The Washington herald., 1906-10-11
American Sweetheart For
bade Officer to Serve King.
CROwDING GAELIC COLLEGES
Students Admitted at Insti-
tutiOns to the Exclusion OF Irish.
New Revolutionary Party TO Take
Place of the CIan-na-GaeI-JOhn
RedmOnd's Present Troubles.
respondcnee Of The Washington Hcrald.

DuDln, OCT. 5--CuplQ mas DeeN Cfeallng
some havoc In Tipperary, where the en-
gagement has just been announced of a
fair and wealthy American to an army
officer. The girl is Miss Evelyn Leahy,
of South Pasadena, Cal, who, while
spending the summer at the Killarney
Lakes. met Mai. Austin Cooper. of the
Cheshire regiment, now stationed in
Ireland
II was love at first sight But Miss
Leahy. who. despite her American birth
and bringing up. is Irish TO the backbone.
objected to a husband who served the
English King and waged the trade Of
war. So Mai. Cooper had to resign and
go on half-pay. The Major and his family
have lived in ireland for many years and
are thoroughly Irish. Mai. Cooper owns
Killenure Castle, County Tipperary, a
fine old place. but sadly I'm need Of re-
pairs. His American bride. who is soon
TO be its mistress. is having the place
restored and the gardens and park at
tended 10 so that In a short time il
promises to be one of the Ioveliest places
in the County.
Foreigners in Irish Colleges.
the new Commercial Education College is
the first in the British Isles to establish
railroad classes The college was estab-
lished by the Industrial Development As
sociation on lines which promised well
for the future of the Industrial move
ment Although the college was intended
for Irish students no provision was made
excluding outsiders. The result has been
that the college is crowded with English
and Scotch scholars. and that Irishmen
are in the minority The same applies to
The Gaelic colleges recently established
Students from the United States. Eng
land. Scotland, France, and even Scandi-
naVla, have swamped these institutions
and are demanding al the time and
attention Of the teachers to the exclusion
Of the Irish This remarkable situation
Is being inquired into by the authorities.
Monument Went Begging.
There is the prospect Of decent row
in Armagh about the middle of the
month A memorial to the officers and
men of the ROYAL Irish FusiIiers. who
fell in the South African war has been
erected there, and Gen. Lord GrenfeH.
commander Of the forces in Ireland. viii
unYell IT, The Irish FusllieTS digtin-
guished themselves against the Beers.
but their gallantTy is not appreciated by
majority Of their countrymen. The
regiment IS mainly recruited from Dub
lin, Cork, and smaller towns in the
South of Ireland. Dublin was offered the
monument, but threatened to throw it
into the Liffey. Then Cork was ap-
preached, but the corporation refused
point blank, and declared. the offer an
insult There was no alternative but
10 go TO Armagh, the hO-bed Of Orange
men in Ireland. II is doubtful whether
Armagh ever contributed a single recruit
10 the regiment. The Nationalist eIe-
ment in the country is organizing a
public protest against what il calls n
gratuitous insult to the irish nation"
New Revolutionary Party.
Redmond IS going to resign" That
Is the rumor in Dublin clubs this week
But, while many hope he viii, there Is
scarcely a man who believes the tale
Mr. Redmond is in a critical position
The leadership IS a much harder prop
OsitiOn than il was in ParnelTs time
There are so many new political cliuucs
and parties. and they worry Mr. Red
mond from all sides Each party ap-
pears 10 be working against each other
They are all working against the Irish
cidedly worrying one. The two strong
est constitutional men, William
O'Brien and Tim Healy, are absolutely
opposed 10 NIr. Redmond's policy and his
party. Then there is the Irish National
Society, which IS composed Of men who
seeded from the United Irish League
A third opposition comes from the Gaelic
League, which claims 20 have no cont
dcnce in politics of any color. Lastly
there IS the Sim Fein which is gath
ering in strength daily, and may soon
be as formidable as the Clan-na-Gael
The Sim Fein has taken the place Of
all the old and forgotten parties Of blood.
II favOrs straight revolutionary tactics.
and has admitted young women now as
We'll as men. The Sim Fein viii not agree
to the broadest Of home rule. It wants
the shackles OF England completely and
forever shattered.
Demand for Absolute Home Rule.
The other parties will not accept a final
settlement under a home-ruIe label unless
It is absolute home rule. The Parliament
taTy party will accept whatever the Lib
eral ministry doles out in the way Of
local government as an installment Mr.
Redmond knows this, and so DO an seriousI
politicians here, and they understand that
70
against the present Liberal cabinet was
only a diplomatic stroke to assuage theI
murmuringS Of his opponents and the
growing revolutionary parties The
Tories, as expected. have been making a
great deal OF cdDital out of Redmond's
speech, vet the same statement has prac-
ticaliy been made Il thousand times by
leaders in the last hundred years or so.
Gladstone. Salisbury, Balfour all WANT
ed TO give Ireland the fullest kind Of home
rule, and so does the present cabinet. Butt
the opposition in England and Scotland
has always been too strong headed as it /
is by absentee landlords and English and
Scotch banks and insurance companies. |
who are the largest mortgages Of Irish /
land The strength of this element is too /
well known in the United States to need
further comment
Policeman Proved a Scientist.
The Irish antiquary and archaeolo- |
gist who has attracted so much attention |
in scientific circles in England. as well as
ireland, proves to be a village policeman. !
For some time photographs and articles |
have been appearing in the antiquarian |
journals on the dunes, forts, sonterrains |
and ogham stones IN the County Mayo. /
They attracted SO much attention that a |
party Of antiquaries from London Wis 4
iteC the village of Ballyhaunis and dis /
covered the author TO be the policeman on /
the beat. The officer will retire shortly /
from the force. and win then devote all /
his time to research He has kept his /
secret well. + y CULLEN. 4
Upton Is Packers Guest.
Chicago. Oct 10-Sir Thomas Lipton is
at Green Bay, Wis, tonight. He left /