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Full Title	Irish Press, Vol. 1, No. 32, November 2, 1918.
Contributor	McGarrity, Joseph, 1874-1940.
Date Added	15 March 2017
Format	Newspaper
Language	English
Publish Date	1918-11-02
Publisher	Philadelphia: The Celtic Press
Source	Joseph McGarrity Newspaper Collection
Topic	Irish > United States > Newspapers. Irish Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Newspapers.
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OCR THE IRISH PRESS, Philadelphia, November 2, 1918 ‘ LIFE AND WORK OF THOMAS DAVIS By W. P. RYAN uc.) (Continued from Last. Is CHAPT eR IY. Davis and the “h et us dwell a little donger on the janguage question, which Davis em- phasized in more ways than one, for wt leads to other phases of his large vision of nationahty and the work na wondertul tui years wilh few lahor ne with foret ed not li ‘ealization tieories~ -may truths! 7 rsoness, and passion; he asd m the practical: ns Ti and apply his 2th it be om: cht of the pre ious heri- . the national lan- moved ti hom: ts pel 19 the heart 0! Som mo} inspiring is growing day by dey in themsetves. thaw mature, sets bios= © -brichtest pow Ii 3 and dis them with a i shows them 2 rays towards: yy peopic under the discover unsposied —statnp. ed Limes wider ang y ihey in their simpic and hone s nutional . the thought, on. ATA Tha we cans 0: s less the he ave and brain are the nation there nor hetlth, nor hope of progress.) rt ind permane! national Tangungo is lovel and Wem rn Uwo, three, hal Jor pleasure the shadow of a nation’ aavis— . reason, and grow in! after Davis, unt our | m sw own, or are coming. to rei law, Some, indeed, have heen sonar Uy good Irishmen in they have noi ‘known “rhe | But what dors Uy u mean? ha trantared, fish language and something of the irit has di to themselves: ionel ish in blood ; mich of Trish i the blood jt A as there is ad Bni do we find. et natand. ths 7 “the second an Do we nol Though to Davis. of cow jes langn u is the ferti sap s iNiai an the language is tho the u langnare strength: guage ix of blessing. and herein nk of rehermore. the toa an indeser’t jo} Davis reati Tt this | trath, of science dst st obe anis ou follow their own the astronomer show you that in their growth and their courses: tars follow laws & the ov stainly; the is the truth that are guided and kept other Jaws and ions, “This do and thou shalt is a maxim that holds true throughout time and space. And as with flowers. and men, and stars, so with nations. History hus sundry examples and warnings to the grim effect that when nations disobey certain principles of life they fide and eventually fall. And the first life-law of a nation is devotion to its own language. Now, a vital nation, as Davis real- ied with a sense that had tho light of poctry, Is a beautiful thing of many- sided energies in a large, general harmony. So long as it grows natur. ally, so long as it leads a creative] and picturesque life of its own, de- veloping its language, literature, music, industries, art, character—it fs just the beautiful on a national scale. So far, however, in history few na- tions have done more than go certatn steps, so to say, towards the ideal nation, and tho possfble civilization freland” Ideal: a them | yea v the ithe school, © hought in. and epoken the jt are but pale-™ folk around 3 jd and! xew | i “|positive forces of Iroland for tit men, true to themselves, 1 Commanities. When we study ihe grew. positive things they hav ms, we see Uhat the Gaets in Tr lend before tho Danish and invasi went uch § From theirs to Davis" actual Ireland scams @ sad descent; looking on that] Gelund, and not knowing the moods and works of the Gael when truly! himeell, one could feet Tite of the I . But. Davis" mind! tized them as vividly as it he! {had ved through | the old eteative dave. Reading we seein to tnase through erole. ee ad a time = of metto So prac Taught by his all otentiat nation- do not, x nopolizanisn ad tried “philosophica‘ly and found an illusion. e Us our nation and our soul: yy wilhin ourse:ves. and instead about Le sMopoli- ike Lhe poetts circle in the Xpands 10 noUghL we shall; baile “he Ulings that have the hint of} ermal. 1 uw that the really te: <0 tanisne ‘thet. lis Iresan fim. The nor mal a ior 0 lowest, she would have s For ai! her child 2 #1 home: and to him, as it is the Irekund at home| Tr to Us today. Hoon his reason and his” w That when the Gael is point of view in reeari it ts @ virial possession, jie i bonne more lovingty to Iretand. of new things. which, he can do for Tre: thi trusting hi ¢ i a, We ea dl velop in Ireland is a ries. drama, literature, is made more rlened and and the thettor able v0 r the forces Uial would enslave roland, and make her 2 province of ngiand, Pra yy another, Many. who are strong. and. in- reme Nationalists, x¢o that * Tome Rule, and (et us sup- rly independent, Parlia- po rent great questions of home power and trust will stil be unscitied, The British Empire will still have the as of a large absorbing force, yas Ireland is concerned ng: nd will be only Loo plea 0 offer a.