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Vol. XII, No. 38.
Whole No. 679,
NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 16, .1916.
New
A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF IRISH INDEPENDENCE, IRISH LITERATURE AND THE INTERESTS OF THE IRISH RACE,
Entered ae second-class matter, Oct, 1, 1508, at the Post Office at
eres of March 8, 1278
Yor!
IN. X.. under the act of Cony
JOHN DILLON HAS TO BRINK TO KING GEORGE
Fearing The New Spirit Ia Ireland, He Tries To Dodge it At Banquet OF West
Briteas To Colonial Delegates In Dublia, But An irate Australian Compels Him
“To Swallow It—After Whining Confession That The Party’s Betrayal Of
Their Country Has Brought Nothing But Contempt And Ingratitude From The
British Government, He Renews Eis Pledges Of Eternal Loyalty To The
Empire—All Ireland Laughing At The Miscarriage Of A Great Strategic
Plan—Sir George Reid Blurts Out That Ircland Cannot Have Real Self-
Government But Must Houor Loyal Toasts And Salute The Union Jack—A
Comic Incident With A Serious Moral For Irishmen,
The “Irish Party” is in a sorry plight
since the Easter Week Rebellion. They} 6
have to make a pretence of being “Na-
tionalists” in Dublin while keeping wu
whet reputation as good Loyalists with
the English Government, but the dual
vnorts get-them into very er posi-
tions.. One of the funniest things that
Deviin- an
one of, the Australians ree and
walked out of the roo! ad ‘2
call him ak, drink the toast an
"God Save the King”—“a little sisy” ‘e
see how The Dublin men would
The attempt to explain their “strad-
dling of the fence” only made matters
worse, and all Ireland is laughing at
them ever. since... But the lu ueubrions
English take it seriously, They su
pressed the Kerryman for making or rd
nary cditorial comment on { the incident
and the matter has been m
ject of questions in the british Patite
ey one editorials and letters in the i
ten ‘fhe 1 ‘ewe ot the subngesion of/e
e Kerryme reached New York,
te naturally" ” chought that the action
taken -on account of 501 rong
tack on the Government,
o
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only ordi na Tualerous
incident. The | ‘Britis sh. bernand ii
afraid of shadows in land | these
times ficlals “e nervous
his way, Wi
only calling attention to the mess that
his old enemy, John Dillon, made
of the affair, od veutbing tt ne But
the dish Times gets a free hand fi
‘ensor and gave a very full report| P
wf ‘ne incident.
RTY WEST BRITONS AT TABLE.
one
a should sy" he ‘went on,
“there are. tw
tlon to the past
ey val alued more
than_ material aid, for ‘sympal
Moral g;
“And how “great,” said Mr, Dillon,
“was the zasistance, how great the en-
‘couragem: was en toa
giv
struggling 1 peorle in those dark days of
reception, the abundant
kindness, the sympathy,
hi
Sur past by the
espitality, the
m | in Ireland had fallen off, and urgent ap-
tl be d
fr
and
bee
mention particular names, but he had
hi a
sitting beside
Jand twent ears ago, when: he
visited “that lovely = country. He wel-
comed mes Carroll amongst the
were no
more exquisite lands than Ireland and
New Zealan’
pinow EXTOLS THE WAR.
the Hon. Mr. Glynn and the Hon. Mr.
James Carroll, New Zealand. .
ne en sang “For they
AUSTIRALIAN MAKES A KICK.
e the ‘regrettable focident”
ck. The
Mr. Orchard,
Austr: rose,
that kind in Australia with
res
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me Solicitor General satd there was
ere who would hesitate for a
moment to drink the toast of the King
ere
a tormat gathering, but a social gather-
The toast of the King was then pro-
posed by the Solicitor General and
arunk, the gathering singing | “God
Save the Kin,
e matter having been explained to
Mr. forever. that gentleman returned
and | @
said that in all publie, “dasembties of
land and provided so many nice jobs
for the Party’s relatives and friends.
THE “KERRYMAN” ARTICLE.
