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The Irish standard., 1911-02-04
OUTLOOK CONTINUES BRIGHT.

The home rule fight continues to
make encouraging progress. The first
cabinet council showed the unity of
purpose which exists among the Lib
erals. They are determined to fol-
low out the course of action outlined
during the campaign, which means
that the fight against the house of
lords is to be carried to its inevitable
end. The course pursued will depend
entirely on the resistance offered by
the Tories. Whether the veto bill
will be passed peacefully or by delug-
ing the upper house by creating new
peers, all depends on the stand the
opposition takes. The probability is
that when it comes to a showdown the
Tories will acquiesce on their fate and
allow the bill to go through without
any extreme measures being taken.
At any rate the Liberal party is de.
termined that the measure shall pass
even if war to the bitter end, to use
the Tory phrase, is forced upon them.
One of the best recent indications
of how the prejudice against home rule
are gradually disappearing is to be
found in letter of Lord Courtney pub
lished in the Irish papers. Lord Court
ney has been firm Unionist for years
and still processes to be a Uniolist
in desire, but he admits that home
rule is near and he accepts it az the
best possible solution of the Irish
question. Lord Courtney's principal
reason for favoring home rule rests
in the fact that he believes the United
Kingdom is too big and there is too
much diversity among the factors com.
posing it to enable it to work effective
ly. He, therefore, sensibly suggests
that they prepare for home rule. He
then goes on to consider the formation
of central government for Ireland. Re-
specting this phase of the matter much
ent time Mr.. Redmond is in London
discussing the details of the new meas
ure, all of which is good indication
of the approach of a new regime.
AS it appears now a home rule bill
will be among the first measures to
be dealt with. King George is strong
ly opposed to having the coronation
ceremony take place while faction is
rife. The probability of having the
ceremony postponed in the event of a
continuation OF the political fight has
been mentioned. Others believe that
a home rule bill will pass before the
coronation. s'he probability is that il
work on the measure is progressing
satisfactorily the date of the corona.
ton will not be interfered with.
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04
Few Catholics Hold Office in Ireland.

Few Catholics Hold Office in Ireland.
Three-fourths of the population of
Ireland are Catholics. Of % lord
lieutenants since 1882, not one has
been Catholic. Catholics are ex-
cluded by law from the office of lord
lieutenant of Ireland). OF 80 chief
secretaries not one Catholic. 1t is
not necessary by law that the chief
forces should be Protestant, but no
Catholic has ever yet been allowed to
fill either of these exalted offices. Out
of go privy councillors in Ireland four
only are Catholics, and three out of
IL judges. Eleven out of the 60 sub
(land) commissioners are Catholics;
seven out of the 81 county court
judges. The head of the police force
is a Protestant. One only of the 36
county (police) inspectors is Cath
Ollie; of ITO district inspectors only 10
are of that faith, and Of IS resident
(paid) magistrates only Is airs Catho-
lies. If we take the valuation of regis
tration offices, the inspectorship of
factories, board of works, the woods
and forests, the ordnance survey, and
any and every public department., Prot
estants hold three places out of four,
though they are but one-quarter of the
whole populations! The extreme Prot
estant) party, as we have seen, have
secured no fewer than seven offices in
the government, and their followers
and friends hold about 80 per cent of
the higher-salaried posts under the
crown in Ireland.
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04

In the recent elections in Ireland
out of the 81 candidates of the Irish
party, 81 were opposed by factionist or
Tory candidates. In many cases the
opposition had no hope of winning but
put candidates in the field for the pur-
pose of increasing the expenses of the
Irish party. Thanks to the Irish of
America the necessary funds We're on
hand and the Irish party won its vic
tory and paid the election expenses
which have been estimated at about
100000.
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04
CATHOLICS IN CONGRESS.

