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A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF IRISH INDEPETTDENCE. IRISH LITERATURE AND THE INTERESTS OF THE IRISH RACE.
NEW YORK, JANUARY 31, 1914.
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PlrIIamehL Bill Ml’. Balfour has 6
= lllarougll understanding of British poli-
uo and treats his nuhiect entirely from
us British political standpoint. M all
luglish politicians niturally do. From
lhli viewpoint many Of his arguments
All sound and some of them are unun.
le. He demonstrates that t e As-
Iliilh Home Rule Bill is not a settle-
ment or the lrlrn Question, either rrorn
lie Irish or the Engiihh point of view,
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liter. He contends-if dud: a. term in:
I used to describe Mn Balfour‘! style
tired: hing-that Vi-ill Ireland's chief
Ielalicea" have an reniov , that
nth minor one: .1’: may rem a
ieuuved by
the British Parliament and
a "When Iris
ml him, he snys, "Isl: only for time,
and out much of that."
This is the (ruins o! mind In which
in. Ballour approaches the study at the
workman p their purty in
user and secure lhisu help, both in
Parliament and the H Li I1 constituen-
dn or their gr-itish leglslatlve‘pro-
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T’ E ‘gland or Ireland. - ’
hmemlilvlllr admits them is an Irish
Wig‘ gravity." he says. "may
MM Q er or dispute. but its reality is
Itlu crglestuog Then he units: "what
W ‘E racier and how has it arlaenr"
me P answering he not only lien
sum“ or blstory-depending on tho
,3” Verslo ‘but he denied the unt-
nu‘! D In amazing
;,u5;&m'IIEIl'l and essence or the Irish
APIIIIBLINIJ ENGLISH VIEW IIFIIIIELANIJ.
lrtllllr Balfoiirls Pleval For Maintaining Present Conditions‘ Shows That Evan
The Ablesi Englishmen Are incapable Of Judging Irish Aflairs By
Nation Or Distinctiveiy Irish Institutions. Or That Ireland is
Now Unlairly Treated-Public Opinion Only Counts When
Favorable To England-But He Puts I-Iis Finger On
That There Was Ever An Irish
The Home Rule Bill.
tererts 01 British nnanclem or of Bril-
ish taxpayers. II there is exploiting, it
Is the other way. Far lrom lrelund not
having its rair share in the councils of
ar more
r ol rehreaeniar
tires to the British P rlin d
mltted by everybody, including the In
horn 1 the me Rule B i BIAL In
addition to this, it has in every English
nn oottisn city on impor section
or the population who vote ovawedly
candlllabe Nationalist
whips nnd supporting the policy 0! Nu-
tionalist leaders. -
“I do not complain-far from it: I
merely insist [hit nu Irishman, where-
ever he lives, who knows the circu
stances of this country, who l-rnllwu the
conditions under which me
her fair Proportion of
taxation to imperial ohiecmrp
n to ind Lila lusti-
Hcation 10!‘ Home Rule, we must look
elsewhererl We shall never had it either
e
the lrish -dldlculty
of Home Rule give us scant in ormnt
on this point. They talk about the can-
geetion of Parliamentary n ass.
ut the ember
Llsln They
talk abo raxsmems which
the ll-ion
cult)’ does not lie
und everybody who takes the
trouble to enquirs may easily convince
himself tin d n t lie there.
Where does it lie? it lies in the tact
thnt the trial: Nationalist purty clulm
thot lreland, an. the around of her rcpu.
rate nationality, possesses lnlierent
ghtu which cannot be satlsned by the
iairest and iullest sour. in the Parlia-
IIOI satisfy them. And ought not [0 sails-
lt would he treason to Ire-
an
The statement is ducted tuliy. so that
o lllim IE3)’ be under-
at
that lrelhnli was over-taxed t
tent of from 2 :ol>,olln lo 3.000.000 I
year. and that Lhls had gone on (rpm the
t on the cool
tbat representation was Ma y the
Act of Union-but that nll well-llfformed
lriahnien admit it well. the Homo Rule
Bill cuts down lreland's represenlntlon
1,, Mn iuly very
llsbmen.‘ Whigs, Tori dlcal
strenuously deny that English min is
rzspallsible for reducing iba P0P"13I-WI‘
01 Ireland rrorn 8,500,000 to u littla over
i,ooo,ollo. nnd, or course, cut in: own
rs will be
luatlrled by the rurthep reduction In the
population which English rule will om-e.
l, prlng. I For English rule will remain
in run iorce it the present l-lama Rule
Bill should become law.
