The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-04-03
nv PASSING

" EHOO"O
In speech on St. Patrick's Day in
London, Capt. Donelan, M. p, who is
a Protestant, said: while other 20
litical parties were torn asunder by
sectarian strife. the Irish party knew
no distinction of creed. Catholic and
Protestant worked hard together. In
deed. Professionals, being in the min
GRITTY. invariably receive special con-
sideration." Every word of which is
true. and the Irish party deserves
credit for 1t. The English ought to
follow the example of the Irish and
elect some Catholic Englishn1en to
parliament.
OConnor, the sculptor, who is pro-
duct of Boston culture, has made a
ootch of the statue Of John Barry. 1t
is decidedly Objectionable to the 100000
jlibernians who iabored so hard to OBJ
tain the appropriation Of $4,000 from
congress for it's erection. O'Connor
tears Milesian name but is ignorant
Of the civilization Of the grand old race
from which he has sprung. He says
he represents the Irish people in "bar-
barrie times" in nude figures. The j.
'loramus! The Irish were never bar
barians and never went stark naked,
O'Connor's model is an insult to the
Irish race and should be rejected with
indignation.
The Canadians want to show their
allegiance to the mother country by
donating two dreadnoushts TO scare
off Germany from invasion. We think
Goodwin Smith is right when he SAYS:
IF frenetical ravins can do it, we
SHALL have war really without a cause.
TIE claim of England to be mistress
of the seas. which is really the only
cause alleged, is totally untenable.
No power can. by merely dotting it;
possessions or dependencies over the
globe. set up a claim to exclusive DOM
inion over the common highway of ma
tions." Better for Canada to spend
money on the education of her citi-
zens than to squander it on warstps
to- crafty the one ambition of Eng
land in trying to have the biggest nav,-
in the world. Trouble will come of
it for Canada if she does not look ou..
Sir Edward Morris the new premier
ct Newfoundland, is, like 80 many
Australian and Canadian natives w!lo
have risen to eminence In statecraft,
Irish by direct descent. When tll,
British colonies were young the ablest
men sert to govern them were native
born 1rishmen, such as the Dufferins
the Mayos, the Moncks. the Robinsons
the Kennedys, the McDonnells. the
Laffans, the Callaghans the Cores, the
Hennessys. and others. Charles
Gavan Duffy, the expatriated Irish,nan,
became premier of Australia, AMI
Thomas Darcy MCGEE, his compatri-
ct, rose to distinction in Canada. AMI
yet there are folks who say that the
Irish are not able to govern them
selves. The mention of the foregoing
statesmen is a sufficient reply to that
statement, and none of them euualled
O'connell. Parneil or Redmond in TIE.
art of craftsmanship.
The Oxford University Press is pre-.
Earring for publication, "a Collection
OF Pieces of Prose and Verse in the
Irish Language printed in fac-simile
from MSS. in the Boldeian Library,
with introduction and notes by Profess
sor Kuno Meyer. This great German
scholar is better acquainted with Gae-
lie literature than even Douglas Hyde
himself. Prof. Meyer has examined
the unrranslated Irish manuscripts
and proclaims that the ancient irish
wore wonderfully inventive and Gre
alive people. They had an original
system Of mathematics of their own
without borrowing from the Greeks and
Romans. and they reached the highest
heights and the lowest depths in thei:.
mathematical calculations. Prof. Meyer
is the best qualified man to fill the
chair of Gaelic in the new national
university. He has done more for the
Irish language, foreigner as he is, than
any Irishman now living.
marked copy Of the Faribault
County Register, published at Blue
Earth, Mimi, and dated March Is, has
been received by the architect of this
column, drawing his attention to the
following social item: Mrs. Fred Con-
verse gave a st. Patricks party to Is
.adieS and 1ert1on,on Loot V1nodpoudo,-