According to the conclusion arrived
at by those who have Investigated
the matter, college bred men consti-
tute about 60 per cent of our congress
men. That means that the college
mans chances of getting to congress
are three to two as compared with
those Of the man who has not had
that advantage. Considering the i'm.
mensity and Importance of our school
system these figures are striking for
the slight advantage they show col
education. Why should this be so?
Perhaps the reason is that the men
who succeed without education are
men who are made of metal that
ems by it's contact with the world,
while many of those who have had a
university training have been hamper
ed into stunning the hard knocks
which constitute the furnishing pro-
cess of genius.
Colleges of today aim to teach prac-
teal things. Yet it is safe to say for
most graduates their training has been
rather cultural than practical The
question then arises would the men
who succeed in politics without uni
versity education have met with great
err success had they had such an edu-
cation? The answer is purely specu-
lative, but it is highly probable MAT
they would have become greater poll
ticians, assuming of course that at
tending university would not result
in distributing their attention among
various other projects and, consequent
ly, lessening the amount of energy
they would eXpend in that particular
direction. A generous education would
undoubtedly diminish their prejudices
by charging their views and it should
have the effect of enabling them to
co-relate and present their ideas in a
way that would gain for them special
consideration.
In the case Of Catholics in congress
a peculiar condition has been found to
exist. 1t has been estimated that not
more than one-half of / per cent Of
the Catholic population Of the United
States has been college trained. From
that one-half per cent a dozen con-
gressmen have been elected. It is in
teresting to note that not one from
among the dozen is the product of
a non.Catholic university. The in
ference seems to be that the Catholic
who is educated in Catholic college
is better fitted to succeed than the
Catholic who gets his education at
other universities.
Chief Justice White, who is himself
an alumnus of Georgetown University
has faith in the training of the Catho-
lie college. Speaking at an alumni
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04
Sixteen hundred indictments nav

Sixteen hundred indictments nave
been returned by the grand jury of
West Union, Ohio, against citizens &C.
cused of accepting brides during the
last campaign. OF these, 1000 were
county. This is certainly deplorable
state of affairs, but for the Catholic
who prides his religion for it's in
fuence in raising the standard of citi-
zenship, it will be consoling to know
that there is not a single Catholic set
tlement in the entire county. 1t is
one of the very few counties In Ohio
in which not single Catholic priest
resides.
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04
IMMIGRATION.
False Views of Those Who Would
Closely Restrict Citizenship.

We have in this, our fais land, a
class of people SO diXinely called and
chosen, so approved Of by heaven, so
elite among the races of the earth that
il they had their way of regulating
this planet and it's manifold destinies
they would permit nobody to touch
their garments nor breathe their ESQ.,
teric laura" nor set step upon our
kissed shores save those who
could chant nasally their minor-keyed
psalms and answer the roll call in
their little cottage Of birth and creed
and be able to annotate and interpret
orally the meaning Of the American
constitution, says the New World.
These are the very people, by the
way, who desire to restrict irnmigra-
ton. They take false view of citi-
zenship. To them it is necessary that
the foreigner from Italy, Scandinavia
or Bohemia should possess a knowledge
of our constitution before he is per-
lnitted to land upon our shore and
share in the opportunities of our coun-
try.
These people snugly regard them
selves as paragons of intelligence and
enlightenment when in fact if they
were stopped at the border Of Germany
or Italy or Austria and asked to ex-
plain the government and constitution
of these countries it is quite certain
that their ignorance would be at once
apparent and their itinerary through
these countries would be cut short.
Let us say right here that strictly
speaking we have no American but
the aborigines and that any attempt
on the part of little clique to die
tate to the great races that have built
up this countrythe Irish, the Germans,
the Scotch, the Scandinavians, the
Poles-will meet with discontinue.
Every man who respects the flag which
protects him obeys the laws under
which he lives and practices those
civic virtues which make for the up
building of nation is good Ameri-
can no matter what his origin. And
as in the past, SO in the present, the
oppressed of every land should be
welcomed to our freedom kissed
shores as long as he brings to us
neither menace to our peace and well
fare nor danger to the life and stabil-
ity of our government.
Furthermore, let it be noted that
the criminals who disgrace internal
tionlly ou. country are not recruits
from the foreign quarters of our cities.
Your Crippens and your Charltons did
not speak with the foreign accent of
either German, a Pole or an Italian.
They no doubt could trace thei. blood
back to early Colonial days-perhaps
to the Pilgrim Fathers. They We're
educated in our state universities and
no doubt could expound the American
constitution. Yet all this awaited not.
They disgraced our country and writ
it's faic name in revolving crimes.
Set sentinels then at our ports Of
entrance that will discriminate rather
between the vicious and the virtuous
than between the accidents Of birth
and education.
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04
President Taft has commuted I

