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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-28
IN IRELAND.

There is misery and suffering
and sorrow i'll Ireland, but there
is also gladncss and hope, says the
Leader.
The pceler with his handcuffs
and the soldier with his rifle, and
the Judge pointing the way to a
living grave or to the gallows, are
abroad, but so also are the en-
thusiasts and patriots whom no
power can daunt, no bride defect.
The Constituencies, guarded
by the bayonets of his British
may sneak into halls
where corrupt patronage and de-
bauched mendicancy are supreme,
but sedition and the pride of ma
tionality are in the market place
and spread from lip to lip and
from heart to heart to the four cor
ners of Ireland.
At this moment, while martial
law reigns over all, and life and
liberty depend upon the whisper
OF an English spy, there is more
freedom in Ireland than there has
been since ~.
The men of Ireland realize as
they never realized before the saw
ing influence of nationality and
feel the thrill and inspiration of
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-28

mittees of branches should, when
possible, arrange for lectures,
reading, Irish history classes,
Irish concerts, and should encour-
age Irish games and pastimes.
Where branches of the Gaelic
League exist, friendly co-opera-
ton should be arranged and their
assistance invited.
Then there is the promotion of
Irish industries and the question
of over-taxation, which open i'm
portant fields for useful discus
sion. Upon all these questions
each of which is vital to a free and
resurrected Ireland-the people,
especially the youth of ireland,
should be educated; and it seems
to us-far removed from Ireland
though we be-that the establish
ment of women's branches of the
League would also add to its use
fulness and popularity. In the
days when the old Land League
was prescribed by law, the Wo-
mems Land League did excellent
work, and what the Irish women
of that period could do then the
Irish matrons and maidens of to-
day can do even better now
Hibernian.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-28

Unity, was not past or a future
thing, but one ever present; that
the communion of saints was gen.
uine, and that we and they are
really in touch with each other
now. No amount OF theological
argument can bring about the
change that [ underwent in this
regard. While before they were
distant acquaintance, so to speak,
now the Blessed Mother OF God is
an intimate relation, member of
my own household, now St. Fran
els and St. Anthony are friends to
whom l may go with even greater
confidence than I approach my
earthly acquaintance and all that
great company of the blessed are
elbow members of the church with
me.
ITO those who are skeptical
about it I can only say, Come and
see, come and feel for yourself
the warmth OF the love of the
saints for the true church and
their care for its members still on
EARTH
'As the true church is one, so is
it Holy, not only in it's aim and
purpose, but in its present-day
power of producing saints. This
note is not so easily discerned as
that of Unity, for it is more init
! nate matter, but investigation will
reveal it as clearly to the seeker.
AS l counselled those who sought
Unity to find it where Unity has
always been known to abide, so
would advise those whose quest
is primarily concerned with Holi-
ness to seek it where its power is
constantly making itself known
and felt under the shadow of the
rock. The power of the true
church alone could take weak
Simon Bar-Jona and make of him
the Rock-man Peter, and the
church which still keeps the faith
of Peter can still take weak, err
ing human beings and make OF
them saints, the elect of God, as
none other does or can"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-28
OUR MASTER ENGLAND.

England never gets black eye
from the Germans but she asks
America, What are you going to
do about that? ?" said an American
journalist, shortly after the COM
mencement of the war, and we
have been so busily providing cold
congresses for the many acct
dents that John has suffered that
he now thinks he has right to
call on us to build him private
hospital and maintain him there.
When the U-53 scared English
shipping off the water John was
highly indignant with America,
and he now threatens that he will
take it as an unfriendly act if this
country does not take steps to
prevent a recurrence of the Incl
dent.
America has loaned England
money to buy munitions in this
country and in Japan. We should
also convoy the munitions with
the American fleet. Contrary to
Our definition of neutrality, we
have manufactured and sold to
England every warlike weapon
which the manufacturers were
capable OF turning out, and we
should now send men to use them.
Every public department. in this
country has been used for Eng
lish purposes, but, unless we hand
them over altogether, England
will not regard us as friends.
The interests of every Ameri-
can citizen has been subordinated
to England's welfare in the war,
and the trade rights of private
companies bartered SO that she
may retain her world trade when
the war is over; but that is not
enough.
In cases where neither ilnmedi-
ate necessities nor contingent de-
sires could be subserved by insult
ing us, we have accepted every in
dignity that could be heaped upon
us, and Our press, with few not
able exceptions, is proud of Amer
lean slavery and lauds the hand
that whips us.
We haze forgotten past cnmi-
ties and past friendships that we
might show with better grace our
present debauchcd tlunkeyism, but
we have not even yet earned the
love of our new masters.
We are disloyal still.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-28
COAL RESOURCES OF
IRELAND.

