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. r therefore, it were
,i.-L;ior better ro '
l
, " The principle‘ I
fink. and moon to
"mind upon in :-that
the entire. ownership
of Ireland, moral and
material, up to the sun
And down to the centre ‘
is vested of right in
the people of Ireland." i
Jfnue Fincan La-Iof.
Registered at the G.P.0. as a Newspaper.]
No. 13.-VOL. I.]
Failure ol the Gaelic League.
‘IIIIR JIISTFIIIATIOII.
The other follow is always is fool if
opinions are dillerent irern ours.
can a no other reason but want of wit or
eeniinoii honesty for his diving to disagree
WlII.I.I.ls on tiny subject. o are sure 0
Vherlglit. The ioregoisg seems to be the
guiding pruioiple of most people who
hnv what is es ed "axed opinions."
. There is no light but the light that
see: no trut but the things they so .
These people are so fully convinced of
lllrlr own wisdom and goodness that they
sum to think there is always s halo of at
I loser are hundred one o power shining
around their bends. When we say we
use us
his
ere
they
of the opinion that the Gsailic
'3 was iiirini to s a xntionel
organisation. and it was hecauss of this
we pointed out what, to us, seemed one
renson why the people or Ireland did not
generally take more interest in the Len-
guage lllovement. oniention was
and is-If the League stilntls for the wel-
fare of the nation, and is doing all it can
male ilie eliopheepere and minutes-
turers wealthy, it could, should and must
a an interest in the ives and struggle
, ' is,.9.LLLl-..cornirion
people. The manufacturers are notina
‘ The interests of the employers
in s for
the support of Irish manufacture, whioh
well-lode
them-before, a corres-
pendent, whose reply we published list
week, nocnsed ns ol lying and shallow
thinking. This style of argument has
become so common that ' was just what
we expected. Calling it iruinslier does
‘ our own trut ess; nor
does it establish your own reputation for
wisdom to say another is n fool. A lot of
people, including “BslIingul'ry,” have yet
to learn this
are reply to our oritieieiii we were told
‘‘,the Gaelic League is not conosrned with
the relations existing between employers
‘ ' ' rely is no
It was our charge against the
Len us; now it is put forward as their
delenoe, and only iiinlies bad worse. They
seem to say-or “ Ballingsrry" says it [or
them-“ Because we do not care how you
are treated; do not care whether you die
of sonii-starvation and consumption in
city factory, or 0! hunger And hardship in
the eouutry, we ask you to to our
halls at night hi learn the Irish Language
and to subscribe to our funds. ' '
we ask of on an n
lilrrly to draw s crowd, does
no hope they do not all iliinr or talk as
" Bnllingnrry" doe . -
‘ analogy drnwii about Tar lrisu
Wonxiin being printed in Gaelic is ridi-
culousu The aim of the men behind this
rsssed; n
things in the light or their interest.
workers of Ireland understand hutvorlo
language at present, and that is English ;
lolly and waste at tiuis
To think
to spenlr to them in no or.
thin tolling
o
In one language is hotter
without thinking in t
The revirel oi‘ the
we.
Trish Lniignsgs is i
desiruhle huihiunii, ind has
our wholo<
What. u
dead man ? lfirst lunka the people healthy
and h it w s time enoug
ienlre linguists oi tliein afterwards. To is
man or woman ying of hunger one look
of bread is more important t an half a
dozen languages. The In are
at present cl iug ol hunger; they want
Breed. walls UP! I
Otllcials of the Gaelic League tell us
they stand irr t e gm of the whole
nation. not or any section or class; yet
.thoy are doing all they can to make the
' shopkeepers niid
nod. ow
manufacturers wealthy,
on their n sdmise’en, not ing to
elp the workers. Where does the Irish
niitien coma in here? ‘At least ninety-
nine per cent. or the nation is made u
worlringelusepeople. “ ' iioii,"
ll us, " ever was or will he composed or
only one elnss;" 'etlleru they are trying
to uild ii nation of employers.
more concerned with the present ppd
tuturs than with the‘ past. '
was; and it is not in our power to alter
it. We are liviniz in the year 1911; not
17.17. 210.. we are trying to rrinlio history
repeat the errors of
one important thing
told, and that ‘is the
ham company promoters and
shareholders in ancient Ireland. Will the
Gaelio League oblige?
