Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-07-12
NEW HOME RULE MOVE
Irish UniOnists Now Take Steps in
Another Direction.
FRANKLY STATE THEIR POSITION
Nothing Hoped For So Long as Con-
ditions Continue.
EARNEST WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS
Authorities Begin Vigorous Campaign
to Stamp Out Disease.
MIDDLE CLASS IS DISAPPEARING
English Hold the civil Places 60
which Young Irishmen Once
Aspired and Even Army
Life Is Closed.
MIDDLE CLASS IS DIsAPPEARIN

most Significant steps WnlCn mas YET Deeh
taken in the struggle for Irish self
government is the recent organization In
Dublin Of the Irish Imperial Home Rule
association, which has the backing OF the
commercial and land-owning classes Of the
country, hitherto the backbone Of the
unionlst party in ireland. The association
as its name implies, Is formed to promote
the cause OF Irish home rule within the
empire" That is TO say, the organizers
demand for Ireland full control Of It's own
affairs, reserving 20 the Imperial Parlia-
ment at Westminster only the control Of
those affairs that affect the British EN-
pire as a whole The whole program Of the
association Is briefly set out in the fol-
lowing resolutions. which were adopted at
the first meeting:
THAT sclf-government, with imperial
unity is necessary to the full and natural
development of Ireland.
THAT the existing system of Irish gov
ernment is unsatisfactory, both from the
imperial and national standpoints, and de-
mands immediate and radical reform.
THAT a union Of all sc bial classes and
the sdherents Of the various religious ere eds
Is necessary and desirable TO succeed in
obtaining and conducting Irish national
self government.
"That the demand for national self-gov-
ernment should be complied with on as
serton Of the right OF Irlshmen to par
ticipatc as partners in the development
and conduct of the British empire, to
which they so largely contribute. and that
any policy which fails to assert the inn
perial rights OF ireland does not repre-
sent the full national claim Of Irishmen."
Frank Statement of Belief.
The association declares boldly that Ire
land has nothing to expect from any Eng
hsh government, whig OF tory, and does not
hesitate to state that the object of suc-
ceeding English government seems to be tc
perpetuate the unjust financial treatment
of ireland by England.
The law, in Ireland at least, has at last
taken cognizance OF the ancient and hon
ornble profession of begging. The at
torney general sitting at Dublin castle for
the purpose of hearing claims for next OF
KIN 10 C rain properties, admitted the claim
of the heirs OF the late Patrick Lynch OF
BallEoeh. County Cavan, who left 81 900
1t was stated in the application that Lynch
who died intestate, followed the occupation
OF beggarman." He seems to have done
fairly we'll at his profession.
Smuggling Case Decided.
One is carried back to the old days wher
little of the wine and brandy consumed by
the Irish gentry paid taxes to the kinl
by case which has just been decided II
the Dublin law courts. The customs author
ities petitioned for the forfeiture of tht
Dutch schooner Cosmopolite, which wa!
captured off the Cork cosst by the gun
boat skipjack. The Cosmopolite had oi
board about 1900 pounds OF tobacco, anC
! in the captains locker were found Irsl
bank notes and English gold to the value o
about 1900. The captain OF the Cosmo
polite declared that lie was bound from
Rotterdam to Iceland, but he could no
explain how he came to be so far out o
hts course, nor how he came into posses
sion OF the Irish bank notes. The cour
decided that he had been running cargoe
OF Illicit tobacco to dealers on the Iris
coast and ordered his ship and cargo to b
confiscated.
O'Hare on MOther-in-Law.
Mr. Peter OHare Of Belfast has discov
cred a short way of dealing with tn
F,other-in-law difficulty which has not
however, met with the approval of tn
Belfast magistrates. O'Hare retuTne
hone few nights ago and found hi
motNcr-in-law I'm the house. Her remark
6id ret please him and seizing her by tn
hai~, he dragged her, struggling and Pre-
tes in into the street. where he mounte
a horse block and offered her at auction
His eulogies OF her many good qualltis
did not attract any bidders. but they di
attract the police who tried to persuad
O'Hnre to withdraw his mOthSr-an-law frol
sale and go home. They did not succee,
SO they resorted to force. Twenty polio,
men were more or less injured in the pre-
eess and the next morning oHars was SCI
fenced to six months imprisonment
Dealing with TubercalOsIa.
a long step forward I'm the fight again
tuberculosis in ireland has been taken /
the government bill dealing with the sui
ject, which has the support Of all parti'
and which is, therefore. insured OF passag
The bill provides that doctors must motif
all cases OF consumption coming und,
their notice, AS they now notify smallpo
and other infectious diseases. under
penalty OF 80 for each omission. A
premises In which case is discovered wi
at once be closed and disinfected an
county councils and other local authoriti,
may erect sanatoriums for the treatmer
z OF consumption. SO far compulsory is,
lation OF consumptive patients is not pr,
vided for, but It is expected that this wi
follow before long.
No Place for IriAhmsn.
Even the unionist newspapers OF Gre
Britain are waking up 10 the condition
brought about by English misgovernmei
in ireland. An article in the Pail Ma
Gazette OF London on The DissppeaTir
Irish Middle Class" las been widely quot,
throughout Ireland and there can be
question OF its truth. The writer poin
out that the civil service which used
afford employment to educated your
Irishmen. is now almost entirely filled
inferior Engiishmen. the resident magi
tracy by English lawyers. who have fall
at their profession. and oven the arm
which used TO offer a career TO the Irli
gentry Is now closed TO them by the IA
that the Irish regiments are no longer q
lowed 10 serve In ireland. their place beiT
taken by Scotch and English soldiers. Nv,
the vice regal court is now manned almo
entirely by English officials.
NJ 4 CULLEN