The times., 1897-05-24
Misrepresenting ireland.

Some Of the London correspondents OF
American papers Engiis nmen III most
cases, we assuIne-arc stiu at tHeIr oiu
game or misrepresentation dnd slauder
Uf ireland. To the ~ asninguon star,
Tor Instance, the astounding statement is
cdDied tnat public feeling Ia ITeiand is
entirely on the side or the Turks in the
struggle now beng IoGght III the East.
Herc Is the statement III full The COM
lneuts heard III London on the war show
curious state OF affairs. The sympathies
with the combatanIS run on party lines,
The Conservatives iaudiDg the Turks, and
the Liberals hoping lot Greek success,
Whlie III Ireland, wnere one would expect
universal sympathy Tor 6reece, tneTe Is
an amazing amount OF plaudits Ior Turkey
OH the ground that the Turks are such
good lighters" The latter part of this
statement, IL need hardly be said, is en-
tlrely at variance with the facts. 1t Is
nothing more nor less than deliberate
and stupid Ialsenood, and 1t is at the same
tliIe typical Specimen or the Vile mis-
representation iudulged in day alter day
toward Ireland by the English CORE
Spondents or the American papers. Every
thlzeS with Greece In the gallant tight
she Is making Tor the cause OF the op-
pressed. for every iTishInan knows the
deOJ the world owes Uo that historic land
as the first home OF art aud literature,
and as the buIwark or liberty III the
centuries old strife bet tween civilization
aud baTbarlsm-
The Irisn members were the first to
ciaHlplun al W estuIinstcr the cause II the
tretdn Christians. anu To defend the action
OF Greece IN coming 20 tneir aid and when
a Ma was uciuEed with blood by the
agents of the Great Assassin who sits
on the lettering throne OF Mahomet, from
no countryIn ine world came stronger pro-
tests dSdlnstthelniaIny ana taeSha ne lnan
from Ireland. To say, then, that Ire
land applauds Turkey and iurgisu tri-
ui4phs Is gross misstateinent or course,
IL - easy TO understand the motive OF the
writer's OF these misleading paragraphs
IN the American press As EnSiIsRmen
or the good Old pGoI type, utter stra ngers
to anything in the shape or generous senti-
ments 10 ireland, they feel it their duty
To do all they can 10 alienate the grow
Ing sympathy oil the American people for
the people or this country In their struggle
to attain the national rights Every OPP
pUrtunlty OF showing petty malice is ga ger
~ ayaiied or, but, fortunately, no people in
the world are more capable OF sizing
up mea nj spiteful policy than the
people OF the Upiled states, and we may
take IT for granted, therefore, that they
are slow to swallow the anti-IriSh drivel
OF the London NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. who
are continually defaming Ireland and the
Irish.
take the liberty of sending you copy
OF the Herald, containing the foregoing
editorial, in which you viii see the an
nouncement OF call FOR public meeting
by the mayorof the cityof Cork, made atthe
request Of other prominent Irish gentle
men, for the purpose OF raising a fund
i'll aid Of the Greeks, which l wish you
would publish in further refutation of the
lying dispatch in your issue of April 24
ultimo. j. ID. O'CONNELL.
Here is the answer have received from
the Star:
The Evening Star.
May 20, 1897.
Mr.. j. d. o'Connell, Bureau of statistics.
Treasury Department:
Dear Sir-I am compelled to return your
manuscript entitled deliberate and Stupid
FalsehooCs." While the cable dispaucn of
April 24th may have been a mistake the
Star was In no wise responsible for it, as
10 was not a special dispatch To the Star
but was an Associated Press telegram
whlcn went To nearly all The Journals in
the United states. Very truly,
RUDOLPH KAUFFMANN,
Managing Editor.
Although have been constant reader
of the Star for more than third of
century, venture to ask The Times to do
what the star has refused to do namely,
topui,lish the ying correspondence
and the original dispatch to the Star Of
April "a, and also the editorial from the
Cork Daily Herald. / ask this in order
to correct the false impression created Ly
the publication of the dispatch in the Star,
whichit now assumes the responsibility of
creating by declining to correct it,
]. d. O'CONNELL.