President Taft has committed the
sentence of F. T. Warren, the Socialist
editor who was sentenced by the fed.
eral court to six months Imprisonment
and S1,5O0 fine, by removing the i'm.
prisonment clause and reducing the
fine to $500. We wonder what War.
rem will think about President Taft
and his appointment of Jesuit to the
supreme bench" now. The trouble is
in this instance the Socialists are like.
ly to mistake mercy for justice
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04

architects as may be necessary and
to avail themselves of the services
and advice Of the Fine Arts Commits
sion. The bill provides a 100000 ap-
preparation to meet the expenses of
the commission.
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04

and urge upon their senators and rep
resentatives the desirability of max
ing II a part of the state law. Women
and minors who are compelled to toll
for a. living are at best poorly able to
protect themselves. On their behalf
every voter of the state ought to use
his influence to force through legisla-
ton which will secure for them their
just rights
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04
C 6 s.; 80; 80 -

And now they say the hobble skirt
was worn in Egypt 5000 years ago.
Five thousand years behind the times!
Isn't that enough to make any self
respecting woman limp?
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04

The committee of the house of rep
resentatives which had charge Of the
matter of determining the most suit
able place for holding the Panama ex-
position in 1915 reported by vote of
9 to 6 in Iavor of New Orleans.
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04
UNIVERSAL PEACE.

Let Men Obey the Laws Of God and the
Nation and Peace Will Come.
While the happy termination of a
century of peace between the United
States and Canada is about to be cele-
brated, the thinking portion of people
the world over are trying for that
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04

Bishop Ludden gave to the press not
long ago a signed statement in which
he attributed the opposition to Shee-
han in the New York senatorial con-
test to the fact that Mr.. sheehan is
an Irishman and a Catholic
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04

as we'll as in England. His son Justin
Mccarthy, is we'll known as novelist
and is author of eff l Were King"
1.-THE O'Flynn," 1.-THE Dukes Motto"
and many other romances.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-10

Is well TO do. The court orderedl
Leonard to pay his mother $40 per
month while the brother was assessed.
twice that sum.
Baby" Bliss is a national character
and became famous through his enor-
nous avoirdupois, weighing $50
pounds. He first attracted prominence
by touring Europe on a safety bicycle
and was followed by crowds in every
country. He also has been a star
attraction in the side shows of circus
es and has posed in other ways. HiC'
great bulk has been accompanied by
an unlimited supply Of good nature
and he has never become angry over
the jokes made at the expense of his
great size.
His father and mother were both of
ordinary size and the phenomenal
growth Of Leonard has been a sur
prise to all members of his family.
Despite his great weight he is agile
and can waltz as gracefully as many
men of normaS weight He has al
ways enjoyed good health and enjoys
a good dinner with the next.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-10
cHINA'S Menace
TO AMERICANS
United States and Britain to
Take Effective Measures.
2EBElS MAKE rs DEMANDS
imperial Household Put Under Strict
Command With Pensions Granted
Robert GaiIy. Princeton, Or
eanizes for Defence.

