The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-23


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salaries" Is too small and too unwor
thy for serious notice. as Is also his
reference to the Nationalist who have
recently volunteered for active serv
ice as an undesirable class Of loaf
ers." In both of these statements
which are utterly unfounded and ven
omous. he goes out Of his way to
ling gratuitous insult at his fellow.
countrymen.
His Facts" set down to ..helr
Americans to q better knowledge OF
Ireland's true position in the present
crisis" are all Of the same baseless
character; for example he conveys
that there are only 10000 1rishmen in
the British army, one-half of whom
are Orange volunteers and the other
half Nationalist 'loafers" whereas
there are actually over 100000 Irish.
men enrolled, less than $4,000 OF
whom are of the Bonar Law.Carson
brand; and among the Nationalist
are very many Of the brightest and
ablest lawyers, doctors, members OF
other professions and successful men
of affairs in Ireland-men who con.
'scientiously believe in Ireland's first
permanent enslavement under Ger.
nan militarism and world dominion lie
an militarism and world dominion is
in the trenches of the allies in France
and Belgium, and who have the cour.
age Of their convictions.
And these are the men whom Mr..
MacManus, for the information OF
Americans, attempts to stigmatize as
undesirable loafers! His statements
that the Irish National leaders "have
lost the support of the most earnest
portion Of their followers at home
and of every part of their following
that was worth anything in America, /"
are equally devoid of foundation and
equally a deception upon the people
whom he undertakes to enlighten.
Mr.. McManus, in your columns
again, renews his attack upon Mr..
Redmond by a statement that am
able to brand as absolutely untrue
namely that "up to quite recently the
Irish people were voluntarily paying
him a very handsome salary"
The Irish people have never paid
any salary to Mr.. Redmond, but when
on many occasions, the Parliamentary
fund ran low, he has personally con-
tributed very handsome sums to meet
necessary outlays; and Mr.. MacMan-
us omits to tell the American public
that out Of the small stipend of ST.
900 per year that all members of the
House Of Commons now receive, each
member of the Irish National party
contributes $3.50 per year toward the
National party fund to defray expens-
es of officers, meetings, registration
of voters and the other necessary out
lays incident to the maintenance of
a vast national organization.
Fortunately there ID one point upon
which l can agree with Mr.. MacMan-
US, and that is Ireland's loyalty to
freedom. The Irish people In Ireland
are intelligently loyal to freedom and
to Ireland; they understand clearly
what they want and they are going to
win 1t, in their own way, notwith'
standing the threats and machina.
lions Of the small but noisy group Of
Tory unionist, landlords fighting in a
corner of Ulster for special privileges,
r their allies, the still more insignif.
cant but much more blatant clique
of marplots now operating under q
misflt, parti-colored cloak of German
military world-domination and Irish
nationality in New York.
Number 6.
BY SEUMAS MACMANUS.
read with very much interest the
Hon. Patrick Egan's letter in which
moved by the Christian spirit of the
present holy.tide, he gently chides
me as villifier, insulter, fabricator
roet, humorist, press agent, malcon'
tent, venomous one, and one of an in
significant clique Of marplots, and
warns the world that, to his horror
he finds me an abusive person.
heartily wish I could say the same
things Of Mr.. Egan.
But as he is a man. who. in his day
did mans part for our struggling
country. manfully, and (like many Of
Ireland's best) had to fee his couu
try with England's price upon his
head, cannot, with any chance OF
success, retort in kind. So, in spite
of me, the first round Is Mr.. Egan's.
That have to rob him Of succeed
ing rounds am both glad and sorry
But for the clearer understanding OF
Americans who, not knowing that the
Hon. Patrick Egan has been out Of
touch with Ireland. for q long, long