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The Irish standard., 1915-01-23
DEBATE POSITION on IRISH QUESTION
Interesting Series Of Articles Dealing With the Question and Home Rule Position
at Present 7ime Series Letters by Well Known hmen Appearing
Different Publications Collected and Published in Reqa Order

paper to m English solder. Many
men have been dismissed from public
office-and many commanded to quit
their native districts, and keep out of
them till the war is over.
At the Asquith-R recruiting
meeting in Dublin, more than 1000
English soldiers and 1890 police were
requisitioned to guard Mr.. Redmond
and Mr.. Asquith and the Mansion
House, in which they addressed the
ticket-admitted audience of Ito a
large extent) English officials resi-
dent in Dublin. And one hundred
armed men of the Shropshire regi-
ment occupied the basement, while,
as those naive cables informed US,
big hearted Dublin roared its vel
come to Asquith and Redmond and
the recruiting campaign"
Mr.. Redmond and his Parliamen-
tary lieutenants who, to Ireland's as
tonishment, enrolled themselves as
recruiting sergeants (evidently under
the fear of losing their Parliamentary
salaries II the Germans won) have
lost the support of the most earnest
portion of their followers at home
and Of every part Of their follow.
ing that was worth anything in Amer
ica.
Led by the "Irish World" which
had always been Mr.. Redmond's a
tower Of strength in America, almost
all Of his followers worth counting
in America have turned bitterly and
vehemently against Mr.. Redmond
for what they properly style his
great betrayal-and a full page of
that great paper is, each week, given
up to letters from Mr.. Redmond g
great followers. who now renounce
and denounce him with a generous
whole.heartedness. Mr.. Redmond's
right arm here, the president Of the
United Irish League, Mr.. Michael
Ryan Of Philadelphia, took public
stand at big German meeting in
that city to emphasize his attitude
on the vital national question.
Mr.. Redmond has now rewarded
the Irish World" for its long years
unfaltering support Of him by getting
his friends, the government. to for
bid the papers coming into Ireland
And q new stage Of the recruiting
campaign in Ireland 10 marked by the
forbidding Of the Irish World" and
he suppressing (the other day. Of the
two most National papers Of Ireland
"sinn Fein" and freedom" The
surest sign, this, Of the jeopardy o.
the English case in ireland.
Finally, a little fact about the un
fortunate poor Irish fellows who dt
Join the English forces. They (witl
the SCOTCH are always put in from
Of the Englishmen IN attack, and 1,
the rear in retreat, to save the Eng
lishman's most vulnerable feature
After the battle Of Mons the irish Ftts
ileers were wiped out. Less than 10|
returned to Dublin out Of 1900 VIII
went away.
The Irish standard., 1915-01-23

The following series Of letters have
been arranged in their proper order
and are presented to the readers of
the Irish Standard as an interesting
account of the merits of the positions
taken as viewed by the defenders on
either side of the question. The six
letters here included have been gath
cred from various publications In DIFF
ferent sections of the United States,
the name of the author appearing
in connection with each of the articles.
The Irish standard., 1915-01-23

The City Commission Of Trenton,
N. j., has offered a reward of $3.50 for
the capture Of the person who tried to
.estroy st. Joachim's Catholic Church
by means of a bomb on Jan. 4. A
twenty.six ounce can of dynamite was
placed in the vestibule of the church,
: did not explode becase of the fail
ure of the fuse to burn down to the
cadly powder after it had been ig-
nited.
The Irish standard., 1915-01-23
NOT ASHAMED TO PRAY.

In a notable sermon to ten thousand
people in the Cathedral of Vienna,
Austria, the Cardinal-Archbishop Of
hat great see said: "In the great war
now prevailing the elements of social
disturbance and national discord are
disappearing The materialistic shell
If the times is bursting asunder; men
realize that ip God they possess their
only Helper; faith and the fear Of
God are springing up anew amid the
destruction of all mere earthly things;
a holy religious solemnity prevails;
soldiers have gone forth to pray and
to battle and men are no longer
ashamed to pray"
The Irish standard., 1915-01-23

er bears to his native land and Its
beautiful young ruler. The grand
duchess, q fair girl of twenty sum-
mers. is adored by her people. She
Is to them living symbol OF the two
things, which, all through their his
tory, they have loyalty striven to
maintain-their personal liberty and
their holy Catholic faith.
The Irish standard., 1915-01-23
SEMINARY FOR MEXICAN STU
DENTS.

