The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-08
WOES OF IRELAND.


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innate the activities of the people and
stimulate their energies.
TO Preserve Ireland.
The present movement is in its ulti-
mate sense, intended to preserve ma
tional identity and check the process
of defamation. If the ratio of emil
grafton Is maintained he asked how
long it would be before there would be
no cradle land for the Irish people. But
by the strength of organization and the
justice of their cause they will remain
at home and become the architects of
their own fortunes and destinies. The
land bill means a recrudescence of the
night for greater and broader liberties
and for self-government Even on
the prospects of the passage of this bill
capitalists were coming to Ireland
seeking investment for their money.
In the settlement of the land question
Ireland would see a great fabric of
prosperity for which it had been so
long contending.
The BOer War.
Referring to the Boer war; the
speaker asserted that there was not
anything that ireland demanded that
England was not ready to grant only
for the support of the London govern
home rule, the restora ton of farms to
evicted tenants and even a Catholic
university. They even sent the Queen,
In the evening of her life, to plead
with the sons of Erin and beseech
their aid. Canada had responded.
Australia had answered the call. Ire
land did not. Ireland refused to go in
to this most unholy and ubiquitous
war All that she gave was a protest
I'VE proved to the world that there
was one little country attached to
England that did not approve of this
crime against liberty" said Mr.. Dew
lin. I'VE refused to dip our hands in
the blood OF the patriots of South Az
RIGA who were struggling for their
liberty and their homes" He pointed
out the fact that Ireland, little Cath
ole country, was the only country in
the civilized world to raise a voice of
protest against the crushing out of
two small Protestant states by the
powerful mailed hand of the British
empire. III iSxlH
Criticized the Coercion Act.
II rejoice that we did not buy our
liberty at the price of the liberty of
another people," Mr.. Devlin declared.
The speaker sharply criticised Mr.
Wyndham for the ninety-ninth coercion
act, ana numerous other things with
which he tried to bait a hook to catch
the support of the Irish people. In
1900 Ireland was studded with indus
tries. To-day Ireland was devastated,
the farms were idle or untenanted.
Four and one-half millions of people
had been evicted. Two and a half mill
lion people had died.
In eighteen months a million and a
half people died on the roadside of
starvation. This was a sample of the
benevolent treatment of Ireland by
England. A lord chancellor for Ire
land got as much as the President of
the United States for administering
justice in an island where there is no
such thing as justice. Eighteen thou
sand policemen were paid for catching
criminals, and Ireland war freer of
crime than any country on the face of
the globe, except the crimes committed
by English tyranny"
Mr. DeVlin was greeted with a burst
of applause when he appeared on the
stage, but the applause that followed
the conclusion of his address was even
more pronounced and prolonged.
Mayor Myers, in introducing the
speaker. said
1T is a great pleasure for me to
preside here tonight. feel that Sa-
Vannah is honored in honoFing the dis
tinguished visitor who is to address us
on this occasion. His noble mission en-
titles him 10 the grand audience that
has gathered here TO meet him. For
love OF country, for love OF his fellow
men, he has laid aside important busl-
ness, suffered losses Of money as well