The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-28

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If lrishmen want Home Rule" said
Parnell, they must be prepared eth.
er to fight for 1t or to pay for it,"
There has never been time when
they were not prepared to do both,
If necessary. And the way the Home
Rule fund is mounting up showe that
their spirit was never more united
or determined than 1t Is at the pres.
ent moment. That is what gives
confidence to their leader and to the
friends of their cause, and fills their
opponents with envy and despair.
America and Home Rule.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish
American millionaire, who is cham
p'on of the cause in international
peace, was interviewed by Daily
Chronicle representative on his ar
rival in London. We quote from the
interview:
HAS the feeling of 1rish.Americans
against this country died down?" our
representative asked.
ut survives only in the minds of a
very few old men," was the reply.
"men embittered by the remembrance
OF days that have now happily passed.
! am bound to confess that they were
not without cause for that feeling, for
Great Britain was not treating Ire
land with that liberality she is now
doing. Now, since she has shown her
determination to give Ireland
measure OF Home Rule which is sat.
isfactory to the vast majority of the
Irish people, almost all the Irishmen
in the United States are favorable to
n good understanding between the
two countries"
But the condition of Irish-American
friendship towards England is the
granting of Home Rule for ireland.
And nobody knows better than Mr..
Carnegie that the defeat of the Home
Rule bill would be disaster to the
cause Of peace between America and
England.
Homo Rule Finance.
The cranks and critics are at it
again. They are making fresh dis.
coveries every day as to the defects.
OF the financial provisions of the
Home Ruel bill. One of the first of
the critics, 1t may be remembered, at
the time the bill was introduced, was
shown to be inaccurate in simple
arithmetic. But. of course, that mat.
tiers nothing. The less you know
about finance, the more reason why
you should pitch into" the bill The
Tory and factionist press will give
you hearty welcome and loaded type,
and you may even be quoted in the
House of Lords as an authority
against the bill.
The following letter from Mr.. J. ].
Clancy, M. p, to the Balrothery
North Dublin) Rural District Coun.
Gil illustrates the character of some
recent criticism of the bill:
House OF Commons Library,
MAY 9th, 1913.
Dear Sir-I received your letter on
the 10th, only this morning on my
return from short holiday. and l
am glad to be able to reply to 1t
without delay. The Irish Taxpayers
ASSOCIATION might be better employed
than in Issuing the circular to which
you draw my attention, for there is
no ground whatever for the fears
which the circular sacks to create.
; Clause * of the Home Rule bill, to
which the circular refers, does pro-
J vide that the grants IN aid of local
! taxation shall cease TO he paid, but
the very same clause provides that
all those grants shal! be included in
the transferred sum which Is to be
paid to Ireland every year, to be
} Dealt with as an Irish parliament may
, determine. In fact, the only change
made in this matter by the Home
Rule bill is one which puts it in the
) power Of the Irish parliament to say
) whether the various grants are prop
erly distributed, and to re-distrtbute
them If 1t thinks fit. For my part. 1
: entirely approve of this change, which
will not have any effect unless and
} until the Irish parliament decides to
} take advantage of it. l wonder who
are the persons composing the Irish
, Taxpayers Association? It might be
l we'll to inquire. Yours faithfully,
u. J. CLANCY.s