The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-04
IRELAND IN REVOLT.

GldUSLOno WHICH ne lHITOuuCeu Illo first Home Rule Bill placed his finger on that disaffectiOn which ex- isted in Ireland outside the more economic basis of agrar:an grievan- ces that then existed, in declaring that while the government of Eng land was felt to the English, and Scotland was felt to be Scotch, that of Ireland was felt by the Irish to be English and Scotch and not Irish-essentially foreign.
 Representation in Westminster parliament gave them no confidence in the government as an Irish gov ernment-quite the contrary, and if at one time the Anglo-Norman invad CTS came over to Ireland and became in language of the monkish chron- icler Usher, "Hiberniores ipsis Ill., bernicis" is"-more Irish than the Irish themselves-in later days the ma jority and the more intelligent Irish had watched Irishmen depart for the London parliament to be- come often enough more English than the English themselves.
 In addition there was sodulou0ly cultivated an intense devotion to the heroism of past time patriotism, ana the defiant valor of reckless rebels , like Emmett Mitchell and O'Leary and Donovan Rossa surely made q deep impression upon the younger Irish which did not at any time tend to make them more at home in the condition of West Britonisul that they found foisted upon them
 In general however this spi it of untainted devotion was held mostly by intellectual leaders, and at the other extreme the workers who hac very little to lose one way or an other.
 It was not recognized by the hierarchy or clergy as a class with any sort of favor, and in most cases
  or secret societies which might tend in that direction, were frowned down upon as anathemata. One archbishop declared with vehemence that hell wasn't hot enough nor long enough to punish the Fenians and without doubt what this ami able and christian minded gentle. man voiced with such extreme chi. phasis is a conception more mildly participated in by good many who are not so ardent in their iuig- ments. .,.g with confidence that where the trea- sUres lies, there also lieth the heart, and as the majority of land holders and business men have beon rela- lively speaking in a condition of thriving prosperity for some time, they gre going to smother their na- tiOnalism for the sake of prolongine & condition is not unlikely to be ex- tremely jeopardized by such radl- cat change as national rebellion un- doubtedly foreshadowed
 For those John Redmond spoke; he WIS their representative and he insisted upon a maintenance of the political status quo and wont to the extreme length of urging Irish men to enlist that they might provide convenient and heroic cannon fodder ,..0c the English. Beyond doubt it .S.s. be quite acceptable condition .s,t yer to prolong the war un- ,n ,," ,s. 'rishman YVES shot of.
 class which he re- and because the -,,,a,,, .hroh,,a .,rssented had no ~, ,,vaa nn. ,m,,ition to enlist thems> '0" i ,ne,,d felt safe in urging the 0neiii played and tho poorly paid workcf.' to don an English uniform and get it in the neck for their pains.
 Now the rebellion stood no chance ! of ultimate success. Ireland an ln- daocndent nation is to England an unthinkable proposition. lndia' the colonies and dependencies would be discarded rather than the pre- sence of an independent nationai existence menacing the Brltish shores could be tolerated. So that we can fairly well conclude that any fhing would be sacrificed rather than the creation of new nation and new flag adjGccnt to the Eng fish and Scottish shores.