The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-12
THE IRISH REBELS.
In Shooting Their Leaders England
Has Blundered Again.

To THE EDITOR OF II SCS-ST. An
Irish friend Of mine now living down
East" "A man OF keen intellect, writes
me on the late un~pleasantness' in Ire
land as follows:
The revolt In ireland mus, have been u
surprise to people OF the Plunkett type.
You remember the correspondence In the
Hdi some time ago? Plunkstt could see
nothing but serenity In Ireland.
OF course III. uprising had tho usual
result OF all Irish risings. hut It's conse.
auences will have far reaching effects. The
men engaged in 4; We're the flower of
Irish youth; patriots to the core. They
we're Of course Missionaries, bu; the same
could have been said OF the men who
started the American revolt against Brit
ish rule. Tn. fate VI P.arse. clark and
MscDonagh would have iscn the fate OF
Washington. Franklin and others II the
American revolution we're unsuccessful
John Bull might have hanged the Ameri-
cans instead Of shooting them. Hanging
was his means ~ di>posiug of unsuccessful
rebels at that time.
But see how John Buli has blundered
once more. BY the shooting u the Irish
rcvolutionaries he has ADDED TO the lis;
~ those men who are enshrined in the
rnartyrology OF Irish patriotism. He con.
doned the treason OF the Orangemen and
the Beers. but the firing squad was the
proper caper for the Irish,
] want YOU 20 understand tina. per
sonally | was willing to accept , working
arrangement with England. | believed IT
time to end the old quarrel. A frank
concession % home rule would have done
q. B4t what does England do" she
hangs up the home rule ac; and tolls the
liish: "Nou may have this when the wa
/. o%vcr-i: you are good children" Then
xbs l,,, ntn.l .,l hawai- about, fsls..r -,
stupidity proceeded 10 provide separate
treatment, for "A mere fraction Of the popu-
,atlon In the northeast, corner Of Ulster
This meant dividing the people into two
religious camps. an outrageous thing In
he p~o!!tica. system Of any nation. Think
Of this stiil further extending the al
viiing line and making permanent d.ssen-
sion which can only he ersdicst.i by get
ting a.! the people together on a platform
OF mutual tolerance:
Wen, the heart ~ Dublin is in ruins
The rebels against England held me city
for a week. and this Old stronghold Of the
English had never before fo- centurie-
been held by other than English soldiery
And now she nring squads are busy.
Jefferson Davis ana Lee were rebels, but
the wisdom Of our rulers az the time was
never more apparent than when 'hsy re-
fused to make martyrs ~ the southern
chiefs. Had they been shot 10 you think
the South would ever have forgiven the
North? Nc,er.
How often have ! heard II said You
Irish are great takers about freeing Ire
land. u's AL talk. talk, talk. WIZ don;
You INV ish'ng2 AMI now when the
Irish try lighting the free press OF Amer
lea sneers at their leader. Pears. as "a
schoolmaster and a poet! Good God
This from the press Of a country the
President Of which Is a sc~hoolmas,er him
sen II t. following the lead of Howe,
who refused Washington the ti,ie o:
genera contemporary addressing him
a. mir. Washington"
"Oh" the wise ones say. 'rt Is all "a
help Germany" Bosh! The IN are
able 20 tight their own corner. And even
IL Germany was in II, how Is the case
different from that Of the French helping
20 win our revolution 1t Is exactly a
parallel case. The Bourbons of France
had no love for the American rebels. they
helped because they wanted to strike al
England. and for shat reason alone.
our Anglicized press may sneer, hut
Poarss and his fellows will live forever In
the hearts OF the Irish.
l still have hopes that John Bull all
learn the wisdom Of leaving the Irish 10
work out their own destiny in th,ir own
way. Why not have a sentleman's agree.
ment on the matter Seems easy enough,
, Now not all Of us may agree with all
this observer has to say, hut with rca'
, sonablc allowance for natural bias his
views should prove Of interest to IA fair
proportion OF THE Sun readers. And LET
ire add that this lr!shman Is as good
an American IN instinct as m have
met up with perhaps'a shade better
than some who talk glibly of their being
49, al 80. ga A. ,
JoHN WORTHY.
NEW YOnK. Nav Q.