The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-05-27
SIR EASEMENTS LETTER
TO new YORK FRIEND
Letter Written by Sir Roger Case
ment to a Friend in New York
Shortly After the Outbreak of
War-Sir Roger Was in
This Country at the
Time.
So Central Park West
New York City
Is August 1914

So Central Park West
New York City
Is August 1914
My dear Bigelow,
We don't agree. don't accept as
anything but an English lie the state.
ment that Germany tried to ruin U. S.
A. in 1898. There is not nor ever has
been proof of it-but there is proof
in hills & mountains of English effort
in the past to smash this country.
However, bygones are bygones-& if
English hostility to America is forgot.
ten & forgiven, why nurse anger gainst
Germany when the very cause of the
anger is so doubtful?
England has ruined Ireland-mor
ally, financially and physically. She
has degraded and demoralized the
people-destroyed their language, their
culture, their music-everything in
fine that stands for the soul of ma.
ton; she has robbed them through
the centuries and most of all in the
last century (as Lord MacDonnell)
put it Eat least s32O,0OO,OOO sterling,
an Empires Ransom"); and she has
driven them to fight across the
oceans.
Her present campaign against Ger.
many is hypocritical and mendacious
she aims at one thing only-to de.
stroy German competention; to de.
stroy German peaceful rivalry; to
sweep from her path the only great
commercial people in Europe whose
integrity and capacity and efficiency
she breads.
In order to achieve this she entered
(seven years ago it began) into an
unholy alliance with two armed as
sassins. Unable herself, alone, tc
strike the blow at her great and tran
quill adversary she brides two braves
two military mercenaries, to do the
deed. To France she gave Morocco
(Which was not hers to give and vic
lates her own treaty-the Act of Al
geciras) as hiring price in the anti
German prize ring.
To Russia she hands over northern
and middle Persia, which were mo-
hers to give; she now meditates the
crime Of the centuries-to destroy
the civilization and industry of cen
trail Europe and replace Germanic cul
ture with Russian ignorance and tyr
amy.
Herself non European power, onl,
anxious for money and trade of thu
world on her terms, she enters into {
conspiracy to hand Europe over tt
Russian and French militarism in or
der that she may have all the trade
dealings of the sea outside of Europe
1t is a vile deed.
am not lingering in New York t,
meet politicians-but to see my decen
good fellow-Irishmen and get theil
help to arm the Irish Volunteers
helped to found.
Ireland has no sins on her con
science against weaker peoples-an(
when Ireland is armed and drilled
please God we shall be masters IL
our own house and fight only on,
battle-that of self-defense.
Too long we have helped to plunde
and pillage other peoples on behalf o
the power that has held us in its girl
and for it's sole profit.
I repeat l earnestly pray for Ger
many's triumph over British greed
French revenge, Russian dominance
Servian assassination and Japanes,
"chivalry."
England is in bed with fine bedfel
lows for the land that claims it's pol
| icy rests upon the Bible!
Cromwell's murders were also leaves
out of that book-and l fancy it il
the chief wadding for the British
guns in every epoch-whether aime,
at American Independence, Irish land
Hindu, Turk or Tartar-and now tn,
Teuton.
Germany is no shield when Johl
Bull sees a market.
hope he will get it in the neck an,
learn what it is to inflict war OF
others. He who has not ever suffered
war has been the one power to carr.
war abroad (as now) and to inflict it
horrors on others.
! When England has experienced IL
her own sacked and ravaged an,
bombarded cities, ruined industrie
and starving millions what 1t is t
suffer war, we shall have peace in tn
world. All who desire peace shout,
hope to see the one power always a
war, at length brought to realize tn
meaning and horror of war.
So now, my dear Bigelow, you know
where stand.
Yours ever,
ROGER EASEMENT.