Omaha daily bee., 1907-09-15
Would Establish Government in 0p-
position to Westminster's.
ENTIRE MINISTRY Is PROPOSED
Rule of the People, by the People
Chiefest Aim.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER T1oN
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ttor has often been asked, what is the
policy of new Sim Fein party in IrelandF
4 contributor to the official organ of the
Sim Feiners throws a great deal OF hsht
upon the matter. He is exceedingly frank
and makes no bones" about the secrets OF
the party The object is revolution.
Last year. and. indeed, ever since the
movement started" he writes, Sim rem
ers were hopeful, but now they have be-
come sanguine of success And with re-
cruits pouring in by the thousand and our
opponents right and left captured, how
could they be otherwise?" What, does
success mean? What is the end In view!
AS soon as the Sim Feiners have sue
ceeded in getting the Irish members 10
withdraw from Westminster they nteno
to set us "a new constitution IN lrelahu
in defiance OF the act of union and OF the
kings authority. with reference to TINS
national Parliament" which is to be
created in opposition to the assembly at
Westminster, It is stated:
As the assembly that will sit In our capi-
tai will be a Parliament in every sense Oh
the term. It will naturally require an
executive and a ministry to carry out its
mandate. 1t will be representative OF the
people: It will be the embodiment OF the
principle, rule of the people by the peo-
ole',. II will be the head Of an Irish state
comprising some 100000 Of people, 1t VIII
be as much entitled to legislate and direct
the external affairs OF Ireland as the
Cromwellian Parliaments, or the conVeh-
lions that bestow the English crowns on
wul,an, and Mary we're entitled to make
laws and policies for England. Why'
therefore, should there not be govern
ment? Theoretically. an Irish state VIII
| have come into existence. Those VINO nave
taken any oath binding themselves IN lhe
service of the British government Will nave
| 70 al,er their allegiance either by repudi-
atinu the oath or adherinR to Its terms and
| acting in the service of the Irish state,
Two Chambers After Constitution.
yrav,ne obtained "a new constitution"
by the mere setting up OF two chambers
I'm Ireland-an upper and iower-what
will be the next step?
| It would be rather difficult for such
! body as that proposed to direct the analrs
| OF the country without an executive mh-
| istry. For instance, 1t could not deVote
| exclusive attention to Industries foreign
affairs. commerce or education at the same
| time A person responsible to the irish
| council-one of its members well acquainted
with the subject-would have 10 pe ap-
| pointed for conducting each department
| so that Il would receive the attention and
heads OF departments would require sal
| aries. IN other words the officers OF the
council should be a paid ministry. There
| would be openings for Irishmen with
| good technical knowledge of Irish SUBJECTS
political and economical
Thus we would have a minister OF Tor
ests. whose province it would be to super
! intend the reafforestation of Ireland py
the Irish county councils; minister OF
| agriculture, to assist and advise our farm
| ers; a minister Of education ana MIN
lister Of Industries, to operate in thelr par
ticular spheres, and, lastly, think there
| should be a minister of agitation The
latter position would not be very en-
viable one but It would serve very use
full purpose A person, when he makes
| study of any particular subject will dis
cover ways and means which would be
bevond the command of those who devoted
little or no study to the matter.
Ministry In Contemplated.
Again. II Ireland is to enter into ex-
tensive foreign and commercial relations
IL will require ministers to carry on the
work of these departments also. The coun-
ell will require a minister of foreign al
fairs one for commerce and one TO work
the Irish organizations abroad In sympathy
with the home movement. A well con-
Quoted foreign policy would perhaps De
Sim Fein's most effective weapon in fght-
ing her foes. The great object OF the
foreign minister would be to embarrass
england and TO take every possible ad-
vantage of this embarrassment. And never
was a time more opportune for the de-
velopment OF such a policy than the pres
ent The Russo-Japanese war ana Hs
aftermath In Russia have inspired national
movements ali over the world. This Is
particularly the case inside the pale OF
that empire which Britons boast is syn
onymous with liberty. India, Egypt and
! Ireland are vainly looking, inside the pale'
for that which Englishmen have been say
ing for centuries is there Could not the
Copt and the Hindoo and the Gael WORK
toeether? Could not the Sim Fein, the
swadeshi and the Egypt for the Egyptians
movements be welded together into one
powerful axe for chopping the flesh on
y John Bulls bones? A good foreign min
lister to an Irish assembly could do It, See
the Indian and Egyptians newspapers Tor
the interest which is manifested In these
countries in the Sim Fein policy The ad-
vantage of having three intensely national
organizations in different parts Of scat
tered empire, working in sympathy is
quite obvious. OF course, ireland would
! be. comparatively, a mouse when lndia
I came into the question: out the oio s'oiS
OF the lion and the mouse might De SCI
to different music. That tiny little animal
might not let the lion out Of the net when
the tiger and the crocodile came along.
Powerful Irish Organization.
The minister Of the Irish colonies abroad
would have 10 direct his energies toward
linking the militant Gaelic societies the
world over into one powerful pro-Irish
organization. When this end was accom-
plished the official would have the making
and unmaking OF alliances as well as OF
popular potentates. Hiberno-GermsniC
/ entente IN America would be-as II already
is 10 a certain extent-a mighty force tc
: contend with.
l Matters should be arranged between In
: dia, Ireland and Egypt so that the thres
peoples should act together and at an op