The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-04-01

crime committed against a Nation
and his descendant and namesake
should shrink from adopting the role
he now appears to be going to take
up. He has never lost an opportu
nifty, in season and out of season, OF
attacking his country and saying
something to it's discredit. That
comes badly from any man calling
himself an Irishman. 1t is an ig
noble role. l am afraid the role is
hereditary. Lord Castlereagh is try
ing to create an impression that there
is crime and outrage in Ireland
He has said: there was murder in
broad daylight. Is there any coun'
try in the world in which murder
does not occur? How many murders
occur in England? When last dis
cussing this question l quoted cases
OF murder, attempted murder, VIC
lence and outrage, and showed that
there were tenfold in England to
what there We're in Ireland. That
was also the case of every crime. A
murder was committed recently in
Ireland, deplorable one, which at
tracted a great deal Of interest and
caused some sensation in this coun-
try. There had not been one before
for many years, yet that one murder
caused more sensation, owing to the
methods of gentlemen above the Gang
way and other pople, than the scores
of murders in this country. | de-
plore crime and outrage from my
heart. J. deplore it even more than
he does.
He has everything to gain from
murder and outrage in Ireland. The
Nationalist Party have everything to
lose. We knew that, and every in
fuence we have at our command is
used and will be used to prevent any
thing of the sort Ireland is in q
state of profound peace, far more so
twenty years of resolute govern
ment" was in operation. Lord Cast
lereaghs complaint was this-that the
Executive Government in Ireland did
not administer the law fairly and with
a firm hand, but when they had their
firm hand and resolute government
for twenty years, l say that those
twenty years coercion in Ireland
we're marked with crime in England
for ten times the amount which ex-
listed in Ireland. hope the member
for Thirsk, will not exile himself. He
is quite able to speak after me. Wis
count Hedmsley interrupted: II only
want to ask the gentleman to prove
his statement-to prove it by figures"
did prove it the last time I spoke
OH this question, and il had known
that this debate was coming on |
could prove it again. Why, what
proof is needed? Only the other day
in the recollection of this House
within the last three or four weeks
the criminal statistics of Great Brit
ain were published, with the Report
OF the Commissioners, and what did
they say? Why, that, unfortunately,
for the last ten years there had been
a large and progressive increase in
every kind of violent crime in Eng
land, and they went on to consider
what they thought were the causes
which led to the increase of the Grim
inal statistics last published. In Ire
land there has been a decrease in
these crimes-everyone of them-and
it is a monstrous perversion of the
truth to suggest to the Committee
that Ireland is not in a state of abso-
lutte crimlessness as compared with
any part of Great Britain.
Ireland Desires Spirit Of Hope.
There is a good spirit abroad in
Ireland today-a spirit full OF hope.
That spirit is leading to the soften
ing of religious hatreds and discords.
1t is leading to the maintenance of
peace, and my part and that of my
followers will be to promote that
spirit-to promote religious tolerance,
good feeling, and peacefulness, and
to put down violence and crime in ev-
cry way. The spirit We desire in Ire
land is one of hope-hope that the
future administration of the law will
be viewed with greater confidence by
the mass of the people Of the coun-
try, without which it cannot be in
Ireland or in any other part of the
world either effective or respected.
Unionists and Democracy.
The Spectator" discussing the DO
litical situation, urges the Unionists