Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-01
IRISH INDEPENDENCE.
WHAT THE HON. JOHN B. PINERfY SAYS
ON THE IRISH CRISIS


CHICAGO, November 30.-Speaking on
the topic Of Irish Independence, Hon. John
b. Finerty to-day said: affairs in Ire
land are turning out rs everybody expect
ed. 1t is the old, old story over again.
There will be fresh hatch Of imprison-
meuts and few more peasants shot Un-
fortunately the irish are not in shape to
give military resistance There Is no
earthly use in arguing with the Toriea
Dillon's advice is best to fight the British
inch by inch. If the leaders Of tho
irish must be imprisoned for this,
alright II will he more
expensive to keep them in Jail than out
Dillon and O'Brien are showing more cour.
age than all the others. Parnell Is au in
valid and Is out of the field. The moro
sensible resistance that is made nj this
time the better il will be for ireland,
England, and this country BY sensible
resistance, mean the fighting Of all ex-
orbitant taxes, the refusal to pay rents st
all if possible, for those Landlords have
no Just lien on the soil Of Ireland. Tho
Irish people must not expect to win priv
ileges either political % agnrian without
sacrifices.
IRELAND IN 1896 AND AMERICA IN 1776
Differ only in this: The Colonists were
armed and the Irish are not Of the two
the cause Of the Irish il the stronger.
Without arms their hest thing 10 do now Is
to follow Dillon's advice and show 20 tho
world what England is The Russian
government is called despotism, tenn
pered by assassination. The English gov
ernment is Plutocracy, tempered by
eviction. II the long threatened war be-
tween England and Russia comes, and the
former should throw arms TO the op-
pressed, all
IRELAND WOULD BE IN A BLAZH
of instruction in week, and il ought 10
be- Ireland is to-day as she has been for
one hundred years, ready 20 welcome m
friends, the armies Of any power hostile 10
England"
What do you predict as the result Of
the prospective ooercionY"
at will result in the overthrow Of
the Tory party, and the return Of Mr..
Gladstone 10 power, if he lives.
Even then England will refuse home rule.
They will continue to shilly-shally from
Toryism TO Liberalism until the patience
and strength of the Irish people are worn
out unless
A FOREIGN WAR
gives them emancipation. ! don't believe
in Home Rule without lighting for IL. IL
anybody can show me any pcried 10 En-
glish history where she ever gave up any
thing to anyone without fighting
for il, I'll cave. For example
take our land, speak ~
an American. II was petition, petition,
and ambassador after ambassador. and 10
WAS always Go 10 IIadcs' until we fought
for what we wanted. Take Canada, after
standing faithfully by England during tho
war OF 1912, when In 1897 they wanted
certain reforms they were disregnricd, un-
til the bloody rebellion followed,
THEN ENGLAND YIELDED.
II was 50 with the Cape Colony In Africa
in 1913. England insisted on dumping
the scum Of her prisons on the Colony.
The Colonists protested in vain until they
rose in insurrection aud threatened the
necks of the Red Coats" and then
Britain yielded. II was the same
in South Africa in 1881. Ireland
alone has petitioned aud prayed
since 1873. In answer she has been kick
ed and culled and crucifed wor@ than
any other nation on earth. believe lib
erty will come and independence as ours
did by foreign assistance, while they fight
enough for themselves TO get the sympa-
thy Of the world.