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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16

tcolors in Great Britain, and further
added the thousands upon thousands
of lrishmen who were now in the
ranks, or recruits coming from Can
ada, Australia and New Zealand, it
was safe to say that there were at
this very moment 100000 or 100000
1rishmen serving with the colors. OF
the $4,000 Irishmen who were with
the colors, $4,000 were Catholics
that was almost two-thirds of the
whole. In face of these simple figures,
which could not be controverted, to
say the Irishmen or Irish Nationalists
were Sinking or funking-he had seen
the word used-was an infamous
falsehood. Since the war broke out
53,489 recruits and reservists had
gone to join the colors. OF that num-
Der 27,828 were Catholics, and al
though it was far from his desire to
institute invidious comparisons, he
should give one other figure, which
was interesting. l have seen the
statement made that while these W.
ster Volunteers have done their duty
and say all honor to them for it
that the Nationalist Volunteers have
shirked the call, believe it will be an
eye-opener to many of our friends to
know that since the war commenced
there have gone to the colors as re-
cruits or reservists 16,442 Irish Ma
tional Volunteers. The government
return shows that from the great city
of Belfast 1912 Ulster. Volunteers
have gone to the colors. From the
same city, where the Catholics are
barely quarter of the whole popula-
ton, 1913 National Volunteers have
gone. That is many more than their
right proportion, according to popu-
latiOn.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16
ENcLANp,s EXPLANATION.

The note received by our govern
ment in answer to the British foreign
Office in reference to the American
note has not been satisfactory. Ship
ping interests of every kind in Amer
lea have suffered because of England's
piracy. American ships have been re-
lieved of copper, meat and cereals OF
various kinds, simply because Eng
land was treating American ships with
q contempt for the rights of American
sea-going vessels. The articles in Ques-
ton were being shipped to Italy, Hol'
land and Sweden. Copper and lead
have dropped in price. Many OF the
lead mines of the country are working
but half time because of the danger in
making lead shipments. An article re-
Gently appeared in the press from an
Italian writer stating that no foreign
vessels could leave port without Eng
lands consent. We can not maintain
our self-respect and allow this treat
ment to continue. The administration,
sion. The jealous eye of England
was fixed upon New Orleans. 1t was
the key to that vast portion Of Amer
lean continent then but little known.
The vast territory which lies within
and adjacent to that acquired by the
Louisiana Purchase was an inland EN-.
pire. This was wrested from the grasp
Of the invader and made secure for all
time. This was the great territory
west of and adjacent to the Mississippi
River. That we might not participate
IN the real spirit of the occasion, pro.
British-Americans sought to divert the
real spirit of the occasion from one of
rejoicing over our security to one OF
promoting pro-British sentiment by
dwelling ON zone hundred years of
peace" rather than one hundred years
of security from foreign invasion. Al
though q century removed from the
date Of this battle. the Importance of
the control Of the territory kept under
the domain Of the United States by
tie victory gained ct New Orleans can
net be over estimated. We have no
sentiment TO diride when It comes to
ss3oics oyer Americas happiness and
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16
WHY NOT MAKE OUR DEMOCRACY
REAL?

Speaking of democracy, what stu.
dent Of it does not know that there is
more real democracy in England than
in France, and more in America than
in England, and more in Germany
than there is in America.
This, perhaps to some, startling
doctrine must be considered on its
own merits apart from any issues of
the present war. Germany's parlia.
mentary methods, her legislation, her
enforcement of law and well-ordered
civic life establish its claims to
democracy before any tribunal. And
this with, or in spite of, German I'm.
perialism.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16

Americas good fortune. We have no
sentiment to waste on promoting An
glo-American sentiment. Our jubila-
ton should have its source in our Sc
curity in realizing the value of victory.
The matchless growth of our strength,
the secure position we are occupying
among the nations of the world, and a
prayer of Thanksgiving that we have
enjoyed one hundred years of security
from the insidious plottings of our an
cient enemy should prompt our re-
joicing. We should never allow our at
tention to be diverted from the real
meaning of the centennial of one hun
dred years of security from invasion,
far more important to the spirit of
America than maudlin attempt to
promote American sentiment in favor
of asking us to rejoice because Eng
land did not see fit to make a hostile
attack upon our shores.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16
$1,000 IRISH CATHOLICS
IN GREAT 1RlrAlN's ARMY.

Speaking recently of recruiting in
ireland, John E. Redmond gave from q
government return figures to show
that there were $4,000 Irish Catholics
out of total Irish enlistment Of ap.
proximately 100000.
Mr.. Redmond found that on Novem.
Der 80. there were serving with the
military forces of the Crown Of Irish.
men who had been In the army before
the war broke out and who had gone
back since as reservists or recruits,
the gigantic total Of $1,000, and II to
that were added the tens Of thousands
of Irish recruits who were going to the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF
SECURITY.

