The Wichita daily eagle., 1900-02-08
But FOR THE POLLS
Mand Come Might Free Ire
land in a Jiffy
BUT THERE ARE 10000
Irish Giants Who Would Fight
Irish LiberatorS.
BUT THERE ARE 10000

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home. that Ireland may be free She re-
counts England's desperate straights and
points out that Englands difficulties never
were greater. and who does not know
that Englands difficulties have always
been Ireland's opportunities
Miss Come tells how there are but
5000 English soldiers in ireland, where
! there usually are 10000 No trouble at all
to handle these But" she naively adds,
| ''of course We will have trouble with the
constabulary"
why should we have trouble with the
constabuiary?" is the most natural ques-
ton a possible Irish-American volunteer
could ask. Are you not cementing the
! Irish race, and is the constabulary not
Irish?'
But this question was not asked. hence
We are without Miss Comes reply. No
doubt the reply would be quite interest
ing.
| The fact Of the matter is that ireland
is in the hands Of the Irish themselves Il
is not too much TO say that of the 5000
soldiers in the island 80 per cent are Irish,
probably recruits in depots Of the Irish
regiments now in Africa The Royal Con-
stabulary, with which Miss Come ad-
mits invading Irlshmen from America will
! find trouble, are all Irishmen, every one
of their $1,000 bayonets.
Thus we have in Ireland $500 armed
! trained Irishmen, ard perhaps 1,000 armed
and trained Englishmen Then we have
at least 10000 Irishmen capable Of bear
ing arms, unframed but natural born
! soldiers. We have 10000 more people
in Ireland who hate England with q
deadly hatred. In America there are at
least 100000 Irishnnen willing to fight and
( die for their country. Canada, Austria
! liza, Africa, etc, should supply $1,000 moro.
In all, we have 100000 Irishmen ready
to bear down upon Englfshmen and set
ould Ireland free. Looks like a picnic.
doesn't It?
| Then, Of course. your average Ameri-
can, cold. practical, unfamiliar with the
conditions, will ask:
'Why in Tophet don't they do ft?''
And Maud Come, who is to mount her
white charger Hike the Maid of Orleans
did can make no better answer than does
the variety actor which YOU have heard
SO often.
"Shure the polls won't let thtrn''
OF course you have heard the stage
IriShman cry, '"Ther's min enuff an tn
hill av Tipperary to free Oireland" and
when the comedian asks him why don't
| they do it, his answer is, 'Shure the DO
lis won't let thin"
The polls is the bugaboo Of the Irish.
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mice with the whisper Of the polls Is
comm Bad, fghtin' Irishmen are awed
and oowed, have the fight taken out of
them with the same warning. Patriots
have been made traitors with the same
hoarse threat. And now Ireland is to be
kept in bondage and her sons driven to
exile by the same bugaboo. "TThe polls Is
comm" The polls means the police
the r. I. c., which means Royal Irish
Constabulary. It is body of 5000
picked Irishmen maintained in ireland 10
maintain the peace and England's hated
domain. It is the finest body Of trained
soldiers in the world and contains the
flower of Irish manhood. No man over
25 years old, under feet 10 inohes tall or
less than a certain weight and girth can
become a member. It's physical test IS
the highest known It's system Of prysi-
cal training is the most complete IN U.s.
age. Uuquestionably it Is the finest body
Of trained troops the world ever saw. Just
think of $1,000 men. all wssl. ebout feet
TALL built in proper proportion. straight
as arrows. perfectly poised and trasned.
each one Weighing between I75 and 20
pounds, without superffuolis flesh. armed
to the teeth and trained 10 the hour. ana
you have an idea Of what the ''poIis'' Is.
They are ell irish. too taken exclusive
" from the ten-acre-farm class. which Is
one Of the fnnumerab1e agrarian castles Of
Ireland. where a mans social staiUs fs
fixed by the size OF his Farm. the nam
hers OF his cows, hogs or horses This |
means that they come from a superior |
class OF farmers. OF sturdy, weIl-bred |
stock
They must have q very fair common !
school education, for the ''poNs' exarni- |
nation requires a stiff n1errtal as well as |
physical test In a word. they are the |
flower OF that sturdy peasantry whose /
loss to q country. Goldsmith says. can |
never be supplied
These are the fellows whom you and 4
ana AL OF rs god Trisbanan must agnt 4
-hsn va fslloH Maud Come - set ollld 4
ireland f-es We are not 20 Ine>- a ha.ei I
BTiten not even bloody Heesian. whcse /
rel trail ran from Fair Head % Nirzen i
Head and from Dublin 70 Galway in I7as i
Not even half-brothcr Scot 8 Roosia o.
a Proosin. There VIII be nothing - nxh: 4
but Irish. Looks ike We are up against 7.
it good. i 8 a dirty. mean trick q Eng 1
land 20 leave nothing 20 defend ireland I
but the Irish agslnst the irish who are 4
going % FREE The Trish WHO arc LETT % DE-
fsnd ireland New X Derddious Afbio1
had only cent fhs polls" with the Con-
naught Ranger 70 Africa ard diz8a ;cle-i
English troops 20 take chsir place - Ire
land the invaders would he q f-tc-1 shof
ana no money offe-sS- 'Tz7uld ~ 10
trouble ~ a. 70 meet and aEh. sas Eek
S7rthsn17sonE To-zshires. zfaachsste-s
= such ''ra-eens" bRt % Tx I'd zr.sh
the big. HUSKY. hsft~. wavrsre I-lzhrrs@a
you ara t-y.aE 20 free e TOO touza
l. is funny Ting thst Alizs come tas
nor csrnA1te5 rse ''117is.' - she 7aFt -
rhe Irsh Trdee1 = she could o-s'v c.
msnt the 'Peiis~ 70 hs-self ard he- r'a-
Tf0gs caase she v5zld no+ need "a rsst
q IRE f-ash. for those 8 - irish say5-
ue-s coz15 yscx the wEo1e British army
Backei ~ ~ east = - tragre1 TrfsAFnen
who saw se-v.ee n tAe Aase-scsn Arrr.
British troeaS. Mazs Gaaae ard hsr - -
'.ps-ls shou.d - abs 10 ses tha ssesn
snS hs szE1a A. dsssne@ y sss8