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January 27, 1917.
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SATURDAY. JANUARY 21. 1911.
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:
LLDVD GEDRGE‘S NEW HOME RULE SCHEME-
‘ in the midst or his nrultlrariou:
activities as nictsror oi England Lloyd
George ends time to elaborate : new
‘ ru xuic'v’:chsm:, and it i: said
‘In claim to huow that he in-
it through. no matter
nose measure was i
ll Johnibiiion in A recent interview imb-
itind or mall to submit to such trut-
I.’
But, it ha ignores Redmond. there is W til I
‘ arson: evidence thnt. Lloyd Georle It-
tnch : ‘very much importance to the at-
utzulio oi the lrish in the United Suites
and Aunt:-nlln-. He recognizes that the
Ives-liamentary Pony no longer repro-
aem.-: irnlnnd. W'hei.her he will honest-
ly neck to ascertain the real opinion -so
0.; the Amerlcsn Isnd Colonlnl lriilh is
quite mother matter. It is n
K
nun‘: way an ui energetic
‘umso who in on cd in Iinuhlns
mnoaexhrsd Br‘tish nditiuixs can
r]: or-Is that
they are better lodge. thin lrlehmen u
t I is to reluid ii In
o it i: and than it always has
an.
lnstlnd’ of trying to find ant-wllnt
George will a ct-before they
e te I of the me-expr
siana or opinion from iollowers or Red-
era in: t ll-nrsiinlns
scheme, what-
ever it may be. is the method by which
humane: to secure them
Having discarded Redmond a.: negli-
uwea his noier. to look over the
ground, and has doubtless rsyorted. He
was followed by the editor of the Man.
who il no‘! here.
hosn rrinrdiy to rioms nuie.
‘hruun who not : recent convert.
who has all along been in tavor or
lrsiand. may d
be treated cmirteonsly. own by Irish-
men Iflso hnvo no ill for lime E inc
Rule Bill: and who hells e that iro-
‘ rely
:
rdbiou or-hrealrlng the oer-man-irlsh
‘llilanco in America.-a rather large
cont ct.
It may be assumed (hit the .ln1.'icl.Ie.9-
ter sitar will endeavor In secure :
'l7l'(xvu.l for some schema alreldy formu-
late&. at least in ‘D
the d
(or or the Jlnneiinitr Guardian lor this
delicate rulsslon lcntis particular impor-
the
‘ "lloiue Rule" scheruorerentiy publish-
eri hy that paper. w l
s- or government. in w
p-la
lortarist of the Woweed I
rstucnient Is distinctly a w:.- nlolnllre.
hnlfilll (or it! nbliect tho allnylns oi
isrity in the House oi Lord: and are
thcreiore. when in liowilr. ahle to pass
Irish hostility to such ex! As the lCKiI!lIll0B they want In return
woul ennhle the tish Government to ior this :Irit.‘eless‘servlc9. the lrlsh
obtain more aoldicr: iron: lair The Member: have got many jobs (or their
London correspondent oi the Guardian relative: and iricnd hut nothihs
preinced his nccouut at the plan hy this Worth mentioning for lrelarld. . The
statement; “Home u Act" now “on the statute
Book" is Ivor e than worthless. it is
My lniormaut (whose name would be
recognised or w
that both . .Radmo
career. will. in Mm or the urgency
an imh settlement 2 point
or e prosecution or the war.
persuaded to agree to them.
.'i'hl: give: away the real purpose or
the move, it is not to b: an act or sun-
ties to lre‘land. or a etntnmanllke eilort
o permanently mile a didicuity he-
twceu th two countrie: which has ex-
isted ior sevaral centuries, h t n. ya]
got more Irish soldiers tor
ill
of
m
land‘:
: direct result oi England‘: dellhe:-ate
policy. Ind the reulnnlxt in now
(Iii-ther depleted for ll‘.nslIni.i‘a hdneilt
hater Goorriiou-r iorecsac.
cisl. harden: oi the war. would ha lett
completely Ii‘. the mercy of England.
