The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-10-19

Belfast who did not join in the pro-
cession were not FISHERMEN. The
whole ulster" claim is based on rea-
soning like this.
1t is only by this process of exclu-
sion that Mr.. Turner could get his
three-fourths, except in one instance
where he states gross falsehood.
The statement that Ulster possesses
three fourths of the wealth of the
country" is ridiculously absurd and is
refuted by the British Government
statistics, but Mr. Turner probably
makes it through ignorance, as many
other narrow-minded bigots from the
Northeast corner of Ireland do When
they look south they see everything
black and their vision is blurred.
Mr.. Turner probably also believes
the other statement he makes that
under an Irish Government the schools
of Ireland would be turned over to
the priests. He has probably never
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he would know that it provides that
the English Government can step in
at any moment to prevent such a
thing. And If he knew anything of
the real history of Ireland he would
know that Irish Catholics never per-
secuted, oppressed or injured the Pro-
h,yk hot ho
the other foot"
Another of Mr.. Turner's three
fourths" statements is very comical.
After predicting civil war and the de-
feat of the Home Rule bill he finds
that "three-fourths of Ulster are
quietly making arrangements to sell
their homes and lands should the
Home Rule bill pass and emigrate to
Canada or the United States" That
would be very simple method of I'M
doing King James tho Ffrst's Planta-
ton Of Ulster and replacing the
Orangemen by the old Gaelic stock
How they would flock home from
America and resume possession of the
lands of the old clans. But Mr.. Tur-
ner is drawing on his Imagination. It
is like his statement that Ulster has
three-fourths of the wealth of Ire
land.
Apply His Theory in America.
If the theories enunciated by Mr..
Turner were applied to his own state
of Pennsylvania there would be a
queer state Of things. Suppose that
Philadelphia or Pittsburg, with some
of the adjacent counties-and each of
them is a much more important part
of the state than Northeast Ulster is
of Ireland-should insist on a veto on
every act Of the State Legislature
which they did not like, refused to
recognize the Governor and appealed
to the rest of the United States to
aid them in resisting his authority
what would the American people
think of it? The wealth of Philadel-
phia and Pittsburg, as compared with
the rest of Pennsylvania, is infinitely
greater in proportion than is that of
Antrim. Down, Armagh, Derry and
Tyrone to the rest Of Ireland, but in
America 1t is men with votes that
count, not dollars.
The Orange plea is for the right of
the minority to rule. Even in Ulster
1t Is ridiculous to claim that tho I'm
ionists have q majority. Every Cath
Ole is a Nationalist or Home Ruler
and there are eso.s16 of them out of
a population Of 1,664.sss, the total of
the various Protestant denominations
being sss.sso. giving the latter a ma
jority of 173,Os4 in the whole prov
1nce. AS there are many thousands of
Protestant Nationalists. 1t follows that
at least half of Ulster is Nationalist.
10 put 1t in another form, the Cath
olics are 1877 per cent of the total
population Of Ulster. and the Protest
ants Of all sects 56.3. It would be GER
talnly an under estimate to nut the
Protestant Nationalists at less than
Is per cent, so that the Nationalist
are In clear majority.
But the whole contention Of the rev.
erend bigot is founded on the theory
that a minority Of the people of Ire
land have right to impose their will
by the aid of foreigners, on the ma
jority. That has been always the
theory of the Loyalists of Ireland, the
Anglo-scotch colony planted in the
country to help England to hold it.
English rule has been disastrous to
the whole country and to all the peo-
pie, Protestant and Catholic alike, and
that state of things will continue as
long as English rule remains. A ma
oority of the Professionals have been
blinded to their own true interests by
false teaching, given to them by mar