The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-01

"SS PAOAAOASSA 1OA oPSdhHlS
the barbarous Irish language and
also prohibited from wearing the
native Irish dress, lest by chance
an Englishman, settling in Ire
land, might acquire some SYM
pathy for the Irish people. Thus,
at this late date, is invoked an
ancient precedent, but it also
seems that no precedent is too
ancient to invoke against ireland
and all that concerns it. The
Justice at Macroon tried the de.
PENDANT, who engaged counsel and
made what attempt he could tc
secure justice under the Defense
of the Realm Act. Home rule is
on the statute books and there is
still a Parliamentary party, but
what matters all this, man has
been tried, convicted and SEN
fenced in an Irish court for speak
ing the Irish language to an Irish
policeman. The penal laws are
not dead. The same law and the
same spirit by which Claude Che
vase was convicted for speaking
Irish is the same law that was
invoked recently by the local gov
eminent board of Ireland to make
outlaws of the Franciscan monks
of Athlone. Does anyone deny
that the situation is serious
Does anyone still deny that any
thing truly Irish is prejudicial to
the safety of the British empire
The acknowledged truth is found
in the conviction before the JUS
tice of a person who dared to
speak the Irish language to a
policeman in Ireland.
The Jewish people in the Unit
ed States are perfecting arrange
ments for a national convention
of the race to be held in this coun-
try before the close of the year
Among the purposes announced
are those calling for activities in
the promotion of religious liberty,
better understanding of the Jew
ish people and the restoration OF
the prosperity of ancient Pales-
tine. The purposes are laudatory,
and the Jewish people, ever alert
to the care of their own and with
an eye single to the interests OF
their race, have enabled the scat
tered nation to maintain itself.
The respectful attention OF
those who have been Kissing and
snarling at the Irish Race Con-
vention is called to the activities
of the Jewish people, who expect
that all sections of the United
States will be represented through
delegates at their national con-
vention. The Jewish people of
different parties will not antagon-
ize each other at a time when
unity among them is important.
Sensible and thoughtful friends
of Ireland met for the sincere
purpose of discussing Irish af-
fairs of great Importance and at
a critical time. 1t is a mean and
nasty business for a few dis
gruntled publishers to decry, min
imize or cast odium on the activi-
ties of lrishmen who stand high
in the councils of the nation and
who have willingly devoted time
and energy to discussing Irish af-
fairs with view of having Ire
land profit by their activities
The motives of men who decry
should not be so sordid and base
as to deride and ridicule those
who profess the same faith and in
whose veins course the blood of a
prosecuted Irish ancestry. The
Catholic Columbian very sanely
comments:
IF one Irishman believes in
paper bullets and the other in
leaden, let them shake hands and
accredit mutual good intentions
and use all kinds of weapons
against the common enemy oil
Ireland and of America-slick,
diplomatic, dishonest, and cruel
England"
Will some one come along with
the sagacious remark that the peo-
pie of Palestine know their own
affairs, do not need the help OF
outsiders and that delegates to
Srch a convention are dis1Ova1 IN