The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-11-21
Entrance of Turkey Into War Has
Made Matters Serious for Ell
gland. Anti-War Party
Against CONSUMPTION.
Dissatisfaction With Home Rule
Seriously Affects Ireland Says
English Press. Both Nation
alists and Unionists
Remain at Home.
Russia Turns Attention to Turk In
stead of German. England
Needs More Men to De
lend Egypt. Youth of
Ireland i1n,nigrat-
ing to America.

CONSUMPTION is likely in Great Brit,
ain before Christmas time. The en-.
trance of Turkey into the war presents
very serious question to Great Brit
ain. 1t has double effect upon the
English army. In the first place 1t
necessitates more men for the defense
of England's interests in Egypt, while
at the same time, the attention which
Russia must give to Turkey will mean
a decrease in the pressure which Rus.
STA has brought to bear against Ger.
many and will allow the German army
to concentrate its strength against the
allies on the French border. The press
dispatches contain the following &C.
counts of England's position as 1t is
affected by the entrance of Turkey into
the European struggle.
Great Britain gladly would have kept
Turkey out of the European struggle.
Russia, however, welcomed the aggres-
sion of the Turk, which Russians hope
will result in the fulfllment of the
Emperor's ambitions in the near East,
foremost of them the occupation of
Constantinople and the expulsion of
Turkish rule across the Bosphorus in
Asia.
Under these circumstances, there is
a prospect Russia will divert much of
her strength to fighting the Turk and
be content to go slow with her plans
for the invasion of Germany.
If the Conservative party had been
in power CONSUMPTION might have
been adopted earlier in the war, but
the Liberal party has in Its ranks most
of the men and the elements who have
opposed compulsory military service as
being antagonistic to the principles of
democracy.
The labor unions of Great Britain
have been the center of opposition to
every movement savoring of militar.
ism. The cry of extremists has been
that capitalism proposed to make the
wage slaves risk their lives for the
protection of property and fight their
brethren of the international labor
movement.
Since the German Socialists appear
to have forgotten their old preachings
for the international solidarity of Ia
Dor against militarism, the British Or
ganized workmen have cooled. All the
labor and Socialistic papers in England
are supporting the war, except the Her.
aid, which remains neutral and has
been obliged to change from daily to
weekly since the war began.
Ireland presents an obstacle to con-
scription. Recruiting there has been
far less successful than the Govern.
ment hoped. Notwithstanding Mr.. Red
mond's campaign for recruits, his
speeches have not met the response
that was expected. Both the Ulster
Volunteers of the North and the Ma
tionalist Volunteers of the South, who
were expected to come forward almost
solidly, are holding of.
There is a small but emphatic fac.
ton In the South of Ireland which
clings to the motto of Ireland for her
self and has always been dissatisfied
with the terms of the Home Rule Bill.
CONSUMPTION undertaken in Ireland
might mean rioting and possibly gun
fighting. Many of the Nationalist Vol.
unteers oppose the entry of that body
into the war unless for the purpose of
repelling an invasion of Ireland.
The London newspapers talk strong.
ly of ccnscrlption. The Daily Mail
calls attention to the fact that Ger.
many prepares 100000 men for arms
each year and has vast reserves upon
which she can draw.
''The issue for which we are fighting
is our very existence" it says. de
feat spells the end of British freedom
the destruction of the British Empire
and the substitution in its place of the
military absolutism which the Kaiser
and his subjects are seeking to enforce
upon mankind. More men must be
Forthcoming. They can only be oh
tanned in two ways-either the Govern
ment must permit the people to know
about this war and appeal to their sen
timent and their imagination, or very
speedy resort to compulsory service
will become inevitable. 1t is for the
Government to choose"
The Pail Mall Gazette says: "Tht
present state of recruiting can only b.
consistent with an irresolute temper II
the present and only compatible witt
defeat or compromise in the future"
1t urges the government to TAX,
whatever steps are necessary and says
"The men must be got and got with
out delay and the present record o.
driblets, which mocks our national sin
certify, must be brought to an end"
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