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. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO -THE CAUSE OF IRISH INDEPENDENCE,
IRISH LITERATURE,
AND THE INTERESTS OF THE IRISH RACE
Entered as
Vol. Il, No. 11.
sccond.class matter, Oct. 1, 1903, at the Poat Office at
‘New York, N. ¥y, under the Act of Congrése of March 3, 1879.
NEW YORK, MAR
CH 18, 1905.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
NOTHING SHORT OF
AN IRISH REPUBLIC
++
’ New York Clan-na-Gael Proclaims Its Faith in Total
Separation—Balfour and Rosebery Show Futility
of Parliamentary Methods—Speeches by
Judge Fitzgerald and James J. Walsh
—Thanks for the Senate—Sym-
pathy With Russia
Emmet celebration at the Academy
were given in the prograim
Jat week's issue of Tie Gartic Autznican.
Justice James Fitzgerald of the Sup:
Court presided; former Congressman James
J. Waish delivered the address of the even:
ing, and Mr. Jeremiah J. O'Leary read the
resolutions.
Owing to the pro-British and anti-Rus-
e majority of the daily
of the
geri
P. J. Co
the Irish_Voluntee:
‘McNulty, Mathew Clune, J.J. O'Leary,
Mart in, Colonel Michaet F. Fas,
mas J. O'Sullivan, Martin “J. Kan
Michael syemnings Edward C. Sheehy, Just
ohn
Metal "thomas M. Mul md B
jorough Presi-
dents Haffen earn, Commissioners
Darlington, Hayes Brady nd Featherson,
J.B
set “Cobolan ‘Neal J. Breslin and Dan
‘onway.
“The members of the Emmet family who
Dr.
le Em.
t and Lieutenants
JUDGE FITZGERALD'S OPENING SPEEC
Mi atric! Conway, president of the
Irish Athletic Club, opened the, meeting by
naming ‘as an Judge Fit:
was received with gre:
in part as fol!
This great gath:
«of teish blond snd of fessh aye
bled to do honor to the m a
hero, it the chief city of a republic where
freedom is, the priceless heritage of all, i
significant in many Ww: more
» SS than tn the evatence that it vtorishes of
the undying character of the struggle waged
by freland for ent
et here t tore ny fellow-cit-
en, to do honor
forthe memory of a man, who de am ine
Getible Impress on the history of bis tim
and who bequeathed to us a name and char-
yet. ‘been conque
This is the one Iyupdred and twenty-sev-
enth anniversary | bert Emmet's birth,
le was young! we eloquent; he. ws
he ‘vel the ide
devoted ; sal he believed
that sortie was the price of freedom. Be
cause of these thi is young life was
taken away by a
fo homage to public virtue and patri
What is virtue there
gland, a8. superstition,
reedom. was branded
They dep
Eimer “of life fot lowing. "hastily on a al
prejudiced and one-* sided that it wall Te
"Alas for Ireland!
ber] branded by En;
what is love at
~
main forever a blot on the history of English
criminal jurisprudence. But ¢ le memo
of that faithful young martyr is far deeper
even tl life; and Rol bert Emmet
ad is more an incentive to his countrymen
to seize the old flag and carry it aloft to
victory than if the grim fate which was his
in the bloom of youth had passed him
| measure,
nal al
nted, but no
real progress had been made towards Home
Rul
The action of the present Government of
land, which
governed coi cuntry in the
f administrative refc Balfour, the
Premier; Mr. Wyndham, the Chief Seer:
for Ireland; Sir Ant MacDonnell, the
der Secretary, and raven’ had
got togeth m: scheme
apped out a
would present England in
a better light before the world. Ireland is
governed by a set of bureaucrats with whom
the Russian Grand Dukes are “not in it,”
i ind of
nts and some men chosen by
local elective bodies and give this body the
right to look after some financial affai
tubject to the jurisdiction of the British
Parliament.
This scheme of reform had not even bee:
clear! at the very mention of
the word reform the Ulster Unionists and
Orangemen took alarm and threatened to
withdraw thelr support from the Govern:
ea monopoly of
: Ireland
auministrative positions in Irelan
overned 1
it.
's of the
inded hi
yin Balt 's “Bohemian Girl
Lord ‘Rovelery, one of
the “Ube Teade lers, made a speech in which
ked of ane evils of dual government
ingary, and in Norway and
Swed en, which was plainly a declaration
dd. Was it
Bai
ing their thoughts to other methods?
it any wonder, in face of these exhibitions
by British Ministers and looking at the dis-
furbed condition of the Old World, that
Irishmen should begin sain t9 recall OCom
nell’s maxim gland’s difficulty is
that “Eni
Ireland's opportunity.”
asses ADDRES:
intsbdvcing Mr. 3s the speaker
the evening, Judge. Pie gerald spoke eulo-
gia of,
hi
In
Irishmen all over the world meet at, this
life and death
season to commemorate, the
0 demonstrate that
gS a
strange to her aspirations for independence.
