The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-20
IRELAND WANTS AND
ASKS INDEPENDENCE
Primate Emerald Isle Declares
Present Plans Would Not
Suit Irish.
BY THOMAS EMMETT.

Special Cable 10 The Tribune.
DUBLIN Nov. 19--Cardinal Loguo.
primate Of Ireland, who recently re-
turned from America. has declared that
since returning that home rule. as gen.
orally understood by Englishmen, would
never suit the Irish people. Ireland want
ed independence of England and would
Insist upon II. He said home rule would
not help the country very much. He
went on TO say:
ut would mean kind OF diet, and
would not suit US. We want an inde-
pendent government. Home rule all
round would be thought 20 mean only an
enlarged form of county government
We are a nation" remarked his emil
nence. Scotland has the same claim as
we have. but Wales is part OF Eng
land We should have an Irish ministry,
responsible to whatever government ex-
lists. applying to all our Internal affairs.
We are not likely TO get control In i'm
perial matters. though the Irish repeal
ers held out for complete severance :"
Ills eminepce added that he believed In
taking the best they could get and fight
Ing for more. He expressed anxiety about
the financial arrangements OF any home
rule scheme, and said they should be on
Il sound basis. The GladstonIan scheme
of finance would never do. It was mat
ter for politicians. and he did not wish
TO interfere. He was no partisan. and,
while regretting party differences. he
more than another He did not. he said.
know the reasons for their differences
there were divisions in every country.
Politicians Are Agitated.
The politicians are very much aeitated
over IL sermon preached by the Rev, F'a-
ther Gwynn, Jesuit preacher. The priest
declared that this city was being changed
from one Of the most moral cities in
the world, AT night he had witnessed
scenes that one might expect TO see only
In notorlously immoral cities like Lon
don, Paris and Berlin. AT the last meet
Ing OF the municipal council the subject
was discussed by the aldermen. after res
olutions calling the attention Of the police
to the charges, Mr.. Hutchinson said he
knew Dublin intimately for many years
and he had also the experience OF many
cities across the water, and he could
honestly declare that he saw more to be
he had seen in Dublin for the whole
forty-four years he had lived In II. He
did not like. he confessed, to see Dublin
girls going about with soldiers. but they
must take the facts as they found them.
There were n lot OF unfortunate people
sons OF decent parents-who were driven
into joining the army. He regretted that,
and would prevent IL If he could, Mis-
fortune has driven these men into the
army, The parents of these young boys
had also daughters, whom they tried TO
bring up respectfully and II these young
people had a bit OF Il lark with their
military friends on the streets. they
should not be set down as immoral.
Declares Dublin Moral
Alderman McWalter said that what
gave bad name to the city. IL II had
bad name. was the conduct OF a few
struggling persons, Statistics would
prove that Dublin was a really moral
city. Only a half per cent of the women
were wayward. although there were In
the city 100. 900 women without employ
ment. while the figures relating to Lon
don and Paris reached as high a figure as
10 and IL per cent Alderman James
thought !; was a bosterous lot of youths
and hysterical girls that perambulated
up and down that thoroughfare 10 the an
trouble, Alderman Mannett, NJ. p, de-
clared the city was not bad: there was q
certain amount of bad conduct. but con-
ditions were not serious
Dickens's Religious Belief.
At a lecture delivered by Alfred T,
Dickens. son of Charles Dickens, the ia =
nous author. at Clonmcl. Mr. Dickens
deaied that his father was a man without
religious belief, For hypocrites he had
a biting pen; but that he was Il man Of
deep religious faith was proved in many
ways. In bidding goodbye 10 one of his
sons. who was going TO Australia. Dick
ems presented a copy OF the New Testa-
ment 10 him. telling him IT was the best
book In the world. and couuseling him TO
mold his life on its teachings.