The Irish standard., 1916-08-05

publish anything from the pen of P. H.
Rahilly His has been very success
full career-both in private and public
life. In him is found the right combi-
nation of physical, mental and moral
fibre. He is a very striking figure,
though far advanced in years his mind
/; is yet very active. Though men of his
; age rest from their labours he is yet a
deep student, especially of Irish his.
tory and Irish contemporary affairs.
He writes of the late unfortunate Irish
| rebellion in the light of past history;
and he dearly loves the land of his
birth which is so blessed by God but
cursed by blood-thirsty invaders"
This able article is "a plain state
ment of reasons why England should
cease prosecuting Ireland and the
Irish race" From the time he lis.
tened to the greet Daniel O'Connell
he has seen the need of educating the
world to correct knowledge of the
Irish people. He sees a very great
need of educating the American peo-
pie today because ninety per cent of
them have obtained their information
about Ireland through unreliable Eng
fish sources"
What has caused this late uprising
in Dublin? In editorials in a num-
Der of the leading papers of the coun-
try, it has been stated that it was the
outcome of the reasonable stand Sir
Edward Carson had taken at the time
the home rule agitation was at it's
! height. He then not only did not dis
courage the Orangemen from arming
themselves and adopting a threaten
ing attitude towards the British, but
he was the head and front of the move
ment which instilled in the hearts of
his followers the spirit of revolt. That
Irish bigot Carson, and his followers,
at place called Portadown, marched
through the city armed with rifles
and ammunition utterly demolishing
the houses of Catholics. 1t is rather
strange if there was any numbering
to be done that the English did not
commence with its notorious Carson.
Now that they are shooting men in
Ireland and talking of beheading 9TH
ers for the crime of high treason, why
does not the English government
round up the real traitors and convict
them? Injustice always put premium
upon dishonor and revolution; that is
why the government of England would
allow the people of Ireland and of the
civilized world to understand that it
is unlawful for this man Carson to pur-
chase and import arms and ammuni-
ton into Ireland, gather those of his
rabid Orange followers into military
organization, organize the Orange
women into squadrons, arm and equip
them teaching them the art of war;
openly defy king and government, and
wantonly destroy houses and property
of Catholic fellow citizens.
ing of several of it's military leaders,
notably Generals Roberts and French
with many other officers. But for
seeking their just rights (the rights Of
a nation to independence is eminently
JUST it's Catholic subjects are hound
ed like wolves and shot down without
ifu Of
was the originator and leader of the
Ulster revolt, notwithstanding the
fact that a majority of the members
of Parliament from his Province voted
for home rule.
The Irish have long memories; they
cannot forget the centuries of murder
that have marked English rule in Ire
| land. Nor is this ALL nothing drives
a brave man to frenzy and forlorn
hope like undeniable injustice. All
through these later years shame has
again and again been flowing across
the little nations face throughout the
home rule shufflings. Utter, too,
stood up blunt and brazen in Orange
hate and armed revolt. The pseudo
Irish generals who are counted as the
fine flower of British chivalry, broke
their military oaths, French, the late
Roberts and others. There was no
FISHERMAN hanged or shot after that
! unspeakable insult. Can any fair
minded man denv that if ~ men Maid
! the price of rebellion in blood, Carson
and his adherents deserved to pay the
same price? If it is to the point at
all, the English policy in the Ulster
crisis had no small part in starting
the present war because it seemed to
Germany a fact that British blood
had turned to water; that Englishmen
would not dare to fight.
What are the facts between Eng
land and Ireland? Ireland was first
peopled about 800 years before the
Christian era by an intelligent race
called Phoenecians, who came from
the shores of the Mediterranean Sea,
who brought with them knowledge
of the arts, sciences and literature
then extant among the enlightened in
habitants of Egypt and Eritrea. The
island was called Scotia, was divided
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