The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-06-24
DELAY POSSIBLE BUT
RESULT IS CERTAIN
Difficulties to be Met in Framing
Home Rule Bill Not Discourag-
ing the Leaders.
Fight Will Center Around the Meas
urc of Self-Government to be
Allotted to Ireland.
Party III Fair Position to Secure
Satisfactory Concessions
From Opponents.

FROM opponents.
A topic which deserves notice from
an Irish correspondent is the agita-
ton which has been going on for some
time III England to have the interna-
tional agreement, known as the Dec
laration Of London abrogated The
aroused over the terms of this agree
nenl is reflex of Cnglnnd's most dread :
ed peril By the terms of the dcclara-
ton the enemy in time of war has the
right to seize foodstuffs coming to
Great Britain in neutral ships Eng
land las increased in population and ey :
panded in industry, but her area of
agriculture and her home production Of
foodstutfs have steadily dWindled. 1t
than six weeks food supply in hand.
If the fight went against her. even tor
that brief period, she would be in con-
sequence reduced to starvation, says
the Dublin correspondent of the Cath
olic Columbian
AS have stated, the agitation has a
meaning from the Irish viewpoint.
The circumstances will make states-
men reflect on the dangers that pro-
\ lnto inv,
of agriculture by industrialsm. They
| cannot but sec also that Ireland is
ILngand's best friend i'm the matter:
that contcntcd and friendly Ireland
would be an immense asset for
strength, and that Il prosperous Ireland
would be an imperial storehouse of re-
serve Home Rule would bring con-
tentmcnt. sympathy and prosperity:
while agriculture is. and will always
remain, Irclnnd's chief industry. In
the coming strife for Il redistribution
of the worlds power, the danger indi-
Gated by the agitation referred to will
most probably be the plan of campaign
against which the British empire will
have to contend. 1t looks a more fatal
and feasible scheme than Napoleon s
scheme to reduce England to bank
rrptcy by allowing no part of Europc's s
trade to flow toward her quarter. He
was aiming ut the British pocket: next
time the blow will be directed at the
British stomach. A prosperous Ire
land, with new and improved means Of
agriculture for Intensive" farming
and gardening, would easily produce
enough for six times her present pop
| ulation.
mouth, IL diocese in the south of Eng
| land, is an Irishman, the RI. Rev.
Cunoa j. Kelly. He was born in Linn
crIck in 1854; but has for the last
twenty-six years been a jealous priest
of the diocese over which he Is now
called to preside.
Home Rule Prospects.
| In several recent letters treated
more specifically Of the present posi-
poets of the Irish political movement
| J cOntrasted the present state with
the past, and indicated some Of the
difficulties that must be confronted as
the campaign proceeds before Home
Rule is inscribed on the statute book
These difficulties, as stated, are OF
two classes. Some must confront the
draughtsmcn Of any Home Rule Bill
| however good their intentions, such
premacy, the retention of the Irish
members, and the distinction between
Irish affairs purely and those that are
imperial Other difficulties may be ex-
pected from the inveteratc prejudice
and hostility Of the opposition, and
from the attitude towards Ireland and
towards CathOlicity of certain ele-
ments in the Liberal party itself
| Those of the former class are ques-
handle to stir up anew the old pre-
iudces and fears of the British voter
In the latter class, however, turks
| the real danger I dwelt on these diff
flculties not to magnify their impor-
tance, to sound pessimistic note
nor to throw doubt on the triumph Q
Home Rule, which, 1 believe, is uIti-