If all Irishmen were united upon these
principles, an appeal to other peoples would
not be necessary, but unfortunately the unity
does not exist, and the movement lacks
much moral force on this account, bu but our
upbuildin; in’ this country—not so
el mea ant the bumith ation of their
ancient enem} because drop a
blood spilled, ‘every dollar spent every
of industry contributed toward the de! feces
of “the, coun:
maintenance or developmes
try advanced the principles for which Em-
met contended, for which he gave his life,
and for the ‘advancement hich Re
atend meeting in bis
they are proud of the part they ete taken
in every hour of, this country’s travail, and
again by Emmet's hallowe nory pledge
Ib:
the ‘alle “pia!
and. unequivocally bound to this cot
while her destiny is their chief concern,
we may with confidence in the security of
her "magnificent progress and an abiding
n her tremen jower turn once in
to the mother land, recall some of
her sufferings and
a while
her glories, weep over
encourage her aspirations. It is in. this
spirit that you assemble to-night, to, honor
the memory of Robert Emmet, student, lover
and patriot.
The speaker then gave a graphic sketch
b
Then
summed up hi
THE PURPOSE OF EMMET'S LIFE
are not limited to conjecture to
determine this purpose, for in the most sol-
emn moment of bis ite, in the very shadow
‘of death, in an appeal to the Immaculate
emancipation of my country from the super-
of their war on the American Colonies, and
with ng reason fora
sition towards England, ‘The
France and other Continental
countries cost her immense suras of money—
wich $0 that at one. time nearly the
whole
The mi
playing itself ant d
ust been robbed ‘al_ parliament,
tod, Pie Pitt had troken his promiee to. Tris
a shove all, the grievances of the Irish
eal, their sufferings abundant
End terrible, the oppressions ef England
constant and of long standing, and the Irish
cause: was The contest for liberty had
been successiuily won on a country and
med to have been won in and
the Irish people were fairly well orgonized
and needed only the encouragement of some
successful movement to, solidify them in
their country’ se, Emmet, the incor-
uptible patriot, seemed to be the man to
lead such a movement, and but for the pre-
sipitancy of the events of July 23, 1803, the
history of the world might
changed. Mr, Charles Phillips is authority
23d of July,
Be te tke
would fit the
for the statement that on
1 re was not
nat
‘a single
which
NO SURRENDER AN
D NO COMPROMISE
ee
Resolutions Passed at th
Sunday Eveni
We, members of
asseinbled in annual. meet
e Academy of Music on
ng, March 12
the Clan-na-Gacl, citizens of New York, of Irish birth or descent,
ting to honor the memory
of Robert Enna and to promote the
cause of Irish independence, for which he died, hereby dectar
right. The latest uiterances of bot!
wholly inadequate plan of H
reform—c
—That English rule in Ireland, maintained
during seven centuries by fraud, confisca-
learly “remonerate the useiessness of appealing to England's sense of justice or
seeking redress through parliamentary or other peaceful mean:
ourselves to aid by every means in our power
We, therefore, pledge
in the complete separation of Ireland from
England an the erection of an independent Republic on Irish 6
of tant vk Nationali:
t the present condition of the world's atfairs is full of promise for the policy
lass Power;
unit for war, poor in organization and equipment, deficient in armament-and oficercd by
men ignorant of the art of war; her yet untried ni
dare
navy is her only offensive arm, and she
res not enter into a conflict with any first- or second-class Power without an ally. Hence
her alliance with Japan and her frantic efforts to bring about an alliance with the United
States, transferring to American soil ber age-long war on the Irish people.
the challenge so insolently flung down, and have i:
great emergencies.
nv
amending the cui
fully concealed, purpose
in every State
ey were intended to
in defense of the Constitutional principles which
memorable vote on the Arbitration Treaties.