' e repent what we said in our pre-
vious article on this subject :-
“The Gaelic League is rriulring the
me mistulre that other national parties
ave nude in Ireland. They nrep ‘
toe riino attention to the nlioprrepsrn
’ and nianulsetnrers and too litl. e to the
people on whom t e success or ieilure
movement must‘ ulllmately
rest." . . . “The Ultimate People,”
as Bart Kennedy oalls them.
‘ s are sorry to hlrvn to say these
things; iv take no pride in it he
riselie Leegue can do us
T oral
o
the past. a
to he
we would like
‘ no lisirne we
h to injure thsiii.. Ve want’
then: to undt-i-stand that until they cease
acting the Fairy Godmother to the sin
or lake as much inmrest in the welfare at A
the poor, there is little success in store
ior them.’ while they ere trying to ti.
vive the language. the people are dying
out or degenerating. The people are
more important than the language; they
Aare more important ihanynny tradition or
vrv r.-, -
rriyuiicsrneru ..m.g‘
nnd tired hearing about U the picturesque
poverty or the Gael"; no don’: want
poverty, picturesque or otherwise. lt isn’t
ecesss it ’nn’ ‘as, the liiiiguiige
dossn’t depend on it. ,
he success of the Language Move-
ment, il it i ever to succeed, must be
bound up with the welfare oi the people.
While it is passi e for us to win our
cause without the help ol the Trish lan-
guage, it would be nonsense to expect the
Gaelic League to same without the
people. Up to now the mass or the people
are apathetic.
Probably it will be looked upon as
treason to SR these t ings. Cresar's wife
is dead-but the Gaelic League is with
us shove suspioioii ind iisyond roproneh.
Yet, like the lamps of the five foolish
virgins, the halo oi tlieLe.sgue is hurning
d‘ . not a oil; we have told theni
where to get it.
Will any ersons who niey tool ineliiieil
to criticise this srticls please relrnin irnan
' ‘ ‘ t e
helievo you hoioreliiind, and will listen to
anything also you have to ss . e are
swore o our own lolly, and anxious to
hear your wisdoin.
’ 0 F.
orgnnise iii the worisliop to bend
politics to your designs.
canal. onrliss, Pod nod singer.
ll‘. inere ll.l his melting.
. For IRISH COSTUMES-
wiun on cam.
McDEVITT er Co,
5 ROSEMARY STREET, BELFAST.
.’I’nnlw7I Irish Work . ‘
PRICE! AND DESIGNS O)! API’LlCATl0N.
e is quite willing to i“
Who is it spent. or
defeat f ‘
I tell you 2 rouse
lik ours;
la greater than lli.-is-at
can know‘-
It is the power or
, powers.
As surely as tho mirth
rt-lls round,
Edited by .lii1 1..r.=ii-lei
l1.".".'
DUBLIN, SATURDAY, Aljusr 10th, 1911.’
CAPITAL AIIII LABOUR.
were taken
away. You lielieveol the people who said
we muld not exist wit out the capitalist.
Do you believe them now ?
ago there was a strike of seamen and dock
labourers in Dublin; they stopped worlr.
.ing for n few days. (‘apitnl did not go on
nmlie; only lshoni The In? who were
> ad no capital ; they had no-
thing but the strength and ability to work.‘
Those who owned the ca ' do
the work. Their cupiml could not do the
work for them, it was ‘ ' oats and
sturerooms rotting and wasting away, he-
csuso t e a urers would not wor
frindny there is a strike
IVUTPO9 i in asgow, and in sen-rul
other English and Scottish towns. Not. a
' e are starving ;
trains are not running; lioaia
idle
cannot have crnim-ate
No, there is no
why don't they make the ships sail, the I
is
tr.-iine travel, ilie mill-whee s turn?
on ‘ sl ' f workers, and
cnpioil is helpless while the strike lusts.
