The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20
On the Emerald Isle It Is Be- heved That the Maine Was
 Destroyed by Treachery.
THEFIGHT FOR HOMERULE
J. ;. Clancy, M. F., Writes an Interest ing Review of the Struggle of
 Statesmen in tho Cause
By J. J. CLANCY.


 DUBLIN, March 5.-I have no doubt that to many persons, but especially to Irishmen on the American side of the Atlantic, the name of Standish O'Grady is very well known. He Is a country gentleman of the County of Cork, a Protestant, and a Unionist, who has distinguished himself in the field of Irish history and Irish TO- nance, and is otherwise a man of culture and refinement. Hitherto he has not mixed much in politics, but, if a little book of his which has just appeared from the press and bears the title of "All Ireland' be any guide to his future, he Is certain to be heard of sooner or later as a leader of Irish public opinion. What has stirred up MT. O'Grady Is the movement for the redress of the financial wrongs of Ire land, and the brochure referred to deals with that subject. But 1t is not with the dry though vitally import ant details of the financial question that MT. OGrady troubles himself. He is concerned with the movement in its political effects on the Irish nation and makes 1t the text for an impas- stoned appeal for national unity. For Q Unionist he certainly writes in a re- markable strain. No Nationalist could write more strongly of English oppres- sion and misgovernment. Many of his statements on that subject have a flavor of the patriotism of the Irish party, who won Q free Parliament for 1refand in 17S2. One of the two maxims on which his book is based is that England never yields to jus- h,1f lrx-ox &n other maxim Is that Ireland united is Ireland irresistible" On this latter point he is thOroughgoing disciple of Parnen. The theory of the great Irish leader was that the two great parties in England have no principle or pur- pose except to get Into office or keep there; that they are both a. conglom- eration Of opportunity, governed en- tirely by motives of expediency; and that they can be bought and sold or sent on errands by a bold and deter mined Irish party with a national pur- pose in view. Hence he looked not to English parties for success, but to his own cOuntrymen united in a common cause.
 This is precisely the way in which MT. O'Grady also looks at things. and. therefore, he cOunsels all Irishmen to band themselves together on an issue on which they can all unite withou+
 
 the kind in his opinion which has arisen for hundred years. It is impossible to eXaggerate the fervor of his appeal especially that portion of it which is addressed to his own class. It remains to be seen what response will be made to it. But that MT. O'Grady means to stick to his views is clear, and as he has just purchased a newspaper respectable Conservative journal, the Kilkenny Moderator-he will have plenty of opportunity to develop his views. Unless l am greatly mistaken he will, as l have said, be heard of again.
 The destruction ofe the Maine and the possibilities of war resulting in con- sequence between the United States and Spain are exciting intense interest in Ireland. The conviction is pretty general here that the explosion was an outrage, and the hope is freely in- dulged that not only will reparation be enforced but that the American people will take this opportunity of liberating Cuba.
 It is not an exaggeration to say that in any war undertaken by the republic the sympathies of Ireland would go un- hesitatingly and Whole-heartedly with the starry flag. But to crush old-World tyranny and root it utterly out of the new world is an object that comments itself specially to the Irish heart
 When the Independent, the organ of the Independent Nationalist party, ex- pressed the other day the opinion that, if the republic called on this occasion for the help of its Irish citizens, they would in tens of thousands leap into the very van of the army of libera- tion," it unquestionably gave expres- sion to genuine Irish feeling. Nor can there be any doubt that, if war results. there will be plenty of excitement here, in11a takes, as it is so apt to do, the anti American view. Indeed, it will be very lively year in Ireland if the '98 celebrations should be accompanied by pro-American and anti-Spanish demon- strations, and if the Irish-Americans who are expected here a few months hence in thousands should take part in both.
 An event which, for the last couple of weeks. has excited intense feeling not only in Dublin, but throughout Ire land. will come off at next Mondays meeting or the Dublin corporation. The office of City Marshal is vacant and one of the candidates is Mir John How ard Parnell, M. D., brother of the great Irish leader. The fact that MT. Par nell is compelled by stress of eircum- stances to seek such a post has itself created a painful sensation, and it cer- tainly does no credit to Ireland No 1 member of the Parnell family ought to be left by the country in a position of | pecuniary embarrassment. Some time ago, indeed, a movement was set on | foot for the benefit of the family and | for the purpose of preserving for it, the | ancestral home in Avondale; but from | one cause or another it was not suc- | cessful.
 The distracted state of Irish parties | prevented a successful issue, and now | MT. Parnell, as l have said, is obliged | to seek an office in the gift of the cor poration of Dublin. As I write it seems | doubtful whether or not he is looking | for it in vain. If the members of the | were voting openly instead | of by ballot there could be no doubt of | the result. Public opinion would be too |