'V.—We extend to the Government and
We took up
Bicted a crushing defeat on her diplom-
o meet it with the courage and devotion the race has never failed to show in
We thank the United States Senate for its timely and patriotic action in so
mningly constructed Arbitration Treaties
sas to defeat the sinister, but care
serve, and we pledge to that august bod
of the Cnion a vigorous and energetic support, irrespective of party petiis
he
it so firmly and wisely asserted in
people of Russia our heartfelt sympathy in
of
rT
the struggle they are now cafrying on with England’s ally, Japan, for the natural right
and America, who really hate the Russian peo}
now seek to pit one against the othe
ple as much as they do the government, an
1 for the injury of both. England, who now
critically parades her-sympathy with Russian liberty, has destroyed liberty in Ireland, India
South Africa, and is the chief factor in maintaining over the Christian peoples of the
Balkans and Armenia the cruel and murderous
applaud assassination and social upheavals in
in an effort
workman to the position of a
serf, We pray
rt to degrade and pauperize American labor
rule of the Turk. The men in America who
Russia, mostly not Americans, are engaged
id re the
for Russi
and we look forward to the day when Irish soldiers will font shoulder to shoulder wih
Russians, Frenchmen and Germ:
ans for the destructi
‘ion of the robber British Empire and
the liberation of Ireland, South Africa and India.
inkoman oppression under which she has so
and too patiently travailed.”
he leave any doubt a5 to bis aim
for the absolute Independence of Ireland,
‘dying declaration he
SST wished to Procure, for my
the guarantee Washin: proc
Rmeficas” When alluding. tor the question
of the alliance with the French, he said his
object w: cive new task masters,
but to expel old tyrants," and while
knowledging that he sought aid from France,
he declared that if came as invaders
uninvited by the
should oppose them with
my strength, 1 would meet them with all
¢ destructive fury. of war. I would ani-
ate my country "to immotate them. If
they succeeded in landing 3
retire ‘before. theit superior,
1
cvery blade of grass, an
ment of liberty ‘should be my grave,
I could not do myself, if I should fail,
should leave as a last charge to my country
men.” And “I who
myself to the dangers of a jealous ani
watehiul oppressor and the bondage of the
mer their
dence.”
ihn his te po rpose was the uncompromising
a a absolute independence of Ireland.
ticability is measured in
pret
tel hehe of hen fast-recurring events,
the revolutionary movement of “of to 1804
must have within the area of success.
The “Jost prestige by the tesult
“I confidently: and assuredly hope that,
wild and chimerical as it may appear, there
is still union and st enough in Ireland
to accomplish this most noble enterprise.
Of this I 5 with the confidence of im-
en: tion
over a century, and
not yet achieved.” But,
ods the aspiration for. nationality
still lives and it must yet be achieved.
CAN IRELAND ACKIEVE torewnnce?
Can Irish independence be accomplished?
Two things can prevent it. The absolute
absorption of the Irish people by the Eng-
lish; the entire effacement of the memory
of England’s onpression. A thousand years
has not accomplished the first of these con-
divions, "A thousand ‘ages “cannot accom
plish the second, It is but a few days since
Jen Redmond, who cannot t be accused of
ing a Nationalist, stated in the Imperial
Parliament that conditions were in
Ircland to-day that armed ‘ecistance. to
“would be justifable if there was the
slightest chance of success. I 8
legislators are alike the wor tid over—-they
sea cit constituency there just as
urs, do here, ond if our representatives
speak against the evils of the: tra
because they find a sentiment a inet
mong the people, they, represent.
Redmond, the leader of the Inish party in
Parliament, epeaks of justiiying armed
¢, it is because there reland, even
tonisy. & strong. sentiment ‘in faver ‘of
at whi w it exists there and w:
Emmet is ma
that independence ie’
thank God
- (Continued on page 5)
mittee
inst.
eral and
The hall
objects set
Present wi
D;
Reigh,
rdinal,
which it
was cal
plain words to the British Govern
half miili
oi
of Irish
Thi
tion in I
rates of
sure on
minish ¢
On Saturday evenings Feb.
public meeting was
1d Room of the Dublin Rotunda, under
r. Doulas Hyde,
the Gaelic Lea
mond, M.P. Thomas
sep
Ai
Alderman Coe Saeed Morn, Alderman
tah Rational Teach
of, in other, words, an
wn fr
were that it would go down to nothing be-
fore ‘would cluded, and
therefore it was the incoming Government
of Dublin desires to call
suing from
the British Treasury towards primary educa-
grades the profession, and thre:
he schools of the country with am intellect.
ually inferior class
which in many siher ways, regardless of
efficiency, continually exerts ‘an undue pres-
ENGLAND RUINING IRISH EDUCATION
0
Great Representative Meeting in Dublin Protests
Against the Destructive Action of the Govern-
ment—Douglas Hyde Presents an Unanswer-
able Case—Pauperizing the Teachers and
Dwarfing the Children’s Minds—Irish
Taxation Diverted to Engiish Purposes
25, a great
held in the historic
to protest
the illiteral policy of the Doe
agai
Government towards Irish education in gen-
the teaching of Irish in particular.