Owing to the largely increased
price of coal movement among
Irish public men is on foot to de-
velop the existing Irish coal mines
and to take steps to tap the wealth
of the Irish coal fields, which are
to be found in various parts OF the
country.
At present the principal col
lieries are in Queens county and
in Kilkenny. The Wolfhill COL
lieries of Queens county are more
extensively worked than any 9TH
er mines in the country. Wolfhill
is, however, more than eight miles
from the nearest railway station.
at Athy, and the freight rates are
high, owing to the apathy or OPP
position of the Irish railway COM
panies, which are controlled by
English capitalists.
Strange as it may seem, the
freight rates from Llanelly,
Wales, Galway or Dublin are only
half those from Wolfhill to the
same two cities. This is the way
in which Irish industries are kill
ed by the interested English rail-
way magnates. Formerly this
was done by legislation, and now
it can be accomplished by trade
agreements.
The output of coal in the
Queens and Kilkenny mines for
1914 was $4,000 tons. The output
for all Ireland was $4,000. The
coal resources of Ireland are COM
paratively unknown. The esti-
mates OF the government experts
are, for obvious reasons, unreli-
able. 1t is we'll to the advantage
of English interests that ireland
be made dependent on England
for her fuel supply.
1t is estimated that the coal re-
serves of the Leinster coal fields
alone are about 100000 tons.
Another estimate places them at
100000 tons, while Professor
McHenry figures the reserves at
219,OOO,OOO. The Wolfhill col
leiries. which are the most active
in Ireland. have a reserve of 65.-
100000 tons, or sufficient to Weld
l,4OO tons per day for over $50
years.
With such immense deposits of
coal, with splendid harbors, and
navigable rivers, Ireland will,
when she controls her own des-
TIMES, be among the leading i'll
dustrial ccnters of the globe.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-28
AMERICAN MILLIONS MAY
HOUSE IRELAND

Dublin's housing problem may
be settled through an American
loan. Announcement was made
last week that the National City
Bank of New York has offered a
loan OF a million pounds ($5,OOO,-
OO0) at So per cent, and that the
housing committee corporation of
Dublin favors acceptance. The
loan would cover the cost OF work.
ers' dwellings. Decisions on the
acceptance or rejection of the Of
fer will be made next week.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-28

The breakdown of the proposed
settlement had not healed the diff
ference in the Party ranks. To
find anything like the present
cleavage it would be necessary to
go back to the days OF the Parnell
split. Many people believed that
if an election were to take place
Immediately the Nationalist
would lose IL to Is seats.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-28

Thus Catholic truth and Catho-
lie practice win admiration and
following in unfamiliar places. If
only the men who speak and
write in praise OF such Catholic
doctrines as they know could be
made to see the whole of Catho-
lice truth, they would not long
continue to wander in error.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-28
GREAT SUCCESS OF CATH
OLIC EVENING SCHOOLS.

With what promises to be by
far the largest registration in its
history the evening school of Bos-
ton, conducted by the Young
Mems Catholic Association, re-
sumed its sessions on October 2.
1t is expected that at least $500
men and women will avail them
selves of the opportunities offer
ed to increase their knowledge.
The classes, as in the past. will be
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-28
1T PROVES OUR CONTEN-
TON.

One man has been convicted
and sentenced to life imprison-
ment and three others, with one
woman, must stand trial for the
bomb explosion which on July p
killed ten persons and injured fifty
who were either participating in
or watching great preparedness
parade. 1t is a fact worthy of
mention that these men either are
at present or were, recently, Off
Gals of or prominent in organized
labor bodies. The convicted man
is Warren K. Billings, formerly
president of the shoeworkers' To-
cal. Those still to be tried are
Edward D. Nolan, former labor
council delegate of the machin-.
lists local; Israel Weinberg, of
the "jitney" drivers union; and
Thomas ]. Mooney, accredited or
ganizer of street car mems inter-
national union. The woman, like
wise accused, is the latter's wife.
Of course, there is no question
that each of these was affiliated
with the I. w. w. In the ranks
of this organization we will surely
find the one guilty of such an out
rage. But then we must not for
get that these men were, too, of
ficials and prominent members of
San Francisco labor bodies. Each
had come to the front previously
in the battles of organized labor.
Surely this emphasizes the neces-
sity of unionists doing as we have
warned them only recently, care
fully measuring the caliber of the
men they entrust with leadership.
Unionism cannot hope to come
out of this mess with clean skirts.
1t is not without right, too, that
the everyday man will trace the
guilt of this crime back a little
farther than to those who are con-
victed, to the organizations that
used them for voices.
Naturally the cry has been
raised that these men are guiltless
and are being prosecuted by capt.
talists. The cry has come from
but two sources; from organized
labor and from the publications
of the radicalists. These would
have us believe that court and jur-
ors and prosecutor and entire San
Francisco are i'll league to convict
innocent men, Yet such voices as
have been raised in behalf of the
accused men, excepting perhaps
the Labor Clarion. official organ
of the San Francisco Labor Coun-
Gil, merit no ear. Typical of the
stripe is The Blast, published by
Alexander Berkman, who in 1902
attempted an assassination.
Organized labor, much as we
favor it and wish it we'll, is get
ting into bad company. Only
concerted action on the part of
the great decent element of
in sweeping out of Of i
flee the present mischief makers,
can save it in public esteem.-|
New World.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-28
TEACHING o.K.d