Bnliour devotes some some to I
i tn
I:llti.ml)hli nix intended to make his own
lnlericontentiona clear. be im-
rice the sutement tnut lrirh
DANGEROUS “JOKER"IN
IIIIIIIIGRATION BILL.
Clause lnxsectlon I9, Un-
less. Amended, May "Be
Used Against Political
Refugees’The Objec-
tionable Literacy Pro-
vision Retained.
There is a provision in the lmmisflr
his , my be used against anybody w
tries h armed force t erect u (ree gov.
rnment on the mine or u did
it provided tor
tne deportation of uny alien who at any
time within 1-22 yum Ifler enlr)’.
shall be found advocating or teaching
the unluwfbll destruction o rty, or
advocating’ or teaching Iunrchy or the
overthrow by force or uioiem of organ.
ind ynuernmenf, or the assassination of
public Ofhcialll.
The part or section 19 oi lhe lmrnigrn.
lion Bill quot above in iualics may he
so interpreted unit it may be Ipplied to
o
A in
written thut the possibility of nntscon-
otrulng any of its provisions will be
ma remote as possl le. ‘
The Bill clenrly provides for the hate-
guardlng or persons dying Irom reli-
gious persecution. why not b we it
made equally clear regurdlng political
nifenders? As it mods now it could he
made an instrument (or the reversal of
tho time-bonorlui on L) or the United
LII FD
l‘ticd.l oilencias in other countries seek-
ing asylum e , ‘LN K. ..
rlt is only by "rcrce and violence“ that
"organized governments" can be over-
All organized govv
as
gocid and devoted citizens oi the United
L
uten. - g
The Bill col.lL1.in.u the zoolion libel-arty
clause. which was in the measure vetoed
by Mr. Tdrt, the avowtd purpose or
which is to keep out undesirable aliens.
Any alien who can read rorty words in
any iungupga is desirable honor in
Tile pill, however,
for t e
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tlon and Naturalization calls “the erluv
oed henrer," who on arrival here
heglnn to and fault with our institu-
ticins. , . ‘
it would be interesting to lrhow now
many or the immigrant Inecsulra, near
or remote. or the men who are ar ulng
tor the adoption of Lhe literacy past
knew how to read or write.
ho RAID NEW YORK FUNDS.
Peace Pakors Seek to Obtain $30,:
000 From the State to Finance
Their Bogus “Hilnilreil Years
of Peace" Celeilralioh-Blair
volt and Nelson Introduce Bills
in Senate and Assembly-Got
to Work to Beat Them. ‘
The Pence Fnkers In mulrlng another
reld on the slate Treasury, so as ,
make the I-IXPIYBYE uf New YOYIK DB7
tns expenses of their Anglo-American
0 lowing
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, r New York, unnunry no, 19142”
My Dear Mr. .. ‘ '
or lmmadlat. concern to the members
or this committee resident in the state
2 New York is I hill lntroduoed in the
opening session 0! the Legislature by
Hon. George A. Bluuvelt In the sent
and by Hon. Dean Nelson in the As
ply, which 9 rrles an appropriation of
or a com-
s.;o,ollo tor the nppolntment
mission or mean, to be l( own the
Peace cente ary C0'““58I0n. for the
purpose of executing I plan for on a
propriuts celebration in the state of tbs
tensry or tho mining or inc, Treaty
of shout and the centenary of am y po
tween the united Sula and other coun-
es.
" 'un'l you co-ollsrlte in securing the
Means or Lhe Auerllbly. asking their
iuvoruhlo consideration or the bill.
