The Irish standard., 1899-03-04

Hay, in London, to make more trouble
for Lord Salisbury.
When Lord Salisbury took Joseph into
his cabinet it reminded many of how thu
Greek horse was rolled into Troy, to.
gether with the after effect.
THE HEALY AND REDMOND ROW.
y special despatch to the New York
World, of last Sunday, brings the intel.
ligence that Timothy Healy and John
Redmond arc engaged in controversy in
their respective organs, the Nation, and
the Independent. Mr.. Healy says tina,
the Independent is now under the con-
troll OF an English Tory syndicate, OF
which Alfred Harmsworth, the proprie-
tor OF the London Daily Mail, is the
head. Harmsworth will be remembered
as the lying journalist who during the
Spanish-American war sent lengthy dis
patch to the papers OF this country, say
ing that after prolonged inquiry he as
certained that the sentiment Of the Irish
Catholics was with Spain, while the SYM
pathy of Irish Protestants, the Anglo
Saxons, were with the United States to
a man. Many simple minded people ac-
cepted the false statement as an undisput-
ed fact, and convinced themselves that it
was really true, as the Catholic Irish
would naturally wish success to their
Spanish co-religionists in arms, and
moreover as an ancient friendship exist
ed between Spain and ireland, the inhab-
itants of the latter having sprung in a
large degree from Spanish ancestry. But
the American people soon saw that what
ever way the sympathy OF the Irish Cath
oics at home went in the contest, the
Catholics of Irish birth and origin in the
United States were among the first to
offer their services to the government at
Washington.
John Redmond, Indignantly denies that
the organ OF Parnellism has been trans
ferred for cash to the Tory syndicate, and
says Healy is envious OF its prosperity.
But that does not satisfy the irrepressible
Tim: He sticks to his charge and ehal-
lenges Redmond to answer the follow
ing questions:
First-1s the management Of the Offices
and business Of the Independent now in
English hands?
Seeond-Were notices Of dismissal
served Friday last on more than twenty
members OF the staff?
Third-Were those notices served by
the English management?
He goes further by expressing strong
wish that the Independent should sue him
for libel SO that he could have an oppor-
tunity of proving allegations on the wit
ness stand From our knowledge Of Red
mond's organ we are inclined to think,
that Hcaly is correct in his charges.
There is vein of insincerity running
through the editorial pages of the In
dependent. 1t is blatant in its patriotism
as was the "Irishman" in the days of
Richard Piggott. When the Duke Of
York was in Ireland about two years ago
one Of its leading writer's accompanied
him in his pereginations as reprcsen-
tativc Of London paper. and gave glow
ing accounts Of the ovations he received
from the Irish peasantry in his travels
through the country. The reports were
exaggerated and gave false ideas respect
ing royalty i'll Ireland. John Redmond
must have known that an attache OF his
paper was doing that reprehensible work
for money. What dependence can the
Irish people place in such mercenary
creatures? We have for several years
been Of the Arm opinion that the Red
monds and their clique have been poor
guides for the Irish people to follow po-
litically. Though we have no high re-
gard for Heaiy we consider him better
Nationalist than Redmond, and think
him too shrewd man to fling charges
at the latter without being able to sub
stantiatc them. When the Independent
is discovered to be owned by an English
Tory syndicate. with Harmsworth at the
head. the Irish will drop it like hot
potato and drive the boys Of Wexford"
into the obscurity from which they
emerged in the stormy days of the Land
League and Home Rule agitations of
Michael Davitt and Charles Stewart Par
nell.