Pekin, Nov. THE removal of the
vigorous censorship hitherto imposed
on the Chinese press is a notable sign
OF the times. The native papers pub
lish with the greatest freedom long
accounts OF the Hankow massacres,
giving the CORY details and placing
the blame upon the imperialist lead
ers for both the Hankow and Shang-
hal outbreaks. AS consequence of
these publications there is increased
animosity toward Manchus.
The United States and Great Britain
have decided TO take effective meas
ures for the protection OF their sub
Jects in China, in the event OF dan
ger 10 foreigners. This, however, does
not yet appear probable.
1t is suspected that the regents
brother, Prince Tsai Sum, has left the
country, for he has not been seen for
three days. He obtained a months
leave from his post as acting minister
of the navy.
A private letter from an officer on
Yuan Shi Kais staff says that the
rebel leader, Gen. Ii Yuen-Hong,
makes 25 demands, the most impor.
tant of which is that the imperial
household shall proceed to Jobel, with
the entire court, and shall remain
there, receiving in return adequate
pensions from the new government,
which is to be republican.
Consular reports from Mukden say
that many Chinese are fleeing into
the country in the belief that the
Manchus will retreat to Mukden and
massacre the Chinese inhabitants.
The only demand the people have
made lately which the throne has not
granted is the punishment of the Of
fiCials connected with the Hankow
slaughter. Noting this, the Chinese In
Pekin consider ii further proof Of
the thrones weakness in that it has
not dared to antagonize any faction.
The Pekin Chamber of Commerce
has requested the government to pro-
vide 1000 rifles and a sufficient supply
of ammunition to arm the commercial
police and consular employees. There
are OlHtI tNlutHStS VI diAIcly mere
over possible outbreak within the city.
Miss H. Miner, an American Congre-
gationalist, sympathizing with the
mothers who have been deserted, has
advertised a refuge for them in the
large compound behind the mission.
The authorities have promised police
protection.
Robert Gaily, once noted Prince
ton football player, who is now head
of the Young .Ien's Christian Associ-
alton at Pekin, not trusting to the po-
lice, is organizing a band Of 25 Amer
leans and Britons with 100 Chinese
volunteers, for defense. Both Manchu
and Chinese women and children will
be cared for by this body.
Chinghua College, where students
are prepared for the American colleg-
es, is almost deserted. The women
teachers are entering Pekin. Several
OF the men teachers have joined Cal
ly's volunteers.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-10
WHEAT CORNER is AN
ILLEGAL COMBINATION
Believed to Have Lost 100000
When More Than 100000 Bush
els Were Left on Their Hands.

Washington.-An alleged corner in
wheat centred at Chicago and extend
ing TO Minneapolis, Duluth, Buffalo
and Baltimore, by which IL Is said go
per cent. OF the country's wheat sup
ply is controlled, has been under in
vestigation by agents Of the Depart
ment of Justice, and the results have
been presented TO grand Juries. The
government wants to prevent the
Armour Grain Company, OF Chicago,
through which, II is alleged, those who
control the corner operate, from trans
ferring or disposing OF any OF Its
warehouse receipts.
1t is charged that 100000 bushels
OF wheat are being held in the trade
centres concerned.
1t is declared that the Investigators
for the Department OF Justice claim
they have exclusive evidence that of
the 62,000,000 bushels of which about
100000 bushels are in Chicago grain
elevators, while the rest is scattered
in elevators elsewhere. 1t was also
asserted that warehouse receipts for
this grain were held as collateral by
had already been begun by New
York institutions to enable the Ar
mour Grain Company TO negotiate
these receipts. One OF the plans of
the government estigators, IL is
said, is to seize these receipts as evil
dence.
1t was believed by some that Adolph
]. Lichstern and the Armour Grain
Company had lost nearly $1,00O,OOO in
their effort to send up the price OF
May and July wheat. More than 26,-
100000 bushels were said TO have
been left ON their hands.
1t is now declared that a former
stenographer OF the weightmakers'
office of the Chicago Board of Trade
has given evidence to the govern
ment.
Chicago.-Any man or set OF men
buying so much grain that the price
is held out of line or out of reach OF
buyers may be considered as acting IN
restraint OF trade. That is the basis
on which, in the opinion OF j. {. f.
NJ yrrill, president of the Chicago
Board of Trade, Washington agents
are working in the investigation OF an
alleged corner in wheat centered at
Chicago and extending from Duluth
and Minneapolis no the seaboard.
Baltimore.-The amount OF grain in
Baltimore at present is larger than
usual hut ii is not regarded as enough
to indica te any effort at corner. The
total Is 1.7S4,967 bushels.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-10
CANADA PROBES UNITED SHOE.