The er: to be given to tn: pro
polled -legislative body in Dublin,
constitution. composition. and
ethod of its creation, or action, were
not ataisd at all in the iruardiauu lore
East, I I'll mninly concerned with
the distribution at the oiiim. That. is.
the main thing Wu wholly ignored. li.
its
the
5
simply proposed to buy the politicians. “,0 ,
a
so i i- as tho oillces were dealt with.
it showed I practically equal pianos-
ti s e: and Unionists,
Sir Horlce Pllihkett.
xi-am hsscii on an
n
3
>2:
thedeglslatur: composed of equal uurn.
bers of “NnLlonnllsts" and Unionists.
in plain terms. onarslxtll at the lrlah
. gacriiicing it: interests to these or the
: on
d be seen
g-E
Ireland until aiter the war, in: present
lrish Member: or the House of Coin-
mons, still drnwlng their salaries irom
h ritloh Treasury. were to sit
on
E‘
ined to obtain. no matter what the coat.
is a National Government. rcprcscntlug
men or ave an
eilllnl riEhtl and Drlvlleges.
not want and will never iccopt a system
hich nn English
colony or garrison will have special
Drlvllegel which will entlllle to
trustrats or curtail tho will or the run-
iority. ‘
conrse. Irclnnd would rolett such 3
r In lblurdli unfair and
::
ridiculous set-
ent
describes. and the had)’
gratituds'nnd send the young men into
tn: army. ’ -
:
- it ll whispered around New York that
by the Cnnndlnn Dominion And the Au!-
tnlian Cammenwe:.lm., it may safely
inaaid that this prophecy will not ml-
terlallze. The colonial Premier: are
to Ilnvel and tondlen, dazzled by the It-
tsntionenhown ‘them in London.
they will do exactly u the Engllvli Gov.
ernment want: them. By whatever
nuns: it may be called. d in whatever
may to‘DIinted, it
he “a mockery. I dtllusinn. and a
wh
no that the British Government is
n w engaged in an eiiort to “nettie" tlra
lrleh Question emphasize: the old po-
iitical axiom that all concesiiicna to ire
I9. 7
Elit, never form it may tnke, the
t
o
-u
R
Eriglilh Llberllii. oheylnt the rrnitk of
tho Liberal e-nd lIll)0l'dl1lltllIK
lrels:id'i interests to time: or England.
They helped to Dans English reiormii ol
semi-revoliltlolinry Izhlruter Ind
kept the Llbirrmll in power when they
According to the '"
e
riins to end.
in
In inlull to lrinh intelligence.
But what ten years at slavish aubrnie
.ion rolled to ohtaln-serious consider-
oiion to: Ireland’: vitili needphos
oecn b e k oi deepcrnta
lighting in the street: of Dublin, small
I r
-.
placed in willing lrisli hands, that
thousands or others would have hem
uvturcd, that runny Irish soldier:
would have iolued the Rebels and eli-
5.7.
erenl. striking England in a vital sllot
and entitled to representation at the
Fence conierenc: that will remake the 5
" DOLLIEWS ” DDNKEY CDKRESEONDENT.
coiiirn is an ardent supporter ol
the :on.eiimes select:
it i: ‘ lriteillgeueo"
srrlhes the wonderful achievement: or
purport: to give the inside
facts oi the arrest or sir Roger Case-
ment. but is pure invention irom begin-
The lyim-eyed ornniprerent intel -
gcnco men or the British navy get the
credit for the work done by an Aincrl- su
can ucouudrel, who dlsgruccd his coun-
try and dishonored his Government.
Alto: a long rignrsrois about in)‘
or Kerri’.
naval mon-
nuv more than‘tlie red
' ilght:.cumn brings his dime novel to
the climax.
the capture:
And one very dorlr riiglit. indeed, the
rod winking cs
iiero it how he describes
w : not many
there was nothing
o sound:
yur s
to he
or a ran-
lollowed h
or .
c ll ready. t
ed t till i give
alt longer"
stealthy stroking or our: rewarded
lli . em: out was alillis train
the beach ior the entrance oi the cove.
it would have to pass ties: to the
trawler . -
'4. commander cried
on .
And the light ilashed out. circling the
5:
5‘?
etsred up at the trnwlor open-mouthed.
on. Another laugh-
minine note. h
to ve his ears.
tor a third commenced to sing a multit-
ing chantey.
T
the roilnpsillle
ever been
carry supp es. -
The commander turuail to
asked. ‘ '
ll command strolled up
to rii.
"Would you helievnnll. sir? Most of
these men are rirnk.