| shiner of talent what ‘rill seom Jeare expansive opportuniti Tne, the mon who AccuPt trem will between their and so be halt ective, or they witl dul! their con- ences by raimeis about this great Empire” (whose moral and re not onrs), and be The wise saw, the work a he name ot “Irish” be sone for Ireiand, on Trish ly in Ireland. Tence Ntevetloparent on the great G hai were Day uch development possible if we Toso language? ‘That were to lose 5 When her iand “ared queatcons. deeply and press- important in ihemse:ves, are sci- Ned there will st ‘matters of life and end parliaments cannot mould, the earnest = er sense, looked far ahead and ‘bent mind to many things that did not al, bat were and are tT have scemed ito awe! overmuch hon the language jit is simply because it ¢ root of so much; because there is x0 "subtle 8 relation heeween a mulive language and the mental and social qualities. and indged the very organs of speech, of a nation. The soul, the body, the brain of a people, the physical na- ¢ of their country itse! ly and mysteriously harmonized, or harmonize themselves in the course of long and formative ages. Languages are not accidents or the results of chanee; native languages aro the fit and chosen tongues for nations. or forelyn, may do, the Irish language is essential 10 the development of the the tending of the things that are inti- muatoly Ivish, for the nurturing of dis- clive Irish culture, the keeping of the native spirlt fresh und free, for tho building up of Irish Irclund inde- pendently and manfully from within, Irish Ireland growing naturally from within—Iroland trusting herself, developing her resouroes and capaci- ties in every possible Ine of social. effort: How such, ow artistic, and spiritual vision. "work for! And how is! ‘Whatever parliaments, home | it. [The answer is melancholy, or at le a short time ago the answe: be melancholy, ory—anyhow till the other day—has shown much ‘bitter ivony. ality were remembered jon, tut the best of # nnregarded oF forgotten, who imagined themselve: ‘opied foreign every sta Our J Yule or nothing and customs at Dublin theatres h jout Kuglish plays, medioere or vul- gir for the most part; our newspapers w more English than Li most of our games + Eng ish, on _ COMOR ng book-sialls were nearly "yall of Brit ish publications, rourta-rate and under [for the most part, our concerts were largely ge-Trish; goods the Irishman bought, ‘clothes thal. he wore were Enghsh 80 on through the whole paintw Ireland wa: ke a huge caricature of the Ire Dav The re 3 Ivor. Like Davis he als " erent sin CHAPTER ¥. | Davis and Trish History i and meanin truggles, quarrels, culture, mutiative saw one of tie deadliest an 1 of education orld. pheial ed 10 teach ish * 1 a fove oF it, an junderstan: hirs: for Lattie deser lend that were a: 1% ther name of 1 r Kagan tory has becn w ‘d ¥AYe | moil ears, Something indeed tiv ervanis 10 other tans, were a Doge ett ish history has been wrilt a tragedy, “The Ireland atthy Eegiishimen and West Brivons; un Lome concern and care py te ishmen whose sym) Hie ‘amenage imei rsght, bite who hat litle or so fre ha ‘ knowledge of the rex or Irish story. N; io them an une er and “ve man we quisitions on the r and sont of generations a Aundred words of whose lore we |siknown io the writers. Sout indeed! and “fa [The “ieacedy’ I man fought, or quar what havoc, anon. he found him: seontime, not a few could Vat his sou! saw wh harps were tuned in m tha mountain or when c the © $n, the war clouds and the ravage shadow and shelter of cairns and shrines: in tho twilight of autumnal woods; by the western seas whos murmurs) mi in his imagination with the far isie-music of the ever- living: who has _interprete: ro% Who carried the sease hem like a golden thread throwg! study, how far he had need to go ThE did nol trouble. is and he had a sense of the righ: in 0 ‘als h came, ‘nektsaogal do.” GIVE S. F. A CHANCE (Continued from First Page) that will survive your time and mi and produce another phase in Ir: political iife worse than the Parnell s with Title” force behind it, will be for ood in Bouse of or no mor impotent Commons. Peace Conference “In proportion as you succeed the polls you will mar the effect of Ircland’s demand to be heard at th pouce conference, as thet demand, to be effective Rowerful, | shouted ¢ trom a united > ‘Ire: Ter appeat will rot be to any one nation, but to