The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-01

OF the invincibility of England; with
the active assistance of those false
teachers who had ceased to be the
representatives of Ireland in England,
and had become the pensioners of
England in Ireland; and finally, with
the infamous Defence of the Realm
Act, which seeks to do away with
every vestige of free speech and to
stifle discussion and freedom of &C.
ton, England seemed for a time to
have deceived public opinion and to
have convinced the people that for
once she was battling on the side of
right and justice, and was engaged in
a holy struggle to protect the weak
against the aggressions of the strong.
But the scales have fallen from the
eyes Of the people and today, despite
the English control of the press, of
the cables, of her pensioned spokes.
men and her purchased agents; des-
pite the fact that she has cut Ireland
off completely from communication
with the outside world except through
England, Ireland has awakened and
taken her rightful place.
Why CONSUMPTION ls Not Enforced in
Ireland.
Anxious to have the neutral world
believe that the British Empire was
united in favor of the war, and par
ticularly DESTROYS to have the Irish
race throughout the world believe that
Ireland had forgiven the past and
was fighting on her side, England has
exerted every influence within her
power, from coercion to bribery, from
cajolery to flattery, to bring the peo-
pie of Ireland to her side. But all her
efforts have in the end proved to be
in vain. Today, in spite of her work
and that of her accredited and dis
credited agents, England is forced to
admit that recruiting in Ireland is,
and has been failure; that Ireland
sees that this is Englands and not Ire
lands war; and that she dare not,
because of the mutterings all over the
land, enforce CONSUMPTION in Ireland
or leave the country without the
huge garrison whose services she
needs SO badly in many other quar-
tiers, but which she dare not remove
from that land which she has for so
many centuries robbed and oppressed
The Irish Volunteers Have Saved
Their Country.
Today once more, as in the days of
Grattan and Charlemont, the Irish
Volunteers have saved Ireland; have
stepped into the breach between their
country and the tyranny of England,
and served notice upon the latter that
the young manhood of Ireland must
be kept at home to defend the rights
of Ireland, and to take issue with any
power which would attempt to harm
their country. Today Ireland is ablaze
with new spirit of hope and of conf
dence.
The monster meetings held within
the last three months in the Mansion
House in Dublin, and the City Hall in
Cork, and in other sections of the
land; and the large Volunteer gath
erings of armed and disciplined men
in Dublin, in Cork, in Athenry, in Lin
erick, and other places; the spirited
stand made by the hierarchy of Ire
land and by public bodies all over the
country against the arbitrary cutting
of grants given for Irish education;
the protests against the imposition of
new taxation of over $40,0O0,O0O
placed upon the country within the
last year; the statesmanlike and pa
triotic procurement made by the
courageous Bishop of Limerick; the
results of jury trials in the attempts
of the Government to force convic-
tions under the Defense of the Realm
Act, show that Ireland is ablaze with
the spirit of indignation and Of pro-
test.
What the Freedom Of the Outpost Of
the Continent Of Europe Would
Mean.
Today not alone the remnant of the
Irish race left in the Motherland and
its sons and daughters all over the
world see the vital necessity to Eng.