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SATURDAY. JANUARY 30. 1315.
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EIIIILISII PROPAGANDA HIUIIG.
evident islsehooci which they expect the
w t t Since
the vi
with thelr appeals tor
pathy and their professions of mood-
shio for America. while this has been
going on only one man, Dr. nernhard
uni-nhurs. has come hers irorn Germany
possession and no other people bad soy
rights hers. angiomoniac papers
can the English complaint Ind lecture
These editorial lectures olteri IPDEIF in
lull: I! In frantic Enxllih
The Eveninf
llsh hnhit or assuming that the thing
that is not is a truth beyond contra ic-
tlon, had a rebuke or this lslnd about
the "German propaganda" last week
that was really amusing.
91 int saturdsy had-s
cl nl
But the’ sun
special cable
A distinctly dlssgreuhle lmvrzuinn
entod
-rhey will get’niors shocks or that kind
.. urn. goa on. But this is the comical
part oi the Sll.I'l cable:
The extensive Germnn propaganda i
tat is being carefully
shes ol the nature o rnp-e-nda
lnilnence the people 4:! the united states
may the tool who wrote that should
thlnk thll England hld lily right to
mm; axnlnat “the activities or Dr.
, Beshle when he was writing In the Sim
fervld Appeals to the United states to
enter the war on England's side. and
Germany would have no right to do to.
c
anything that pariolres ot the nature oi
propaganda to lnrluence the people or
the United states. beyond a presenta-
tinn oi the case through orllclnl slate-
menu.“ e Sim‘: renders hlid
ly ior the PIlrpohe., The arching Sun
or the same date anrl oil the other even-
los p-hers contained an interview with
mired None. the English poet. whohnd
Just landed, in which he urged that the
United states should iron on root: sup.
llsll Drorlaganda.
ci airi-rd Noyes.
The English Ambassador bad no he-
cessity to enter the controversy. Be
it is only the opinion
h
he pays tor the central English Bureau,
managed by a well known newspaper
man. which controls the output oi Eng-
lish appeals to Amerlch. why should
he say a word when the sun. the Herald,
rive world. the Timer. the Tliblme, tho
i:i-miny Post. the Amrricdit and the
evening hlreiingo are doing the work
m . The Germhns, in
honesty, soy themselves the things they
have to soy and take iull responsibility
for it. The English hire Americans to
do their wnrk, and the u eranees or
these paid agents pass ior expressions
oi Amerlt-an opinion. nt in spite
And the
slgnliltant lack In connection wIth Mr.
.liann's utterance is that he is the Re-
ublitan Leader in the Home til Rep-
rssentailves.
FRENCH DAIUDI HID HIE WAR.
The two bright spots standing out
irom the midst ot the mire oi Bri
' into which the col
under the British ring have allowed
themselves to be drussod were in south
.-.irlca and Canada. uniortnnatsly the
light or ireedom and independence that
shone out in the iirst named when the
aid Boer leaders, Delarey. Beyers, De
wet and Maria raised the ling oi ll
arty. appears to have been extinguished.
The iirst was murdered by British hired
tinues and they have been iolned by
n B it will probably mount
much higher, t
in Canada there was and is no active
revolt against imperialism, but there is
ii strong spirit or passive resistance
which is maniieetlng itseiidn a variety
or ways. Anions tho general population
it has shown ltseli by a reiusol tn con-
tribute to the taxation demiulded by the
e In
November, 1914. was more than $360,000
less than that In November, 1913. when
the ordinary rate was in (or
ad to a proposal tor the imposi-
(Ian at an income tax and tho raisins
or other Lines that will very probably
help to cure the Canadians or the Jin-
soirhi now rampant amon: them.
But the most hopetul also has been
in the abstention oi the French cann-
rllan element from enlisting under the
British lies and putting on’the British
uniiorm. Not more than 2 per cent of
those sent over as yet in
origin. and the nppoeitlo
n to any more
now becoming open h
xolns
leader In the movement is tha well
known 1195!. who. in [1
paper Le Deva n the platrorin. is
rigorously combotting Iny participation
oi cansda in En in ii’: wars. t a
recent meeting in ziioniroal he said in
his opening remarks: ,
Let England take cars of herself as
Ihe is able to. - t - we n Canada
are in in position or the no ro slav
in Virginia who, at late! were well led
asters
a send her young
the us representation in her or ii-
menl more she has the right to use
our sold
not the wars or g
while sound enough in tone, Mr.