“Iii ' ' g God ninde the
world." The world! and insn lie on
without any other capital. There is no
ree of adsni having had money in-r
vested in Console or the Great Northern
lI;f?silv.v'nx-Co.- [There
besides, there was no money. let Adum
is said to have lived a long time-longer
than su or 1 will live; longer than the
capila ists will live ; yet e no money ;
no eepinil, but his head and hiiiile,
polioeninn to pn
i-ui w on he wan d to
each. Poor am ! He never went on
strike; but then, you see, he was never
lucked-out either. Poor old Adam!
Trade is i ocatcll in Liverpool. A
little work is being done by scabs under
military and olice protection. Soldiers
with rilles sndp bayoiiets are guarding the
ital mu ulwa s is
against his own
people. When the capitalists go to war it
is for the sake of robbery, as instance the
case of the oers. These men had right
on their side -they were dereiidiiig their
' ' d rohhery. Eng-
oers,
he would be sllot.
(mm our ranks in
is war between capital and llihour) he on
tho same principle inrleits his life to us.
Ii Euglundis justified in s oolingtlieie
sert to the enemy, we also are justi-
and in lrillingneeo . it is wrong to
take A ecsh's life, it is riglit for Hrilish
soldiers to desert to the enemy is war-
time. You can't Imvo it both ways.
Jaso.v
'"'Tsi2Tss"i>ElElzT'
GOOD l.ior3GlNGs,
Should apply-Mas Gun, 10 Show
street, Dublin.
Encourage rr-isii wrii-tr.
GET PHOTOGRAPHED
57innerI ' “P2-
s..Z.’Z’. “’ i
is HENRY st. and 77 AUNGIER sr
DUEL
at Work-Lowest Prlcuu.
This coupon siitiilos you to 20 per eroi. nIIl.ist
Prlool. Au urr ’ "awn Furs.
llow often we have heard of the two. ,.
I
are lying i
; tisn-is are stopped; there is (all: of I
.,snrely the oepiriliets o1r:ug- v
‘ and taken i
were uo4:ou<ril.--‘-e-vu-in
rinse-?r,is>iivay i:
iiiiie ol war uoriisirire .
Letters to this Editor.
42 Aniiens Street, ‘
n - i’ August 9, 1911. '
‘EARVMR, Liulsls .
,= I was sorry to see in your journal eoine
lma ego, n reteronee made to res over the
ppointrneut at caretaker in the Technical
it:llD0lB, iilloustrset.
i ad or iiiuoh to do ivitli the appoint-
hent is you had. 1 went ilisre, sl 1
night do again, by’ virtue of right and
lot with an idea or johhery. I had no
tone. ,
‘ My syripiihy with trades union and
lelionr nien, hblh attached to this Dublin
on poralion, iiorili
Dublin Union, and
Richmond Lunatic Asylum, in vrelllrnhwn
in Lomjm in by every worker there. On
every wsssion
where the worhingman's in
in
l’erhilps,and 1 do think that some little
iiiieiiiidersioiiding exists hetneeu us, but
hope the uir will lie now cleared.
With very best Wishes-I remain,
Yours siiioerely, . g
. ' Culllsroi-ass L. RYAN, T.C.
" “lliliiiliuo in the s in uulilin Union. ' '
.. -s .
unison Hospital, worhliriuee,
r smith lluliliii Uuiou ‘
ions on the loili ult. an suiunu
ion aroatflnlollg the Guardians as to the
s
quality ol burl leaissuerl to the sick and ,
dying in the hospitals of tho Wfil’kll0llSS,
nieuyo the uuuruiaus pl'DIl0DnChElg the
Now, t e
' 'ble iur this heartless treatment
“S3633-EhE.xIft:la‘EL%Irl1a‘t"(-H120 heeimtion in
(with
stud oi the W
dietary a
at
to the old scale of diets
of beet Wilt! allowed to every pint of beef
res; ut the new scale a
ounces. It, then, it took tlrolva ounces to
ienko ii pint of beer tea, sure y hi-e ouiiree
will not produce even half s pint of beef
tea, and nerdiiin. w o as
sworn to present the poor, hopes that the
sick and dying would never get worse
outside. I wonder what the public judg-
ment will lie on these cerert snssrs.
