The San Francisco call., 1909-03-21
I Especial Dispatch TO The Call


New York, March 90 1909.
Thou art not coneueredi beauty's ensign yet
Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks
And deaths pale flag is not advanced there.
This passage from Shakespeare,
which was quoted with fine effect in
the pereration of Grattan's great
speech against the act of union. may
well represent the sentiments yelling
up in thousands of faithful Irish hearts
in All parts of our terrestrial globe, on
the St Parick's day which has just
passed into history
Canon William White of County Sill
go ireland, who not long ago spent a
few days in Cincinnati, speaking of
present conditions in ireland, said in
part;
Nearly half of the landlords of ire
land have already sold, and the amount
the farmers have TO pay for SO years
is only third of what they paid to
the landlords before the land law of
1881. 1t can be therefore inferred how
improved the condition of the people
is"
America for the last year, because OF
and financial depression, and chiefly
because the large grazing ranches
from which their forefathers were
driven to the bogs and mountains, or
sent off on old rotten ships to Canada
are being split up into farms of 20
and 25 acres, and given to the people,
who had up to this only six or seven
OF inferior quality. Consequently
much more help is and will be re-
quired to work these larger farms.
ITO give an instance: / know
grazier who had some % of these graz
ing ranches, averaging 200 acres;
4 only one herd and his dogs lived on
each OF these. Now some 250 families
+ live on these 5000 acres, realizing
/ GoIdsmiths beautiful idea: a bold
/ peasantry is a country's pride
Archbishop Walsh of Dublin who
/ has been appointed the first chancellor
/ of the newly established national uni
versity of Ireland has written books
on subjects ranging from bimetallism
I to ,Gregorian music. His treatise on
bimetallism was the first exposition
of the subject which made it intelligi-
{ bic; and one of his articles was made
/ a campaign document in the first
! Bryan campaign in this country. He
+ is a most learned musician.
He is also an expert stenographer:
and, after an hours study, can put in
plain English any cipher submitted to
! him. This exceptional gift enabled
/ him to decipher. for Parnell and his
colleagues in the historic Times-Par
nell case, the Times most secret and
+ important code messages. He is, fur
I thermore, an accomplished linguist, an
excellent photographer, and an ar
dent motorist; having toured on BIZ
I cycle the most interesting places on
the continent.
Lastly. he is one of the highest au-
thorities in ireland on the Irish land
question; and has always been a
stanch champion of the rights Of the
downtrodden tenantry in their long
/ struggles, as well as the wise and
liamentary party.
Bishop Ortynski, the Catholic bishop
! of the Greek Ruthenian rite in this
! country lately made the interesting
sta atement that there are about a quar-
ter of million members of this rite
scattered throughout the various states.
4 Acknowledging spiritual allegiance TO
the pope, the Ruthenians come to
America with the intention OF becoming
loyal citizens Of their adopted land, the
] legal requirements for which they full
I'll ct the earliest possible opportunity.
In this they are cordially encouraged
I by their spiritual advisers.
But the bishop says. that his work is
interfered with by members of the
/ schismatic Russian church. whose rep
resentauves at times attend the relig-
ious services of the Ruthenians and
/ create disturbances. The motives ,of
the schismatics, he says, are not re-
Iigious but political They owe, first
J Ill 70 +1,a
try to increase Russian influence by
winning over the various Slay ma
tionalities to the state church. They
60 not become american citizens, but
remain Russians; and. in case of hos
tilities between the United States and
Russia, would be in a position to give
valuable Information to the czar's gov
ernment.
The bishop recently ordained. accord
ing TO the Creek -Ruthenian rite, the
Rev Illarion Joakin, in the little Greek
Catholic church in Philadelphia.
Speaking of the late Joel Chandler
Harris, a writer truly says that Harris
1 is the most charming writer of the
quaint chronicles of the lowly race of
American slaves in all our literature.
The learned study him for the dawning z
CLEANS of the negro Intelligence. He
is thus the best authority of African
folklore In America; and his Uncle
Remus" sketches have been translated
into over a score of modern tongues
for the useAof students of ethnology.
AS to the American public, no writer
since Washington Irving has charmed
us so much as the kindly delineator of
the ancient negro seer. No one has
touched us with so sweet an attraction
for our negro fellow countrymen.
A Catholic lawyer, as quoted in
the "Colored Mans Friend" lately re-
marked: II wanted to tell you some
thing for the longest time, which l
know will interest you as well as other
Catholics. We have settlement of
coIored Catholics. about so or 60 fam
HES, between three and four miles
from our town. These people came
from Louisiana; and. while most of
them are renters. there are several
who have succeeded in buying piece
of land. They are industrious and or
derly, respectful toward their white
neighbors, and their conduct is such
that until now we have not had case
in court from the whole colony The
difference between these negroes and
the others living in and around our
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