Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-24
II the august destiny to which it is

signed IN be3dH OF the ilpNL
sonal government:
THOMAS J. c. CLARKE,
$. MacDIARMAp,
f. CEAN\T, ."-.
JAMES CONNOLLY,
JOSEPH PLtfNkETT,
THOMAS MacDONAGH.
j. II, PEARCE."
These last men who died for Ireland
Wcr" aCtuated by the highest prin'
ciples. and even the London Times
gives them great credit for the hui
name and Well disciplined manner in
which they fought This account
says:
"C:vilians were not molested in the
streets, and much of the firing was
OF blank cartridges. There was an Ell
fort to show that the movement was
strictly military in character. and d.
Fe"ted only against the government.
not against the populaCe. There vas
little looting. and only about 10 or 20
shOTs. were entered. There was no
violence against private persons and
IS long as you did not wear a uniform
you were as safe walking in Dublin
streets as in the streets of London.
This shows remarkable differ
enre from the l.arkin transport riots
two years ago, when it was not safe
for anybody to walk in the streets for
fear Of violence During last Mon
days and Tuesdays trouble the pop
ulace could go where they liked.
There was barhed wire around the
pOstoffCe, hut the sentfnels made no
effort TO prevent people who wished to
from growing under the barriers.
On the other hanu II was made
clear that anybody in His Majesty
uniform would be shot at sight.
Another illustration of the rebels
excellent organization was the fact,
that although food was Communicated
from big hotel, it was paid for"
Now. sir, will you still insult the
intelligence of the citizens of Homo
lulu by expecting them to believe
that all that the rebels did was to
snipe Red Cross workers, loot and
burn and fire dum-dum bullets? You
! call the rebels the scum of the Irish
nation" Well, sir, there were Tories
in America in the old days who be-
lieved that the rebels under Washing
ton were also scum,
/ | fervently hope that if ever Ameri'
ca is assailed by foreign foe we
I shall have the same kind of scum to
rally around our Star SpangIed Ban
ner Of freedom as rallied around that
flag in rs.
There are men occupying high posi-
tons in America today who feel that
it was an awful blunder to break
away from the stepmother country,
and these men would sacrifice Amer
lean Independence in order to go to
her aid now, but, thank God, there are
millions of true Americans (some of
them descendants of the scum of '76
, and '9S'' inspired by the same noble
motives as "the boys who fought nit
| Siegel"1 who think otherwise H..
On Saturday, August 3, 1902. in the
city hall, Dublin, Mr. John Redmond
said: -.*:. .......- -.... 3d.. .
I'm Ireland there is neither liberty,
prosperity nor loyalty. There is OPP
preston and poverty and justifiable
dtsloyalty We submit to the English
usurpation of the government of Ire
land, but we do so because we have
no adequate means OF successful re-
sistance We are still an unconquer.
ed race and all the might and gold of
England cannot impose her yoke on
the hearts and spirits of the Irish
people" ..>.@. =...*
Now, sir, who is the traitor? Is it
Patrick Pearce, who died for the
cause he espoused, or is it John Red
mond, the arch-hypocrite, who was
g. nj, 10 oh, Ton, m
cause of people he has since be-
| trayed? .......:. ::.....
AS a Diplomat you would be a gIc-
rious failure l. fear that
have tresDassed too much already up
on valuable snace. but ! shall be very
sorry not to have a reply from you
to this letter. | would welcome 1t so
that could Law few interesting and
telling facts before the good people OF
this community. | now challenge you
| to a written debate ION the right or
wrong of Ireland's claim to national
| emancipation" If the Star-BuIletin will
grant me sufficient space feel that
you will refuse because you will not be
able to maintain your present attitude
with credit either to yourself or your
paper A much easier and more nat
ural course would be for you to sheer,
instead. refusal to accept this chal-
lenge, however, will be taken as a
display of weakness, and one who
earns his livelihood with his pen should
! have strength and force enough to de-
| fend his slanderous and vituperOus as
| sertions. So come on, now; let's clear
the air little
JACK d. CLEARY.
| HIS OBJECTION TO BRITISH RED