The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-02-29

Yet another province shares the unhappy lot of the tribes
the province of Lthuania whome the kingdom of Po-
land Russia has conscated the lands of its patriot pro-
pretor and issues Decree ordering their sale by auction
and invitation to to and buy The Polish
committee here in Paris takes ALARM and forthwith publishes
warning circular setting forth that in provision of this
evenuaty the Polish National Government declared years
ago that such sale immoral would be held and void
Russia is beralwith what does not belong her. wish
the foreigner who buys land the heads of Polish
answer when he sends round his agent than that
which the caricaurists attribute to the Tpperary man
mick hand me down the bunderbuss, till pay his honor
the rent Poland has been called the Ireland of the CONT
nen Ireland has been called the Poland of the 1t is
melancholy oss-up which has the pas in misfortune Po
land has exes have millions of them scattered to the
four winds of heaven. The Pole is gay in his grief is
the Irhman loves his fatherand when far from it,
do and cngs the faith he has gotten from his fathers
There strong sympathy of temperament as there is much
similarity of fate between the two natons-pardon me- the
two provinces When there Irish Legion under the
first empire that in which the brave old Colonel Byrne
served the Poles received with into its ranks
But Poland has had Head Paccator have had
Poland has fought with energetic consistency Beaten
down. she does despair with each generation is
born hopes Anusike she but touches the earth to
spring up again. terminated and refreshed Since the first
participation there have been the successive rsngs of Kos
ciusko in 1901 of Poniatowsk from 1903 to 1914 and of
Skryynecki in 1881 Lhuana kicked against the letters
in 1888 Galica in 1916; Poen, under Mieroslawsk in
1S48 the peasants of the Ukraine during the of the
Crimea All that the chance for Poand.* Why did
you not fight then asked of oneegged exile Alfred de
Grzesick who is of my circle of acquaintance because
Russia promised concessions" The lesson is worth
membering Since the last instruction, 86364 under
| Langewicz,) Paris with Polish refugees. They
receive subvenon from the French Government much
Just about much for each pays his lodging in
poor private of the revolutionary army receives
ten francs month; captain, twenty-five; wounded man,
thirty and such incline study have the privilege of
lectures at the faculties free.
Since the instruction somewhere else there have been
in this city many refugees from another land and many
here still but they receive subsidy. have had the
pleasure of shaking hands with of them-aas some
for the last time this side of the grave fear Colonel
Rick Burke was here in the midsummer Poor, brave,
faithful fellow, how oyousy he used troll forth those
splendid but terrible verses such avorte with gallant Tom
Burke
Cast out by the land that bore
| When the brightest have gone before us.
| Stand! !, stand to your our 81 glasses uses steady
Quaa a glass to the dead already,
Hurra for the next who diesV
Good God! the next who dies May not be the ardent
soldier of liberty who sung it? is than possible
those English will arragn him for high treason and offer up
to Moloch another Irish sacrifice the murderers trap
Charles Burke, of Tpperary, frank and sngeminded
specimen of the kind of who people the slopes of the
the big waters After him ONeil Fogarty Lawrence
OBrien and more recently Captain Joseph Gleason and
simple honest Colonel Leonard have many anecdotes
of hoUfb avra tha