The United States of America has
enjoyed one hundred years of security.
The misnomer zone hundred years of
peace" may sound pleasant to the ears
of the unthinking, but one hundred
years of security has been enjoyed by
the United States since Andrew Jack
son won his famous victory at the
battle of New Orleans. No hostile in
vasion has been attempted in the
United States by Great Britain or any
other nation since that time. Our
one hundred years Of security was
bought with price of victory. 1t was
made permanent by the growing
strength of a young but fearless
country. 1t has been made secure by
the principles of liberty, fostered and
promoted by patriotic spirit which
hesitated not to strike deadly blow
at the invaders of American soil. The
troops under Andrew Jackson were
animated by the most patriotic spirit,
and we have reaped the reward of
patriotism of 1915. A distinguished
lrish-American soldier distinguished
himself and his nation on that occa.
although manifesting strong pro-Brit.
tsh leanings, was forced to acknowl.
edge the insult to the American flag by
the unjust seizure of American ships
OF commerce. Public criticism be-
came so strong and shipping interests
became so demoralized that our gov
eminent was forced to act. No method
OF so-called zone hundred years OF
peace" would SO recommend itself to
the American people as a declaration
to the world that the British govern
ment is not the proprietor of the
worlds great waterways, that Amer
lea is competitor for the commerce
of the world, that the dignity of thu
American government and the rights
of our shipping will be upheld on the
high seas, and are backed by the same
spirit that was displayed by Andrew
Jackson at the battle of New Orleans
one hundred years ago.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16
POPE WEEPS AND PRAYS OVER
WAR.

London, Jan. 10. - Cardinal Pietro
Gasparri, papal secretary of state, has
sent the following in response to the
Daily Chronicles request for New
Years message from Pope Benedict:
"The pope weeps over the war, and,
being unable to stop it, he is doing all
in his power to tighten it's grievous
consequences for the unhappy prison
ers and their desolated families.
Meanwhile he uplifts fervent pray.
ers to the Redeemer that He may in
spire in the governments of the bel
ligerent nations feelings of Christian
full war which is desolating humanity"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16
eELLIGERENr POWERS AGREE TO
EXCHANGE OF THOSE jNcAP.
ABLE OF FIGHTING,

Rome, Jan. Sin addition to the
cordial replies of Emperor William and
King George promising their assist
ance in arranging for an exchange of
prisoners who are incapable of further
fighting, Pope Benedict has received
other satisfactory answers from bel
ligerent powers to his request for such
exchange.
1t is hoped, therefore, that in the
present month arrangements will be
made for the return to their homes
of a large number of wounded prison
ers.
The details under discussion pro-
pose that some of the prisoners be
exchanged through Holland and 9TH
ers through the Scandinavian coun-
tries, Switzerland and Italy.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16

Hon. Thomas Carmody, former At
torney-General of New York has ia.
sued a plain warning to lawyers in
connection with the Thaw case. Mr..
Carmody says the plain ruling of the
United States Supreme Court was
that there was no further question in
the Thaw case that could be referred
to the courts. Mr.. Carmody bluntly
adds: "Any further attempt of Thaw
to defeat justice in this case or to re.
sist the demands of the State of New
York is a defiance of the decision of
the United States Supreme Court"
Every legitimate legal process has
been exhausted, and there is a point
in legal matters beyond which lawyers
cannot CO."
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16
WILSON At INDIANAPOLIS.

On the negative, anyone who will
take the trouble to analyze President
Wilson's address last week at Indian
apolis can see for himself how our
own democracy limps. He says: "The
Republican party has not had a new
idea in thirty years." and in another
part he says: "The Democratic party
is still on trial." and again: II know
that the United States in it's judicial
procedure is many decades behind
every other civilized government in
the word. The speediness of justice,
the Responsiveness of justice is the
greater part of justice itself. If you
have to be rich to get justice, because
of the cost of the very process itself,
then there is no justice at all."'
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16
WHERE DOES o'coNNoR STAND?