The amazing truth cried itiinli to him
could have made n btiler hnrgaln with
x-.....-1 y
. ml the 1,! ho Ay command A
That icwedt<1f"r.Ibod the prone or no. VI 11'' I In my
,...o-‘4--J‘
marine res-s. was too no t
ior su er-cape iron: that to manicu-
slutchlnt 0! on 1 or I
to "nun ‘.
. cent issue the Irish Time: held.
used , to ,,
thevline oi ”"
C
llttlo relssss iron: the expectation oi’
reins rruslrcrl like on ln:ort,lrsne:th
the gigantic hurl oi the British n r '
it this rciiow camp was pol liimsell
cirimli Ami inmllnhlu 0! reading during
the whole time that Caiicment whs on
trial-and he pretend: he we: present
who lino:-a that there I: not one wor
oi truth in ihl: aiory; that it is en
iinpudent rnko iron. beginning to end.
it the odlmr or (‘dlilcI"l has read the
daily papers, a: lie is supposed to do.
he know: it also end nrnkc: himsslr re-
sponsible tor the ouducious lie. T
British Nnvsi intelligence Dspartm
had no more to do with the arrest or
Casement than the Man in The liioon.
The AM, loudcd with 20,000 rlilcs. ten
machine guns. : large quantity or am-
ruuliillon and a lot oi’ homo: and hand
grenades. sui-ccssiuily eluded the vigil-
nnce of the British cruisers. was stair
paid by two oi’ them and allowed to pro-
ceed without a search. arrived oil the
..
:7
in
is New York. but
through irirornintlon criminally obtain-
c
America
arument oillcial. and subsequently slink
by her own crew.
The collapsible boat on which case-
n
third, nitcr eluding British vigil-
ance tor eight month:, i: now slate .ln
ms.-ica
All these lncll. except the arrivnl in
America or the third man. were iully
stated in thoevidenre at the trial or
sir Roger Chilemellt lull in the testi-
mony oi Lord winihorne, Augustine
Birreilraud Mr. Nathan. the three chief,
British oillclu
in none of this evidence was there one
word uhout any of the arrested men
I
Cum
crsily refuted as this one oi Wadsworth
ll. ’ ..
‘AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS TIRED OF WAR:
wht-u conscription was .dslcntcd in
Australia hy Irish and Labor voice the
th
when the votes or the soldiers were
‘ counted the rcault falliiiletl this pre-
diction. lmt the English in-ess suppres-
sod the news. no are the iigure: oi
the Australian soldiers‘ v ‘
lFor
Ago
.... G
Majority agaln:t.. 8,000 A
A Ver large Drolmrtloii or the Aixsr
trailnn soldier: an Irishman and soils
pi lrlshureu. From all ihet'lsak: hack
to Ireland from the front it run be
35 stated with certainty that the irish sol-
diers (ram Ireland. England and Scotv 3
it i ll .
cinu:
oplni
dlsnolacerteii and dlhlvliointed England,
w
or
on in Eurnlle
aticdn to
it is well
known that this Envoy has no weight
at all with the Pope. but he work: night
land day against Germany and sglhut
iund.
eps an Envoy st
7
IV
, .u'uch slore set by the etlnrts
> ow
g to inllliencz Papal action rE5Brdll15 Ger-
many and lrellmd ll shown by the
article: which appear in the English
and the Irish Unionist press. in u re?
nraiissd at
time. and
lor some time longer. hnviu
d his many Christmas crikslzemitnts
rrln to do go. The P0 e
o hrtter adviser to the
loci or is premature poses. , I
But tho Irish-Timn cannot restrain
its own iollnwers. An orange lodge in
Barry the other day passed : resolution
protesting Akitinst England maintainv
lug an Envoy at the vstlrun, and it an-
doirhtstlly cxprcmd ihs reeling or
nine-tenths oi the Unionists or irslsud.
cl-hay will .not tolerate our dealings
=1 not been able to malt
- other oi England’: eneruiun are
iorever.
h
g cnri- o
v
views oi the British public on the sub-
ch
with name, but no British Government
a regular Envoy in Rome4hey esnd : m
special emissary. who is Always : cath-
ollc. .
put with the present Pop: they have
is any headway It
all. Not being able to get him to do
what they wont, they never hcoiiate t .
lie about him and to send the lie proud-
cut through the world. luv. day:
more the cnhie desputrh Irinulinciug
the l>ope': congratulation: to president
wilsoo they not out an iiuniidont lie
that His Holiness was “irlillosud to a
premature Arter t
Week Rebellion an English lie was ncnt
out seven! ‘times that the Folio had
ordered. tho lrlsii Bishops to discipline
all priest: who hsd expressed sympathy
with the Rebels. in a low wee is
they complained or the Pope tor allow-
ing "A prominent lrlah occicslastlc" in
9' Rome to circulate a defence oi the
Rebels and they had to admit that all
charts to secura censure oi the author
n regard to Ireland or
i
no
gaps
PRESIDENT WlLs0li‘S PEA E SPEECH.