The Catholic Church Extension 80.
ciety of the United States has perfect
ed plans, under the direct supervision
Archbishop Quigley of Chicago. for
the founding of seminary at San An
-onio, Tex, where Mexican students as
we'll as young men of the United States
may be educated for the priesthood.
Bishop Juan Herrera of Tulancingo,
Mexico. who was among the refugees
aided by the extension society, will be
he head of the new school.
The Irish standard., 1915-01-23
IRELAND i NATION"

OIuSE VI 11AOo10ANssy duV Iu0 AIaOAeS
and to. the accompaniment
Of Irish songs and Irish bag.pipes.
there will be shown at the Metropoli.
tan opera house, ali next week, com.
with q matinee Sunday. Jan.
uary Gath, a photo-play dealing with
the history of Ireland, from the days
of immortal Robert sEmmet down to
the present day. What makes the pic.
lures more interesting is the fact that
they were posed for by an Irish Com.
pany of actors and actresses on Irish
soil, and many interesting, historical
and beautiful spots Of the dear old Isle
are shown In all their glory.
County Wicklow "The Lakes Of
Killarney" "Muckross Abbey" "Bal.
linglass," "The Seven Churches Of
Glendalough" and many other we'll
known and beloved ARE shown. The
story told .is historical and one that
is interviewer with romance, human
terest and love. Brave Michael
Dwyer, Robert Emmet, Sarah Curran,
his sweetheart, John Philpot Curran.
Daniel O'Connell. Charles Stewart
Curran, and other Irish patriots pass
before you on the screen. The story,
commencing with the passing of the
rst Irish parliament, through the
treachery Of Lord Castlereagh, and
shows the many struggles and tribula.
tions of the little Isle o. the sea, down
to the adoption Of the home rule bill
a few months ago.
The Irish standard., 1915-01-23

The Cause of Beatification of Con.
tardo Ferrini, an illustrious professor
n the University of Pavia has COM
menced In Rome. His wife was so
;onderful that Plus x. hastened the
introduction of it. Contardo Ferrini
was. in our day, q first-class scholar,
and the son Of distinguished scien-
tist. ..
The Irish standard., 1915-01-23

Is Ireland loyal, then?. Yes. she is
still loyal to the noblest principles
that God ever implanted in the breast
of Saxon. Teuton, Celt or American:
The principle for which the worlds
and Erin's best blood has, through
the ages, been spilled. Ireland to.
day. just as through all her centuries
of suffering indescribable, is loyal to
the principle of Freedom.
-Seumas MacManus, of Donegal.
Number 2.
BY R. J. WADDELL.
Noting the letter of "Seumas Mac
Manus of Donegal" permit me to chal-
lenge the accuracy of the statements
he makes. and to assert that they are
the very antithesis Of the truth re-
garding the conditions which exist in
Ireland to-day. The spirit that
prompts his letter, its honesty and
merits may be fairly Judged from one
or two samples of his statements.
He tells US that "Mr. Redmond
and his Parliamentary lieutenants
= have lost the support of the
most earnest portion OF their follow
ers at home, and of every part Of
their following that was worth any
thing In America"
That statement I brand as down
right falsehood, and one he has neith-
er right nor authority to make. With
all due respect to this Donegal"
gentleman, I claim to have az reliable
sources Of Information on the Irish
question open to me. and to have
made as good use of them, as he has,
and can state most positively that the
Irish people at home are staunchly
and solidly at the back Of Mr.. Red.
mond. his party and his policy. With
the exception of the Orange ascend
ancy crowd in the North. and that
noisy. irreconcilable portion of the
Irish who has never done an hours
honest work. either to lessen the
burdens or alleviate the conditions OF
the people Of Ireland, the Irish people
are unit for Mr.. Redmond, and have
again and again enthusiastically en-.
dorsed his principles and leadership
a fact to which, Mr.. Editor, your Irish
exchanges bear mute but eloquent tes.
timony.
In further support of my assertion
I refer that great American public
whom Mr.. MacManus is so anxious to
~nliehten, to the columns of the "Chi
cago Citizen" whose editor, in order
to get first hand and reliable in
formation went direct to the most
democratic representatives of the
Irish people. the chairman Of the
County Councils in Ireland. The re
plies prove conclusively, and beyond
all doubt, the truth Of the assertion
made above, and neither the sophistry
Of Mr.. McManus, the detection Of 6
hundred Irish Worlds" nor q thous
and Michael J. Ryans can alter thai
fact.
As to the Irish in this country de
serting Mr.. Redmond. make the
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The Irish standard., 1915-01-23
Number 1.
By SEUMAS MACMANUS.

