Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-21
Liberals May Have suppert Of Their Irish
Allies in House,
MON JACK IS TCRs FROM STEAMER
Patriotic Dublin Aldermen Will Not Ride
with British Emblem.
RIsH LANGUAGE Is Losing GROUND
Father Dinneen SnHs Native Use of
Gaelic L. Narrower. while
"a Grows in the
schools.

DUBLIN. Oct Especial Cabiegram 20
The Beel-HavinE lost the support Of Mr..
Keir Hardies socialist following in the
House OF Commons the government may
lose the support Of the Irish party
Mr.. John Redmond. interviewed upon the
subject. declared:
When the present government came into
ofhce they said That they were about -
consider some scheme for comforting sef-
government on the peoule of Ireland. aud
IN the circumstances the Irish party decided
II would be wise policy TO give ministers
ample time to mature their plans.
At the present moment the irish party
and people stand face to face with a most
extraordinary political situation. The morn
beTs Of the government. with TWO or ll!rt'
exceptions, are ayowed home rulers and Ne
are told that they viii lntToduce a nlll
next year dealing with Selt-Eoy eminent
for ireland. This is on the highest au-
thority: but the extraordinary portion Of
the situation is that we also arc told that
this home rule government contingent are
only 10 introduce what is called admins
The Irish people stand whore they always
stood. We declare that nothing short or
complete measure % home rule-and by
that 7 mean parliament freely elected.
with All executive responsible to it-that
nothing short Of a complete scheme OF nome
rule can ever be accepted as settlement OF
the Irish question.
Union Jack Torn Down.
A
House quay. Dublin. recently. when an
alderman Of the corporation cut down "a
steamers flag on which the Union Jack
was quartered and let il fan into the water.
AT the invitation Of Alderman Cotton a
number Of guests were invited to the open
I ing Of the main drainage works at Pigeon
{ House fort The works. which have been
carried on for several years, have jusi
/ been completed at a cost of s3Oh,HO9. The
I guests assembled on the steamship Sham
/ rock shortly after noon. to be conveyed to
/ the Pigeon House. one of the last to
arrive was Alderman Thomas Kelly, who,
/ on observing the Union Jack flying at the
/ stern walked Immediately toward il. and
( taking a clasp knife from his pocket. de-
iiberately cut the ropes and the flag fell
into the Liffey.
While no one objected to his action. the
incident created much excitement among
those on board When spoken TO afterward
the alderman said he had cot down the fiag
because 1t had no business There. II was
an insult to mis- nationality, and he added
thai when Alderman Corey saw it he woult
not go on board. Il understand, he said
that all passenger vessels must fly AT
ensign, but this is not passenger vessel
il is a corporation mud barge"
The objecting alderman also refused t
drink TO the kings health.
Gaelic Losing Ground.
At Belfast last evening Father Din
neen has again raised the question Ii
Irish as a spoken language to die in th'
districts where it is still the vernacular
The author Of the Irish dictionary is very
apprehenslve Of the fate that threatens
the living language in its last homes
While splendid progress is being mad
in the schools and in the English-speakini
districts. the area In which Irish is th'
language Of the home and the market il
growing steadily narrower, while the Ian
gauge itself is being degraded and i'm
paired. Father Dinneen points out thA
the very conditions that have preserved
the spoken language so far tend 10 pre-
vent the development that is the condition
1 Of its ultimate survival To deserve 10 b
I called a living language, Father Dinner
saws truly il must be the natural and suf
fcient medium in which men Of education
can express themselves; it must be a me
dium Of social Intercourse, firmly linke
- to the literary, the commercial and n
! social life OF the people.