Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-11-10
CRISIS NEAR IN
EMERALD ISLE
RICHARD MceHEE, ERIN LEADER,
TALKS ON TYRANNY AND
TAX OPPRESSION.
T. p. o'coNNoR COMES TO CHI
cAeo To RAISE ELEc-
TON FUNDS.


reached the critical stage in her long
struggle for home rule and is pre-
pared to strike telling blows for free
dom as a climax, according to Rich
ard McGhee of Belfast, who brought
a message from the Emerald island
He was for a number of years in
parliament and has been a member
of the directory of the United Irish
league since its formation in 1899.
He is a travelling companion of T. P.
O'Connor, who is a member of parli-
ament. The next election in Eng
land will mark the crisis in the
opinion of Mr.. McGhee. He asserts
he is as confident as night follows
day that home rule is within the
grasp of the Irish people. Mr.. Nc
Ghee. who has grown gray in fighting
or the cause of his native country,
talked wit an earnestness that car
led conviction. 1t was his hope that
he house of lords would reject the
next budget and thereby bring on a
campaign on the issue of land taxa
ton raised by the house of com,
mons.
Tyranny and DepopuIation.
British tyranny and oppression
have resulted in depopulating Ire
land until there is cry for stop
from one end of England to the other,
said the speaker.
Warming up to his subject, Mr..
McGhee. after explaining that the
home rule Ireland is asking cores
ponds to what state government is in
this country, said;
England has been trying to make
laws for Ireland and administer them
for over 100 years now. She has only
succeeded in driving part of the peo-
pie away and keeping the remainder
in poverty, living in state of cor.
tinual war with their administration.
In the middle of the last century the
population of Ireland was 100000
and that of England was 100000.
Now the population of Ireland is
little over 100000. while England
has population Of S5.0O0,o00
Tax Oppression.
"The taxation of ireland at the mid
die of the last century" said Mr.. Nc
Chez, was SO head of inhabitants
and now it is $40 per capita, whilst
the annual production of wealth in
Ireland has fallen by nearly one-half.
The increase in taxation the last half
century has been 81 per capita, while
the increase in England has been
about 81 per capita.
THE cost of British administration
in Ireland is more than twice the
cost of her administration in Scot
land, with an equal population, and
this while crime is less than a little
over one-half in Ireland compared
with Scotland. The cost of the police
in Scotland and all the expenditures
upon police and in administration
comes from the impoverished people
of Ireland"
Economic Revolution.
Can 1t be much of surprise to
self governed Americans that the peo-
pie of Ireland protest and continue to
protest against such a system of OPP
preston and plumber. During the first
10 years of the last century every
tenant farmer in Ireland was ten
ant at will 10 a British landlord If
he made improvements they were con-
iscate5 by his landlord and he was
charged rent upon them. He was
compelled to vote at the bidding OF
the landlord or his agent. Not until
1872. when the ballot act was passed
for England and made to apply %
ireland, was he free to vote independ-
entity of the landlords wishes. After
obtaining the right to vote and the
protection of the ballot and exercis-
! ing 1t, a new parliamentary party was
! called into existence. The work that
party has done in the last 80 years
has in many respects produced an
/ economic revolution
Hoveis Disappear.
/ Irelands hope was pictured in this
manner by MIR. McGhee; "The land
| is being transferred from landlord to
tenant. Already 100000 farmers are
in possession of farms as owners.
Close to 10000 laborers have been
| ~ 81 :