/" eN6 OOeS O'VONNOH > AND!
T. P. O'Connor has been forced to
come out in the open. While home rule
was juggled back and forth without
any very apparent belief that the is
sue would be brought to an out and
out climax, it was possible for T. p
O'Connor to write long and hopeful
articles in the abstract concerning
Irish liberty, home rule, the Irish PEG.
pie, and the progress that the home
rule bill was making in the British
parliament. The Irish people were
surfeited with this information, gorged
with treatise upon the hope of home
rule becoming law at an early date,
while the great mass of Irish people
watched in gloomy expectancy for a
relief from the British power. Now
that matters have gone as far as they
have, those who have made them
selves conspicuous in Irish affairs
must appear above the political hori-
ION where personalities are brought
to life. Mr.. O'Connor is very much
provoked over the opposition of the
Irish people of Ireland manifested to-
ward the English Jew who was ap-
pointed to rule in Dublin castle. He
attributes their sentiment as having
its source among the o-Germans. In
recent address he really supports the
presence of asJew in Dublin castle, on
the grounds that Jew will not listen
to any gatherings from the Irish ma
tfonalists who do not support John
Redmond. The entire address deliver
ed by John Redmond at Glasgow re-
Gently permits of but one conclusion,
and that is that every expression in
Ireland Of a desire to see her nation,
free and Independent, had it's origin
In the same sentiment which has pleas
ed T. P. O'Connor to call pro.German.
The unhappy condition of England's
political leaders who have tried to
court Irish favor and toady to British
friendship at the same time is found
to result unfortunately not only for
the individual but for Ireland herself.
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16
AL BELLIeERENTs SHARE THE
BLAME FOR 1ELGIuM's
Nlul -

In an extended syndicate essay to
the American press, under the above
title, George Bernard Shaw-the
anglicized-Irish, half-baked Socialist,
endeavors to make plain the common
guilt of all the warning nations in the
sad plight of Belgium to the complete
exculpation of Belgium herself.
We question the complete innocence
of Belgium, and in this regard, find
ourselves in good and plenteous COM
pany, but we do not gloat over Bel
GUMS misfortune. We pass up the
theoretical issue and desire to help
Belgium all we can in a common char
ity.
This far we will go with any man
even with Shaw himself. But Shaw
in his special pleading for Belgium,
after a statement of the case, to which
we may accord unchallenged transit,
says that we in America lowe relief
to Belgium as a sacred obligation"
Here, Mr.. Shaw falls down completely
and he insults our American intelli-
gence.
He says when Belgium refused Ger
many's offer of immunity in exchange
for free passage through her lands,
she refused in the interest of democ-
racy, which was the real issue at
stake between Prussia and France, and
thereby placed not only all democratic
Europe, but America as we'll under a
sacred obligation to her-Belgium did
not hesitate after Liege, but sacrificed
Brussels and Antwerp to save Calais
and all that Calais meant, not to her,
but to France and England, and
through England to America"
We submit that this is enough to
make the democratic brain reel. The
statement is not at all self-evident,
and there Is no shadow of proof to
show why" and chow" American
democracy is at stake at Calais. I'm
less Mr.. Shaw, or some of his friends
on this side of the water can "show"
us we shall refuse to be convinced.
In the meantime, let us help Bel
GUM by all means, but not because
we lowe an obligation of democracy
or any other obligation, save the
sweetly compelling one of the Gospel
of Jesus Christ: "You are all men,
bers one of another" in common
humanity.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16

Notices have been served on approx
fmately $500 families Of striking min.
ers in Jefferson county, Ohio, to pay
to the coal companies by January is,
the ten months house rent they owe,
under penalty of eviction. These fam
lilies reside in Warren, Mount Pleas.
ant, Smithfield and Springfield coun'
ties. and constitute the bulk of the
population affected directly by the coal
strike. which has continued without
interruption since last April.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16
IRISH AND GERMANS UNITE
IN NEUTRALITY REQUEST.

Representatives Of Two Leading So.
eieties Argue Before Congressional
Committee Against Expectation Of
Munitions Of War.
Washington, Jan. 4.-The two largest
German-American and Irish-Ameri-
can societies in the United States
joined before the House Foreign Re-
lations committee to fight for Voll-
mer-Bartholdt resolution to prohibit
the expectation of war munitions to
Europe. Representing 100000 Ger
man-Americans in this country, DR.. c.
]. Hexamer' Of Philadelphia, president
of the National German-American al
lance, declared their plea is for real
neutrality and American fair play.
Speaking of the effects the success
Of President Wilson's note to England
will have upon our commerce, Hexa-
mer declared:
"England's agreement to no longer
harass our shipments to Italy, Hol.
land. Denmark, Norway and Sweden
will be of no value unless these coun-
tries have lifted the embargo on the
transportation of about 400 articles
mostly imported from the United
States. 1t is the undeniable right of
the United States to ship to and
through neutral countries any and all
articles not used in war. England's
attitude on the seas" he said. has alb
solutely demoralized our. foreign COM
merce. England forced the neutral
European countries to place embar-
goes on all articles imported. Every
dollar gained by or business In war
munitions" he declared, "is tainted
with the blood of those who have fall
len on the European battlefields."
II expected to have all the lovers of
peace from Andrew Carnegie down."
said Alphonse Goebel of New York,
"championing this measure to the ut.
most, for 1t will accomplish more for
the ending of the present European
strife and thereby advance the cause
of universal peace than all the pam.
phlets, meetings, and subsidizing agen.
cies of the peace proponents"
The Irish-American Society-the
Ancient Order of Hibernians-was
represented by Joseph Mclaughlin of
Philadelphia, the national president,
and Francis c. Clark of Philadelphia.
The Foreign Relations committee
room was crowded by, the German.
Americans. who came here from large
Middle Western and Eastern States.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16

