The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

home government by Il statesman, who
formerly advocated It when we were
equally diSloynl. until we are loyal.
Well, for fear there might be any mis-.
fake about it, I take tho opportunity
of admitting in this house that I am
intensely disloynl. Gris1 chcers); and
til" chief secretary himself knows that
in making that admission am giving
the best and most adequate expression
] could "ivc tu the sentiments of more
than three cfnurtllS of the Irish nation,
GriSh chcrrS).
Why should we hr loyal? ! read the
other day the speech of a great law
yer. one Of the extreme gang rcsponsi-
bic for this policy. in which hc said,
"Loynlty is Il compact between the
subject and the crown. ana LOYALTY
ccnscs to bind tho moment your prop
crty and your liberty are not protected
by the government in other words
they will cease to be loyal as soon ns
they are not supported by tho full
forces of tho government in lcvying
their rarkIrntS from the starving Deo-
plc Of Ireland. people over whose
homes by the tens of thousands the
plowSharc of ruin has been driven by
your government and your soldiers.
Loyalty to II government whom we
|. M Al, ia Il,
forces protecting bailins and the
agents of landlords. who have laid
waste our country ana lcvclcI more
homes than over have been lcvcled by
invading armies hn the continent Of
Europe. Loyalty from nation which
has been reduced hy tho devastating
policy of your government from eight
ana a half to four and Il quarter mill
ions! nriSl ch"rrS). ! heard an hon
ornhlc member talk of the Inniskilling
FusilcrS. ! am proud to see Irishmen
behave hrnvcy. even when fighting in
Il bad cause The Dublin Fusilicrs
left Dublin a thousand strong inter-
ruption from the Ministerial bcncbes).
An Irish Member Order Butcher.
The Speaker Order. order. That
sort of expression should not be
thrown across the House.
An Irish Mcmhrr-1t issbis name
was mcnto
Mr.. Dillon (continuingl-Th regi-
mcnt came back only 300 Last week
/ received letter. which any honor
able member can 500. from a color SER
grant in an English regiment in South
Africa. He was Il Mayo man. from
my constituency. ana he said i'm effect,
"You Irish members are often very
hard upon Irish soldiers come from
tcn-ncrr farm. My father and
were in Yorkshire working to try TO
earn the arrears of rent. and while
there the farm was cvictcd ana grab
bed And then he went on TO say
that he was obliged to enlist: but he
wished to know If | could get any
thing done with the grabbcr. so that
he might come back to the old place.
In hundreds of cases there are men
driven ON by the tyranny of landlords
who are spilling their blood fighting
your battles. Now come to the case
made out for this dreadful departure.
! know the course this thing will take.
/ warned the Irish secretary who tried
to get us to believe that it was a small
matter which would blow over, that
coercion in Ireland never blows over.
Grish cheers. You never can tell
where 1t will end once you start. I
read long ago the life of the late Mr..
e. Forster. I was in prson-it was
smuggled in to me, and kept it con-
ccalcd under the mattress, hiding 1t
when any prison officials came in, for
] was not allowed to read anything.
Mr.. Forster did not go to Ireland full
Of sympathy with the lalNllords-he
went. as he believed, to scatter bless
ings over the Irish people, and when
he was Obliged to bring in coercion
act he did not treat it in the way we
heard it treated tonight, although he
had an extensive record of crime mur. 4.
dels and other crimes of violence, and