Has the author or these uncliarilable
reriierle (a lady cruerdiiin) tiilren the
trouble of ' ing the treatment
meted out to the helpless infants, ranging
from one to three years? '
possible that the lady Guardians are
aware that the infants in the nursery
department at the workhouse are re-
coiviri not t e same amount, but the
same diet as that pre sred Tor and issued
tohenlthy adults? l dnuli niuoh
if the tuskmssters of Siberia would be
guilty at such inhuman treatment or
innocent alias
The rsiopsyens . e compla og (incl
very justly) ot the increase in the rates,
whinh, the worlthouse authorities opine,
is owing to the maintenance of pnupers;
but the writer will lnlsr on loll s dillerent
Why, San Francisco was razed to
built up iignin in one
' k to ull u ti
couple or oulhouses in l’ElluLsLnvl'n, wliieli
cost the rslt-payers an enormous amount
0 money
or
ai
Glliusroriiltir liuollss.
The working class and the employing
elnee linio iioi ing in eoriiriio . There
o e n.i pence so long is hunger and
millions ot working
sat sii:,;At a meeting cfths Gusi-de ’. .C"“E‘““:' "“‘”“"l g“"“""8‘ “‘
e-
of.
one txcepllon) with the medical
[ONE PENNY. -I
' Made by Trade ’Union Baker
Eli FllRRIllOTIlll’Si BREAD
SWEETEST AIIII BEST. " THE IRISH WORKERS’ BAKER.
’FIIIlTEIlIIIlL.i’IiIlEETIIIGS. Unexpected Interviews.
Iinvern and District Uniltll Laliilur i
> V‘ Bnulltil. ‘ '
Mn. Jlu Lanna,-
ND. l.-Tlil-I TRAMI’.
“ Got a nintch mister 2" asked the man’
- who was sitting next to me on one of the
10 Beresiord rlieo, uuhlin. is-in iv; tlfm Gm:-E, I lm-dad him the
. ox,sn uicr searc iugi nio- u -
D C D A?‘ “"51" ml: lilroly, places, be it leiigih drew lzrth n
h “'5” 28"$"‘hE-I 5"‘ 6 "“’i""3> well-w rnw ipe ro one at s
Cgaim M “uilf 1.0" '=“““-““' numerous speriu sin his gged coat.
i'i‘iiZ"3ri‘.i'ir(ro'i'ini;iin"ii’iii5)i5iill’ifeiiii i.’ “W 3'“. .9“ .0‘ “““"“.” “id ‘-
O din th e urss I his mums ho lutyetl’ W“ “ mg’ ‘ml I’-L"‘“d‘"3e“"“ “'7
an 9 0 0 8 - ouch lleiilled end l.lB,lll(A lying back
lhwrlendid "Wk 50“ W 4"“ 0" he‘ azily .iu’I.lla seat, begun, heiireon the
otvi-Il'ek;Jl'.iaciknl:?l?hllri‘iJl:sllaIlJ(;llgirgisl P““sv '0 tell me what he lliouglitui iliingi -
address seine o y . 1 i . v .....i., ,
. Trades, a good doe of Li1650l..l.llDfI!“l:6“m,::“
Imsy‘ . . 1 "2
to ‘
Council meeting. 'Above Council,
wusneioniehed at thesmon-xi;
, e run A
state, iesl granted, and trust the orlorrs “"’Tf,5 ‘ mninrng“ 5. j W m
1”“ ‘0"“"‘ by Y‘’'"“ i 3“ wsiI’.‘.:.-irv lioilges or nothing hut white.
rsiiistniiee he iilr. Hnphlns) nisy linen , i - hr . 1-,,
been role to give,’will benrgood trail. I ’,,r“B‘,’,’d 3:2, ,h;,";:f,,,,g mm mm
5'“ ‘’‘“'e’‘’“’ ““”i‘'“‘‘’‘’ “’. ‘0".md '0 Y0“; seeiried to he very lllile, ilsny,atts pt
“W nisds hy the ierinerii and lube
W" ‘““"" “am”! .“ to the nest nrlveninge what land they
smite coritniuo o
goon vl'lsh‘ior
trust you may be long a
I . . sesssd. Ii ahttle iiirrn, or even ..
