of Home ule . t
5
0VCI'“'l‘I('lII1lIIl'
c crals’
And com-
plllilic sflllillltnf behind
have neither of these things.
:55 to
r
4. the alllll- T
,. sistent wit the Uilion oi the two coun-
‘l'<l t7 Mr.
the Parnellite policy of e:t- laws
, land. . .
rnltting himself to one party in a purel,
English crinsliluliriiial quarrel insure.
the strenuous hostility of the other pan '
at a lime ll- en it is notoriously read
agree to a lar er iili-asure
lulion than the Lilwra
’ For iving the thing that As‘
calling an old tin can a silver cup.
are
ledge to grant Home Rule.
'h’s declaration only me
which the
no
under
Mr. As-
ant that the
iberitl Party placed on
itself at the last election was now re
move , and Liberals were free, if
so red. to extend scli-government to
l; h ev y ne in the
ed not to give ire-
tries.
At a meeting at Widncss on January
J. Arlwyl Tllctilialtl asked him
suine quesliclls on t e su jcct, and the
questions and answers are given as fol-
in a public letter by Mr. Theo-
bald llirnself: ,
I .Are you in lavor or Home
Rule tor Ireland? . V
A. I do not know exactly what you
mean. I anl in avor of local self-gov-
ernment. '
(2) Q, Are you in favor ol granting
Mr. Retlmond's demall 5.
A. I do not know what they are.
(3) Q. Are you in favor of granting
a Parliament to Ire and, with an inde-
pendent executive - - u
tat with every constit-
ic . er aps
Pease was this one and that the fifty and
o others were no 0 ies.
Colonel Warbilrtoii, in a letter to Sim!
71 - Fain. gives further eiidcnce about Li
’ eral '
cantlltlatrs
Home Rule. .
“The Government are under no pledge
0 grant Home ule. Mr. Asquith only
meant that the ‘Win which the Liberal
party placed on Ilouie Rule last session
was ’ ‘
oppose
remove . - r. as lberal
was re
atcii Liberal can-
Clavham, Mr. Kipling.
Messrs. Redmond and our
heen deceiving the people. Yours, etc.,
F. T. WARBURTON. '
33 Caltlerl-ale road, Claphavil, S. W..
18th January, lglo '
New Yerk’s Monument to
Thomas Iddis Emmet.
The monument erected to the memo
of Emmet is wort y of it, It stands in
is inscrib
guages.‘ The greater part of the English
rt tmn liy Gullan c. Verplanck, one
ctltatives in the
- n hy Judge Drier,
whose works on Jurisprudence are well
e inscription in t e risla
lanlzllage was written lay the late Dr, Eng-
Risllop he Cliarleston. The
e.
. ivnuhl put the Tories In aw-er. And lneitlls posrpouapo llouie Rule illde6nite- fartrtry In Ireland, and such ameutlmrir rer of e rear.
. t I nine Rule hull and tarlit rt-iurul Iy, with the t-cnscnt of the Irish Parr of tilt: llnvtl-George Burlcvet as “'0ltltl Catholic Association Wllt-n ti: Relief
5: g at llcnetits to Iris trat c Wuhlll liamcntary pat y safczuaril rlsh business, Mr. Immlil II II l8 as carrtetl, tlle rctreipts of
he 11"‘ result is ctrlallla "I, as HA is is a tllalilll which tit-iilands VlI5I‘rv'(‘S tlie ras promise that his party money under the nami-of ‘athclic rent,
Nc t rl remnrktd editorially: tllc V‘l"llI spea 'IIV4l tlccitled action from will Sl?l'I(l by tle Liberals until was prottihite b statute. e
other tlztv, Mr. John R6llnlr‘l1I’l is ‘IL’ 6 ris . 5's in merica. shall have accomplished srlmetllivlg American Society lllrn thought the bcs
1 .r'ltll nor an 0' n ll limv uil lmrry uhi thus, eitller t.l'Il'tJl‘Ql" whleli thev are I! neri nlvcrless ilflplicatirln cf the uruls remaining on
. namely, S'oo6, linulll be the
‘ n oi‘ a uiouuiiicl-.t to ill: mom-
of one of the carly advocates of
Catholic ernallcipatinn, who erotc his
splendid talents to its nurse, and sacri-
ted for its itlleresls the brightest pros-
peels. - . l
I Elillllet Celeblalioll,
Acodemywofl Music, Broad and [Locust Streets
V, Thursday Evening, March 3rd, 1910
am no. ' l
. T. P. 0’Conilnr, who was "in