The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-06-17

particaulrly strong case in favor of
| their being emancipated from the OBJ
struction of that House. Let us, there
| fore, for Il moment. apply ourselves to
the utter ruin that is to be done to
Ireland if Home Rule is passed, ac-
cording to the member for Mid-Ar-
magh. We have here a representative
OF the Loyalist minority in Ulster.
who gave the House today a very
interesting display of the Ulster idea
| OF loyalty. What is that idea? to hold
! a pistol at the head of the House
of Commons, and say: You must do
| what we tell YOU or our loyalty
ceases That is Ulster loyalty.
The "LoyaIty Of the Unionists."
The member has told the House,
| and was not ashamed to tell it, that
| if this law passes and the Kings sign
manual is put to it he and the peo-
pie for whom he spoke will not obey
it (Mr Lonsdalc: Hear, hcar.')
And that is his loyalty. l do not be-
lievc in these threats, and | only al
ludc to it with the object of bring
ing homo to members of this House
what is mean, by Ulster loyalty. Sup
posing that his friends were tomor-
row or today face to face with the
cal Government in this House and
| Home Rule for Ireland which would
they select" am deeply convinced
| they would select Home Rule | am
convinced OF it. (Mr. Lonsdalc in
! tcrlptcd by saying: wait and see.D
| Wcll, twenty years might be rather
Il long time for mo or the member to
wait, but really believe he would ac-
ccpt Home Rule, and perhaps he
| would be wise to do so. But they
tell us--and they use Il good deal of
strong language about it-that it
would mean ruin and destruction in
Ireland and disorder in Ulster.
want to put Il question to the mem
bcrs to consider the wisdom of this
policy Go back three or four years
to the dcbntcS on South Africa.
Where would they be today II the
Lords had had veto on the South
African Constitution? Do we not
know that owing to tho genius ard
true patriotism of Sir Henry Camp
bell BHnncrman a great measure of
liberty was granted to South Africa ?
South Africa and Ireland.
The Government could not have been
il IT had not been for the fortunate
discovery that 1t could be given by
Royal Proclamation, whilst that could
not be done in the case of Ireland. If
they had been blocked in the case of
South Africa as they were in the case
of ireland. you would have South
Africa today with very different con-
titi0ns. and when the Coronation
comes South Africa, like ireland.
would be absent. There would be
no Minister present ut the Coronation
able to speak for the people Of South
Africa. will ask members above
the GangWny to recall what was said
by Mr.. Lytllcton and others when de-
scrbing the horrors and the evils that
would follOw-thc suffering of the
loyhljst majority by the tyranny Of
the Bocr majority. Iict Vcok was
r.
terms as were now applied to the An
cicnt Order of lIibcrnans in Ire
land. What has been the result?
| say that in the entire history Of
this country some good things have
beer done but good or bad, she never
did anything so successful and so glo-
South Africa. We have lived under
an absOlutisn, and 1t is, ] say, a
cruel and unjust reproach. Because
from the days Of Daniel O'Conncll
down to Parncl and Redmond. the
members for Ireland have always
been the friends and champions or the
tell the leader of the Opposition that
whilst it is true we arc the enemies
OF the House Of Lords and of reac-
ton in this country, we are, and al
ways have been, and will. ] trust
even in a greater measure in the flu
turc, be the friends and champions of
the British Democracy.
Source Of Many Sins.
Many OF the sins Of which we are