The Irish standard., 1912-10-19
Is a Pigment of the Imagination and
Pure Fiction Without Any
Foundation.
A Refutation of Statements Made
by a Presbyterian Minister of
Philadelphia.
Who Grossly Exaggerates Both the
Strength and Wealth of Anti
Home Rulers.

Most of the Ulster Lnyalists in AM
erica have kept silent while their CO.
religionsts in Belfast were Soadcd 10
madness by politicians like Sir Ed
ward Carson and Lord Londonderry,
who really don't care a snap Of their
fingers for their real interests, but
use them as pawns in Il game Of Eng
Ish politics, and who know that the
Homo Rule which they denouncc gives
Ireland nothing injurious to the en-
pirc. only two or three Irish Loval-
lists in America have said a word on
the subject, and they have only DEM
onstrated how weak are the argu-
ments against Irish Nationality.
Probably the most absurd Of these
pronounccmcnts appeared In tho Phil
adclphin Public Ledger Of Oct. | in
tho form of an interview with Rev.
| Joseph B. Turner, II Presbyterian min
lister. The article is as follows:
Tho Rev. Joseph B. Turner, Secre-
tary of the Presbyterian Historical
| Society, who has just returned from
an extended trip through Great Brit
ain and upon the Continent, predicted
yesterday that, in all probability, Ire
land will be in the throcs Of civil war
within tho next three months This.
crisis will only be avcrted. in Mr..
Turner's Judgment, by the failure ut
Parliament to pass the Home Rur
! bill.
| "llstcr is justified in her nppos-
ton TO Home Rule" declared Mr.
Turner at his offices i'll the Withcr-
spoon Building yesterday. "Home
Rule means death to her prospects.
While she has one-fourth of tho pop
ulation of ireland she possesses three
fourths of the wealth Of tho country.
"Thc people of Ulster fear that once
Ireland becomes f-govcrning they
will not be able to obtain "a position
under the Civil Service. and priests
| will be placed in charge of their
schools She would not only have to
| SUNNI W luGSc Dul NoulO u;
called upon to pay the bill. This is
| too much for North Ireland blood to
tamcly ac1uiesce to.
"Ulstcr will fight. saw many indi-
cations Of IT.. No sooner had / crossed
the line than ! saw house after house
placardcd in this fashion: ''Remem-
bcr Derry, 1891" Derry is famous in
Irish history. The town was hesicgcd
by the Catholics for six months and
i n large part of the population starved
during that period
IL noticed another significant thing.
] should say that three fourths OF Ul-
stcr are quietly making arrange
ments to sell their houses and lands,
! should the Home Rule bill pass, and
cmigrntc to Canada or the United
States. Apart from Home Rule, I
| should say that three fourths of Ul-
+, stcr is ready to support the Liberal
program.
"My private opinion is that the
Home Rule bill will never pass. 1t
has been fatal issue with English
statesmen. Gladstone went down be-
fore it. anticipate that it will break
down the Asquith ministry. l hope it
does'
If the Rev. Mr. Turner's qualifica-
tions for secretary Of historical So
cety were to be measured by the ac-
curacy of his statements in the above
Interview he would be summarily re-
jected as unfit for the position, says
the Gaelic American.
Apparently no one born in Ulster
Is an fisherman in Mr.. Turner's eyes
unless he digs with the left foot" or
'blesses himself with his left hand"
Catholics or Protestant Nationalists
don't count. BY no other process
could he figure out the "three-fourths'
opposed to 4IIome Rule, or NATIONAL
ity. and determined on maintaining
English supremacy. There are, Of
course, many others who reason in
the same way. In describing the
Orange procession in Belfast on the
day when they signed the Solemn
! League and Covenant one of the COR
respondents said there was great.