The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-18
BY Joseph J. o'Rrlen.


brought to bear in the important matter
Of technical instruction in Ireland upon
James Bryce, chief secretary at Dublin
castle. One deputation which recently
waited upon him, was received very
sympathetically by Mr.. Bryce, whose
speech Indicated keen appreciation Of
I the necessity for general uplifting Of
the educational level in Ireland. But
as usual with chief secretaries, even
when they are cabinet ministers, Mr..
Bryce was able to make no definite
promises to the delegation. am not
1 the spending department. - he said, and
/ all he could promise was that when the
! educational needs Of Ireland had been
ascertained, the facts should properly
be placed before the treasury. How
! ever, it is interesting to note that Mr..
4 Bryce frankly admits the need. A
grant of $4,000 year for the technl-
| cal education of 100000 people can
hardly be regarded as extravagant even
when supplemented by the rates which
the local authorities may levy.
Irish Politics.
Discussing the subject Of Irish poll
! tics in a recent interview, I. T. O'Con-
4 nor referred to what he called the Sc
cret treaty. between Sir Henry Camp
| bell-Bannerman and John Redmond
4 which, he humorously observed, had
tbeen made IN the darkness of the night
and sealed with human blood. This
/ ntreaty,'' thru a democratic liberal
ministry, would enable Ireland to at
tend to her own roads, build her own
harbors and piers, control her own edu
cation, deal with her own congested dis
A tricts, and within two years time en-
/ able 1000 evicted tenants to be re
/ stored to their homes. Ireland aspi
rations would thus be complied with
and her wrongs redressed. There
would be no ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the EN-
pire, which would be strengthened il
bonds of equal rights and equal hber
ties. If Ireland were allowed to man
age her own affairs, Englishmen woult
have more time to attend to their owl
business and reform their own pariia
mentary machine, which had become
congested, SO as to meet the growing
wor1u-wlue demands.
uses Of Ireland.
E Rev. Stopford Brooke, president o
the Irish Literary society, in a recen
paper before that organization upon tn
subject What Ireland has done TO
England, - said that even from tn
British point Of view ireland must hav
had her uses He said that ever sine
2 Parnell lookup the home rule, struggle
England had had no peace in pariia
ment or in the country. She has had
Z lively time, and it has been of tn
h greatest use to her. She was gettin
= quite unaccustomed to political exercis'
quite Indifferent to asking herself que'
? lions whether she was just, whether sh
!, was true to freedom, whether the cond
- tions of her people were healthy. Pol
: tical sloth was making her too much 9
q ease in Zion. Ireland worked her VI
? ? forced a whole body of questions upo
v her, made her curvet and plunge an
n try in every way to escape from hi
+ tormentor, and in the excitement ST
learned number Of NEST excellent lie
d sons She was like 10, and Irelan
Y was her Gadfy. to drive her out of tt
d dull plains Of a slothful conservatis
d into the country Of a just and wise Iii
/ eralism, both in religion and politics.
Il Without any flourish of trumpets tt
Q Benedictines have returned to Irelar
It after $50 years This week sma
q community from the famous College ,
Il Downside, near Bath, have entered c
possession Of Ballinapierre house, ne;
!, Enniscortny, and with the sanction
y the Lord Bishop Of Ferns have opene
it as a high-class preparatory schoe
: In a short time the fathers intend e
tending the present buildings, as alreat
many applications from prospective p
= pills have been received Before tt
q Reformation, the Benedictines hs
e ten houses in Ireland, including one
# County Wexford, at Glascarrig, and
is is interesting to find them again ope
1e ing priory in this country. The Ia
* abbot of NGlascarrig was Charles M
le Murrough, one Of the most loved ri
10 priests Of his times
r.