The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-06-22

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Home Rule bill and passed it In the
House or Commons, but 1T was scorn-s
fully rejected when IT went to the House
! or Lords The Irish leader lost his pres
tige With the ma ority Of his country
men because OF his. relations with an
Englis siren, and what is known as.
the English "non-conformist conscience"
was so shocked at his moral lapse that
lGladstone announced he would no longer
work In alliance with Parnell. The
Irish people foolishly rejected Parnell
lat the suggestion of the British prime
ministry and fromathat day to this the
Irish people have cause to regret their
action. Parnell soon died of broken
heart and Gladstone resigned on account
Of HE failing sight. The Irish party is
split, the Irish people are divided, and
Home Rule is on the ragged edge since
Gladstone and Parnelt disappeared from
politics. Rosebery, v an aristocrat, was
made Gladstone's successor, and he has
I.permitted the Irish question to become
a subordinate one instead Of keeping it
to the front and raising a storm Of indig-
nation against the peers for refusing to
pass the Home Rule bill. But no one
could reasonably expect Lord Rosebery
to wage a war against his own brethren.
He will soon be forced to Ierire, and
then what? The Tories will come into
power and Salisbury and Balfour will
renew their barbarities in Ireland and
govern the people by coercion. The CO.
ercion act passed by them when In Office
has never been repealed by the Liberal
party during the past three years, and
it will be ready for them to be again
enforced when they assume the reins Of
government.
Under these circumstances 1t behooves4
Irish-Americans to be up and doing,
and to caution the Tories in the most
uumistakable language that il another
attempt be made to govern ireland with
rod of iron they will be held to a
strict accountability. The Irish Amer
leans will never allow the Tories to rule
Ireland as the Turks are ruling Ar1ne-
MIA. We believe that when Salisbury
undertakes to rule Ireland by twenty
years Of coercion and monarchy and by
dragooning and bayoneting the people
IL they refuse to submit to tyranny in a
quiet and legal way, he and his cohorts
will be visited with a terrible retalia-
ton. So long as the Irish people had
hopes that Home Rule would come they
kept quiet and law-abiding, but once
convinced that parliamentary agitation
lis nothing more than Il delusion and a
snare they will let loose the dogs Of
war and wreak vengeance on their op-
pressors.
OF this we have no doubt There are
hard times yet in store for Ireland, and
it is the duty Of Irish Americans to be-
ready to render every assistance to their
oppressed kinsmen when the day Of
trouble arrives. II is for the purpose Of
preparing for such an exigency that we
favor, an early convention of Irish
Americans.
We publish the call Of the Irish
American Military Union elsewhere
we know nothing Of the men who met
last Sunday in New York and adopted
resolutions. to the effect that 3the time
has arrived when Irishmen must unite
and prepare for a grand armed struggle
for the Independence of their country"
Our opinion is that Irishmen at home
and abroad should first unite and then
their cause is won. The military men
who passed the resolutions In New York
may be all right, but they ought to keep
quiet until the Irish American conven-
ton shall be held. A. resort to arms at
the present time would be nonsensical.
The Irish people at home must first be
organized, and before they become or
ganized for fighting they must be con-
vinced that parliamentary agitation is a
failure. There is NO Indication yet that
the Irish people at home are going to
abandon parliamentary agitation, but
they will feel encouraged by the knowl-
edge that Irish Americans are ready to
help them II they are again treated to
Lord Salisbury's remedy.
The London correspondent Of the New