The Irish standard., 1900-01-06
Enthusiastic Reception at the
University Of Dublin.
THE POLITICAL RENEGADE HoNoRED
Students Of Trinity Pull Down
the National Emblem.
MAUD CONNIE WAVES THE BOER FLAG

Incidents in the Career of the
Colonial Secretary.
Joseph Chamberlain, colonial secre
tary, has had the degree OF doctor OF
laws conferred on him by the .Univer-,
sity OF Dublin, better known as Trinity
college, and Dublin has had lively
time over it, says "Owen Roe" the
Dublin correspondent of the Chicago
Chronicle. No man in the United
Kingdom is hated more by the Irish
people than Chamberlain, and Judas
Joe" is the kindest epithet they apply
to him. They remember his betrayal
OF Gladstone and the liberal party when
public opinion in England was disposed
to redress some OF Ireland's grievances,
aud they cannot forget that he has
been the bitterest enemy of home rule.
His coming at this time when feeling
in connection with the South African
war runs high was nothing less than
a challenge to this Parnellte city and
to the nationalists OF all Ireland. The
action OF Trinity college in inviting
him to receive its honors is looked up
on by many outside of the ranks Of ma
tionalists as not only reprehensible, but
as direct insult to the city and the
nation OF which it is the most famous
seat OF learning. In this display of pro-
vincialism and anti-nationalism Trinity
| has snlirched itself and given to the
world another argument why Ireland's
manhood and self-respect revolts
against alien rule and loyalty that is
subsidized at the expense of the people
| it derides and djscredits. 1t was
shameless, too, in Trinity college to
confer the honor upon man whom its
own representative in parliament, the
| noted scholar and historian, Mr..
Lecky, has branded as lacking in honor
and whose dealings with the Transvaal
question are emphasized by the "trail
of finance" that inspired them.
OF course, the coming of Chamber
lain aroused much anger and excitement
and naturally resulted in discord. On
the 17th inst. the day before the de-
gree was conferred, the people made a
demonstration SO markedly disloyal that
the police took hand in its suppress
sion. One of the conspicuous charac-
ters in the popular protest was Miss
Maud Come, the Irish Joan OF Arc "
Accompanied by James Connolly, she
drove by Dublin castle and de6antly
waved Boer flag. This was too much
for the police, and, rushing toward the
carriage, they seized the flag and bore
it away in triumph. Nor was it in the
streets alone that public feeling was ex-
pressed. In the rooms OF the Irish
1svaal committee fiery and defiant
were made by William Red
o.; Michael Davitt and 9TH
s~t day, however, when
made an LII. D., the
.. ->nt occurred. An
g, isn,o ostrations and
the II. m7n ili their uni
versity Ii, aylo, ,a3 s,udents
of old TRIM. = ~ g. va, - .nu or
more, made ~ he -e, 4"
house where the grv r. .G,s
pal banner, was hoatll.> d e
caretaker, who offered resls
it down, bore it away in tr'.i
then tore it into shreds. Had th>
on the mansion house been anticipal
there would certainly have been serious
trouble.
This was not the first time that the
municipal flag has been captured by
Trinity's students. Some fifteen years
ago when the Prince of Wales visited
Dublin the feeling of the citizens and
the city authorities was so strong that
the lord mayor, who was an ardent ma
tionalist, declared his intention Of hoist
ing the municipal flag at half mast on
the day the prince arrived. This be-
coming known to the students they de-
termined to prevent the indignity. A
number of the more daring was banded
together and under cover OF the night
scaled the walls of the Mansion house
grounds and soon had the flag in their
possession. The prince arrived, but the
municipality had no banner with which
to faunt its sorrow in the public gaze.
Neither did the incident end here. The
students elated with the capture of the
flag could not contain their Joy. Nor
could the populace contain their chagrin.
A conflict was the result and the stu
dents routed their undisciplined adver-
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