Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-12

weight in dealing with England.
II is my opinion. from observations
In ireland before that country was
entirely closed by tho military to al
neutrals. that cUnscription would De
II dvadly mistake. and would play int,.
the hands Of the reNolutionists, whose
strength is not understood by moss
Englishmen No returned traveller
from Ireland whom l have net In II.
past fow weeks fails TO snare my
Vicws; and In fact there is in the
press n continuous stream OF warning
from lrishmen and Englishmen VINO
know conditions In Ireland. lrishmcn
not only feel cmhittered at The eNecu-
tions OF the rebel leaders and the con-
tinudnco OF martial law, but believe
thoy have been betrayed hv the Eug-
lish in the matter of nome rule. as
"a result of this feeling. the influence
OF John Redmond ana the pro-l'ritiSh
Nationalist members il steadily de-
clining. rhe critical If not almost hos
tile attitude assumed by the Irish
momhcrs when parliament convened
this week indicates that they realize
their only chance Of regaining their
hold at home is to change their tnC-
ties. And this chance seems a slim
one.
Would Arouse Irish.
Writing from Dublin. an English
correspondent recently declared: The
mere attempt at CpnsCrpuon would
arouse in ireland a fierce, lmplacable
| spirit that would poison the relation.
! between the two countries for years
to come. After conversations with all
sorts OF men, l have found only tW,
/ who favor conscripuon. For the r"st
everybody with whom | have spoken
Is utterly opposed TO the idca-Unlon-
lists ana Nationalists. mugwumps and
! detached intcllcctunls. An indcpcnd-
ent Nationalist expressed the opmioL
that listers threatened resistance I"
! homo rule would be as nothing to the
storm that would be created by the
resistance OF all Ireland TO conscri9-
| tion. People are aghast that any re
| sponsib,e person could give serious
consideration to such an idea. Ruling
out conscriptior as impossible, IL
| there any chance for new recruit
| ing campaign The one chance ~ tn-
I enthusiastic cooperation of the Irish
parliamentary party. That co-operh-
ton will not be forthcoming. The Ma
tionalist members are furious with the
! government They complain that be
fore and since the rebellion their ad-
vice has been disrcgardcd. that their
efforts to help in the war have been
thwartcd and discouraged, and that
they have been snubhed or ignored
| over since inc tOhllipU government
came into being. They are in no
mood TO embark on "A recruiting cam
paign. Consoription ana voluntary
ism are thus equally Impossible"
While enlistments for the British
armies in Ireland have dropped to
less than five hundred men n week,
the underground revolutionary or
ganization which has largely taken
the place of Sim Fcin. is preparing,
| lg hng nnr
statement sounds Incredible; 1t would
seem that the fatal madness of chal-
lenging the power of Britain would
have become clear to the widest
fanatic in Easter week But there
are men in Ireland who seek martyr
dom. and peasants who Will follow
them anywhere.
The organization of the Irish Re-
publican Brotherhood does not differ
greatly from that of Sim Fein or of
the brotherhood itself in the old
Fenian days The most definite fact
| have learned about the present
movement is that the Sim Fein party
in Belfast before the recent outbreak
numbered two hundred men, while
the IL. X. b." has enrolled in Belfast
alone since Easter week nearly two
thousand If this proportion has been
maintained throughout Ireland the
situation is serious indeed.
The country Is under martial law,
and instant steps would he taken to
break up parades of disloyal Volun-
teers such as used to march under the
Sim Fein colors The whole move
lment. therefore, Is carried on secretly
To guard against risks of betrayal
the makeup of the inner council oi
the /. X. B. is known only to the
commanders of "centers," which cor
respond In the organization to cOloncl'
of regiments in the army Eacf
"center" picks out nine captains
known in the nomenclature OF the ]
r. p. as "B's" The center himself II
known as "a" The captains appoin
nine "Cs" or sergeants. who eacl
command nine "D's." or privates. Th
difficulty of getting at the bottom o
such n movement Is obvious. The cen
tral council is known only to the mel
who command groups OF ABOUT on
thousand men, the name of each "A
is known only to the central councl
and to his nine captains; while tn
captains, each of whom command
nearly one hundred men, do no
themselves know who the heads
the organization are, and are them
selves unknown excepting to thei
"a" and to their nine sergeants. IN
rank and file, Of course, know onl
their Immediate sergeant. In com
mand OF nine men only, 80 petraya
at the lower end of the ladder migh
land one subordinate officer in Jai
but could not seriously harm IN
cause"
Nothing New In II.
There Is nothing new in TN
scheme; Il has been used ever sine
Fenian days, is not unknown in tn
Irish-American groups of Amerlci
and was partly adopted by the dc
funct Sim Fein army. nearly all
whose leaders were killed. execute
or imprisoned last spring. Rumc
has IL that certain Sim Fein chle
who were not in Dublin at the tim
of tho revolt and consequently escape
the dragnet are now taking leadin
part in the new plotting. A sma
group of tho 81. Il. b." ms Is we
known, actually took part in II
Dublin fighting but tho great extei
and power Of the old Fenian organiz'
ton came only with the practical di
solution OF Sim Fein.
The principal object OF the l. r.
in recent months, II is said, has bee
TO gain control OF the stores OF arm
and ammunition belonging to the Iris
volunteers, and hidden all over 1r'
land. Various reports are current col