The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-04
OBJECTS TO THE IRISH LEADERS.

An Irish friend Of this paper in Colorado sends
the following:
Dear Mr. Editor Following is the oath taken by
Irish members OF Parliament
81 -, do that 1 will be faithful and
bear true allegiance 70 his majesty, Kig Edward, his
heirs and successors, according to law. So help me
God"
Was there ever ask Mr.. Editor, such denational-
zing advoce offered to Irish Nationalist to ask
them to accept place confidence in the "leader'
who has subscribed to the foregoing oath of allegi-
ance Englands king? IT'S true that such leader
ship" has and is being accepted either side of the
Atlantic by considerable following of doubt WELL
meaning Irishnen; but never will it be acceptable
Irish Nationalist who in the whole ''para-
mentary policy acceptance of Eng1and's right to
govern Ireland.
As has been truly said: ANY policy aiming at
tional freedom must be based repudiatCAl Of Eng
lsh authority control govern Ireland and the
clear assertion of Ireands right independence"
AS parliamentary agitation is not the only alterna-
tive armed resistance the Irish party try the
Sim Fem policy once, and take the following oath
II -, do that I viii not foreign
made goods far practicable, or buy articles in
foreign shops which available in home shops, or
buy anything made by the foreigner which our coun
try1nen make. So help God"
Standing for such policy and eXpounding the doc
trne of such oath. the Irish Party would be able
to accomplish good for Ireland in short year
than they could hope accomplish in the next hun
dred 'on the floor of the English house" Like the
Gaelic revival the "Snn Fem policy is full of hope
for Irish Ireland" I. J. QUINN.
Ouray, Colo.
Mr. Quinn assails condition that exists in all
monarchical Countries so the Irish not the only
ones to swallow oath with the salt of conscience.
Over in Germany the Socialists hate the kaiser, but
every one Of them elected to the Reichstag takes
Il IL N r. -
is tantamount to a reputation of Socialist ideals.
Either that has to be done or the member is re-
fused a seat in parliament. In America before the
of independence, every officer III the colonial
service took an oath to support King George, but
that oath did not bind conscience after the first
gun was fired at Lexington. Surely if can jus
tify Washington and Franklin it would be incon-
sistent to turn down Redmond and his party in the
British parliament. There would be no Irish party
in the British parliament if the members elected
refused to take the oath Where would Daniel
O'Connell be if he yielded to an impulse which
our correspondent favors The absurdty of biting
off your nose to spite your face has been demon
strated IN diplomacy and politics time and again
Presumably Mr.. Quinn is of type of Irishmen
which no one III his heart can condemn. 1t is of
the spirit which did not die out with Emmett and
obtains sympathy whenever the story of that
insuTectionary martyr is told Men better equipped
than Emmett was have since tried to achieve the
independence of Ireland by physical force Be-
hind the movement was large and active Fenian
organization and the sympathy of Americans goad
ed by the acts Of Britain during the civil war. Il
did not succeed and it is not necessary to discuss
the reasons.
The people of Ireland know their needs better
than we do in America. If any large portion OF
them against the Irish Party policy and in
sistent on physical force, such fact could not be
concealed from the patriotic Irish in this country
Money would be lavshly spent to aid such move