By sEUMAs MACMANUS.
The good teacher who, emphasiz-
ing for her class the wolf and the
lamb moral, pointed out, $50 you see,
dear children. that If the lamb had
been a good lamb and kept away from
the bad VOLTS company, the wolf
couldn't have eaten him"-was art
lessly answered by an innocent one,
"Yes, teacher, and then the lamb
would have kept himself safe for US
to eat him, wouldn't he?"
Since the outbreak of the war. kind
Stepmother England has been ardent
ly warning Ireland of the German
wolf. And at the same time assuring
the world (through her unimpeach-
able cable news) that the lamb was
simply dying to be made into stew
for its rightful owner.
Irishmen in America who know the
real facts are sometimes amused,
sometimes provoked, by the Hiberni-
an Nights Entertainment which the
cables are regularly carrying to the
American public.
The fact (which could not be hid.
den) that the Irish papers are now be
ing seized and suppressed is giving
the American public a little inkling
Of Ireland's attitude towards her fond
but sorelytried step-parent.
I want to set down some facts that
will help Americans to a better knowl
edge Of 1reland's true position in the
present crisis.
Recruiting in ireland has been q
complete failure. OF the 100000 men
that the English press and politicians
demanded from ireland, less tLal
10000 were obtained. One.balf ot
these were Orange volunteers who en-
listed on the specific condition that
they should not be sent to the front
The other half were the Mndesired
class of loafers from the large towns
whose absence from their countr.
counts for their country's good. At I
great fair held in my home villag.
a few weeks ago, and attended b,
thousands Of the country boys, th,
recruiting sergeant did not obtain on,
recruit!
The anti.recruiting campaign car
ried on by our young men and younl
women is vigorous. even IL yer.
quiet. Several have been Jailed 70
this propaganda. A Young Kerr.
woman 10 the latest TO be arrested
One man was courtmartialed In Corl
for handing . cory of Z National new.
The Irish standard., 1915-01-23
$4,000 PRIESTS AT FRONT.

Paris, Jan. Sin q recent lecture,
one of series on the clergy and the
war. the learned Monsignor Lacroix
told a Sorbonne audience that there
were $4,000 priests in all the armies
engaged, 10000 of them fighting as
regular soldiers In the French ranks,
a condition which no belligerent ex.
cept France imposes upon the clergy.
The Irish standard., 1915-01-23

Since the accession of Pope Bene.
lict XIV. four members of the Sacred
College Of Cardinals have died-the
second last was Cardinal Dubillard,
archbishop Of Chambery, France; the
asst was Cardinal Di Pietro, who was
in his S7th year.
The Irish standard., 1915-01-23

The University of Pennsylvania has
now Catholic chapel under the pat
ronage and the title of st. Bede the
Venerable.
The Irish standard., 1915-01-23

According to report, the Benedic-
inc Monks Of the Abbey of Maredo-
Jus, Belgium, will settle in ireland.
Because Of the war, the Holy Sees
'ticial paper, the '"Acta Apostolicae
sedis" has. for the present, suspended
ublication.
The Irish standard., 1915-01-23

Rev. W. B. Polaczyk. Of Junction
City, Wis, priest who is pastor Of
st. Michael's church. has been ap-
pointed postmaster at that place.
The Irish standard., 1915-01-23

In the Sacred College of Cardinals
here are now, it is said, eleven vacan.
cies.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-24
CITY WILL HAVE
COMMUNITY TREE
CHRISTMAS TO BE OBSERVED IN
HATTIES5URG BY ENTIRE
POPULATION.

Hattiesburg IS 10 have it's first Com
munity Christmas Tree this year.
Whether it will be on Christmas
Eve, or on Christmas night, has not
yet been decided Exactly where it
will be located has not been deter
mined either, although the chances
are in favor of the court house square.
Hattiesburg women, interested iii
the proposition of having Christmas
celebration in which the whole city,
irrespective Of age or creed, may par
ticipate, are in charge of the arrange
ments A meeting of the city's most
prominent men and women probably
will be called within a day or two,
when the whole scheme will be gone
over and threshed out.
1t is an easy matter, thev say, to
erect and decorate a tree for the COM
munity. The women who are formu-
lating the plf.,is say they look for no
obstacle, save much hard work on the
part of the committees which will be
| in charge Other Mississippi cities
have tried out the idea. and have found
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-24
HATESBlRG MISSISSIPPI WEDNESDAY, AFTERNOON NOVEMBER a. 1915
Samuel Tells Court
Where Sui Could
Be Found; Gets $50
HE ALSO GETS A FORMER FRIEND
OF HIS INTO TROUBLE AT
THE SAME TIME.