Catholic teaching, once bitterly
attacked by Protestants, is now
becoming popular among them if
we may believe press reports. The
Protestant Episcopal bishop of
the Philippines, the Rt. Rev.
Charles H. Brent, in a sermon in
St. Louis last Sunday, according
to press reports, "spoke of the
Roman Catholic doctrine, with
the invocation of the saints and
the prayers for the dead, and said
that leading Canadian Metho-
dist Episcopal minister had told
him that as a result of the war
thousands of Methodists in the
Dominion have been praying for
the dead, an innovation for that
denomination.
1T would do us no harm to
study other creeds, he said,'"w with
a view to adopting the things
worth while for ourselves"
On the question of divorce
there was some plain speaking at
the convention and some of the
speakers gave much praise to the
Catholic church for her uncom-
promising stand against this grow
ing evil. Rev. Leighton Parks of
New York, urged that the adop-
ton OF the canon against divorces
was necessary to protect children.
I'm this corrupt generation let
us go on record as setting the
standards of our church in accord
with the ideals of Christ" he said.
Dean William NJ. Grosvenor of
New York, said that previously he
had opposed the change, but that
he had been Converted" TODAY
we have reached the point where
the church, standing before the
great American public, has got to
stop quibbling." he said.
In an article on Repentance
and Confession" the "Church
Times an English paper, admits
that at the dawn of the nineteenth
century there were few Anglicans
who retained any sort of belief in
penance as a sacrament, and that
the doctrine came to be regarded
with the most virulent hatred and
dislike" To-day" it says, "this
opposition has largely disappear
ed. Tens of thousands of peni-
tents make their confessions reg
ularly, and it is now generally
recognized that their right to do
so is unassailable. If any bishop
were to endeavor to stop it, he
would meet with practically uni
versal condemnation. There are
also numbers who go to their du-
ties who do not in any sense be-
long to the extreme party. Many
even of the evangelical party con-
slider themselves obliged to hear
confession if they are asked"
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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-01-26
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Put Our House in Order.

Mr. Editor: After nineteen years of
Herculean endeavor, humanity has adj
vanced in practical wisdom and knowl-
edge While this is true, we have
failed in the most important task of
all, the forging of the links for that
chain of universal brotherhood. With
aal our oratory and. philanthropy we
have shown our impotence. We are
face to face with the stern fact, that
the milk of human kindness, is, as it
has been in past ages, contaminated
with the ingredients of selfishness,
greed, and Jealous desire. The whole
mass of humanity, from the highest to
the lowest, in every walk of life in
every calling of whatever nature is
corrupted with the germ of self gain.
The stage Of life, from primitive times
to the intelligence of this age has
been an arena of blood and tears,
laughter and misery, luxury and want.
We see the evidence on every hand.
Here in our own hemisphere, the saw
age traits of nature are at work with
all its brutality. where a human life
is as a grain of sand in a hurricane,
and as we turn our eyes toward that
land beyond the seven seas, we again
see the evidence of mans inhumanity
to man, q shambles, soaked. in the
blood Of the populace, a cemetery of
murdered souls. Knowing all this, we
ask ourselves, will the Indignation
spread, will it become a cataclysm =?
VIII II engu1 ana destroy us with
the same diabolic fury as it has en-
quilted and destroyed the vast domains
beyond the sea? Until the poisonous
desires are erased from human ma
ture, which seems impossible Just so
long will the fires of conquest and
plumber remain kindled, just so long
will the Victors search for new worlds
to conquer. We see the fallacy of a
policy of meekness advocated by in
| dividuals of pacificc mind. We must
| meet the enmity of hostile nations
with something better than grape juice
and gum drops. Must we suffer the
tragedy of invasion to bring ourselves
to realize the necessity of armor to
defend our f1resides from invaders, and
| must we continue to be the victim for
every sandbagger in Europe who
| wishes to knock US on the head? They
| Kill off our citizens on land and sea
and now we find another tyrant ma
! ton engaged in the game of enforcing
her will upon us. She has insulted
our flag, overhauled our vessels, and
| now says her rule of the sea will be
| enforced at every cost to neutral ma
i tions. American shippers forbidden tC
| trade with four neutral nations unless
they comply with rules laid down by
| her. Drunk with sea power she dares
insult us, in these, our days of hes
| itancy and shyness. Let us put oul
house in order, fortify it, so that il
time of strife and peril, it will moi
| tumble about our ears, for the oppres-
| sor has but contempt for the pigmy
| ]. H. CUMMINGS.
Norwich, Conn, Jan. %, 1916.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-01-26
From the Consular Rsport..

