The Irish standard., 1910-05-21
Purpose Of All For ireland
League is Described By
William O'Brien.
Asquith's Promise Of Home
Rule Derided BY Editor
OF Cork Accent.
His Views Concerning The
Political Duties OF the
Irish Leaders.

Bong asked in London to give the
N. Y. Sun his opinion Of the Irish sit
uation. William O'Brien made the fol-
lowing statement:
Numerous warm invitations to visit
America have reached me but until
the forthcoming general election In
over at all events an American visit
Is out Of the question. All my snsr.
giss are required in ireland.
The assailants Of the policy Of CON-
ciliation have had tho entire press and
the only national organization in the
country under their control for tho
last seven years. Consequently tho
masses of tho people have been kept
in dense ignorance Of tho truth and
their electoral liberties absolutely con-
fiscated. With our new daily newspa>
per and the spread of the All-for-I Ire
land League there will be a startling
awakening.
AS time goes on the people will in
evitably come to understand that the
parliamentary party on the present
lines arc the worst enemies both of
their material prosperity and of tho
only real method of winning home
rule. 1t is Irelapd's own so-called
representatives who. to keep their
trade as agitators going, have killed
land purchase act which in five years
made the people owners of half the
entire area OF Ireland. 1t is Ireand's
representatives whose votes have Just
saddled Ireland under the budget with
n load Of imperial taxation that would
make homo rule absolutely unwork-
able.
Finally the country is beginning to
learn to it's horror that the parliament
tary party are the slaves Of an inner
ring Of secret sectarian society men
known as the Molly Maguires, whose
bedrock rule is that no Protestant
must be admitted to their ranks and
whose whole aim is to repsl the ap-
ant minority, who are no longer land-
lords and only desire to 1.-Two in harS
mony with the Catholic majority Of
their countrymen. This is wholly evil
work. and is in no way compensated
by Mr.. Asqulth's ambiguous promise
of home rule, which could only come
- III
year struggle for the overthrow Of tho
English constitution.
All this will be evident enough BY.
and by, but it will take long and ar
duous campaign in Ireland to conquer
the evil influences that are at work to
prevent the healing Of racial, sectarian
and class hatreds AS the truth comes
to prevail in Ireland it will gradually
force it's way to America as well. Ina
deed, considering how many agencies
are at work to suppress it, I am
amazed how Intelligent an apprecia-
ton Of the situation in Ireland is be.
ginning to percolate to America.
We had not even heard Of the ex.
istence of the new League Of F'ederals
in New York until their unsolicited
subscription Of E 1000 reached Mr..
Healy and myself. They represent ap-a
parently q powerful body Of opinion
favoring the settlement of the Irish
national question on generous federal
lines, and as the masses of the Eng,
lish people will readily accept as SOON
as they are satisfied that self govern
ment will mean fair play for the Prot-
estant minority and the completion of
land purchase on nom communist lines.
Two young lawyers were lunching
at the Union League the other day,
when one of them mentioned a mu-
tual acquaintance. ss$
"Brown is a good fellow, no doubt.
said the other, a little stiffly, but