The article for which teh the Kerryman
Was suppresred, entitled “A Dil lemme.”
was buble in the issue of August 1!
a as follows
“The. leaders of the so-called Irish
Party find themselves in an awkward
fix as a result of the unlooked
omy had tts
of those able strategists, Messrs. Ditlon
and Deviin, who wished to
good Lovalists by their
t been long
progress when one of the Australian
guests, Mr. Orchard, remarking
the toast of the King had not been hon
ored, took his departure in high dis-
pleasure. It was in vain that Mr. Dil}
Jon tried ‘to explain that no offence bad |
O’CONNOR CONFESSES REDMONDITES’ FAILURE |
In Speech Ia House Of Commons He Complatas That Since The Beginning Of
The War The Government Has Ignored Their Advice, Treated Them With
Contempt And Failed Even To Acknowledge The Services Of Irish Regiments
At The Front In Official Despatchcs—Their Recommendations Were All Trivial
And Did Not Include A Word About Home Rule—The Proposed March Of The ©
Ragged Army Through Dublia—A Pitiful Story Proving The Party’s Policy
Was Aimless And Has Borne No Fruit—Ninety Per Cent Of The Irish People,
fle Admits, Are Now Against England —The New Chief Secretary Makes Vapid
Speech Showing He Is As Ignorant Of Ireland As Of The Moon.
There was a debate in the Epgllch
house of Commons on August 22,
the situation in Ireland, in which the
star orator on the Irish side was T.
O'Con Duke, new Chief
Secretary, spoke for the Government.
It differed from the debates which have
occurred duri
”
Liberals’ came into power in the fact
that the Redmondites’ criticized and
found fault wi overnment, but
Mr. Dillon . continued in the same ‘com, accompanied by the|been meant, and that it was announced | :
strain about Australi d= South Sottetor General. at the outset of the proceedings that | Or ateey ee Be 1 fein tele
Africa, emphasizing their loyalty to the| THE NEW ZEALANDER ON THE ° | there. would be no_ toasts. Or}
Empire and their contributions BRIDGE. chard s ndignation wouta not te "ata. | ec ve a would oe
war. Irishman and a The ed ont! e patriots honored the toast
dnmoera, "he centinced he thour| anaranged and Sie: Dion having [tue RIRE "EAMhe Al, “S00 AD4| Besa "ng taser Week Revlon “and
there een on so|learned again that “the best laid | Sc!" When they found there was no] ondreds of thousands of Irishmen, 1a-
sirising or, gratifying = the rally of |schemes of mice and men gang aft|tuays ont of the sain ot course, |{Waing the Dublin Rebels, woul
jominions of the Crow: ley,” a damper ‘was thrown on the|,- . be fighting gloriously for England at
mother country: in this. great war—tt| mesceedt te that 247. Ord tard, whatever his polit
Pere sae one ee ere, Sheeches| cal views may be, is a.stratgt, honest | ‘6 front.
ind, the greatest triumph
ot « extended freedom that the world had|who had
rae ‘ranrrs Ponty HAS FAILED.
“He ent on t mpiain that, in
b- | spite of ‘all The Party had done for Eng-
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tile, but that it would. be persisted: in
to the end.
“At the commencement ot ‘nis war, he
continued, _ I usiasti-
cally on the side 6 of the “ailien Nobody
knows better than John Dillon that this
statement is bot true, but he continues
eit as a sort of proof that the
was authori ized to. speak for Ire-
y sold her out. They, in
t been trusted
r freedom and democracy throughout
the whole world. (Hear, hear, said the
t the present
o say recruiting
ade for more Irish
He did not won-
urgent ap-
s
Office _ they
&
as
not get anythti
ing and insulting them.
hears.") If the
take their courage in shetr hands and
das they treated South
‘Africa they, would reap the same har-
vest. had been denounced as 8
trattor fans he stood by his plighted
honor Poe but by so doing
ood panded jown an example that
fould be os anaite value to the whole
cotteed
RATES OF IRELAND'S LOYALTY.
en he had the hardihood to
to the cout th
sons and treated with ingratitude gad
pt the recreant leaders who
er.
said he hoped they (the Colont-
ry home to their friends
in the Dominions. from the Irish Nw
the assurance that
Ho were put on eaualty i with the Da
, Ireland woul
Tautismpire aa the most loyal Lot the Do-
jninfons, and. he hoped they would
carry home also the message that thi
Trish were a free people, and a people
who would not be trampled on, an
wh attempt were made to trample upoa
v-
proved their ability ‘as ‘ite bes
| ZeD8,
ny account except that
of Sir James Carroll of New Zealand,
tly on a sore spot and
the close of his
the world Irishmen had
ef
men of genius and g:
plishments, and yet, had failed tn the
ere e of all—not to be able to
which, Ireland's
for. ; It was hard to understan;
the independent and. im| pera
that could view her affairs from afar
off ask if the question was the trouble
mihi ireland Heol, and, {f #0, could
could be ©
tance they conld sie
from outside that assistance would n
The poaltion today w:
very awkward and disappointing to
those ‘who followed Irish polities as
they did to think it was within grasp
and on the edge of ving accomplish
ment, but it
doubttut region
was a melancholy “Hear, hear”
and then the disagreeable subject “was
dropped.