England has to turn to America for
its glass since the destruction of the
glass manufacturing centers in Bel
GUM and France.
Newfoundland whale industry was
poor in 1914 only 16s whales being
taken.
American paper money is preferred
to gold in Italy.
There is a big sale Of Swedish ice
cream freezers in Russia. A popular
feature Of this ice cream freezer is
that each one OF them contains a small
booklet printed in Russian giving re-
cipes for making all kinds of
ice creams, sherbets, frozen fruits and
similar dainties.
The Torrens land system has been
in use in several Of the states of the
commonwealth of Australia for about
sixty years.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-01-26

loan ports under the claim that they
are warships and this matter promis-
es to require some more study on the
part Of the COVER nment officials.
When reference is made to the facr
that merchantmen have the right to
arm themselves for defense the claim
is made that 1t dates back to the days
when pirates were infesting the high
seas and without regard to laws or
RIGHTS were seizing ships and cargoes
whenever and wherever they could.
But Just how 1t is possible to look up
ON certain operations which have been
carried on by the submarines OF the
central powers as anything more justi-
fed than the methods followed by pi-
rates is difficult to, understand.
It is because the submarines have
persisted in disregarding the rules of
war and international requirements
that there has been recourse to the
right to place guns for defense upon
merchant vessels. The underwater
boats have persisted in sinking pas
senger ships without warning
and without undertaking to see
that the human cargo was got
ten to a place Of safety. They
have been blind to all the RESPONSE
biIity which rests upon them and yet
the countries which have been guilty
of such operations expect that this
country will force merchant vessels to
abandon their rights in looking out
for themselves. A little thought must
reveal the fact that it is the course
pursued under the wicked submarine
policies which has brought about the
conditions of which complaint is now
made
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-01-26
A TARIFF BOARD,

Advices come from Washington to
the effect that the president is favor
able to the appointment of a tariff
board and that such announcement
will soon be forthcoming Just why
this changed attitude has resulted is
bot disclosed, but it is entirely pos
Hible that the administration has real
lied the position into which it has
gotten through it's tariff ideas and
now seeks to escape therefrom at
the most favorable opportunity.
1t is to be remembered that this
country has had some experience with
a tariff board and that it was because
of democratic action that the one
named by the previous administration
was rendered useless. Not only were
its recommendation entirely discard
ed, but such steps as had been taken
were entirely lost because of the un-
Willingness of the democrats to look
the situation in the face. The indica-
tions are now that the folly of thai
course has been seen and if such is
the case the chances Of getting down
to a sensible consideration of the great
economic question Of the tariff have
been materially improved, even though
there has been a waste Of time and
effort in going through the necessary
experience to bring about the change
Revision of tariff schedules are re-
CURED from time to time because OF
new conditions and it is but the sound
and sensible thing that they should be
made in accordance with the facts as
they exist and not in anoUrtlaslces with
theory alone. This ~ whore tie ser.
vices Of q tariff board would Be- OF
Inestimable value.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-01-26
THE WAR PRIMER
BY National Geographic Society

"Udine, smallest of cities with one
OF the largest and most determined
campaigns of the worfd-war based
upon it, the center from which the
whole Italian attack in the east is
directed, against Triest, Gorilla and
Villach, lies in a stretch of country
noted even in Italy for it's natural
beauties. its vivid colorings, and lux
ur1ous climate" begins q war geog
raphy sketch just prepared by the
National Geographic Society at Wash
ington. THE city is situated in a fer
tile, highly cultivated plain on the
Roja Canal, between the head of the
Adriatic Sea and the Alps, 81 miles
by rail northeast of Venice, and with
in less than 40 miles of the Italian
battle line.
THE railroad which supplies the
italian side of this whole front runs
into Udine, whence it leaves in four
branches, north, south, northeast, and
southeast. The southeastern branch
joins the Austrian system between
Gorilla and Gradisca, the first of
which towns has given its name to one
of the most bitterly contested and
longest drawn but battles of all times.
Thus the quiet little city, a commits
sion center for the rich agricultural
country around, a quaint, old-fash-
Toned place. has become headquarters
for one of the great modern armies, a
vast supply depot, and q confused,
hustling metropolis for war business.
Before the war, 1t numbered some
$4,000 inhabitants
"Silk-spinning, from coccoons grown
in the district and in neighboring Aus
trian Friuli, was the leading industry
of Udine, that and the care Of tour
lists stopping enroute to the Tyrol
health resorts and to the wild ways Of