Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-04
AIMS OF Sim FE|N
Want to Do Something Practi-
cal for ireland.
PARLIAMENT SLUMBERS ON
Continued Emigration Is Serious
Problem.
LATEST SPEECH BY REDMOND
British Government Insists on Law
and Order Before Attempting
Any Reforms.
PARLIAMENT SLUMBERS ON
LATEST SPEECH BY REDMOND

Special Cabegram TO The Star.
DUBLIN, October At is probable that
a special meeting OF the Irish par
liamentary party will be held at early
date to consider the general situation. AL
though efforts have been made to belittle
the Sim Feiners." 1t Is clear that the lat
ter are taking steps to force their cru
SADIE to the front and many members OF
the Irish party are Of the opinion that the
policy of trying to ignore the Sim Fefners
is the worst that could be adopted. Po-
ltical affairs are developing more rapidly
in Ireland than many people imagine. ana
a sensational move may be made at any
moment.
1t is because the Sim Fein party is
deeply conscious of the value of practi-
cal measures in Ireland that It is regarded
with a good deal of sympathy among prac-
teal radicals In England. Slim Feiners
are not enamored with what they call sun
burstry," the allusion being to the SYM
Dol which represents the rising sun burst
ing over regenerated Ireland. BY their
sneer at "sunburstry" they mean that many
Irish politicians are too fond OF talking
Of the woes of the past. and OF the giorles
OF the future instead Of devoting their In
telligence and activity to remedies of to-
day. The Irish members in parliament
have remained singularly quiet for NUM-
Der Of years The usual result has fol-
lowed. Little has been done In the. COM
mons for Ireland. and that little has been
rendered still less by the action OF the
house of lords. The British parliament
has practically told the Irish people that
unless there be effective demonstrations In
the house of commons and In Ireland
scant consideration will be paid to their
grievances. And this autumn and WIN
ter the Irish members are going on cru
SADIE among their people to point out the
means of salvation from the ruin which
is threatening them.
Prospects Of Home Rule.
In the course of this missionary work the
Irish members no doubt. will consider 1t
their duty to state what is their program
for next session. There seems to be almost
a duty upon the Irish party to introduce a
government Is pledged not to Introduce
such a measure In the present parliament.
But that is reason why the Irish menu
bers themselves should not bring before
parliament home rule bill and take a
division upon II, so to know who are
for and who against the movement.
There Is an additional urgency for this step.
inasmuch as the Irish members rejected
the palliative known as the Irish council
bill. introduced by the government last year.
1t Is, therefore, only fair to English MEM
bers that the Irish party should formulate
their demands in this respect. But then
there are matters Of even more urgent Inn
mediate Importance, as they concern the
very existence of the Irish people. All that
has been left to the nation Is to labor upon
the land. And therefore, land bill TO dis
esta bish, once and for ALL the foreign land
lords IN Ireland is held to be imperative.
Education in these days Is one OF the most
i'm portant of all public questions. In this
matter Ireland is VIGOROUSLY behind the
rest of the kingdom. Probably the govern
ment next session will introduce a bill es-
tablishing Catholic University in Ireland.
But the educational needs of that country
go very much further. The whole system OF
elementary and secondary education needs
to be revised.
Tide Of Emigration.
Since 1898 no fewer than 154.055 Irish peo-
pie have left their country. or these 1894
bar Oi-by n shores
year And these are the pick of the country
young men and women between the ages
of fifteen and thirty-five, gone with their
fresh blood and intelligence to enrich the
United States and other countries. Under
British rule Ireland is rapidly approaching
a stage where there will be none left there
except old persons. paupers and the con-
sumptives, who have increased so enor.
mously under the evil conditions of house,
holding. which have been result OF the
past policy of the allen land monopoists.
Under these circumstances the irish
members would be little less than human.
and certainly in no way patriotic, If they
did not adopt all means in their power to
force the British parliament to do some
thing substantial for Ireland. 1t Is pre-
dicted that next year, unless large
amount Of attention Is given to Irish affairs
by parliament. the time occupied by En-
glish affairs will be surprisingly small. In
the west of Ireland. owing to the failure
of the potato crop and shortage of fuel.
the outlook for the coming winter is the
blacklist experienced for many years. IL
seems that very many people are dooneu
to starvation or at least to HE OF misery
for many weary months.
Exciting scenes took place in Dublin at
the recent home rule demonstration In the
Mansion House. Sim Fem meeting was
held outside the building. and vote OF no e
confidence in the parliamentary party was
enthusiastically carried. Determined at
tempts were made to break in the doors,
and were only frustrated by the police.
When the nationalist members of parlia-
ment emerged their reception was OF such
character that they had to be afforded
police protection. Free fights occurred.
number of persons were injured and taken
to hospitals, and several arrests were
made Crowds, singing nationalist airs, pa
raded the streets for hours. SIM feiners
say the demonstration was a sorry attempt
to prove that John Redmond's hold on the
people has not weakened.
Ask for Patience.
In his speech Mr.. Redmond said: There
are men for whose convictions 1 have the
greatest respect who think the method
ireland should adopt is force of arms.
Such resistance would be absolutely Justl-
fable II it were possible. 1t is not pos
sible, and 1 thank God there are other
means. / declare that no ameloratiVe
measures. no number of land acts; or
of financial grievances, no material mn
provement nor industrial development can
ever satisfy Ireland until Irish laws are
made and Irish laws are administered upon
Irish soil by Irishmen."
The gravity Of the situation In Ireland
was emphasized in a speech at Malmespury
by Mr. Walter Long, leader OF the lrisl
unionist party. at is a lamentable thing.
he said that owing to the weakness ana
folly of the present advisers OF MS majesty
we are now face to face In parts of Ireland
with a condition of things 80 terrible ana SO
serious that the strong hand OF the gov
eminent ought to be exercised In order 10
nut an end to it. We read OF cattle pelnS
driven by men melted by members OF par
lament and others, and scattered over tHe
country in order that the grazing lands
may be divided among the smaller tenants.
The object Itself may be altogether desir-
able. but I deny emphatically that 1t is
right or proper to incte people to acts OF
lawessness to acts which are criminal in
themselves and which mean the despoiling
of one man In order that somebody else
may reap illegtimate advantage"
The Earl Of Aberdeen. speaking at Wa
terford. made an appeal for patience by
the Irish people IN regard to the govern
ments remedial proposals. "The govern
ment Is entirely sympathetic" he said.
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