The Irish standard., 1914-06-13
Nationalist Member Gives Credit to
Purpose of Irish Volunteers.
Will Meet Bullets With
Bullets If Necessary
He SAYS.
United Ulster Not Back of Ulster
Volunteers---Opposition Not Sim
cere Enough to Cause
Civil War.
No Betrayal of Irish Nationality.
Great Credit Due Irish Ameri-
cans for Powerful Support
Given to Cause.

0AVCu " SduSC.
In a cablegram to the New York
Tribune concerning Home Rule Jo-
seph Devlin, the noted Nationalist
member of Commons. has the fol-
lowing to say regarding the outcome
and effects of the bill:
What I want to make entirely
clear to our American sympathizers
is that Home Rule is now to all in
tents and purposes an accomplished
fact. An Irish Parliament will sit
in Dublin regardless of what Sir
Edward Carson or anybody else may
say or do. II those misguided but
good-hearted fellows. the Ulster vol
unteers. are so unwise as to resist
the act after it receives the royal as
sent their bullets will be met by our
bullets, their Maxim guns by our en-
forcement of the law of the land. The
men who war against the King are
traitors. and we are quite ready to
deal with traitors. The Nationalist
volunteers do not possess so good q
press agent as the Ulster volunteers,
but they are force to be reckoned
with, even though they may have
unaristocratic commanders to do
homage to.
'-rnere will be no tampering with
! the bill enacted. II our opponents
are INSCRIPTIONS enough to bring
about civil turmoil. why. then. on
their heads be the blame. But it
will never go that length, because
they know there is no united Ulster
at their backs, as they have so long
pretended. No Nationalist believes
that what Sir Edward Carson and
others have threatened will come to
pass.
In the first place. we hope and
pray that Irishmen of all parties will
become reconciled to the inevitable
Irish government to make Irish laws;
secondly. we desire most earnestly to
gain the approval of the Unionist
party. Whatever concessions are
found feasible we will embody in the
amending bill. Thirdly. we do not
credit the Tory assertions relative to
| Ulster of unanimous opposition to
the principles for which we have been
fighting SO long.
| Il think 1 know as much about Ui-
ster as any politician of today, and
l am convinced that such animosity
as has been stirred up by the Tory
gun-runners is largely on the sur
face. There is no depth to it, and q
man must have very deep convictions
before taking up arms. The Nation
alist party reserves to itself full free
dom as to any amending bill intro
! duced in the House of Lords. The
Nationalists are as anxious for peace
as their Unionist fellow countrymen.
but they will not purchase it at the
price of betrayal of Irish national
| ity.
1.-The future is bright with hope.
We look forward to the inaugura-
tion of Home Rule under conditions
of good will among all sections OF
Irishmen. THE UNION. AS 1T HAS
EXISTED HITHERTO. is DEAD. In
our struggles for justice we have
always had the powerful support of
all sections of Americans. and the
debt we owe to them and especially
to those Of Irish birth or descent can
not be too highly estimated. If the
good will of all free people be an au-
guary of success the Irish Parliament
will enter upon its labors with every
prospect of great and fruitful car
eer of service for ireland and for hu-
manity."
WOMAN'S ACTIVITY. "a
Recent statistics of women work.