El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-28

Not in the least concerned IN your
political affairs, we DO very strongly
object that. when we have been lured
| across the Atlantic by the clever ad-
vertfsinez of your railroad and steam
/ ship corporations, We find ourselves
/ in a very unexpected ireland, and ire
] land almost as certainly on the edge
1850.
English and Irish newspapers each
morning, we read aloud to our little
party the platitudes OF your Lans-
I downes, Morleys, anud the rest Of them,
and We cannot understand why they
! and you instead OF staying at home and
talking, don't come and see for your
selves what your empire is heading for.
We have been here two weeks, and
throughout Ulster, Leinster, Munster,
and Connaught we have not, to our
knowledge, met an English visitor.
Attend Gang Meetings.
We have been present at gathering
after gathering Of the rival gangs Of
bloodthirsty cuthroats who are prepar-
ing to make the Britishers look ridicu-
lous throughout the world. and we
IooR in vain for any real Presentation
of this amazing state OF affairs by
newspapers We do not side with
Carson's army. though we admire the
way in which Kitcnener-s methods
have perfected It and we rather pity
Redmond's unarmed and leaderless
What puzzles Us is the apparent, ina
bilitv of your public men and your
newspapers to look at the facts and tell
the truth The basic rock OF your
Irish trouble is to be found scrawled on
every wall and fence in your weIl-or-
dered. WeIl-roaded, splendidly cultiyat-
ed and solidly built province Of us
ter-'We Want No Property Here 1t
is usually Worded that way, but often
in stronger fashion The red flags
that fly at most Protestant churches
aud rhawa1G rha 1~
every girls bosom. the Covenanter's
badge at every mans buttonhole. all
say that same thing.-"We Want No
Property Here"
LOafhe PrOtestants.
And, to be frank, the Roman Catholic
Irish lOathe your Protestants with
equal intensity, and, as soon as they
find we are Americans, don't hesitate
TO say So Why, then when you are
on the verge OF civil strife that is al
most entirely a question OF Protestant
ism vs. Catholicism, don't you face the
facts; stop talking about imperial re-
sponsibiities, the right Of minorities
and other tWaddle, and keep these reli-
gious extremists apart2
The Roman Catholic Irish sons like ]
your ways, which are or course the us
ter ways; they don't like your hard
business outlook on life. they are a |
poetical rather than practical people; !
they frankly prefer their slums, bad /
roads, dirty hotels II shillings in the
pound taxes, and they like TO be told |
how to vote by their priests That is |
not your idea Of civilization, or ours, /
but surely they are entitled TO their /
own views in their own part Of the i
country.
Take the man Of Ireland; let the 1
Scotch and English-Irish continue their /
hard, practical church Of England l
Protestant and Baptist ways at one /
End Of the island and leave the Roman 4
Catholics to manage their part by rul-
ing off the six Ulster counties.
Chance For Compromise.
You say that is not enough for the
2resbyterians- I disagree. You say {
hat the Catholics won't accept that So I
utiOn- Ny own impression after many I
interviews with people and priests is |
hat they viii gladly take it-nay, |
make other sacrifices to get It
Carson's army, whose motor despatch
iders in their hordes search the coun- |
rysides and watch the Catholic move |
nents night and day, his Mausers and
Machine guns Eyes plenty Of them),
AVE awakened these easy going Celts
to the fact that once more they have /
'een out-organized. They will take
what they can get now; but the exist
ng tension cannot last
When neighbOrs hate, neighbors will !
Ons army and RedmOnd's rabble are 7
acing each hour the hours round, and ]
1oOdshed may start at any minute
Meanwhile your well paid politicians !
n both sides talk comfortably IN |
What you call the Best Club in the
World" and take abundant care 10
void the bother Of coming over here |
o find out for themselves the trouble /
hat Is coming to them and to you.