victor and van- quished alike, to vindicate her right to self-determination. “IT will support Sinn Fein policy at the next election, because I regard t °C constitutional than yours, the one difference being thyt, while yours has growmn o'd, weak, aud sup- pliant, it is young, strong, proud, inging ft land. what is due to national dignii “A united people is essential to op- pose conscription and to make its de- mand for am entrance: to the peace conferenco effective. One party should retire from the arena of combat, and in my opinion it is yours, which had such a prolonged trial. “Great Britain will never concede full justice to Ireland except as a result of external international pres- sure,'and at tho coming ¢lection the voters should make a: supreme effort ro the case of Ireland a nation tolretenred to the peace conference,” _ genius ot imagine. i at of tiem to the London National Galler lcodicil oxpresses his last wishes, and remained unwtinessed owl!ug to ‘sg of 1 MODERN ART IN DUBLIN‘ Sketch of Specimens in the Dub- lin Municipal Art Gallery. Finest Collection ef Modern Pictures in Any Public Gallery THE FAIR TRIAL FUND pa ine © New York Committee Appeals for Money to Def men Charged Wit! ity in the Fake Irish Plot”- Lestaior ea morance, mp! “German: ‘—Lawyers Being Intimidated So That the Men 1 May | be Left Without Proper Li 0 to be stadied in Dublin in int Ling exes antes. ‘ape. Left (From uke ‘on, X.Y.) The following appeal for funds to defend Irishmen who are being prose- cuted here as part of the war waged nthe cause of Irish liberty has been ed, so that they may seenre a fair ial: The Dublin Municipal Gallery ant surprise to many! uid, for at is hardly hat ore of vite finest n any 2 moods of watere,j ten sinceri and ‘ Ire expected more ambi je Coro:s, too, are a won- nd show the art of this 8: iS wo be collections of modern picun public gallery should be found in New York, July 12, ‘1918. ion. | Corot. whose geographicai | yond, Fellow-Citizens — Severe] Irishinex it somewha ilean be © onside have been arrested and ineld tor trial as he can in Dubin Oue lon vario worid. n 15 dah the lau earliest pieter and connection with Iris i Tan ne or bis nero 1 scape? Liam isitows, Dr. Patrick Me- pabiie spin on ns Cartan, and Scumas McDermott have ae overastimaied. Before su been charge with obtaining passports lat is Welsh is charged ng letters as a ineans of into existence ten and art 5: came Irish year round iraming a! between nen in this fient Bad fo Henmal City. country and the men in Ireiaed. good moder: ii ‘i A. O'Leary is awaitin: Smanner in which s' skies are ‘on, and his brother John ed as this pnpeal is writ- arge of is his brother porou most Ss bein ur a with the 4 Ireland produ ome OF tone. Osher vin steeius from the urisdiction of the John lagers. iz of the foreign! court, tho two Monticeliis, John Gil, a wan whose son is at exeop- “cum “these were the enabled by . the from nF nmunicado hout any charg: I rance, has been several held weeks of art and ihe world on in the Dublin Maw has been 2 hoon coin Trish a nd very beant ver i Ol ‘ei he Toremian declares give, And now he is eo for contempt of court for ret fore the Grand Jury. } The guilt or innoe Ly seene wit more than on w jles sir remoie Mugh But They defend them, and Ovens as ed the fact that intin jconesived of paining and * being practiced to prorany “ayers airendy heeoane a rom iakiig up the eases of Trish if * charged wilt connection with | lover "The newspapers have fre- ed gi rth the authority of @ 218 Of the pre officials of the Department of Justice, tory a siler's lovely th clti- at fers of u hout the lator ny Mm a nd works by y Moore, Or con So:omon. and others. The | Hoes re the evidenee that being waged on the Irish ional Movement on the pretense that hostile to the United States, It, is therefore necessary to ineure gent, hy whom Uiere are wo ‘ie —one of Sir Hugi Lang and jexcentors a ven ‘on the bes _eoiteet ion. por one of Lady Ch patil Beresford—as ‘4 fair trial for every Irishman charged it well as a faseinat iand= "wish complicity in this alleged plot; scape: Mr. done by providing some of and this can only whose. fit are to bet rthem x sir found in : ye pai subscription. and by Sir Hugh Lane nselt. ‘The famous series of works Consiahie, Famtin, and ers were acqiired, and round this jnuctens ihe collection rapidly grew. s eulpanre were | N w with able counsel and the other atrial. To ac- large amow of and it must be ed by voluntary’ subscriptions. x legal defense fund bas been re ¥ expenses of this a 1g shore. of the Tate money Redmond and Sir Charles Conder M John our tangled mediacval history? Seraps | Pictur > farted in York to defray the of the old Gacl’s lore, suaiche: | mists of distine-; Wiliam