Ottawa, Ont.-Minister Of Labor
Crothers has instructed Judge Lauran-
deau of Montreal to resume the in
quiry into the charge that the United
Shoe Machinery Company was COM
hination in restraint of trade.
When the inquiry was begun, over
year ago, by the board of which
Judge Laurandeau is chairman. an APP
peal was taken by the company to the
privy council of Great Britain, the
court of last resort in Canadian juris-
prudence. The ySivy council has de-
cided against the company and the
government will now press the case
TO q conclusion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-10

1t is not little astonishing to
learn that Shaksperean plays have
taken a firm hold on the Japanese.
There have been many enthusiastic
students of the plays in Japan, and a
number OF them have attempted
adaptations into their own language
and their presentation upon the Jap.
anese stage. Quite singularly. I'll
mon" was the. first play presented.
Then came "Othello" and the "Mer
chant of Venice" The court scene IN
the latter was particularly popular,
They are now hard at work on Ham.
let" They claim that the atmosphere
OF Shakespeare is more harmonious to
the conditions at present In Japan
than among the western people.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-10
GIRL SEES FATHER DROWN.
Lighthouse Keepers Daughter Then
Gu-rds Light for Twelve Hours.

Pascagola, Miss.-Knowing that
many lives might depend upon keep.
ing the light burning. S-year-old Elsie
Fullerton, who had just witnessed
her father drown, took her station in
the lighthouse here and for twelve
hours kept watch while the waves be-
low washed over her fathers body.
When she was rescued she had been
without food for twenty-four heurs.
S. r. Fullerton, keeper OF the
Round Island light, took little Elsie
with him in his skin The boat was
tied near the light while Fullerton
went in TO trim the lamps and pre-
pare them for the night. AS he con.
cluded his work he saw the boat
drifting out toward the sea with the
child, who was too terrified TO use the
oars.
Fullerton dove In and tried to swim
TO the boat. but sank Just as he reach
ed the gunwale. After drifting two
hours the child managed 10 row the
boat back TO the light and finally
Chamber up on the rocks.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-10
ARAB MASSACRE
APPALS EUROPE
British Officer Serving with
Turks Tells of Atrocities.
ITALIANS DENY THE CHARGES
Soldiers Driven Away From Bodies
Berlin Correspondent Confirms
Statement-Says 400 Women and
Children Were Killed.

London.-The agitation against al.
legged atrocities by Italians III Tripoli
which has sprung up IN the British
press and been taken up by few
members Of the House of Commons
since uncensored reports arrived here
from English newspaper correspond
ents concerning recent occurrences in
Tripoli received fresh impetus
through telegram received by
news agency from Herbert Montagu,
a second lieutenant of the Fifth Fusil-
iers. Lieutenant Montagu telegraph
ed from Soukelyohms by way OF Delhi
bat on the frontier of Tunis, as fol-
lows:
Il feel it my duty 20 send 10 you
the following telegram, and beg you
in the name of Christianity to publish
it throughout England. | am an Eng
lish officer now voluntarily serving in
the Turkish army here.
Imagine my feelings when, on Ell
tering and driving the Italians out OF
Arab houses which they had fortified
and were holding, we discovered the
bodies of 120 women and children,
with their hands and feet bound, mu-
tilated, pierced and torn. Later on
at (the name OF the town was lost In
transmission) we found mosque
filed with bodies of women and chill
dren, mutilated almost beyond recog-
milton. / could not count them, but
there must have been 300 or 400.
Even now we are getting news OF
further massacres Of women and chill
dren who were discovered in differ
ent farms lately occupied by Italians.
The idea of the Italians when they
slaughtered the innocents obviously
was one of revenge for their heavy
losses in battle"
Berlin-The Tripoli correspondent
OF the Lokal AnZeiger says: The
Italians have executed 1000 Arabs,
including 400 women and children.
Cholera is rapidly increasing =smong
the Arabs and jaws. No room exists
in the city for the expected reinforce
ments. and their arrival must further
increase the ravages Of the cholera"
The correspondent adds that Italy's
losses in Tripoli since October %
amount to 1900 men, Of which 280
were killed. Eighty-seven soldiers
are suffering from Cholera.
Signor Giolitti's part denial and part
explanation OF the massacres is gen.
erall dismissed as both unconvincing
and inadequate Nothing less than a
searching judicial investigation, which
will either establish the responsible
ity OF or vindicate the Italian soldiery
can meet the requirements of the case.
The Italian Premier's suggestion
OF treachery on the part OF the Arabs
is also regarded as untenable. What
was this treachory, 1t is asked.