Bouraesn mode a dangerous sun when
he admitted that he would regard repre
seoiation or Canada In a nritish P
lismerit as giving England the right to
or
m
live, and it must
the German yoke is heavier than the
English,
ere h as on the right ground,
and every lrlsh-Canadian and native
born lrlshman in Canada worth his salt
should rally to the standard he has
raised and leave those among them who
hsnker arter British "honors"
enioy’-nient 0! their badges of renegad-
lsm and slavery. But French-Canadians
must do more than abstain from enlist-
ment in England's army or Assassins
oz Nationalities; they should roiuss to
as to maintain it’whlrh
wars pay in person and out of their own
Dockets, for If Clnnd: as I whale LIIGWO
the burden at debt Ind taxation WhIch
its ownlingoes and the Bri
ernmentiwlnt to impose upon it to
sustain the war to be levied on it,
canons will soon become unlnnohltabls
for its own people. ‘ g ‘
' Then would come the opportunity or
the French oi cnnada to become the
owners or the country ind make it in-
dependeni. of cur! lnhuence lorelgn to
American soil. There in no head that
a German yoke or any other should he
snhntltuted for Lhe British. Cut loose
from British and all European political
connection, Canada would ha I tree and
independent Amerltan Sllta. Those of
grate in zealand and
Australia, where imperialist Jihgolsm
Prevnlls In ecoslsis, or return ‘to the
countries rrom which they came, while
no doubt some might cross the her or
into this country. some startling pages
In I Palilllon to contribute some of the
most interesting among them
HIE ENGLISH HUMBUG SOCIETY.
While the rabble or
Organlzntlon society. hos been organiz-
ed and taken the work in hand.
begin with. the Belgian reiugee
and gains preserves for the Public good.
and the English And Sdouh veople seem
too servllo to compel them. Football
plliylng uni milsli:-hall ditty nlnxlng II
more in their line, ind the land-owning
for use. (or if it
and be Indvncndem. DI the rent 0! Inc
world for its iopd supply. .
l.lht everything else in England, this
"-9. B 0 s. is hnmhug. and is merely
intended to art as political dope tor
the maasrs and glvn the ruling classes
is chance to retain their plunder, and
power a little longer. ii, however, an
is possible these times.’
TIIE BASEMENT-MEVEH FRENZL
since the arrival or sir Roger case-
ment in nerlin and or Kuno lileyer in
America a lot of poopls in England have
mod and some in lreland have
revealeh contemptihie meanness. sir
not-er is unoiilcislly regarded as the
that irish Ambnssndor to'Germsny and
eyer as Germany’: accredited
representative to the lrish in America.
s e wnr-crazed English are scream-
lng insult Iron: a hafa distance at both,
and England's lanlssarles in lreland
throwing mud to earn
their masters.
in
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public that there is
Alliance that will count (or something
when the peace settlement comes and
may count his much beiore the lighting
is over. -
The mennness or the English attacks
on Kuno Meyer are characteristic. Uni-
rrrsity men who knew him. in England
rush into print to nttrlbutz inalncerlty
lniluenco with the lrlsh, as it any
HIs announcement made in the
t
the nee will ha ample compensation (or
the attacks of the hysterical English-
and ,the
En lan lrom day to d The tws-
napers recur to ' e a rl agsi and
has iormed the subject or debate i
both houses or i= am v-
ernrnent is censured for not taking im-
possible preventive measures; absurd
questions sre.asked end
HGNIES In John Rednl
A lot or the slut: that is written on
the subject is not worth notii‘lnS- The
utterances or the Englishmen and of
Irish Peers like Lord Midieton, who is
I nlncamimop, are only what wan to be
expected: N. Is the words Ind Ictlons of
old “might ot Eng-
blond out of all proportion to her nonu-
lalion. nnd cheerfully submit to [inan-
ul burdens whlch will paralyze and
[or I whole C2
Ind the (At! that England without Ire-
land would be crlnpled has not dhwned
on their slavish and inriiitlent minds.
The!
Influ.-lolie
e
that have never taken plackns what
they may expect it a German army
lllould land In Ireland. And they
assume that the most enlightened Ind
progressive people in Europe would
unit the folly oi making lrelsnd s
German province and treating it tyran-
nlcllly. ll England llll done for seven
centuries. instead or doing the natural
and atatesmanllke thing or creating a
strong nation between England and the
Atlantic, with coninllncl or the water-
ways or commerce.
