Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
DOLAN HERE TO
SAVE IRELAND
DEVELOP THE C0UNTRY'S RE-
SOURCES, is HIS PLEA
WOULD BREAK FETTERS THAT
BIND TO ENGLAND
Temporary Successes of Political
Party Have No Lasting Bene-
fit, According to Young
Leader

That the salvation of ireland is not
to be found through the temporary
success of the Irish political party but
through the methods of the Industrial
development of the Sim Fein move
ment is the opinion of Charles j. Dolan,
former member of the English parlia-
ment and one of the younger leaders
of the Irish cause, who is in Los An
geles on a tour through the United
States. Dolan was elected to parlia-
ment in 1906 from North Leitrim, be-
ing identified with the National party,
but In 1908 retired in order to devote
his time to the Sim Fein movement
and the development of Irish indus
tries
The purpose of Mr.. Dolan's tour
through the United States is to IN
duce Irish-American capitalists to IN
vest their money in Ireland In the
furtherance of the development and es-
tablishment of the resources of Ireland,
s. that the country may be freed from
the British government.
The prime purpose of the movement,
which is a national one, is to differen-
tiate the affairs of Ireland from Eng
land and to gradually withdraw the
control of Ireland from the British
parliament. One of the principal
planks in the platform of the Sim Fem
party is to boycott all English manu-
factured goods.
The party hopes by this means to
foster the development of the indus
tries of ireland and by so doing deprive
England of the advantages which she
derives from the Irish trade. 1t is
also the purpose of the party to culti-
vate the Irish national language, that
of the Gaelic tongue and thus become
more separate from the British gov
ernment.
From Gaelic Movement
The formation of the Sim Fein move
nent sprang out of the Gaelic move
ment which was agitated in 1886 and
which proved a failure.
For a time self-government for the
Irish was agitated in the British par
lament by representatives from Ire
land, of which Mr.. Dolan was one of
the most ardent workers The nation
has despaired of the progress which
has been made in that way and 1t is
hoped that freedom will be received
from the British government by de-
veloping the resources of the country
and the cultivation of the national
Gaelic language.
MANY of us feel" said Mr.. Dolan,
that little good can be obtained from
the Irish political party as such and
that the larger aim-that of home rule
for Ireland and the welding of the Ir-
ish into a distinct and separate nation,
must be obtained by other means. one
of these means is the development Of
the Irish industries and the purpose
of my visit to the United States Is to
find markets for irish goods, beside
obtaining capital to be invested in the
development of Irish resources"
Discusses Politics
In speaking OF the political situation
in Great Britain in connection with the
movement at the present time, Mr.. Do
Ian said 1.-THE Irish party has Joined
hands with the Liberal party for two
reasons. The first is because of the
statement made by that party that it
would endeavor to give Ireland a self
government if 1t received its support
and the second is because the lords
are regarded as an ancient enemy of
the Irish people. Personally, I think
the promise of the Liberals will be
like many others that have been made
and will amount to nothing after the
election.
'In fact it IS this feeling of dlstrust
against the two English parties which
has to a large extent developed the
Sim Fein movement The people have
seen the utter futilit-' of throwing
their strength first to one party and
then to the other and the result is
that we think we can accomplish more
by devoting our own energies to our
own cause"
Mr. Dolan will remain in Los Ange-
les for about two weeks, after which
he will go to Denver and from there on
to New York. While in Los Angeles 1t
is the intention of Mr.. Dolan to give
several lectures before the Irish-Amer
leans to interest them in the movement.