Or a Si necessary expenses to insure these molody, pieces of Nv by Sir ugh John. The iwo opal aa | men fair trial and make certii of his monuments and tbuie examples of their ;are particu tall their Tegal rights are safe- * the nd he himself gave about one) Dubin, ce former by a briilian: we! red. The undersigned have heen isions, old songs inslinei @ piece. a breezy Tandscape, and a i een as a disburs woot. fohis huma: eresang series of portrats s-an appeal whi these might have hinied to the “hi incinde Lord MacDonnell, Sir ot oeommend itself to the Friends of torian” how deeply he had need to Mahatty, Me. Wis ‘liam O'Brien, Michael ‘Irish Freedom and other ‘tindred or- we Davi. Hone. you lo take RTL A. and the artist iem-jthe matter ‘up w i the latter by a large decorative sand solicit sab) evipti ape wath figures. and four DOE wrRent, as we are called upon to pay umaits. every one of which expenses at once. piece. “Chiecks and posto: ars should ts to be expected thar an 1% be rade p how G. Ly ‘106s cused in ano! rn Thureeurt. sireei nity specimen of a oY should contain a repress: ‘Thing avenue. New York. of works by JONN DEVOY, Chairman, though — the JCHN KE Secretary. MATTIEW G. LYONS, Tr ative collection iy i, Papin, e be; poss les of ‘tie most’ THE 1a: F provision of painters of ihe h building, when was in contenant on century Joun Lavery: The Kiixenny Journal says: “We ie Comporazion of Dublin before!and Si Witham Orpen, both “Irish: read tat Lord French will surrender as had to be postpone! ready been MeN-j che rems of ofice sould conscript * whole. Hone, whose re-lie dropped. Sti i the collection in e art'cent death at an advanced age Iw robbed Ireland of the greatest land-} coed w she nineteenth of conunr ir » however. at the moment an ‘seape painter she produced redonnd to a is dl link —inissing the is not less distinguished. rete not he coerced for the saperb collection of or of the Bariizon Sc say upon her manhood. Trish- Impressionist pictures by 4 Corot in his nen and Irish women in May Nanot, Reno:r. and other painters of Nathaniel Hone had for many yours the wae Emsclt to o amin the sea land. ryt ine ‘devoied 1: in Gal: which Sir Tui tor for the Du bis! yon pre sive occurred since they Rade Patriotic and dignified protest make it any more acceptable in the s of our people. Ye and w 7 2 hung there years as his 3 5s “conditional ” | persona tl are there no longer. These pictures st wore promised on condition that building be provided within ied time. but. owing 16, an ua deserted coasts of Jretund, The t bite fortunate controversy about the in poss this was lone; and Sir Lene, disappointed ai the failure of the scheme on wiich he had sot Itis|carlier work. heart, removed the pictures and lent/an Irifi painter who has for some, Lady Grej by Bost y.|years past made his home in New|Tolstoy by Aronsen; at the same dime making an altora-|York, is well represented. The por-|Dalou Maillol, Alfred Stovons, Barve, tion in his will in favor of London. | traits by him in the Dublin collection ‘and others. Nor can I oven glance Before this death, however, he revert-|{nclude an interesting carly portratt|at the deligatful rooms where the ed ito his original intention and drew | of Mr. W. 3B. Yeats, one of Sir Horace) water colors and drawings are hung, ont with his own hand, and signed, a{Plunkett and one of Mr. Stand's| with their Barbizons, their Conders, codicil to his will, definitely leaving|O’Grady. Among thie othor painters | ther anteresting sketches by Con- the pictures to the Dublin Municipai|in the “Irish Room" aro the late; stanvin Guys, their Johns and Orpens. Gallery. Unfortunately, this codicil| Walter Osborne, Mr. J. J. Shannon,|/The Dublin Municipal . Gallery, re= is unwitnessed, and therefore inopora-|Mr. Jack Yeais—by whom there are|iecting ua it docs the porsonal taste tive according to English Jaw, though | several charactenistic studies of Wost|and judgment of its founder, and con- in Scotland % would have legal valid-|of Iroland types—Mr. W. J. Leoch,| tating a collection of modern art ity. But.as all the members of Sirjand Mr. John Keating. uniquo of its kind, deserves the high Hugh Lane's family and several intl-| I have léft myself no space tolesteom in which it is held by those ‘mate friends have come forward pub-|speak of the small but excolleut col-|critics who have placed it second in Yicly to destity their baltet that the lection of sculpture, which includes | interest only to the Luxembourg. works by Rodin, among them a rish Pande bust in marble of Mr. Goorge Bernard caupes and several examples of Hone’s'Shauw and one im brouze of Mr. Mr. John Buder Yeus,! Thomas Fortune Ryan; hush some of the fines: 3

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