' t you ulgo Ask your local repre-
Leglsluture for
Iuhliort and bring such lnlluence to bear
nlrim-lg your (rlelllin that you think
would bu oLhclp to the comm tee.
As this matter will roms'u .
Fonsidcratlon, it is important that you
slit lhil request )'0Ill’ DVOHIPI BHBDUOII.
very truly yours.
ions A. srsn-gar.
Chnirlnnn Executive committee.
Thu Fence ralrerr, clmstened ny many
delohth, have become modernte In their
demands and have graciously conde-
scemled to include "other countries" In
their celebration at a Hundred Years of
Peace iullv eighty or
laid oi the Revolution en-
uhlell the revolted Colonies to vlin
great many
who will have
matter.
The lowering or the denlimd tor money
by the Peace Fakers ll
something In shy in
Assembly, providing lor
an appropriation or v:.oo,ooo to derruy
New York’: more in the grand pure
Junker which was to prepare the W3)‘
ipr an Anglo‘-Alnerlciln Alllhnce. The
ill was relerred to the Finance com.
nuitlee or the Santa and the ways and
commilm heard in anch decided tones
from their conuilluenu t at 'it gI'aA
smothered and never acted upon by the
lsluture.
Th n a year later Senator l'lur.'nsl7er-
ger or laurraln introduced in the senate
and Mr Jackson of New York in the
Assembly a hill to appropriate $150,000
to delruy xew York's pan. in l
liratlon of too centenary hr cumnrodcrh
Perry‘u victory or
there was one "little joker" which the
ordlnn llderslnud,
but which. I! the hill Daslzael unamended,
bill created, hut which really In
exist rice all-e ma imi-
(ion of I Iplendid victory over Englnnil
New York. who prevented it fro being
rushed through without dlllculsion Ind
thus gave tlma to the citizens of the
State to make their voices lb .- Pro
teats poured in from Ill over Lhe state
struck out and the Com
lltructed tllut not a dollur of tho Sure‘:
money should be used In Liza Hundred
Y brnllon, or for In)’
the proper pmir
b
ac. only part or a larger body mora-
sentlng several Slater: and that Com-
mission did its utmost to minke tho cele-
er
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however, Ind (ha people who listened
to the speeches received in chilling si.
lenoo III references in English friend-
ablp uud wildly applauded the trlhutes
to Perry nnll his galluilt men The con-
spirators lulled completely. ‘
. Now as will be seen from the circular
come
only a little over onrslxteenlh or their
original demand-and will tack on the
rest or the world to England‘: call, to Is
to throw dust in the eyes or the pooplo
ol the state. t the peopl n't
tooled by much shallow tricks and it
they are warned time will not allow
their rapnosentatlvrg to vote the people's
money ror r making it a
pear to the rest of the world that the
alter! states is ready to bac Enslall
llrwnr with Germany. The dnily pa.
pm have suppressed the news, but the
peopla an be reached wltlmu‘. them
and their representatives must toe the
line when the people speak
I-‘hkerl hive I pointed out
IJUBLIN BALLS
That The Old British Policy OI
Irish Police
(Special to Tm’. GAELIC ALI)lll(‘llX.I
by Euglicnlnen constituted rcr trim “the
chic: agony oi‘ existence." To every In-
telligent than living in Ireland ut the
n sing the arro-
lold (orce. The English polltitlnns lire
at present lll'l an to what the tutor:
m or government I h
H and their respective l'0lllTlIIlI
ulouu;to tho discussion display an Ignor-
au ineptitude and an ussumuce
lhnt could not be paralleled in Europe.
we broke out lust
and. is assumed that the people of
lrelnnd are even greater iools trrun his
English mldlencul.
A row extracts rl-om the English Tory
leader will best uhaw duulity or
llresent day English stutugmunsillp:
"The horltiorl. oroogeded Mr. Bonlr
Law, is rar more serious than l lhlnk
is realized even yet, either by our lvolltv
lca.I opponents or, perhaps, by the coun<
rgc. in m el r, we are dri .
ing rapidly. and, lr nothing be done to
change the current. we are drilling in-
war, which will abat-
ita ioundutlong the whole rnhrlc
lslence, and which
will, at the some lime, leave us exposed
to dangers lronu w tlzout." g g ,
have given a pledge tbut lr Ul-
"We
ate: resists we rt her in her
ncc. We cl, with tile h
reslsta
or the Almighty. to lreep that pledge.
and the keeping of it involves something
morn 2 an the making or speeches."
