New-York tribune., 1916-06-18
Rv ARTHUR 6. DRAPER.

London. May l7.-While In and around
Dublin during the Sim Fein rebellion
l made q special point Of getting the
views OF the leaders in various classes
Of Irish society as TO the causes OF the
insurrection. Apparently no one DIS
mites the statement that German
money financed the uprising, but TINS
aid was accepted not because OF any
love for the Kaiser and his people,
Slim Fciners realized Germany useu
them simply SIS pawns IN its Big gam
and they were willing to play me
Ksiser's game as means TOWARD tne
end they we're seeking. IL America
lad offered the same assistance "
would have been welcomed with eve
greater enthusiasm. In fact, Amer'oN
aid have a big part in the prepara'iInS
and as details come 10 llghV th1s 0'
comes more and more apparent
saw many Of the prlsoners-oo!S ;
Of sixteen and men OF nity came M
the net of the military. These prison
srs invariably were poorly dressed;
nlainlv Of little education and blessed
with few of the ordinary comforts oA
life When saw them they were
~ their worst. Hunger had graspeu
them. They needed sleep. Their psIe
faces were dirty. their clothes dusty,
their hair uncomDed. their boots gray
with dust. They were sullen, despeI
ctr tired TO exhaustion. They faceo
nassible death backed up against d
vail A coward crlnges, twists n.9
6noers shufFes his feet, hangs ms
had. He shifts MS eyes, he wants
80 b;ds from the glsnces of the curious
These men and boys stood hrmly on
hoth feet, met glance for glance snoWeo
M SIGNS Of the desperate. One did not
nitv them. because they did not give
one the feeling that they sppreclstca
the situation.
Leaders Motives Varied
What did they know about Home
p,i.q What interest had they IN SIR
Pogsr Easement, the income tax, the
Entente trade conference Just sD0u'
.s much as England has IN the 20
vsnus Canal. ct..
n is pretty safe TO say four-hitns
of N. Sinn Feiners were drawn from
tb.se ranks. Let US look at the othe1
fftb Professor John Mcneil, OF the
Irisb Gaelic University; James Con
rollv secretary TO James Larkin, the
strike leader: Peter Pearse, President
of the Irish Republic and many otnerS
with education were in the organ'za-
ZION They were the leaders, the four
ffths willing followers. Various mo-
tives Guided the leaders, some aglta'-
ing for political reasons, few because
thew were out and out German syiA-
na,bizers The political motives arc
too complex for analysis here.
What / want 70 show IS that SinA
Feiners are not German sympathlzers'
though their uprising branded them as
rebels. traitors. Il would be hiding
IN. truth 10 say that the number n
srms-I estimate il at between b,OOO
and S.OOO-represents the total Of the
dislovarsts in Ireland. Unquesuonaoly
the figures are much larger.
Dublin has one OF the worst Sums
IN the world Ireland Is famous ior
8 number Of eatables and drlnkaoles
and poverty. The last should be hrst'
and Dublin holds the record Genera
tor after generation has grown up IN
poverty.
Nearly All Poverty Stricken.
In America we have poverty, but af-
ter one or two generations the hght 10
break the fetters generally is success
ful. IL we except the poor white
trash" Of the Southern mountain dis
tricts. Even these have Gods green
earth TO themselves. while the Dublin
slum dwellers are herded together In
crowded. unsanitary rooms, with not a
blade of grass Of the Emerald Isle 10
cali their own. Marriage, birth and
death 20 on in the same room. Inc
people to blame for these conditions
have something TO answer for when
the responsibility for the Sim Fem
rebellion is fixed.
Four-ffths Of the Sim Feiners are