Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-05
Takes View That They Thrive on coer-
cion and Wrong Policy Is Being
Pursued In England.
ANTI.HoME RULE UNIoNIsTs
IN ENGLAND WILL ASSIST.
Drilling for Call TO Arms 10 Resist Au-
tnority Of Any Irish Parliament
That May Come.
By Ed L. Keen.
IUNIrDp pRrss 1EAsrp wIRE.l

Flora Annie Steele, whose remarkable
books on East Indian life have won
her the name Of the female Kipling. "
Mrs. Steele is a militant, but of the
milder variety. Thus far she has con-
fined her protests against the govern
ment's alleged injustice toward women,
to refusing to pay taxes.
"Recent events" she said today,
'bring home the question, what
should be done for justice and for
poaceP To begin with, we must set
aside those illogical folk who, horri-
fled at violence, ineonsistently recog
nize it as affecting a question of pure
Justice. Also we must set aside those
who, like slum mothers, belabor their
hungry, howling offspring's ears with
resounding slaps, shrieking shrilly, You
shan't ave no dinner till ye re quiet.
"Then we must recognize that the
'outragists' are religious fanatics and
that history teaches US that religious
fanatics thrive on coercion.
"The present partial insurection Of
womanhood against it conceives to
stand between it and its God is not
likely to decrease or be decreased. The
only way to meet it is by earnestly in.
quiring first whether the sense Of in
justice something which creates it is
well founded
''The majority of thinking men il
England today acknowledge that wo.
men have suffered and do suffer under
our man.made life and laws. Every
working man admits that widow with
children, or she who, standing in the
man s place. performs his duties, should
share his rights. Few deny that women
who pay taxes have a claim on the
state.
"'0ught not these admissions be suf-
ficient for honest Englishmmen4 I
know IL needs pluck to acknowledge
past mistakes when one is smarting
under sense Of personal outrage, but
the strong Briton, as rule, does not
lack pluck, He does, however, require
a leader. There should be some man
in England strong enough to arise and
gather together this sense Of sin and
SEQ to IT that justice is done"
Getting Ready TO Fight.
Ant.Home Rule Unionists in England
are quietly organizing re endorsements
ON this side Of the Irish sea TO 90 TO
the assistance Of the "army of Ulster"
which 10 now being drilled and
equipped to resist by force of arms the
authority Of the Dublin parliament
whenever it shall be created,
In the past six months, since the
"British League for tho Support Of u.
ster and the Union was formed, sov.
eral thousand English Unionists have
pledged themselves to respond when.
ever called.
"We are preparing for the worst"
today declared one Of the officials of
the league "Thc parliamentary situa-
tion is hopeless The time for speaking
is past. What wo want now is not the
men who will speak for US, but who
will shoot for us. We have 100 army
agents scattered about England who
are enrolling men to stand by Ulster
whatever the consequences Ulster is
facing the situation with dauntless
courage; so are we English Unionists
In every case, the men enrolled have
promised their services without any res
eryation, within three months we
shall have 10000 men capable of bear
ing arms, aud well organized, each with
his heart and soul in the cause"
Lord Wlloughby de Broke, chairman
Of the league said today
In spite Of all attempts on the part
Of the government and the public to
ignore the facts, the vital matter Of
tho union between Great Britain and
ireland Is hurrying TO n crisis, The
ulstomon have irrevocably made mp
their minds not 20 obey q parliament
seated in Dublin, and that they will
not be coorced into doing 80 without
resisting by force Of arms The league
expects to show the government that It
is not only Ulster but every Unionist
throughout all England who arc op.
posed TO this so'callcd homo rule "
Following is the form Of an appeal
sent out from the leagues hoadquar,
ters; fu
"'It 10 quito clear that the men Of
Ulster are not fighting only for their
own liberties Ulster win be the field
on which tho privileges Of tho whole
nation itself win be lost or won,
"wc therefore appeal to all British
citizens who sympOthize with Ulster,
and who value their own freedom, to
Join this league that has been formed
TO support the men Of Ulster in the
great struggle that lies before them. 1"