Presid nt wiiso ': speec to the sen-
liroh sl
o tor a League oi niations to
eulorco
Pence to which Mr. Brynn has
. airendy objected. the practical abandon-
oi washinglc
main thing. i considering the speech
is its possible eircot on the prospect: at
peace in Europe nnd the character or
the peace when it comes.
it is not too much to say that these
erieccs will probably he very consider
able
hy the comments in- tho pcuigerent
countries and reception or the
speech by the ‘partisans oi the warring
e in Am
:o
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friendly one
and Austria-Hungary.
hartitsus
t-ondemnatiori.
Times, hath pro-British, hut nlillhortere
or Mr. Wilson, are cold in their exllres-
!i0lI5 of approval. But there in illread
strong evideiica that the great body oi
the American people strongly endorse
in
- the speech as an eirort to end the war
and to secure the Freedom of the Sells
hntihcation that the United states has
interests to be protected nrid rights to
us who have
disagreed with hil foreign policy.
IRELAND AND THE PEACE CONGRESS.
A number or t e lri it public bodies
are passing resolutions asking that the
Peace conierence, when it comes, dsul
with the case or lreinnd a: on: or the
“small nationalities" which the Allis:
proiss: to he championing. This is all
right. it is good, healthy propngsnds.
but it mny surely be said that none or
the Allied Powers will lavor the Drop!)-
si on. it must ho brought up by oer-
many And her Allie: to receive uuy con-
sideration at all‘, it Germnny doe: not
insist on Ireland‘: claims they will not
i:
Col-ialderlition oi lrel:nd's i-use at the
Peace Coilteren tl motion oi one
r‘ were rcr-resented
and direct rcprsacniatlon or
by duly acrrcdltcrl delrgntes
o
5.
‘-‘;
iuclude rellresiintetlves of neutral Gov-
errimeilts. Tire lane. is very unlikely.
The only thnnno of such no..t.-nl repro-'
scutation would mine on this dcirlsnd oi
the United Stuns. haclisd hy the Eu.
ropcuu nolltrnis, liollaud, spam, no..-
ruarid Norway. and swaiien, and [NI-
to That
the ,9
we may judge oi the nosiiibilltics M
or her a
11! piste aatigisrtion over
K George’: arm oi the Dan
sibiy the south American countries.
demand would luvs t he aulr
ported by on: group or helllgerontn to
air: elicc lens such : ihlug
slst oi represcntallve: or all the war.
ring PowerHEngland.- France. Russia.
lupan, laelgiunr. Servin, Montenegro.
llshed Government which controlled a
certain portion or territory. she could
their. power to euiovcc
their .2 :. ut. with n army in
control or terrlto , an ehtilhilsheii
Government and recognition hy the
claims will .be advocated-py any or the
Allied countries is too nbslird to dis-
: no a logy between lreland
and the Boer Republics. - They were not
dent nations, but semi-indellerr
relation:
wsrc under English‘ control and subject
to on English veto. irolaod-s ease, ::
she stnnda now. is entirely dependent.
not alone on Germany’! good will, hilt
on Germany’! control 02, or lnnbllity to
control. the uitsry eltuation.
other ahortlva insurrection would not
would be very diriereiit. she could then
or
3'
-.
the Pence Conference, could shes
herself, Ind would have the supilort of
Germany and her Allies. >At present
she stands as part of the British
n
1?
peak 1 expressing com-
the little Home
w “on the Statute Tiook" as
their claim is recognized by
all the Governments of the world. and
will continue t linlenn
5'
F
(iii ltobelllon-which is impossible with-
out German help. g
THE COURSE or "l’HE WAR.
