The Irish standard., 1915-12-04

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his reply has the unfortunate re-
suit of placing Mr.. Dillon in the
position of one who would like to
be in sympathy with his constit-
uents, while at the same time a
defender of the recruiting policy
in Ireland. Since the speech to
which reference was made in the
resolution was delivered at Arm
agh, the deplorable scenes con-
nected with the emigrants at Liv-
erpool took place. Commenting
upon this, we may say that had
he been content with explaining
his side of the case and avoiding
the outraged sentiment of the
Irish people he would have done
himself and the Irish people JUS
tice; but like every other politi-
clan driven into corner, he de-
MED every man in Ireland the
right to express any opinion upon
Irish affairs not in sympathy with
his own and launched into a We
hement TRADE against the pat
riotic scholarly Bishop of Liner
lex, whose See takes its name
from the city OF the violated
treaty.
At the door of such men as
Bishop O'Dwyer, Mr.. Dillon lays
the blame for a desire among the
Irish young men to leave Ireland
to escape possible CONSUMPTION
and to avoid dying for the ques-
tionable love of the British colors
in the trenches in France.
Referring to all article publish
ed in the Irish Times" Mr.. Dill
lon says that the utterances of
the Bishop of Limerick would
hardly be sought out for publ
cation by any newspaper desiring
to promote recruiting i'll Ireland.
Mr.. Dillon's logic would do credit
to the logic of the grave diggers
of Hamlet.
With becoming zeal Mr.. Dillon
states that it would have been
very desirable in the interest of
the success of the present recruit
ing campaign, both i'll Great Brit
ain and Ireland if the controversy
over CONSUMPTION should be al
lowed to sleep.
Forgetting his indignation, the
M. P. continues that had the
young men of Ireland listened to
the advice of Mr.. Redmond and
gone to the trenches, this silly
stampede for America would not
have taken place and the body OF
young men would not be exposed
to atrocious insults which will re-
suit in closing the ports and de-
priving Irish people who have a
legitimate reason to emigrate the
right to do so. /.
Further commenting upon the
outrage perpetrated against the
young Irish men in Liverpool,
Mr.. Dillon trusts that the lesson
will be taken to heart and that
follies of a similar character will
not be perpetrated in the future,
meaning, of course, that young
Irish men have been taught a les
son. They should go to the
trenches instead of going to
America.
Reviewing the lengthy letter
from the pen of Mr.. Dillon, the
reader would have most difficult
time to believe that the opening
and closing paragraphs could have
been written by one and the same
person. The attempts to recon-
cile Mr.. Dillon's indignity over
the Liverpool outrage with the de-
sire of young men to live out their
lives in usefulness and sobriety
rather than offer themselves as
lambs for the slaughter, finds no
place either in Mr.. Dillon's heart
or his logic. The Irish Times in
answer to Mr.. Dillon, says, "The
Earl of Derby's statement which
we published, settles, once and for
all the recruiting controversy in
Great Britain" Lord Derby's
statement should remove Mr.. Dill
Ions last doubts. The reference
to Lord Derby has to do with the
statement made by him, in which
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