The New York City police are con-
Quoting vigorous crusade against the
dastardly purveyors of narcotic drugs
to school children. One man caught
selling heroin to young boys attending
q parochial school in Harlem received
the maximum sentence under the law,
the Court at the same time express
ing its opinion that the penalty for
selling drugs to minors should be life
imprisonment.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16
BLOW TO "LoAN SHARKS"

BY refusing to review the verdict Of
lower court, which fined a loan agent
500 for violating the loan shark"
law, the Ohio State Supreme court
has dealt these money lenders a dead
ly blow. The loan agent was fined
because he required a railroad en-
ploye to give lien on his pay for
three years, amounting to approx
mately $4,000 to protect loan Of $35.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16
BENEDICT XIV, POPE.
PoPE's PLAN SUCCEEDS.

Rome, Jan. Pope Benedict con.
tinues to work indefatigably in his eff.
forts to reduce the suffering caused
by the war.
1t is asserted in Vaticas circles that
His Holiness has received cordial an
swers from Emperor William and King
George, promising their assistance in
arranging for an exchange of prison.
ers who are incapable of further fight
ing, as proposed by the pope.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16

"Given at st. Peters, Rome, on the
sth October, 1914, the first year of Our
Pontificate.
BENEDICT XIV, POPE.
Why not cut out this letter of His
Holiness? Then, when a Protestant
friend says pityingly: But, of course,
you Catholics are not permitted to
read the Bible" hand him the clipping
and say: ION the contrary, you see,
we are urged to read and study it
every day."
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16
1.-THE MENACE" A DOMESTIC
PROBLEM.

Well, since the president bids "our
thoughts not to cross the ocean too
often but to center themselves upon
policies and duties Of the United
States" let us take up the domestic
problem of the Menace"
Here is a movement, nationwide
circulating it's periodic literature in
editions that run up into the millions
The object of the movement is exclu.
sively and intensely anti-C Catholic. II
insults many millions of our fellow.
citizens, and 30O,OO0,OoO citizens of the
world, violates their most sacred con.
victions, and incites against them
obloquy, discrimination and persecu
ton. Nothing is too vile, nothing toe
low to serve these ends.
The constitution Of the United
States says in its preamble: We, the
people of the United States, in order
to form more perfect union, estab.
lish Justice, insure domestic tranquil
ity, secure the blessings of liberty
ETC., and in article vi declares that
mo religious test shall ever be re.
quired" and In Amendment I, guaran
tees religious liberty.
Yet in spite of the plain intent of
these purposes and guarantees, the
government positively tolerates q
movement having for It's objective, the
overthrow of the same. Canada, less
boastful of her democracy, has remov
ed the scandal as far as its govern
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16

DELEGATES FIVE cHuRchEs.
Within one month Archbishop
Glennon, of st. Louis, has dedicated
five churches in his diocese.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-16
"READ THE BIBLE" BENEDICT XIV

"READ THE. BIBLE" BENEDICT XIV.
Catholics can't read the Bible" is
favorite assertion of Professionals. If
one answers that he frequently draws
inspiration from the Holy Book, the
accuser replies with shrug of the
shoulder, "Oh, we'll, you are liberal"
response which unfortunately con-
veys the same impression as, ooh,
well, you. are not the real thing"
Therefore, when Pope Benedict is
sues letter in which he asks that
there be Bible in every Christian
home, that every Christian read and
study the Bible daily, that they may
learn to walk worthily, pleasing to
God in all things" Catholics are glad
that they are enabled to give to Prot
estants authoritative evidence that
such an absurd limitation is not placed
by their religion upon intellectual and
spiritual development.
The letter was written by our Holy
Father to the president of the Society
of st. Jerome, a fellowship formed for
the purpose of critical study of the
Bible. H.F
eenedlct's Cooperation with Bible
Society.