The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-05-21
Purpose OF All For Ireland
League is Described By
William O'Brien.
Asquith's Promise Of Home
Rule Doridod By Editor
OF Cork Accent.
His Views Concerning The
Political Duties OF the
Irish Leaders.

Bong asked in London to rive the
N. Y. Sun his opinion Of the Irish sit
uation. William OBrien 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 tho
country under their control for tho
last seven years. Consequently tho
masses of tho people have boon 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-Ire-
land League there will be startling
awakening.
AS time goes on the people will in
evitably come to understand that the
parliamentary party on the present
lines are the worst enemies both of.
their material prosperity and of the
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 Irelands
saddled Ireland under the budget with
Il 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 Ia that no Protestant
must be admitted to their ranks and
whose whole aim is to repel the ap-
proaches to home rule of the Protest.
ant minority, who are no longer land
lords and only desire to 1.-Two in har-
mony with the Catholic majority Of
their countrymen. This is wholly evil
work. and is in no way compensated
by Mr.. Asquith's ambiguous promise
of home rule. which could only come
according to his program after 40.
English constitution.
All this will be evident enough BY
and by, but 1t will take a 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 1t will gradually
force it's way to America as well. In~
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 10 peICoihto W AneFlCd.
We had not even heard Of the ex-
istence of the new League of Federals
! in New York until their unsolicited
subscription Of 1000 reached Mr..
Healy and myself. They represent dp-'
parently n 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 non-communist lines.
| Two young lawyers were lunching
at the Union League the other day,
| when one of them mentioned mus
tual acquaintance.
| "Brown is a good fellow, no doubt"
said the other, a little stiffly, but
somehow or other he never appealed
to me-" 8,
II suppose he knew it wouldn't be
any use,' murmured Browns friend
politely, you are usually broke"