The most r-rmarhobla thing about this
-is
ca le of intelligent thlnlring one
otherwise hrllliahrin-n. Mr. Itolloston.
a letter he Timn pointing
out that the‘ eteptancs oi German old
would mean "a sea or blood" in Ire-
land, but he does not attempt in point
out what lreisnd would gain by shed-
ding that sea of irlsh blood tor Eng-
d
dealln
styled "Di-tactical" politicians now ask
irelshd to pay the highest price ever
paid by a nation, without a conrrete.
positive thing in relurn, They ask
lreland to sacriilre all her strength, in
manhood and on th as
hetrayed and robbed her wlll.'when she
is exhausted and powerless. treat her
with generosity and kindness. She is
visited to trust England blindly when
England‘: temptation to treat her badly
a be stronger than at any tim in
seven hundred years. ‘
All this weakness and treachery in
lreland ls based-or yr en
started-an the ioollsh assumption that
England must win in this war. Not a
single calculation was made or what
might happen ii she should be beaten,
or come out or the struggle crippled and
shouting to kee
-confidence in England‘s invlncihility is
somewhat shaken by this time. hilt tho
Parliamentarian lenders are at too small
steps taken in the wrong direction.
Probably it will Drove in the long run
that this is best for Ireland. The rot-
ten Parliamentary Machine had to be
broken Inc] the dishonest‘ and 'weok>
iineed leaders sent to the rear discredit-
and in Berlin. .
meat understands all this hcriectly well,
rnri hence the perturbation over air
itoger cnsement and Kuno Meyer. The
English leaders know that the limes!-
nnoo or these men on the-scene is
‘n'-
o
. not a iilnam oi teverlsb activity
brought on by the chance outbreak or
war between England Germany.
Many irishmen know this already.
when the maloilty of them realize it,
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in
world‘ that requlres only to bekirgaoized
to accomplish great things. we‘ are
hearing some of these great things’ now.
Let us he ready tor the test.
tilt COURSE of THE Will.
not (or the encounter lest Sunday in
the North sea between cruiser divisions
oi the British and German iiecto, the
week would hnvo been rial-ren oi snlieni
ment or lighter cruisers and destroyers
was sent out to look ior the Germans.
Early on sundny morning they sighted a
German division or three battle cruisers
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the others retired to the
shelter of the mine iitids nfter three
hours or lighting, where the British de-
clined to follow them. The British
ilasshlp Lian Ind s destfoyerwere
seriously damaged and had to betowed
out of actlon. , ,
l The inieriority or the,Gerrnnn divi-
British 111.750?
enough in she this henvler and swifter
British ships a material atlvsntage, and
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consisted of 24 13%-Inch and 16 12-inch
suns. Thnt of the Germans or s 12-Inch
guns; 20 ll-inch and l: 3.2-Inch guns;
the last carried by the Vessel that was
sunk. The vlct . ch as it was, odds
nothing to the "glory" at the.BritIsll
, German prestige has
not ruiiered, but the loss or a ship has
to be reckoned with. , g ‘ .
on land at both‘ ends the Germans
have more than held their own, and in
the west have made distinct progress,
notably in the angle’ or the line in
which Verdun is stunted. it is there
and on the Belgian frontier that ti...
hardest lighting may he lacked tor with
the coming of spring on the side or
Poland and Gaiicln the austro-German
on.that a country which has always '
sslsn clmini n sy be g rded as
railed The r let interest on this sis
in he turn one ear n pugm,“
irons Egypt indicates the bitglnl-slug M
active ooei-aiions‘hy the Turin toward
the sues. (:ana.l. Reliable details were
lacking em-apt that the , Tllrlilsll
advsni-o to itsntara hi. the North ond
had been met by nriiish troops.
it isgrcnorted that the British iioy.
rrnrncnt besides flnanring through iii.
Rnthschllds and others or that ilk the
rgalnst nllvdlrect Anlelican trade with
neutrals as well us win: lielllgerentii.
iillll ililllis iilil will is iiliilll.
secretary Br)-nn'g
can he no misunderstanding.
that t e
He says:
commerce of ill
nsvy n t high seas.
history shows that whenever a eountry
as possesse tho p ority, our
5 and cargoes, is I cpmr
hlete answer to this oonil:laihL
It that is not an admission that might
in mean-
oountry regarding a-matter in dispute
with another country. -'1-hey have so!
the torso ta do what they like and w-
cannot help It,’f is what Mr. Brill
says in substance. lvir. nryan is a gm‘
upplied
whims. because.’
y not strong enough to eniorte
our rights. - . .
No the null) llnllortaht thing in IN
neutral
‘belligerent that has the power has also
,the right to‘iio that. The thin: in!‘