Nugent, the bailiffs son from Keady,
Secretary of the Board of Erin,
could “not Tet slip. the chance of “put
ting his foot in ft,” sald:
soul yearned
“They longed for the defeat-of the
Germans, because that defeat would be
erests of the freedom
ND DILLON EXPLAIN.
chard, the Australian,
Nained ni attitude.
fore t hey i
permitted te refer briefly to an incident
whi ted, after
‘vic he understood
had honored the toast of ‘tng.
It would be churlish on his part if he
‘did not believe that it was purely an
overstent that the toast was not honor-
e was cone
ned Incident w
fastice ie bimeett he wished to say that
the National Anthem at this particular
time possessed a significance which it
never occupied in the history
race. (A voice: “So it. does here i
They had heen received with the ut-
most .hospitality,.and he wished to pro-
Pose the /bestth of their Chairman.
down John
coun-
try. Had that been a formel gathering
it would, ot course, have been inau;
rated by the usual loyal toast, but it
ras perfec tly well understood thet a
octal gathering of that kind was one
a which it was agreed to
toasts, and there were no toasts.
thought it was dué to some of the
guests that he should make that point
ze
e | per rfectly clear.
the great banquet which, I{ke
coro noble feast that will ne'er
be fort 0 were there or
th e to an end,
all present taki ch an doruis
de of Jobn Jameson’s best and hic
coughing eternal loyalty to the Empire
ish.) He
ins ames of
coupled in his remar’
that has heaped such benefits on Ire
Dillor on's sh:
faded away again “Into| fro
nan, while our Members are frauds and
who wou to “carry
ey, will prob-
discriminating audience in the guise of
good. Irishmen and good , Englishmen.
The relations tetween this country. and
Het “Brltain have nol yet Leen a7 sate,
‘acl ctorily adju ‘as to permit of pa”
ism, as a. mectteg the
rect af eure, for. patriotiem aa fer
gardo the othe
REID PUTS IT tS IT BLUNTLY,
interview wtih St Sir George Rel,
Telegraph, shows how bi
lon's plan: of facia ng both
carried. Reid s:
“T think Mr. Orehard rendered g
service to the Emptre, by refusing to
sit still when the toast was omitted.
fon not SuBgeSt tat the omission sprang
notive; but it is ‘a
ways
land.
offended by loyal toasts and entiments,
a the sooner the Empire flay
not offend Irish eyes, the better it ‘will
be for the success of the thoroughly
ante and honest leadorship of men Ike
Mr. Redmond and Mr. Devlin.
“The people: of the Dominions wilt
never iisten to that R
r Irish or Col 101
aration from the rest of the Empire. 1
ne of those Australians who hat
always perceived a vital difference be
t ur distant dominions and t
sister island. The corollary of self-gov-
ernment when granted to the Domin-
fons was Independence whenever it was
riously demanded. There cannot be
auch a coro
son’s desire. to start on his
count ‘and a0 pplication on the part
of cne of hig parents .
“These ingu-
@ British isles ‘form a sini
larly small base jinen which to rest an
Empire containing onefifth of ‘the
world's inhabitants. Tf that base were
fractured the integrity of the vast
superstructure would be doomed.”
3 .
HEALY WANTS TO KNOW.
zaminer of the fact
that upon the protest and withdrawal
of an Australian delegate the toast of | th
His Majesty was proposed, and ,“God |
(Gontinued on Page 8.)
one, being an| 1
Home | alt
Th u
guite as great as the diterence between
w
sible for the excision in the Freeman's | gr
Of course, the’ Englishmen oid not
believe a word of all this, and
O'Connor knew they ‘didn't, ot ‘the
situation in Ireland hi
all the P
pin of his coliar”. to find ‘aa ‘explana
tion, so ave on convinced
nobody-and that he himself aid not be-
-| all would have gone Not
em even hints at the establishment
a Home Rule Government as one of
1
rated with the English point of view
that they have ceased to know their
t}own country:
TAFFY Woune Haye WON THE
stead
insist that ¢ Irish
sentiment,” end “other trivialities would
have accomp!
