The Irish standard., 1895-11-09

ing. they are there and bound to re-
main there.
Tt1E MOVEMENT CRITICISED.
S Much is being written Of the new move
ment which began in Chicago IN relation
| to Irish affairs and some idea Of the ex-
tent and variety Of the prevailing opinion
may be learned. from the following ex-
ftracts from d few Of the leading :newspa-
1pers: #
The Chicago Inter Ocean says that III
ever It should be possible that the people
OF ireland can form themselves into a re-
public, an early and cordial recognition Of
the new power will be accorded by the
1sunited States. '',#s 81, III
And further: But that such con-
summation can be reached by way of IN
lsurrection in Ireland does not at present
seem possible It points to the failure
of the previous attempts Of this kind, and
lremarks that the part that Irish agita-
tors in America have played in such
| movements has not, as a rule, been cred
table to Them The writer acknowl-
edges that were Britain at war with
some great power Of Europe the indie
pendence OF ireland might become an ac-
complished fact" and he says that ut is
natural, and therefore it is right, that
Irishmen in America should sympathize
with Trishmen in Ireland" "This coun-
try" 1t says, "is atpeace with Great Brit
ain, and is bound by law and by honor to
suppress any body of men that organizes
with intent to invade any province Of
Great Britain, or to furnish arms or mu-
nitions of war to any body of insurgents .
The New York Sun says: "The plans
OF the Irish National Alliance may be
foredoomed to failure, and the efforts for
their execution may impose great suf-
fering upon the Irish people, but no brave
man will find theme for laughter in the
indomitable spirit which refuses to re-
main quiescent under wrong, and which
enters on struggle for freedom, how
ever desperate, sooner than renounce the
dream of independence. The Sun adds
that as to whether the movement will
weaken the present home rule parties
will depend upon the attitude assumed
towards it by the constitutional leaders.
1t will also depend, it says, upon the d.
rection which the development of the new
program shall take in Ireland and Eng
land, and upon the reprisals which the
Upionist government may hold itself JUS
titled in inflicting," and concludes: "The
necessity of renewing the application Of
the crimes act may convince some Of the
Unionists themselves that Mr.. Gladstone
was right when he declared that peace
full administration Of ireland was for any
long time impossible under the act of
union. In that event the friends Of re-
peal might be strengthened by the GU
mulative proof that In dealing with the
Irish people there is no alternative to
brute force, except the concession of self
government
The Kansas City Times thought the
new movement might mean dynamite
with all its consequences, but that such a
course, instead of Tightening the yoke,
would make it heavier. Then there was
the Boston Transcript which said that the
men In the new movement were foolish
leaders of the credulous," and that the
only hope for Ireland lies in the CONVEX
sion of British public opinion to a recog-
milton of Ireland's claims, and that as, it
could gain nothing by arms it might gain
much by arguments as soon as it sends
to parliament men whose ability and
character command the respectful atten-
tion of their English and Scotch col
leagues.
The Baltimore Herald is of the opinion
that Irish autonomy, like Welsh, Scotch
and English autonomy, will come in time
by peaceful parliamentary action; but the
outcome of the Fenian movement proved
that it could not be forced upon Great
Britain at the point of the revolver
The Louisville Courier Journal treats
-IuC- AuCSlIVA llUA Iu0 pO1UI VI view VI d
war IN which England would be engaged.
Complications, says the writer, "are
thickening about Great Britain, and there
is a possibility that she may become EN-
broiled with France and Russia, and pos
sibly other powers. A general war in
Europe, which has been so long predicted
without Undertaking., is still possibili-
ty, and what opportunities that might af-
ford no one can foresee. There might
be a chance, in such an event, for the
friends Of Irish Independence to cooper
ate with the enemies of England and
make the liberation of Ireland condi-
tion of the treaty Of peace f
The foregoing were the opinions of the
papers quoted, expressed shortly after
the convention was held in Chicago, and
they have not changed their attitude
since. But those journals that are ad-
verse to the movement will find that it
will be carried forward irrespective of the
cold water thrown upon it. The con-