Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-24
ITO member of the Advert ser staff
in answer 10 IN editorial of Satur-
day Nav pH I4lE)

in answer 10 IN editorial OF Satur-
day. May ~, 1860
Sir: What manner of man are y,ei
that YOU SANDER the deaG Tie deed
VINO died for Ireland. and why have
YOU the audacity to do it openly !,
il because with tru" "Enttute" iG
stinct you realize that there Is safety
in numbers" or is it because EngIanI
IS the land Of your love. or because
. Pearce, Connolly and the rest nave
displayed a strength OF nationality
and patriotism of which you. sir. may
/ be utterly incapable
Any fair-minded man mot hater
of the lriSh''-will grant at least that
these men. who died detiantIy espOus
ing the cause to mich they had
pledged their lives. fet that they mai
nationality worth dying for, and Tn,
declaration Of independence for which
|. they shed their blood in an enieaNUr
to perpetuate was worthy of the
sacr flee. Following is said dcClara.
ton:
The Provisional Government of the
Irish Republic to the People Of Ire
land:
t''lrishmen and lrishWomen, in the
name of God and of the dead gen
eratiOns from which you received the
old traditions of nat.onhOod, Ireland
through us, summons her children to
her flag and strikes for freedom
having organized and trained her man
hood through her secret revolution
organization, the Irish Republican
Brotherhood and through her open
military organization, the Irish VOlun.
teers, and the Irish citizen army.
Having patiently perfected Their
discipline and resolutely waited for
the right moment to reveal itself, she
now seizes that moment, and, sup
ported by her exiled children in Ame:-
lea, and by her gallant allies in Eu-
rope, by relying on hen own strength,
she strikes, in full confidence Of VIC.
tory. 49,.
we declare the right of the people
of Ireland to the ownership of ireland
and to the unfettered control of Irish
destinies to be sovereign and indefaas.
ible. Long uSurpation of that right
by a foreign people and government
has not extinguished that right, nor
can it ever be extinguished except by
the destruction of the Irish people
In every generation the Irish peO-
pie have asserted their right to ma
tional freedom and sovereignty Six
times during the past so years they
have asserted it in arms Standing on
that fundamental right, and again
asserting 1t in arms in the face of the
world, we hereby proclaim the Irish
Republic as a sovereign, independent
state. and We pledge our lives and the
lives of our comrades in arms to the
cause of its freedom, its welfare ana
its exaltation among nations. !
The Irish Republic is entitled to,
and hereby claims, the allegiance Oi
every Irish man and Irish woman.
The republic guarantees religious and
civil liberty, equal fights and equal
opportunities to all its citizens, and
declares its resolve to pursue the hap
pfness and prosperity of the whole ma
ton, and of all its parts. Cherishing
all the children of the nat on equal
iy, and obliviOus of the differences.
carefully fostered by an alien govern
luSu lHt minority
from the majority in the past
Until our arms have brought the
opportune moment for the establish
ment OF permanent national govern
ment, representative of the whole peO-
pie of Ireland and elected by the suf-
frage of all her men and women, the
provisional government hereby con
stituted will administer the civil and
military affairs of the republic, in
trust for the people.
We place the cause of the Irish
Republic under the protection of the
Most High God, whose blessing We in.
woke upon our arms. and we pray
that no one who serves that cause will
dishonor it by cowardice, inhumanity
or rapine. In this supreme hour the
Irish nation must, by its valOr and
discipline and by the readiness of its
children to sacrifice themselves for
the common good, prove itself worthy