"ii the unionists were right the Gov-
ernnleni nud ceased to net as the count -
tutlonul Government of a free peoplc
were octing As tyrants. Ind had lost all
right to the obedience upon which all
government stands."
All this llery rhetoric was introduced
speech
not from Lhem but from I Llbrrul be
ayal.
these people, whose mlln object at
:cure for
l d. it the old game, but this time
ut nail And unushnme .
acids 2! u‘
. now as ever the
chic! constituent or English statecrart.
li-
ln Elizabeth‘! me they cu ed "
lick courted’; l a day: of the latest
Geo go they on ll. "!<lonol-" and "I lit"
But these peo-
ruled her for
enturies.
Thu farcical polio: inquiry in Dublin
is still lilting Ind tailing huge quhntl-
lien or worthless alldenoe
English Government in Ireland Innis lo
:-
.
wit eas
pvldenca on oath. A5 a rc-su or U!
lugenlouo method. it the popular repre-
sell tlves want no impugn the action or
the Government they no unlble to com-
pel the ntvendlnce ot essential witnesses
Ind those witlusnes who elect to attend
mly, not being examined on oath. nuts
anything they liks, without being prose-
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FDR FAIR PUBLIC INQUIRY.
Great Mass Meeting In The Irish Capital Asks Thelord Mayor To Hold In-
vestigation Into Police Brutality-The Goverlill-l'ent Inquiry A Farce-
Bonar Law Would Like To See Civil War Ill Ireland, Which Proves
“Divide And Conquer” Is In
Operation To-Day As Much As Ever-The English Rulers
Of Ireland Are Controlled To A Great Extent By Their
Hirelings.
were AIOIPII. This same method is doing
duty now to enalrle the cuverpment to
cover up [Lie vlauwn hrululiiies of their
rhrre in Du lln
L‘hrom'll<' w en to
citizens of Dublin at the end
last, wounding nearly ruo people
killing two. the Dublin corporation d
rolznlse wan broken and the Sunday
"The explanation is this. Mr. Blrrell
was bluntly told by his oillclals in Dub-
lin that the patience or the police was
was rurtner tried.
be, by an inquiry
constituted as he proposed, poll
strilra (or its equivalent. the withdrawal
oi: police services ny Ilia rnllk nnd die)
would be (llleviialrle, The situation was
represented as S
rell decided cquiesce. and under
to happen reused
in promise. e was ud-
even something more was
the situation was even to
and me of the Metropolitan and R. I. C.
orceg.
" hen the announcement was made
it was sec
again, and th such dangerous
elements in the present situation that
the uuLhcirII.ies are seriously nlnrlncd."
police-ridden Government only
merlhs Ind only gets the contempt of the
a great meetil-.g was held
in O'Connell street to request the Lord
llioyor of Dublin to hold u real inquiry
into the recent conduct or the police.
About ln.ooo people attended and
Iny people reared to be
police trap and indiscriminately hntoned
as they were in August last
was to whitewash the police and put the
sentient voice, milking the Lord Mayor
to hold an independent lnniilly on hebalr
01 the citizens. l>o ce ruude several
eirorts lo disturb the meeting. but lind-
ing them unavnlllng with
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appeal for zunds should come iron: the
Irish Volunteers in America.
. B].‘L)ll>‘I‘l Houses.
1....’
WILLIAM O'BRIEN RESIGNS.
nm,‘
A cable desporch rroru Cnrk my way
announced that Wlllidni O'Brien bad ro-
uigned from the lsrltlsn Pnrllnnienl for
coeds to m
. l 1 d d on a complete (1% , ' . 4 p ruled ior perillry ‘ his w s i.he method ship of the Chlltem Hundreds
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