The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-09

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land more from an agrarian rather
than an industrial point of view. The
Land Act has proved a great blessing
to agricultural Ireland. 1t was passed
by the Tory party. Parnell was rev.
dictionary and a Protestant, although
a practical statesman. He led the
Land League movement successfully.
founded and organized by Michael Da-
witt. I first met him in America as a
boy thirty years ago. He looked more
like a college professor than an Irish
agitator and he hated the English gov
eminent of all parties, thoroughly and
whole heartedly and never disguised
his hate. Redmond was supposed to
be one of his disciples and we heard
Redmond say in Buffalo one night,
Il would tear with my own hands into
shreds the British Act of Union with
Ireland" He got $4,000 from the
audience that evening. Poor Parnell
lies in his grave, under green sward
in Glasnevin cemtery, Dublin. No
monument is there, but a fine one
commentaries his memory in Parnell
Square, Dublin, and one bright May
day saw some men and women plac.
ing great wreaths of flowers on that
silent grave. One was marked, Done
to Death, from the workingmen of the
Midland Railroad" another read
From the women linen workers of
Antrim" and another Sacred to
the memory of our chief, from
the lace workers of Kerry" The pur.
chase of Redmond, the betrayal of
Nationalist Ireland, If the dead could
speak, would make the grave in Glas.
nevin open and the voice from the
tomb protest as Redmond appeals to
the peasants to die for England.
AS land owner, John Redmond
was one of the first to rush in and
sell his estate to the tenants under
the Wyndham land purchase act. Mr..
Redmond is known to be thrifty. He
put the top figure on his land and Sc.
cured the maximum figure from the
land board. Immediately the other
landlords said, Redmond is your lead.
er, naturally he has vast influence
with the land board, we will take the
same rate per acre as Redmond" Good
judges in Ireland say that this exhi.
bition of greed On the part of Red.
mond cost the tenants at least $9,OOO,-
900 in excess land prices.
Parnell never cared for money and
died poor. His motto on the land
question was, Keep firm grip on
your homesteads." Redmond was
finally made leader because he was a
lieutenant of Parnell. His London
social environment has caused him to
forget the dying warning of Parnell-
ireland, never trust England"
The German government, through
the voice Of the imperial chancellor
declares for the national freedom of
Ireland. have received from ireland
a copy of the Home Rule Bill as signed
by the king. to 60 into effect after
the war, subject to Ulster amend
ments. In a later article in The Faith
erland l will expose the terms of the
bill, showing how little it means to
the industrial and commercial devel-
Opment of Ireland and how many pure
ly local jobs 1t means to Redmond,
Devlin, Dillon, their families, and how
1t sounds the death knell of Irish
nationality unless Germany wins in
the war. There are not dozen copies
Of the Home Rule measure on this
side of the Atlantic ocean and the
analysis will prove interesting to the
friends of Home Rule"
Mr.. Redmond consented to leave out
of Nationalist. Ireland" six counties,
including the ancient seat of Armagh.
This concession to the Orange Tories
deeply shocked the real Nationalists.
Saint Patrick founded Christianity In
Ireland and built the first church at
Armagh in the year AS. The present
cathedral the see of st. Patrick, is
the grandest church in Ireland, pre-.
sided over by Cardinal Logue. hap.
pened to be within its walls one day in
August last when the bells tolling
overhead announced the death of His
Holiness Pope Plus the Tenth. The
Primate of all Ireland is marooned or
sequestered under the amending act,
as agreed to by Redmond, to get along
as best he may or be thrown to the
Orange wolves of Antrim (Belfast)
A friend from Armagh writes that
Redmond has been able to secure only
six Nationalist recruits in the town.
No country can hope to be perma.
nently prosperous which is nearly al