The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-12

and ststeanAalf1~ mssaus StAnAs suk far
ahead Of any that has preceded II. II b .
bold and wise effort TO grappse With the
root Of the problem and TO secure. a. he
himself phrased II. some lasting basis Of
sgrsrian peace Tho bulk of orime In
In land IL crime engendered BY aCarian
discomfort. To put Il In an Irish way.
when Irishmen ore at peace with the law
they are the most iaw-abiding people on
the face Of the earth.
In the pa st f, however. all the enthusis SIN,
chivairous sentiment and generous i'm
petuosity Of my oountrymen have been
guided In the wrong direction. Both.
partife OF the Government have umwittingly
set landlord g. inst Il nant and intensified
instead Of minimizing class animosity.
It WIS only recently that 1t ives an In
fra ction Of discipline for Irish soldiers to
sppesr on parade wearing th6i r oountrys
emblem. But now, on st. Patrick's, Day
the Irish Qua rds wear shamrocks and every
Irishman In both army and navy can sport
the bit Of gre thst means 20 much to him.
THAT the bill will be favorably roo iwd
by the British taxpayer is to b exp cted.
as he viii fully n aliz, that 1t puts into prac-
tics the TRUST economy. In return for
an infinite simal taxation. which. b, II re-
membor d. England, In land, Scotland and
WALKS all ar equally. he will be relieved
from the burden OF dissatisfied Ireland.
burden for which he has been paying for
~ ars both dir city and indirr city.
"A disoont mt In land has In one way
or anoths cost the enpirr far more millions
than the prs mt proposals will ever cost It.
and u the land war b TO 60 on undo r the
old conditions Il will cost the empire many
. million more. To Give twelve millions
to make II worth tho landlords while TO D. II
Ia a CHI ap bargain for the taxpayrr. when
the r suit OF 1t will b. to reconcile the OPP
posing class Of In land and put an end
to that social strife which has boen an alb
soluto bar to all industrial progr ss. This
IL whcre not only Ir land but England will
gain by the passing into law Of this measure.
It will M an tho possibility In the m ar
future OF an industrial development In
Ir land that will mako my country happy
and cont ntcd and win provide a source for
the profitable utilization Of English and
American capital.
Again. the passage Of the bill means the
end Of the Home Rule agitation. Home
Rule. as Butt formulated II and as Parnell
adopted 1t, was q dollhouse plant that was
shrivelling to q natural death until the
clear brains and quick wit Of Dsvitt and
LAWYER grated the very much alive Land
Question on to the decaying stem Of Home
Rule Settle the Land Question and Home
Rule will settle itself.
Last. but by no means least important.
there 10 every ground for the hope that the
result OF this measure will be Of inestimable
value, in that it win remove the only source
OF irritation that Gomez between the two
great nations Of the English speaking races
A mass OF the finest citizens Of the United
States are Irish by birth and breeding.
and they have bitter feeling against Eng
land, which naturally has its influence In
the relations between the United States
and tho British Empire. With a satisfied
| Ireland which this measure will bring about,
this feeling will die. and with 1t will die the
one thing that bars the closest friendship
between the two great nations.
CLOSE and firm friendship between the
British Empire and the United States means
the triumph Of industrial progress, and 1t Ia
not putting 1t too strongly to say that the
pacifcation Of Ireland Is no small step In the
1 path to the peace Of the world.
| This century can be made . trading and
commercial century II the peace OF the
world oan he assured. II the natural alliance
which should exist between the English
| speaking nations through mutual interests
and trade and commerce 10 properly o.
mented. that peace should be assured