Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-12

poses. The statement OF Sir Edward
Carson quoted above II shown to be
wide of the mark by the official fig
ures | have given here, which. III OBJ
tainablc by me. must be supposed To
be at the disposal of the Ulster leader
IL no asked for them.
10 show listers determination to
convince Britain that the rest of ire
land Ia not doing its duty another
statomcnt by Carson will he given. sir
Edward quotes Lord Wimborne as
having said. "Sinco mobilization Ulster
has contributed 1000 mon. Of whom
10000 were Protestants: Ieinster haA
contributed 10000. Connaught 1000,
Munster $1,000 and Dublin 1900
Lcinstor. including Dublin. has thus
given 1000 men. This Is splen-
did contribution. and nothing can de
tract from It," Lord WimbOrno said.
Carson takes these figures and proves
to his own satisfaction that II the
three Catholic counties OF the province
Of Ulster he counted out, 1t VIII DO
seen that the other six Ulster counties
haVo contributed about as many as
tho three southern provinces to-
gother" He shows that the percent.
age or inen OF military age who have
been recruited during the var is Jl.S
per cont in Ulster. III por cent in
~ per cent In Connaught. and CON
cludcs. ut is in my opinion "A great
mistake to pretend that ireland has
made Il splendid contribution. II Is
no. true, and II is an announcement
To leave unfinished the work so splen-
didly commenced by Irish soldiers NJ
the f: ont"
Little To Boast About.
A Liberal observer recently re-
turned from Ireland comments as
follows on Carson's statement: "Sir
Edward Carson boasts of listers con-
tribution TO the army. There is really
very little to boast about. II you
compare urban Ulster with the rest OF
urban Ireland the proportionatc con-
tributions are not very dissimilar,
The number of Ulster Protestants
who have joined the army since the
outbreak of war is below 5000. AS
Ulster has n Protestant population of
300 900, such a contribution works out
at less than per cent. Such pro-
portion from the province that so
loudly vaunts its loyalty is decidedly
Disappointing. 1t is significant, too
that the recruiting campaign In Ulster
last autumn on behalf of the Ulster
| division was a complete failure. Ulster
cannot decently chide the other prov
/ inces, excepting Connaught."
| VIII ireland resist conscription
/ The case of conscription has now beer
made clear Ireland is not providing
enough recruits to keep her units NJ
TO strength; England and Scotlan'
are being stripped of the last avail
! able men; as part of the United
/ Kingdom, Ireland has no right to Lar
behind the others and refuse to max,
propOrtionate sacrifices. These arr
the arguments used by Tories in Eng
land and by not few Liberals. 1t Il
unfair to raise the age limit in Eng
land and lower the physical standard
while scores of hundreds of thou
sands of young and husky 1rishmei
stay at home. according to the com
mon view In London, and II is NOR
than doubtful whether parliamen
will consent to make further call
upon Englishmen and Scotchme
without passing an Irish conscriptioi
bill. The government does not re
gard Irish conscription as expedieni
because II fears serious trouble in Ire
land if conscription is enforced, trou
BILE possibly 30 serious that the effec
of Irish conscription will be to weak
en- and not strengthen the miiitar
force of the empire. But the feelin
is growing that Irish conscription is
matter of simple justice to the me
over 40 VINO are threatened wit