roved syst of
An tm fem of. re | proy
crulting, training the men in Ireland,
instead of England, appointing a tew
more Irish officers, and
the front, would 1 was ne
sary to send Padrat are, Tor
jarke, James Connolly, Jos serh Plun-
kett, Thomas Mac the
Donag! e reat
of the Rebel leaders Vato the British
my: and it any ‘of thent were. stil
u wid-be wearing Victoria
Crone like “Wekey O'Dea
ny wonder that, the Parliamen-
longer any weight
in the House of ons and
are treated with contgmpt by the Gor
ernment? For this, substance,
fhe stam seriously put “forward. by |
Only Tay Pay r0-
fecquely., but they on agree that trum
pery and toys all
a have
Irish want, not tubal Benefits for
their country ‘or them:
O'CONNOR'S GRAND MARCH ON
- DUBLIN.
O’Connor must be losing bis wits, for
ing the English Royal Standard
een flag with a herp an
a uae Union ‘Jack in the corner, the
playing a medley of "God Save
Ki 5,” “Rule Britannte,” and “The
‘Wearing of the Green,” and an ‘orderly
marching behind Tay Pay with half
gallon of shandygatf, made o:
Ba
hjs speech by an
jJusfon to ‘the difficulty of the ‘ake while
Mr.
| undertaken.
until th
ue
Al
ot ett things, they | wh,
pasne and porter, to assuage the gal-
ant mander’s everlasting thirst.
way, all Ireland would be laughing 60
grieva
rush by the million to the
Gineral Tay Pay’s cock
on the back of his fat head,
carried in his
martial relics of Si
And, after h
hell,
and Owen Roe would be ft a
the statute of Tay Pay with the Union
wra} round it,
leced in Sackville Street, in place of
. We were murdhered intofrely
be Gineral Tay Pay O'Connor, bad luck
to him.
‘All the military critics in the e world
will admit, after Ta:
vinced them, ‘that his proposed march
on Dublin youd heve been the meee
stroke of ole war, and thet
great Irish tin | soldier, as a wrest,
“ks Hindenburg, Jotire en.
{nto ten hats. “The
least ‘the English’ can do now {fs to put
in Kitchener's place
tary for War and supply every men at
the front every day with:a quert’ of
his Queen of Thirst-Killers.
orcox nor THE CHAMPION ‘LIAR.
began al-
, the new Chet Secretary, had
Then, ming on the
ignorance of ireland ot his English
hearers he told them how beantifully
Redmond's and ie plane for making
6 Irish people loyal were working
War Office spoiled it all.
O'CONNOR'S FLAMBOYANT rae.
Eight; e Irish
race, he told them without a mone, ao
'§ of Mr. Redmond, and
es, seen a chi t in
Ireland, so wit dee, and 80
mpt, as wa: mu at
eruiting was going on with alacrity.
All Irish Members were makin}
speeches on recruiting,
m./ those mer
went headed by bands, amidst cheering
the work you go to.”
The Englishmen knew the latter
stat ent was an impudent le, so they
did not applaud. 1 impor con-
'Y of no country in the
world, he went on, had there ever been
Mr, Red-
iad would hay
The following printed answers to|he rebukes the Government for failing | 75" every proposal ' m: the
questions apeene inthe Parllamentary | to accept @ fool proposition of his which Xatronalist Members as rebellion, pre-
papers fssued on morning, | he claims would have arrayed all Ire-| tending to be loyal.
yt says the Irish Times of August land frantically on the side of England| THE PARTY'S ApvicE ALWAYS
Healy “asked the Secretary of|and knocked the bottom out o:
state for War whether, as the military | Rebels’ plans. It was that 5,000 Irish rest of his 8 pee Is a complaint
ensor in Ireland requires all publica-| recruits raised in England should be] ot athe failure of the P: get the
tione to be © him, be sanc-| sent’ to Ireland or traiatag ‘and that | Government to do what it "ante, but
tioned the appearance of an account of | he, the martial ‘ould march | among those things no men-
the banquet given to the Colonial dele-| at their bead tun ene streets’ of | ti They wore all
gates in Dublin by the honorable mem-| Dublin. schemes we oa England in getting Irieh
ber for East Mayo in the Freeman's| Imagine Tay Pay, with his bloated | recruit
Journal and Cork Examiner, which dit-| cheeks, his “corporation,” and his tat
fers tn pect from that passed | legs, striding proudly at the head of| p!
for publication in Great Britain; 1s tho| 5,000 stalwart Irish-Engtishmen, carry | Wi
Censor or indirectly Tespon- and a
and crown and | office!
means that Fes British
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