The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-11-21
APPEALS n IRISH YOUTH
70 KEEP OUT Of ARMY
National Chairman of Irish History
Committee for Ladies Auxil-
larry A. o. H., Addresses
Letter to Irish World.
Mrs. Mary F. New horter Reviews
the Situation i'll Ireland and
Describes England as the
Butcher of Nations
Young Irishmen Should Repeat the
Vow of Tipperary." English
Not Enlisting. Possibility
of Conscript Law.


of Conscript Law.
l am so delighted at the position
taken by your great paper on the
question of the young men of Ireland
joining the English army and fighting
England's battles, that cannot re
frain from sending you a few lines
OF commentator. It is not that ]
think my commentator necessary, as
the alert National President of the
Ancient Order Of Hibernians, Mr.. Jo
seph Mclaughlin, of Philadelphia, in a
recent communication voiced the sen
timents of the Ladies' Auxiliary, as
well as of the Ancient Order of Hi.
bernians. Considering the consistent
support The Irish World has given to
Mr.. Redmond during all the years OF
his leadership of the Irish party, the
convictions that led to it's present
course reveal the stamp of intense sin
certify.
l should like to say through the
columns of your widely read paper
what l said, in part, in the October
issue of the National Hibernian." ]
l left Ireland 80 years ago at time
when wholesale evictions were the
order of the day. l could never un.
derstand why the relocated crowba1
brigade were not satisfied with throw.
ing the poor unfortunate people out
on the roadside but must also burn
down the miserable houses that very
often passed for home. Many a
moke-blackened ruin marred the face
of nature. Desolation reigned every.
where. There was no war to excuse
the dreadful state of vandalism that
existed there, and made the lives of
young and old "a reign of terror" ]
have gone back to the old land several
times since; and each time have seen
that, though evictions have ceased,
still the people are leaving year after
year. Large sections of the country
are practically unpeopled. Statistics
tell us that there are proportionately
more Irishmen in the English army
today than there are Englishmen. Yet
some think we must not criticize the
Irish leaders for going to Ireland and
urging the few that are left to volun.
teer for service in the British army,
and fight battles in which surely they
can have no heart.
We are told now that we must for.
get the sufferings and misery entailed
upon us by the hateful English con.
nection. We hear on every side praise,
and from 1rishmen, too, or men who
ought to be Irish, for the butchers OF
nations. England's horrible atrocities
in the past are turned into noble deeds
the memory of them blotted out alto
gether. Aye, we behold the disgusting
spectacle of the leaders Of our race
urging the young manhood of our al
ready exhausted country to leave that
country and go forth to fight and shed
their blood, so that new laurels may
be added to the brow of the rapacious
one. The bride held out is Home
Rule on the statute book with string
to it, which can be pulled whichever
way England wills.
England, now posing as the cham
pion of weak nations, in the face Of
seven centuries of blood and carnage
which mark her footsteps through Ire
land. Ye gods, what irony! The sue
cess of Mr.. Redmond's recruiting cam
paign would certainly solve the Home
Rule question. When the remnant Of
the Irish are sent out of Ireland tt
the European slaughter house, what
would be the necessity for Home Rule
What remain of Irish youth, so ap
pallingly reduced in numbers, are
urged by the elect among Irish pa
triots to 60 out and fight for the COW
ardly English, who are too timid tt
go on the firing line, where the fate
of their country is at stake. God for
bid that the youth of Ireland pay any
attention to this appeal. May the no
BILE sentiments expressed in the col
umns of The Irish World find an echo
in the heart of every young man in
Ireland today who loves his native
land.
We may forgive the past. but forget
again, say, God forbid! There is
danger in forgetting. To young Ire
land of today l say, forget not young
Ireland of '4S and repeat again with
the beloved Thomas Davis 1.-THE Vow
of Tipperary."
From Carrick's streets to Shannon's
shore,
From Sliabh ma Ban to Ballindeary
From Longford Pass to Cattle Nor,
Come, hear The Vow of Tipperary.
Too long we fought for Britain's
cause,
And of our blood were never chary;
She paid us back with typrant laws
That thinned the homes Of Tipperary
Too long with rash and single arm
The peasant strove to guard his eyre