was packed to overflowing, and the
Hutchinson _Presided, and amongst those
LL.D., President of
Messrs, John E, Red-
oO Tones MP.
inlay,
ARM;
Jo-
we
Rev. Father Maguire, Dromore;
Wm, Kennedy, John J. MacKenzie, solicitor;
Councillor P. T. Daly, Mrs. John Vanst
on,
J. Gill, BAL; Wm. Field, M.P.; S. 3
Barrett, Treasurer Gaelic League; the Ed
tor Am Claidheamh Soluis; C. J. MacCar-
, Dr. T. Clarke, J. Nealon, President
National Teachers’ Organtzation; David
O'Daly, Secretary Dublin Central Teachers’
Associa tion; W. Kingsley Tarpey, M. 0"
Crow!
cill Russell, F, Meag!
ers’ Asso
her,
ciation, and
League, fr fs
Logue, Archbishop Walsh and Mr.
, M.P., and a telegram from Loi
sozina We wae cantinaly. tn mgm.
the object “concerning primary
had already assumed.
for the purpose of saying a few
it re-
lions had gon
a
to four. millions,
other half million had
they had to deal vin
ice—Not
‘h good ei
The Lord Mayor—Well, Ta am fai not,
educa
Dr. Douslas ‘Vyde submitted the following
resolutions:
at this public meeting of the citizens
the earnest at-
the starvation policy pursued by
reland, which, owing to the beggarly
salaries now offered to teachers, de-
i to starve
en and women, and
the educational authorities to di-
heir expenditure.
¢ condemn the Board of Na-
to
tionat Education for making. no effort
place itself in harmony with public opinion
in Ireland, this being the only possible way
of securing itself from unjust pressure on
the part of the British Treasury.
‘That we eall upon the Commission-
ers of National Education. to. remedy. th
rave injustice which is, being inflicted upon
the tea hers in respect o! for teach-
ing extra branches the saystem lately,
of days
has actually been present at
we request that either eves
‘be counted or else that the per-
ectings required under Rule 123
& should be educed from, 7§ per cent. to
per cent. We also demand that the
teaching Ot Tee as an extra should not ge
e. eficiency of
Bier subjectes and C2) ‘That pupils im the
second and third standards should be eligible
for fees for Irish as an ¢:
“4. (a) That whilst the « copcession, belated
though it, was, of a bilingual prog
introduction intg schools i
Irish only is spoken, or both Irish and Eng-
ich, baw been received: with sstistacton, *e
regret to find that neither the Boa
National Education nor its inspectors. bave
taken any steps to promote its adoption
either by encouraging or helping teachers
methods of conducting a ‘school on bilingual
lines. (b) That we demand that only in-
spectors who are Irish speakers, and other-
Piss thorourhly’ competent to’ examine in
jools in which
Irish, be depated to Inspest sc
the bilingual 5; is in of
is evident that it would be i
school
Riven for the work done through the medium
of Irish; and we further demand that where
Irish is taught as an extra a similarly quali-
That we call upon ibe Erinn, gat
legea to make irish ’a compulsory
for their entrance
1 teacl
at as only ‘ire
eh the effective
| teach ing of the language to the rising genera-
| tion of the youth of Ireland fro:
ym their ear-
thereby impart 'a-
tional lines as the. leit we through the
Gaelic ires and demands,
Re povcias YDE’S ADDRESS
Dr. Hyde delivered a very able and ex-
haustive address in support of Tesolu-
tions, going into every detail of the subj
thi ns of the Freeman,
but is thus sum ed in the Independent:
i. Hyde referred the fact tl
shades of opinion in politics and on
bled on the platform to a
ich was of the greatest importance
Ser the country—the education of the cbil-
deseril ‘the miserable, the
Irish, the vacillating, _and the contemptible
Board that govern
vernment nomi-
trayed the Irish nation,” he de
not make common cause
with the nation; it will not take the people
into its confidences it will not take any steps
whatsoever to cry "Halt?
out its hs
nuts
oc,
pocus the National Board. was slaying be
hind their backs,
1¢ mew salary system was having a very
serious effect. One result was that the
fof candidates coming forward to
the training colleges had falle1 40 per
cent.; and he showed that the standard of
efficiency being, very much lowered in
the teaching profession, becar ere was
ii fi en to remain
fi
“£180, and in Scotlan:
(A GRAVE MENACE
oung Irish teachers were conse
Tn a letter
that morning the Secretary
of Education h haa ii
S during the year roos.
(eonsees om pore 2)
