The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-08-08
Vote by Counties Would Lose Done
gal, Monaghan and Cavan now
Sought by Unionists.
Catholic Emancipation Through Sol
diers Cheers for O'Connell. Irish
Soldiers now Cheering Red
mond-Assist Cause.
Irish Army Sympathy for Home
Rule in Present War Crisis will
Aid Cause.
At Close Quarters.

At Close Quarters.
This week Parliament comes to
close quarters with the "Ulster"
question. For two years and more,
the Carsonites have been playing
game of bluff and braggadocio. At
last they have been compelled to put
down their terms in black and white
in the Lords amendments" to the
"Amending Bill" and now he who
runs may read what is their idea o.
terms of peace. They want the sta
tuory exclusion, not of that portion
of Ulster where Unionists are in the
majority, but of all Ulster, including
the Overwhelmingly Nationalist coun-
ties of Donegal. Monaghan, and
Cavan. More than that. they want
the exclusion to be by statute. They
do not want county vote, for the
simple reason that it is now clear
that. if the issue were left to coun-
ty vote, not four counties derry,
Antrim, Down and Armagh) would
exclude themselves, but only two
(Down and Antrim). AS result OF
over two years. organizing. and OF
the expenditure of over two millions
of money subscribed by British Tor
,ies:eas the result of the most scan
daious and Bitter sectarian propa-
ganda waged by majority-but,
thank God, not by all, of the Protest
ant clergy of "Ulster," we have ar
rived at this state of affairs: that
Carson is afraid to submit the issue
of Home Rule or exclusion from
them out" .
Home rule to a vote by ballot of the
s'Ulster" people themselves. The
fact. and it is one of the governing
facts of the situation, does credit to
the Protestants of "Ulster." 1t is a
yindication of human nature itself,
against which Carsonism has been
arraying all the evil passions of big
otry and hatred and uncharitable-
ness. AS to the demand for the ex-
clusion of all Ulster, it need only be
said that Carson might as we'll ask
for the Bann and the Foyle to flow
backwards.
A Fateful Day.
This day (Monday, July 2O) Will
be one of the most fateful in the his
tory of Home Rule. A meeting of
the Irish Party has been called for
12 o'clock, at the House Of Com
mons. and Mr.. Asquith (the Prem1-
er) is expected to make statement
in the House which will be of his
toric importance. The statement will
he made on the introduction of the
"Amending Bill'' as amended" by
the House of Lords. All sorts of ru-
mors are current as to what is hap
pening, and what is going to hap
pen. But everyone is of opinion that
nothing can prevent the Home Rule
bill from receiving the Royal assent
and becoming the law of the land,
and there can be no question that
feeling is united and strong. both In
the Liberal and in the Labor ranks,
against the Amending bill" in any
shape which does not meet with the
approval of the Irish party. The
Irish Party's approval of the pro-
posals of March 8, embodied IN the
amending bill, was only reluctant,
and conditional on the acceptance OF
the proposals as "the price of peace. "
The party has heavy responsibility
and there never was a time when
Mr. Redmond and his colleagues de-
served or required more fully or
more completely the firm and unwav-
ering and united support and conf
dence of their fellow-countrymen.
With a united party, a united coun-
+rv- and the Irish Volunteers, Ire
lands cause is invincible. We can
not fail.
The Irish Volunteers.
The first meeting of the new Pro-
visional Committee of the Irish Vol
unteers was held on July IA. in Dub
lin. Mr.. Joseph Devlin. M. p, pre-
sided. and the proceedings through
out were of the mest harmonious
character. They included the ar
ranging of details in connection with
the embodiment and training OF the
corps. and collections to be made
during July and August In support
OF the movement. One Of the princi-