The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08
DIS and wasted their minds 1t true that in the history

Europe there is no parallel to the treatment Of
by England Because of this regard enemy England
an enemy of robber has us bleeding
and bound at his feeand he be in his attacked
inquire into the character motive of the attacker before decide
1t the Germans instead of being civilized people, who
have led the world in science literature government
The past fifty all the English paint fact
would alter position are Irshmen-
our duty to country demands regain reand national
political liberties and until ENGLAND has restored them
remains Ireand's enemy.
The slave mind is manifested today men, who babbe
about Belgian neutrality ancient friendship for France
the atrocities We not Belgian and what has hap
pened is happening, may happen Belgium prime
concern Our prime is what the Belgian prime
our country Our ancient friendship for grew
hostility England When with ENGLAND
she did not think of Ireland about eand thought
ct herself We too must think only Of ourselves German
es they really had happened could have upon
lands attitude We have suffered under English
res and is Of our business do with kind of aoc
present These plain truths much for the slave mind
1t bnks and srnks from them In word fears
try an hour like h-ears to look the truth in the face and
lodges itself into kind of comfort and holy phanthopc
by setting arguments have
us think arguments.
This slave mind has been the bane Ireland
of the lack of elfeance which has reduced
Euopethe Gaesto what they today destroyed
moral courage and made s mea speech and
argument where the free nation straight and direct
1t has mpeled humble Eyes" when hearts
and must get rid of before become again of
men, 1t is this mind that today itself the 1T better
to live under the devil know than the devil don't
The plain idea that Ireland foreign devil of
kind big The thought that Ireland should
he she the days OF Gaelic ancestors
was in brief period the days Henry Graan-a
dependent nationthe slave mind grasp Like the
lated Bitton who begged their Roman
1t can no longer conceive Ireland anything but cripple
begga-a dependent of strong Power England doesn't
rannze Ireland then Germany WILL therefore, help
the English yran its base and bana That
if she had the strength STRIKE should hersel-tha
Ireland she had not the strength strike for herself should
the wisdom and serespect not to strike for her old the
DID,
dungeon of English King until he had forgotten the light
heaven back when prison down.
the common light of day streams in.
The slave mind is everywhere in Ireland Platforms
often pupits 1t ta denial that the Irish
the of other white tacit admission that England
right her of exactly the same title
as the French the English the Germans govern
country and shape policy When look
lower standpoint slave minded Gatan
greatest of constitutional leaders, who declared that
ests of the Empire FLASHED with the liberties of Ireland he
and every Ishma would cry Give Ireland perish Empire"
1t OConne his who gave the
land for the Irish the world blaze Today the world
blaze and slave mind is fixed where is-over the
stead of at home The supposed wrongs of Belgium
Numbering the real wrongs of Ireland sns contempa
ng for indeed kind of law to suggest
Ireland has ALL Our slave minded crying
Give Ireland ireland for the Iishthey whmpering
about the Empire the fine free institutions Empire
has made Ireland what it oday-ha poohouse and half
caleranc What though all Europe, all Asia, all America
Africa with the clang of and drank in blood should
land dream Of think Of work for? Her freedom her
the sovereign nationhood the the
for her 1882 and the eachey of envious England
when Ireland laid down her Since England
been her sodey 1t has been mainly the press and
the of Platforms whose prudence cowarde
craftsmanship evasion compromise surrender wo
slaves themselves the Of English authority
English wealth. have bred and ostered country that
mental and moral obquy that slave mind which today
tunate s1n1en dying foreign battelds uphold power
Of their countrys and which has other enorany
pang of Germany depotism while the dried blood the
children down the streets of
Dublin by Engands soldiers still daky visible the posts
of Bachelors Walk.
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