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same claim for them, as do for theil
kith and kin at home,ssnd in par
standardization point to the grea,
Metropolitan Convention held IL
Terrace Garden last Tuesday evening
by the Municipal Council Of the Unit
ed Irish League of this city, to which
.eighty.f1ve branches and affiliated
Irish societies sent delegates. ant
from which a cablegram was sent t
Mr.. Redmond assuring him of theil
loyalty and devotion. This. o.
course, was New York and vicinit,
only, but convincing and overwhelm
ing evidence is at hand that what II
true Of this great Metropolitan Dist
riot is also true of other great cities
and districts of this country.
Mr.. McManus again displays his
lack Of knowledge of Irish affairs
when he states that the Irish World
has given "unfaltering" support tt
Mr.. John E. Redmond. While the
writer has no desire to "play school
master" to such a literature as Mr.
MacManus. he is prepared to show
him documents which will disabuse
his mind Of the "Unfaltering" sup
port theory. II the opportunity is at
forded. The Irish World" supported
John Redmond "for consideration, y
and there is no blinking that fact. As
to the "full page Of that great paper
on which letters denouncing Red.
mond appear each week, If Mr.. Mac
Manus will refer to their issue Of De.
cember 5th. and the letters supposed
to be written by John Kennedy"
Of San Francisco. and "T. Mccarthy
Of New Orleans. venture to say he
will be inclined to agree with me
when deny they were written by the
gentlemen whose names were append.
ed, but were made to order" right in
the offices Of the paper in question.
Mental telegraphy has not yet
reached such high standard of per.
lection, to admit of any other conclu-
sion. And to think, too, the cruel
English government would dare sup.
press such an honest and truthful
publications!
The exigencies of space prevent me
from referring to other portions of
Mr.. MacManue's letter, such as the
figures he quotes, etc., but IL he will
give us the name of the compiler. we
will be in a much better position to
Judge how near they are to being
correct. Denying, as have done, the
truth of SO much in his letter, let me
say in conclusion that I agree with
him when he speaks Of the loyalty OF
the Irish people to the principle of
Freedom" but that freedom is not
only from unjust laws and unequal op.
portunities, but from that hydra head.
ed monster of faction, which has so
often rent Ireland asunder, and in the
school of which Mr.. "seumas Mac.
Manus of Donegal" has evidently been
an apt pupil.
-R. J. Waddell cot Armagh").
Number 8.
BY SEUMAS MACMANUS.
December %, 1914.
Since the appearance Of my article
on the above subject. no less than
three indignant ones have written me
protesting that wantonly maligned
the English soldier when I said that
the Irish and Scotch were always
placed before him In the attack and
behind him in the retreat.
Allow me to supplement what said
with few figures. 1t just happens
that have at hand the English gov.
ernment's official statistics of the
numbers Of soldiers lost at the relief
Of Ladysmith, Butler, in his advance
upon Ladysmith, had under one
Scotch regiment, four English regi.
ments and six Irish regiments. The
results, officially set down, were:
! Scotch regiment lost. $500. 80 men
4 English regiments lost.... 78 men
6 Irish regiments lost. 49,. /. .5S5 men
For every SO Irish lives and every
80 Scotch lives sacrificed. 10 English
men coyly gave up the ghost!
And these losses, please remember
were incurred in advance. In re-
treat. Death, swift as he Is, can rare
~ overtake the spry Englishman.
Again, when I indicated that Mr.
Redmond in his betrayal was to some
extent spurred to it for fear of losine
his Parliamentary salary II the Ger
mans won, should have pointed Out
that. up to quite recently, while the
Irish people were voluntarily paying
him very handsome salary. he never
tried directly to oppose the wishes ant
the aspirations Of the irish people. al
he is doing to-day. AS he was doinl
yesterday, I should say. for. findinf
the bitterness Of his action has raised
up against him among his own fol
lowing. Mr.. Redmond is Just now pub
licly proclaiming that he did not wan
1rishmen to enlist for the war, onl,
for the defense Of Ireland. Mar cadh!
as we say in the Gaelic.
-Seumas MacManus, of Donegal