with the execution at o
memos and Mesopotamian
n the
Fronts and
Ind irom Tnltchs the German: and Bul-
arisns are woi-liing to mnnmuvris the
Russians out of Gulstz hack into Bess-
hiuch importance appear: to be
attached by the German: to the capture
or the bridgshcnd at xavienhti the
o
is
strategic value by the an
stsil. Hence the‘detsrmlnation oi the
German: to-capture it
The mov:.oi the Bulgarian: iron:
Tilltciin to the nortii side or the St.
ube. where they
are said to have established themselves.
may have more than one Diirlwqh. :
would be to assure control oi the nevi-
lic: down to the Black sea, and cut oil
the Russian access to Giiliitr by the
sullne Canal and the Kill: arm. no can-
ilriing all their communication to the
land routes.’ This of ixscii is important.
would enable subrnsrlncs to he sent into
the Elinck sea and end the Russian
. navsl raid: towards the iaosphorun and upo
along the Bulgarian and Turkish coasts.
aridtrenrh raids. the terror soulatilnes
oi nolltiidernbie intensity. have ulliell
the lilacs or regular operation: (or the
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or
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zerland, llolinnil. or Deuuitrit-in also
Ger. soon
Al'i- ll
command the right or representation at '
gation of the Danube to the Central Air’ .1
on the Western Front artillery duels >
being discussed, hut.:: yet there i: no
bl-i K
e aware of ll. II
VI Ile-
scorn
tnctics into play that might
cieive or the we
The onerntionl along the liueelsn
Front in the north hnvd not idiiucnced
Ind
Pro
classes while the working classes are
sent to the irnnt. .
in Mesopotamia the progress at the
cunt. They will all do exdctly as Eng- 0 the son the German raider: and ’
lund want: in regard to irsluud. vuhurnriuo: hold the surge for the time
A Peso Congress at The Hague is : bein and are are report: that the T‘
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other men "victory" as brought shout
.lellicoe's retirement. ‘
A general view or the eittlatlnn show:
improve matter: ior lrolnnd. an in- lin in ‘councciio with eep rato panes
dy is advocating such a move But riegotlaxllons Coinslderitly with this
it lrslnnd had sudlcicnt srrne and mlli- news to
among the Japanese -public and the 02.4
ilcer: and men th
tlsh BHDY
cl cornmei-it which an iniprmant, out at
delicacy, reiuse: ...”.. ca, ' ,
Fr Francis .co e most shocking
horribly mutilntqd.
taste oi the clvilimion the Allie: :re'
to endow the world with, if they are’
victors. their utter dstsat is the least
every christian, lllohnrnmedsn ‘.or
Pagan should work rim
: -we
IRELAND A FREE NATION.
(lrlsll Press and News service.)
BERLIN, Jan. lo.-The :ocoud larg-
ln the German Em. ‘
‘ cosy. n the course
arknhie address he ::id:
ire ud must he made a free nation
(or the good or Eurove A: : email no.-
o out a diuunct one the mus. bu
rcraslllzed. lreland in ruleil under
st ct and severe military law. has puss.
ed through revolution in tin: war. and
is euhiect lo hruial dictatorship.
ALSATIANS FLOUT ALLIES. ‘ .
BERLIN, Jan. id.-Tliedistrict Par-
iinrncnt of Lower Alsace began itq: nes-
on on January is with : dsruon:trs-
tiou i r a German Alsace. sayii an oven.
sens Agency announcement today. r
Former sccrctar Paul. W an . .
alerted President oiltlle Assembly, said -
in his speech oi’ sccep once
"in the lace oi the military ilitlinliull
the reply or the Iirllcrlte to President
‘ .on i: iupiy grotesque The Eu.
Mule ecnrcciy could hare srmlien oiher.
w French wei-
t
s
2-
i
an steam roller were on the r
tlciiin
n
"The Inspiring arroenl. born from
sacred wrath. which the Emperor thera-
.. made to the noun... has iouud :
powerful echo in every Gcrlllhn hear "
FRIENDS or IRELAND E
Should Advertise and
get their friends to'a.d-
l'ICi0llB ll'9 making Oh I l.’il’Be ICIJG 0D . o - a
2.... side: for . great. drive .. .... vertise in “Th; Gaelic .-
ipririgz time alone will tel how icr Amgrican," 1:15 an "1.
this is true .'l'Iio hoauihility or ai- y .
tempt: bring dc to hrcak into Gor- Vestment ' ‘mt an 9‘
pense.