The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-01-25
TOR THE new MOVEMENT
Results That might BE Expected In Cas-
III s ss..s. the Followers Of Mahomst
Should Rise. 81
TIE IRISH AS ENGLISH SOLDIERS
hationa, Disgrace Of irishman Fighting
Their KIN Ia Amer.
Continued. from Last Week,

these would speedily be disposed OF; but
that would only be a beginning. There
are several hundred millions of Mahom-
edans scattered all over India, from
Cape Comoru to the Hindu Kush, thence
across those awful mountains to Afghan
istan Persia, Turkestan to China. Thlbet
and all the trackless deserts OF. ARABIA. .
The great majority of these barbarlatn1s
look up to the Sultan as their spiritual
chief, whose call they are bound to obey
to the death. When the sublime porte
is driven to the last extremity holy war
will be preached, calling all the sons OF
Islam to the field, and wherever that ap-
peal reaches them they are. bound TO re-
spond, and they will de by millions IN
defense OF Allah and his viceregent, the
Sultan. What then would England S
zoe, 800 soldiers and subjects In India
amount to in the midst Of 100000, 900 rag
ing fanatics who would court death as an
open gate to the Prophets Paradise? The
Sikh and Sepoy rebellions would be mere
holiday reereation5 compared to such an
upheayai as this. Who can tell where
and when a new 1'amerlane or Zenghis
Khan would arise and again sweep India
with fire and sword and wholesale devas-
sation until, as of yore. the Ganges would
iHu TtaQ WIFI DlUOu VI LIlc ClGCluACo VI CIC'
Prophet
Whoever believes that the dismember-
ment of the Turkish empire would begin
and end in the few provinces around the
Sea of Marmora and the EuXine shows
and nature. No event, since Austerlitz
and jena, would begin to compare with
1t in widespread and far-reaching conse-
NJ xrrifh cf opSino Tho inn
If the present danger it may be, it will be,
,tayed OF if possible, but it must come
sooner or later. What could the Irish
,ace do then; nay, what can it do now?
AS l have said already. there are two
plans which can, # adopted and carried
put with that ,earnestness which ought
10 rule our motives, render England una
BILE to enter on any long sustained war.
Her greatest and most urgent necessities
Ire men and money, in great numbers and
Vast quantities. With these she is power
lul; without them she Is at the mercy Of
her weakest enemy. The principal source
Of her supply Of men is Ireland. To our
deep disgrace and lasting degradation,
irishmen have fought Englands battles
Ill over the world. Every field in Europe,
from Dunkirk to Belgrade, in which she
has been engaged was cri1nsoned by Irish
blood. Had not her battalions been re-
eruited with Irish soldiers at BadajOs
Viniera. Vittoria and Cindad Rodrigo,
Sou1t would have driven Wellesley out of
Spain If the Enniskillens, horse and foot
the Connaught Rangers, the Faugh-a-Bal-
lagils, the Royal Irish and all their coun-
trymen had remained at home England 3
power would have been shattered at Wat
,rloo and Napoleon would not have died
| lonely exile at st. Helena.
Irishmen have helped England to con-
uuer the Sikhs, the Sepoys, the Zlilus,
the Katfirs. and irish bones lie whitening
on the arid banks of the blue Nile, where
Emond O'Donovan sacrificed his grand
young life when the wild tribes of the
Soudan, like the simeon OF their native
deserts, overwhelmed Wolseley's English
veterans. Irish sailors have manned
England's pirate ships and maintained
her felon flag on every sea from the equa-
tor to the pole, and for what? Have
any of these widely-scattered tribes and
peoples ever injured or offended the Irish
people? Assuredly not. Were Irish
soldiers drafted or conscripted into tile
enemys ranks and compelled to fight
her enemies? Again no. Then it fol-
lows that without cause, of their own
volition they went forth to aid in riyet-
ing the chains on the limbs Of England s
slaves. and at the same time were heslp-
ing their own tyrant to. chain ;"@n"' Gal
slave themselves.
If NAV he Salt 4,,1ar by creating fam.
Inv wi. Keeping the people in squalid
poverty England drove our young men
into her armies, but insist that it would
have been far more manly to have died
innocently at home, either in arms OF
otherwise. than to die on some bloody
field after imbruing their hands in the
blood of brave men who were England's
enemies and therefore their friends. Lei
lls be candid, let us dare to be truthful
(even if the truth sounds harsh to us
and confess that we are mainly respon'
sibie for our own degradation and pow
eTty, ard having confessed, let us re.
solve to make amends for the past by
adopting a new course of conduct moro
in harmony with our patriotic profcs
sicns. But how. and in what way, must
we begin this new life? Away back i1
the early forties Thomas Davis, The
Robert Emmett of those days, wrote the
following, which ought to be sworn tt
BY every man of the Irish race in lr<-
land:
From Carrick streets to Shannon shore
From S}ievenamon to Ballindeary,
From I.ongford Pass to Gailty Nor,
Come hear the vow of Tipperary;
Too long we fought for Britain's cause
And of our blood were never charry;
She paid MS back with tyrant laws,
And Trimmed the homes of Tipperary
Too long with rash and single arm
The peasant strove to guard his eyre
Till Irish blood believed >each farm,
And Ireland wept for Tipperary.
But never more Well win such thanks
We swear by God and Virgin Mary,
Never to list in British ranks
and that's the vow of Tipperary
That ought to be the vow not only o.
1T:pperary men, but of every Irishmar
worthy of the name from Fair Head tt
Cape Clear, and from Howth to the cliff;
of Moher. If 1r..shmen at home expect III
to help them they ought to give some
evidence Of their sincerity by at least re-
framing from aiding, the enemy to op
press themselves If they will not do this
but will continue to volunteer their serv
ices to uphold the government which per
& secutes and despises them, what RICH
have they to ask lis to make sacrifice
in their behalf? II they will not act OF
the noble advice OF Davis s
# said yourselves and God will aid you
Il they are not worthy Of help from Got
or man. They must know that whel
ireland has gained her fndep en1ence tn