New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
sUV FEIN MOVEMENT,
ireland scith the Hungarian
Parallel.
London. August Is

=
presents .-,er+ During the revolutionary
Iznd no-c-c tbe-a was & revolt in the island
rsFioo = =. o47csal Home Rule agitation con-
sgai- o.ronneITs followers and Sim Fein
dsS'71 - ourbreak against orthodox Nation
iE -.-reee7-ed by 4Ir. Redmond and Nj
at@1 -. pe7eaIers were condemned as con-
Iai04- ;, methods and deficient in ConstTuc-
ssE'SI,s,;+,, ana genius for action. and the
u' roland party sprang Ut. with poets 10
49, ,s-rsoric Imagination. with men or
nst ike Charles Gavan Duffy aAd William
o.F7rien To direct progressive press ana
oiI. of action like John Mitchell, Thomas
WIZ = ,r.aqr=r ard Thomas Darcy NcGee 10
FTsA~. - tar7e of the Irish people and the
la., laS .,,-ar7r7ert Sein Fein voices similar
olY-9 sqsf-st Nationalist methods as i'm
..b1a and un5uly deliberate. il enltsts the
-, of n, rising generation Of lr-shrnen ny
go ayreaIz 20 independence and selt-re-
pEoaU'- = = mora openly seditious and dis
"a, r coirCi5es in time with the movement
's0---fze5 labor in England. Just as the Re
o75 Yourz Ireland aElratlons We're con
pea. z55e bz SIDE with Chartisn- II has be
0-1, great popular force in the island. which
,es alike the ascendancy Of Nationalist
nt-a-s and the imperial government
IT, II -rlf end IKE the Young Ireland
"--.-+ ,--7ser John 1fitchers leadership IN
HY..o-,srtz n fnsurrection and organized re-
80 N law Is one q the most serious prob
1sr5s Of British politics.
c., ZEN Is pronounced as though the spell
,rs Ch47- Fai-. and II Is the Celtic equiv
= 4or yourselves alone Il involves
-. i,-err-7rsrf7n Of Ireland for the Irish
-, e,-er,--lirg English left out is origin
- be traced 10 . series os articles hE -ir-
80 Griffith on The Resurrection 81 hun
-. vrficl were subsequently reprinted a. 4
s,,,77r rs-nrhlet and widely circulated ana
s.---,ssa5 4 close parallel was drawn -e'"1sH
I-,,nrs-y and ireland. and the conclusion strong
:, e-nrhgsized that neaks movement f'f nome
:. -.--saz massive resistance 10 the extremity
- s,r1ozal-,- in The withdrawal q the Parlla-
- 5erar9-ior from Vienna The parallel
80 o., similar policy AZ Westminster and
=. concentration of Nationalist etIorls II ire
= .r,1f ,,-,-r = full charter Of national inde-
-.rssn7a should Re conceded by the Fri'lSh
r,.--,,,e-- The argument Of the pampAlei
-T.5 q De1ar5on Of all that 0'Conneil, isaac
zr- sr- Fo7~7eL Mr.. Mccarthy and Nj hed-
-,or7 had arrer-ute5 al Westminster EeI II "aS
accented as vnanswerable ny q steaaliE lleieaS-
;g bo5- Of converts in the four provinces. 9-l---
.si1 came irto being almost without 0oseiNa-
,;on. lis leaders were obscure men, WlJAoH'
-. -, -f,a REGULAR Nationalist organization
e-5 v-ben attempts were made 70 rlc-elie 'i
s+--+,7,ra -re-7. +he -ev. organization received
=, z-ro-9us an impulse from opposition '--s-t
.-qnc7es were formed in every county. 2 : NJ
-a-he-fc an5 influential press was eS-z-i-'-..l
e75 local elections were contested slc-es7i---s
r. nvh1i, and elsewhere TIE Na'22F---@- '--
..,.-.us a@-a- affecting u daspise the Hun
egrign dresuers. were impressed EEila III il-77
--ssz,re of r77pular support which the ne"
Al
+-sss.s-s5 t- he evidence thai their own Po--lt-
- .r-so---v IS challenged bv the more uncoil-
SC e-e~7fes Of England. CT they are 12--
s-e1snr tbe organization. with us multiplying
b-s7cbss as a reservoir Of -orce N--i---a-s-s
available for the Home Rule oause-
s,, rz;, IS more Celtic - -anae than N
--,s-5o7= The paraueI On which SIS Plan ~
ce7--aIr7 Is based IS foreign rather tG2A lfls,'-
7te T57.-garsans are not the irish 50 uucA as
-bs F-rglf=-. of 5he Dual zT7ra---y- after me
far7,-s Of Kossutk's :az---ac--on tla-- iH1z-
-e,5e--a VAS wen bv constitutional rrethoi5
and traexib:A VIII 1-Eec Austr.z's disastrous
esrrslr7 with Prussia made settlement COM
--,1sorv II t2elr exc r-r.e - fo-l1- Cd the ->i-
,ioralser members --iF -=-.-e fzo-o 'fetT7iSleT
where the are UNITED a15 U.1a- perfect c.s-
cfr--e and the Pzruz-l policy - making tneT12-
se,res 6lzsrreze1la md Impossible C- s-5Ie1ls1-
icsl- holding ur legislation and constantly
harsss-ng the government n the DAY VIII ~
abandoned when j. is shown to he Tecl--ar-E
e@er-5,-a and The Labor rsr-y has become
fo--rldzb-a ally Passive resistance Fli- oe sun
s-i-u-e5 for 5rcessan- defamation and Tehe-
merit abuse. and dLgnifed. untlnchlng s-al1
vii Be -azzen On the constitution of 17e3 with
0- The c1rlu-crnize now involved in having rep
rsssrtz-tves 81 Zvezt-n.nzter II recognition or
.h. q
erned under the ACT of Uricn- The tactics we're
successful in Hungary because they were adapt
&C II tas reserved powers o. eodu-z1ce Of self
restrained race = IS q least rroblemat-cal
whether thev VIII be equally affective in Ire
land where there is an instructive preference
fo- aggressive agitation. defiant Larausues and
machine made roIitics Were the <ationallsts
70 turn their hacks On Ireland there would be
no practical method of rlenaCIng English law
makers and traatlng them with cynical contempt
There would no longer Re an imperial theatre
fer advertising rhe Home Rule cause irlzh
politicians would have 70 restrict then energies
to details q local government, and their well
oled machine would be grinding fine chaff with
out making enough noise 70 attract attention
i might be the Hungarian method. but II would
not be the Irish way of working out results
TIE new Young ireland movement. like ihe
Cd one of sixty years ago. is exposed. more
ever 10 the risk Of being Increasingly sedltioua
a1d iawleSs As the poets. dreamers and or
derry oonstit1tIonaiists were followed IN 1913
g. ren of action. rebels and revolutionists. 50
sso nay 81 be in the present turn Of lrish AZ
airs- The refcrrlers may start of with elo-
ssen1 appeals 10 what Is best in Celtic char
sHser and Imagination, but when thes are cen
furing she Official Nationalists as wornout
Politicians occupied chiefly with underground
l1irigues with SIR Anthony MacDonnen and
-erd Dunrzven and with secret negotiations a
Westminster they commit themselves uneon-
s1iousy To 2 policy Of action. How long was
Il before John Mitchell was setting aside tie