The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-12
IRELAND IS LOYAL
The Talk Of Disloyalty Die to Pol
iticians, Says VIM. Haley.
A MANUFACTURERS OF BELFAs
Roosevelt Greatly Admired Abroad
Anslo-saxon-Teuto Al b
lance.

Irish disloyalty to England Sbegns and
ends with the politicians, says William
Haley, of one of the large linen fact cries
of Belfast, Ireland. who is at the West
hotel, continuing he said:s
You may report on the testimony of d man
fresh from the old sod, who has recently set
foot on American soil for the first time that
most Of this talk about Irish disaffectcn is
all bosh. Ireland has furnished and Will
continue I'd furnish Great Britain with fight
ing men fer the war in South Africa The
"old man. can still get all the recruits t.he
wants, and there is patriotism enough in the
Emerald Isle to see the war through to the
finish We're tired of it, yes, but it's dirty
business, and all that's left for us to do is to
clean it up. Two volunteer companies were
being RECRUITED in Belfast when sailed, and
there were 1;,ore than enough applicants on
short notice to give them their full quotas.
That's pretty good proof of patriotism, isn't
it? Leave the politicians out of the ques-
! ton and vol, will f1nd that all ireland be-
| lieyes this war in South Africa TO- be just
one. It Is even popular war in the north
ern counties, and while the south of Ireland
may seem opposed to it in surface indications
they'd shoulder rifle. if need be-, to de-
fend the crown. I
It is a great source Of pride to Irishmen
to realize to-day that they have borne the
| brunt of the war with the Beers up to date,
and that they have accomplished the most
where bullets flew the thickest. It is felt
that our troops wouldn't be in Lacy smith yet
if it wasn't for the Dublin Fusileers.
Hope of Home Rule Gone.
Speaking of Irish politics., Mr.. Haley
said that every intelligent man in the
island had long since given up all hope of
home rule, and that present conditions
were not of character to cause any
further agitation in that direction. With
the. death of Parnell, he says died Ire
lands last hope for an Independent form
of government While John Redmond is
credited with being an able statesman, he
can ever hope to accomplish what Par
nell, who was greatly his superior, had
mapped out for Ireland
:'As for the rest of the politicians said
Mr.. Haley, contemptuously, .It's all
liars, they are. They keep alive the Irish
question only to keep in office; it's their
only excuse for being there" He added:
Conditions in Ireland have improved vast
ly in ten years. .Evictions of poor tenants
| are thing. of the past, and landlords no
| longer abuse their privileges. There is lit
! tie development along Industrial lines in Ire
land, Belfast being the only manufacturing
! city of any consequence. Emigration to the
United States goes steadily on, and expect
! it will be only a matter of time when Ire
land will have to face the serious question Of
| depopulation. 1t has been a dull year in
the British isles since the queens death, but
| a big revival is looked for after the corona
| ton. t%H 80 Il
! The personality of President Roosevelt is
greatly admired abroad, and his reelection
| will assuredly promote Americas interna-
stional interest. The approaching visit of
Crown Prince Henry Of Germany to this
Ecountry is arousing distPust in the British
I isles. There is quite as warm a feeling with
us toward Germany toward the United
| States. 1t is felt that the interests of the
Ithree really great nations are more closely
identified than those of any other triple al
| lance among the nations that might be pro-
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