the 80“ Wk F“ m “E5594 “I 0“ W lnhonreri cottage with an eerootground, 1
all 01 labour "id ‘be CW9 0‘ ‘ would not plant the nine rind oi hedges,
rlters,-I renuiiii, dear ooiiirriiln, fur’ , B D, “S ,,, ,8, mo, ,,
temally yours, l V " C ' everywhere throughout the country. soni
i . ‘ ' Tllouss Illlssaun, 3.90. ' 1,6 l H. mom ,1 Wu 6,, m an
.5:-Accompanying this Inrn eeruling.. ground; others spread iheiii along near. . .
ulttller of greetings to the Dublin Trades the surface ; a it is the latter kind that .
-V;-I. ;.J. Tm: ii inn: vmrws s d 1l(l-; is most unsuitable for small gardens and
dress otihe secretary. on youliiiiitly tuerelore nioiiri .-my gsre‘ei..' a
see some deliver. in the secretary on one, would lie surrounded hy our-riiiit
linrlly ehlige V T an gnoseherry bus es, en mi! tresl r
. H.
1224 Govsn Road,
A tsth‘ 191]. ms bread, d a hive
Ms Jiii Liiiris 10 “lgS:esIord Place ! “'‘‘l‘‘ 5“ ‘H "W" ‘““ “““"“"
- ‘ -I-Mun - own gnrdoii,snd woiildhevesonieieepnro
De“ Commie - wlilifhloould exehenge lolztllnt lg. dd
RM“”1“!m9B“"80i‘h“G;;“'fIL'=fP"' have every road‘-in Irelaleidnliiliadwgrith
epresenminn tee - or me, lruit trees.‘ They eonld he planted end
the chairman of the committee, euhinilto
I report of the splendid Ggh
making in Dublin fir ilie general
provemeut. of the war sis’ can ition, an .- - s i
o by on e 's“::,3;::: ;.“.1.:.;‘;::.’:i.';“.‘".l: iii; 2;
you. the iruternol grestlnizs of-our oern- , ad, in Mm, H i, .1, mm,
mmei ‘"1 W “I” “"1” "19 We 0‘ “'9 oonntriee whiitedinsrenoe it would innlre
Irish Trans orl niid enerel Worliars’ in we ’
Union woiil be ring and successlu . hm ,,
use coin liment
iories achieved, and hope that they are a
Iorecnst of the future.
on helm“ D! the Committee‘ It is s well-known Tsct that eating apples '
destroys the desire for alcohol The more
I remain, Yonrsfraternslly, apples ii riii e leee porter he will
R. K. Jonssroiis, Secretary. 'd“"“k " I 3 V “d “W5 “P
> ‘ in come away, when he asked me if I had
I copper abcn me. ‘ '11: some,
SEE mg ncnmzs :1 1 bid hini hny apples and went honie.
WE H.EARw ‘ ‘ THE CRANK.
That the men employed in the "Lord ‘T
' hentre” are only paid
while those who are employed
lly the English corupsnies get sl.
That the Dorset street show is just as
had, so tar as rigor is concerns . '
That there is sure to lie srueh ol people
in these two planes alter this. Seluhl
" This country, with its institutions, ho-
longs to the people who inhaliit it. When-
ever t ey shall grow weary of the existing
government, 1 iey can sxr-r-isis t eir cou-
blitulimllll right ol sure J g it, or Lheir
revolutioiiary right to ill iellihirr or over-
throw it."-A rahani Lincoln.
WORLD'S FAIR
6%-d. BAZAAR,
30 HENRY ST-i DUBLIN.
lainihliilild erer so years svri-ynliing pnesihls for
l;;il.; Cheap And Guutl.
twine, sorcery
FOR MEN'S BOOTS, and Glue: xin,
Sill W0rth 8H1.
THE SMALL PROFIT STORE,
V78!) Talbot Street.
For Best Quality and
Low:-:s'r PRICES. .
Note Addresses :
57, I39 Si lI3 Great Britain St. ’ 26 North Strand.
28 Bolton Street, and
I5 Francis Si.-cct.
5 Warlord Street.
4 Commercial Buildings, Pllibsboro‘. 5