Sam Thompson decided to sell that
suit of clothes to Forrest county for
$50. Sam won't get the actual money,
but Sheriff HARRISON will give him
credit for that .cpch on the $100 fine
Judge Johnson assessed against him
Yesterday, for stealing the only bit Of
wearing apparel a eulled gem men
frien' y Of his had.
Judge Johnson told Sam. after he
had sentenced him yesterday. that il
he would tell the officers what he did
with the clothes, he would remit half
of the hundred dollar fine Sam
scratched mis- head for a moment and
told himself that he wouldn't star.
anything he couldn't finish. Abs
said All didn't steal dem clothes, and
An S gon' to site to it," he said to
himself.
The court knew by Sans looks that
something was transpiring in that
part of his cranium where his brains
ought to be. SO he told him 10 go
on back to jail. and there, in quiet
solitude, where he could do his think
ing undisturbed, to de- ide the matter
for himself Barely had Jailer Bob
McInnis changed the door of Sans
cell to on him, than Sam had reached
decision. He sent for the sheriff,
and said he wanted to make an honest
confession.
He admitted having stolen the suit,
but said that Joe McRea, another ne
gro, in Laurel, then had the clothes
Judge Johnson directed the officers to
get in communication with Laurel, and
pretty soon the message was received
that both McRea and the suit haG been
rescued, although both were in rather
dilapidated conditions Officers will
go to the Jones county town today
and bring Joe back to face the charge
OF receiving stolen property.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-24
No RATE INCREASE
TILL AFTER MARCH 80
INTERSTATE OMmeRCE COMM S.
SION sUSPENDs PROPOSED
RAISE TO THAT DATE.

The railroads operating in the ter
ritOry covered by Southeastern Dis
trict, will not be permitted to put into
effect the proposed increase in rates
on December l, as had been planned,
until March 80, if at all.
A. ]. Carroll general sales manager
of the j. J. Newman Lumber Company,
who, with dozen or more other Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana and Alabama lum-
ber men, appeared recently before the
Suspension Board of the Interstate
Commerce Commission in Washington,
to protest against the proposed in
crease, received this information from
Washington today.
The commission announced that the
proposed increase would not be al
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-24
THEY'RE THANKFUL
Y y
BECAUSE

Chief of Police Bennett: There are
only seven days in my school week
while | am teaching the new traffic
regulations to the users of the city's S
thOroughfares.
District Attorney Hall: There is
only one Morris Williams in the Uni
ted States with whom l have to con
tend.
Fire Chief: There is a fire every
once in a while which gives me an
opportunity to hear that shrieking
whistle at the pumping station.
Buck" Austin: The architect that
designed the theater built the box
seats so near the stage, which makes
it quite nice on the nights there's a
girls show on.
c. T. Singleton: There's only one
Commercial Club in Hattiesburg to
blame him because the Northeastern
switches its cars on the Main street
siding.
Victor Scanlan: Hattiesburg didn't
try to build two Y. NJ. c. A. buildings
at the same time.
E. A. Kernaghar' David Belasco
didn't see him act before he was made
deputy postmaster, or else he never
would have been here to have accepted
the job
Sheriff HARRISON: There are a few
clubs and organizations in Forrest
county that haven't heard him sing
yet. It's possible that these will ask
him to appear before them some time.
The City Commissioners They do
not live on Court street near the school
house, and consequently do not have
to feel their ways through those dark
thoroughfares each night.
j. f. Davis: They've given Mary
Mitchell, the Tiger Queen" another
six months on the county farm. He
won't have to defend her any more
till day or two after she is released
this time
c. Z. Stevens: The hot, ice consum-
Ing days are followed Immediately by
long and dark electricity and gas con-
suming nights.
John T. Haney: County attorneys
are nominated and elected only once
every four years.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-24
HeKnoWsLanguage
of y. S, But Not
Much of It's LaWs
SWEDE is GIVEN AN INFORMAL
COURSE IN THE BUTCHER
ING REGULATIONS.

Gus Johnson. Swedish butcher oper-
ating a small shop in the outskirts Of
the city, may be able to speak the
United States language fairly well, but
he hasn't yet learned the art of butch
ering cattle la United States.
Gus was fined $50 in Judge John
sons Circuit Court yesterday for vio-
lating the State regulations requiring
ali butchers TO keep record and de-
scription of markings of all animals
purchased and slaughtered in their
plants. OF this fine, $45 will not have
to be paid, provided the Swede violates
the regulations no further
Il realize that you are not thorough
ly familiar with the laws regarding the
slaughtering of animals" Judge John
son told the man, "and for that reason
am going to make your fine light
He then explained just what is re.
quired of butcher. Johnson said he
would be more careful in the future.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-24
|RATE INCREASE IS
UPHELD BY |. |. c.
THROUGH RATES FROM ALABAMA
TO HATTIES6URG, HOWEVER,
ARE DENIED.
(By Associated PreSs.)

