The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-09-02

next spring and will dictate peace
treaty which will make England the
dominant world power for century,
perhaps. That Ireland, as part of a |
federation of colonies will grow and
prosper, her children will not emf |
crate, and, therefore the support of
American public opinion, from his
point of view may be regarded no long
er as necessary in the guidance of
Irish policies. The Irish in America,
he thinks, are too much influenced by
their German emigrant neighbors as
sociated with old traditional hatred of
England, whereas in Ireland there are
no Germans and the country must
work out its destiny under English
rule and forgive and forget the past
Mr.. Devlin still holds that the Irish
should recruit for the British army
and the Ulster wastage, he insists,
should be supplied by Irish soldiers,
but it is noticed that he has made no
public appeal for soldiers since the
Dublin rebellion. The machinery of
the Irish societies in England and
Scotland has largely passed into the
control of his friends and he is plan
ming to use these bodies in close con-
stituencies next year for the benefit
of Mr.. Lloyd-George. The plan of
the younger Radical-Liberals is to re-
tire Premier Asquith and John Red.
mond and replace them. respectively,
by Lloyd-George and Joseph Devlin.
Messrs. John Dillon of Dublin and
William O'Brien of Cork are two busy
old gentlemen, absorbed in scolding
the other and appear utterly unable
to suggest constructive plan for the
good of Ireland. Mr. Redmond has
little faith in the promises of Lloyd
George to Devlin after the war; His
intimates say he would really prefer
to trust Sir Edward Carson, the Or.
ange leader, who. at least, did not
deceive him in the recent negotia-
tons. Mr. Redmond says that his
Home Rule cause suffered an FIRE.
parable loss in the retirement from
the cabinet of Churchill, John Nor
ley, John Burns and Trevelyan, stout
friends of Home Rule, who have been
replaced by Tories. Messrs. Morley,
Burns and Trevelyan resigned from
the cabinet OH the ground that Eng
land was not justified in declaring
war over the invasion of Belgium.
The forced resignation of Augustine
Burrell as secretary for Ireland, long
friend and supporter of Redmond,
and his replacement by Tory secre-
tary and the return of Dublin Castle
rule seems to have torn the last gov
eminent prop from under Mr.. Red
mond and he is detected in the en-
IRENE over the fate of Ireland.
From close inquiry and scrutiny of
the government military lists, your
correspondent is certain that Mr.. Red
monds recruiting campaign was worth
fully 10000 soldiers from Ireland for
the army. Not less than $4,000 of
these have been killed. wounded and
captured, based on the average of
Irish officers losses published. The
casualties among the privates are no
longer published.
These soldiers were often put in
the hardest places. acquitted them
selves admirably. in some cases eighty
per cent of the first regiments were
wiped out. Since the rebellion in the
last week of April army recruiting
throughout twenty-six of the thirty
two counties is practically dead. The
agitation for CONSUMPTION is absolute
ly at an end. the rebellion settled that
campaign, and now it is almost i'm
possible to find an able-bOdied Young
Nationalist. who can find employment,
that can be induced to join the army.
The few recruits being secured at
present are wastrels are men threat
ened with starvation. lured into the
army by wages. government support
of their families and promises of en-
ployment and pensions after the war
There are really no longer any purely
Irish regiments in the literal sense of
the terms.
Scarcely one-fourth of the Con-
naught Rangers are from the province
of Connaught and it is well-known
fact that the wastage is made I'D of
English and colonial recruits. The
same is true of the Dublins, MINISTERS,
Enniskilliners and other crack Irish
regiments. There. are actually more
English troops occupying Ireland.
guarding against rebellion. than the
entire number of purely Irish native
soldiers fighting on all fronts.
The execution of Sir Roger Case.
ment and his dying appeal thrilled all
Nationalist Ireland. including very
many who do not approve of his move
ment. "The Zeppelins never fly over
Ireland is chalked up on many build
ings.
Ito be continued,)