The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-09-19
HOME RULE AND :.
THE EUROPEAN N&SS$|
Secret Minute Book declared seized,
Showing how Germany relied
upon Civil War in
England.
Revolt of English Army Officers
when sent to Ulster last Spring
Important to Germany.
Hon. Patrick Egan, former Minis
ter to Chill and prominent
Home Ruler given
Ovation.

Ovation.
(Supplied by the Irish Press
Agency.)
The Home Rule Bill.
The Premier, (Mr. Asquith) is to
make statement in the House OF
Commons to-day (Monday) with ref
erence to the future of the sessions.
It is expected that he will announce
that the House will adjourn until
Tuesday or Wednesday of next week,
when it will meet again for the pro-
rogation, which, of course, means
that the Home Rule bill will then be
placed upon the Statute Book. The
sooner it is so placed, the better. The
long -drawn-out agony of waiting to
which the Irish people have been
subjected over the enactment of the
Bill has done incalculable harm. It
seems that Home Rule is to follow
every other measure of justice for
which Ireland has to contend, in that
its final concession will have been
made in such fashion as to rob it
of all grace, and to evoke no feeling
of gratitude or enthusiasm. AS Mr..
Joseph Devlin, M. p, has said, there
is not a single reason against enact
ing the Bill, whilst there is every
reason for placing it on the Statute
Book, the Government, by their pro-
crastinating policy, are undoing as
fast as they can all the good which
was done by Mr.. John Redmond's s
speech. It is like Nero fiddling
whilst Rome burned. No wonder the
Liberal rank and file and the Liberal
Press are complaining. The Ger
mans are within sight almost of the
cliffs of Dover. Lord Kitchener is
appealing everywhere for help. And
the Cabinet backs up his appeal to
ireland by policy of procrastination
exasperating in the extreme. It is
worse than maddening. It is suicid-
al.
Carsonite ''Volunteers.''
A number of Irish guards passed
the House of Commons last week, on
their way to Chelsea Barracks, sing
ing "God Save Ireland" and cheer
ing for John Redmond and Home
Rule. They had the complete sym.
pathy of the crowd with them. AT
Chelsea Barracks they kicked up a
row because they were not being
sent at once to the front in Belgium
1t is well know that the bulk OF
the Irish Guards are Irish Catholics
the sons Of the people whom the Car
sonites and their friends "roathe and
detest," call "cattle-haughers" and
"assassins," and compare to "Kaf
frs"
Now, for another episode of the
war. A meeting of one of the big
gest of the Carsonite "Volunteer'
battalions in Belfast was recently
held. to ascertain how many of then
were prepared to volunteer for serv
ice at the front, in defence of the
King and the flag to which they are
eternally boasting their loyalty. Ont
of them declared that he was earning
over two pounds week, and that
If the Government would pay thai
sum to his wife and children in hi
absence, he would volunteer, bu
that he wasn't going to the front fol
a shilling day. His speech was ap'
plauded and endorsed by those pres
ent. not single one Of them volun
teered for the front!
At the very moment. probably
when this scene was taking place
Irish National soldiers were perish
ing by hundreds in the van of th'
fighting around Mons against th'
countless legions of Germany.
Carsonite Responsibility for the Wa
The evidence is accumulating tina
ENGLAND owes her being involved IL
the present war. not to the Kaiser
alone, but also to the Carsonites ant
their aiders and abettors in England
and Ireland. The "Ulster Guardt
ans" publishes a series of Pro-Ger
man speeches made by prominen
Carsonites, and emphasizes the sig
nifcance of (1) Capt. Craig. M. p
admission of strong pro-Germal
feeling in Ulster; (2) Sir Edwart
Carson's lunching with the Kaiser
and (3) the landing Of Mauser rife