Washington, D. c., Nov. 24-The
Interstate Commerce Commission to-
day authorized the railroads to con-
tinue through rates on bituminous
coal from Illinois, Kentucky, Tennes-
see and Alabama, to Memphis, Nat
chez. Baton Rouge, Bayou Sara. Ken
ner, New Orleans, Gulfport and Mo-
bile These rates are lower than the
rates to intermediate points despite
the long and short haul clause of the
law.
The railroads were authorized tc
continue from Ei1>.o-a and Kentucky
to Greenville and Vicksburg lower
rates than to intermediate points.
1t denied the request of the com
panies to continue through rates from
Alabama to Hattiesburg. Jackson
Vicksburg and other Mississippi
points, and ordered lower rates te
intermediate points.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-24
City Makes Ready to
Observe Thanksgiving
SCHOOLS WILL TAKE HOLIDAY OFFICES HOUSE WILL
BE CLOSED CITY HALL FORCE DAY OFF, AND spe
CIAL SERVICES TO CONDUCTED A SEVERAL OF THE o.
CAL CHURCHEs-HoLIDAY SPIRIT PREVAILS

Hattiesburg, joining hands with the
rest of the nation, will observe
Thanksgiving on tomorrow.
The hundreds of school children
and students at the various institu-
tions in the city, will be given a rest;
the offices at the court house, with
one or two exceptions, will be closed;
the city hall will take a holiday, and
religious services will be held in a
majority of the Hattiesburg churches.
In Hattiesburg this afternoon. holi-
day crowds have been jamming the
stores, and the merchants report a
great increase in business of all kinds
purchases being made to tide the cit,
over the holiday.
The circuit court, which has been in
session since the first of the month,
will finish its work this afternoon,
there being but one more case to be
disposed of. One of the juries has
been dismissed, and the second will
be discharged as soon as the case in
question is ended.
At the city hall, while there will be
some one there during the day TO look
after emergency matters, a general
holiday will be taken.
Special Thanksgiving services will
be held in many of the local churches
AT the First Baptist Church, from
10 to IL o'clock, services will be con
Quoted. childrens choir will sing
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-24
ACQUIT AGED MAN
ON THEFT CHARGE
Jury Finds That Fletcher Davis Was
Not Guilty of Stealing Sheep.

1t took Forrest county jury but a
few minutes this morning to decide
that Fletcher Davis, an aged man liv-
ing across the river from Hattiesburg
was not guilty Of stealing sheep, for
which he had been indicted.
Davis, it was shown, had been sent
out by his son to round UP a number
of missing animals. The charge had
been made that he had taken several
sneep belonging to Lewis Runnels. in
Perry county.
The case was not argued today,
Currie & Currie, representing Davis
and District Attorney Hall, for the
state. having agreed to let the deci
sion rest on the testimony and The
instructions.
When the not guilty verdict was
brought in, the aged man rushed tt
the jury and. shaking the hand o
each. expressed his thanks.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-24

London, Nov. "a. - Contradictory
claims to victory in the Balkans leave
the situation in doubt this afternoon.
but it is evident that the TeutOrs and
the Bulgarians are advancing less rap
idly than the earlier reports indicated.
Heavy fighting apparently is progress
sing, and Monastirs fate is still in the
balance. An Athens report indicates
that the Bulgarians are waiting for
German soldiers to help them occupy
the city.
CONTINUED On Page Two)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-24

some songs, and an offering will be
made for the Orphans Home.
The Rev. John 7. Christian will
preach, and brief talks will be made
by others.
There will be a short service of
Thanksgiving at the Trinity Episcopal
Church tomorrow at IL o'clock. The
Rev. Simpson, ,Atmore viii have charge
of the services. and special music will
be given.
Union Thanksgiving services will
be held at the First Presbyterian
church Thursday morning under the
direction OF the two Presbyterian T.
churches of the city and all persons.
regardless of church affiliations. have
heen invited to attend. An attractive
musical program has been prepared,
/ to be followed by a few short
instructive talks by selected speak
ers. An offering will be taken
! for the Palmer Orpnanage, which will
be divided equally between the two
I churches. The services will begin at
| 10 O'Clock and will not exceed one
| hour in length.
! The theme of the entire service
will be the fifth and sixth verses OF
/ the Sixty-seyentn Psalm: Let the
people praise thee, o. God;
Let all the people praise thee.
Then shall the eartn weld her in
creases; and God. even our own God
shall bless US"