New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-07
FEW IN IRELAND
FAVOR GERMANY
Dublin Editor, Praising
MacManus, Denies Truth
of His Picture.
[By Telegraph to The Tr0lnsl

Chicago, Aug. civilian Il. Bray
den, editor of "The Dublin Freeman
cables from Ireland
"Seumas Mac Manus is an artist he
has told that story of the state OF Ire.
land which no one living in It would
recognize, and yet he has based u Oh
statements which, allowing for pie
turesque exaggeration, nevertneIe"
have clements of truth in them.
at would be easy 20 paint a com.
panion picture of the state Of Englsna
by noting all the prosecutions unee'
the defence of the realm act, ineludlhs
that of some journalists, the shooting
of spies, disturbances at pubic mee1,
ings and in the parks, the activities o.
the Independent Labor party and 'ns
union for democratic control. EngIshs
in this way could be represented as .
seething pot of hostility 10 the wat
1.-THE facts are that If Ireland con
tains any pro-Germans they are ca
tremely few and insignificant. II cor
tains a number of anti-Engllsh,. WIG
have always been against England sns
would not be on her side even , whsh
shells right. They are Irish De "eS'
in fact.
ireland contains also a certain pro.
portion of people who would ike
have their country as neutral as us
United States. But the general BODY u
the Irish people support John Z: hso.
mond and want the Allies 10 WIN tns
war. They look forward at the emo :.
the war to a Home Rule Parlsnsh1
within the British Empire. Mr.. keo,
mond, in fact. is the Louis bo'hs "
Ireland.
True. there have been prosecutors
in Ireland, and some men have os'n
sent 10 Jail for obstructing reeru6lhs
True, some newspapers have oeeh ~
pressed-perhaps as many, as 81 -
They were little weekly sheeIs' ~
ably written, denouncing Englana a..
all her works TO very limited e'I'S'
ton. -. .,s
They were suppressed against .n'
protests of Mr.. Redmond and MS pat
whom they have never ceased 70 800
in obedience 10 the clamor OF Ehg
newspapers, which, while they Ws.
selves were INSTRUCTED by the e s
ship, saw these little papers ailor.v
for months after the war began 80
whatever they liked. To-day tnere
Just as many Of these little shee"
Dublin. When one is suppressed
other is started under a different nan,
and by this time nobody bothers a0'''
il. -. .s
"The statement that the ehiel Pr'i
of the existing newspapers IN LIS
have been subsidized by the LHt"
government is absurd. II 81.
at is probably true, though musIs I'm.
aggerated as TO the number hS nr1hliu
dreds holding posts over whleh u an,
Castle has direct or indirect eontrVrI s,;.
threatened. coerced or dismissed ~. ~,
ously enough, many Of the mos have
anti-English extremists IN irelsn lS goy-
been and are still in the brlusn ress
eminent, in which they won tns' ssaryyics
not by favor, but by open ei'i' '
competition. a.
"If the state OF Ireland were - .,.r,
legged by Seumas Mac Manus m.
would be both an outburst ana 70
roar, and IL would take an ai" wee.
keep il down; but there IS not AZ.
riot Mae Manus, in fact, gives % he
curate an impression Of Ireland sa,,isk
late William T. Stead gave Gas
readers of Chicago, and yet s'e''
not exactly liar. o,,,on Of
at is a question OF the proprS,,n,r,ssrar
the things seen. Look at the i'Ef sip
convention this week and note IN .
and representative character Listerie.
county where nationallsm Is -, VII
This kind of demonstration ! eoun.
be seen in every Irish nstionaIls'N snas
ty, but observers Of the Mac
class do not see this"