Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-06-18

tions have agreed on SO much he
plans to withdraw Sir John Maxwell
and MS many trooDs as possible and
end martial law without reVcrting To
"castlc government" the bureaucracy
which for generators has been so
bitterly hated by tho people. If any
details have been worked out by the
munitions minister they have not be-
come publ, but. broadly speaking,
he hopes that representative Irish
men II all parties will agree to take
part in an administrative council
which will in effec. govern the Coun-
try until home rule can be formally
put irto operation.
1t I'll sounds WE'LL and the atmos-
pherc in England is hopeful. on
paper it seems that the problems
which brought the country to the
verge of "A civil war two years ago are
approaching a settlement. But a trip
from London to Dublin dispels many
pleasant illusions ana brings the in
vestigItor ur agains' unsuSpected and
ugly realities
For every supporter Sim Fain
had on Easter Monday it has ten to-
day" said 4 famous priest who has
wor.oi for years against the forces
Of sedItion. sir Johr MaNWe ell came
to Dublin. and he was welcomed as
a deli' crer; when he goes the curses
Of all Ireland will follow him and he
will I've in Irish tradition as a
bloody minded tyrIrt"
Baldcrston'S Opinion.
This feeling. which exists not only
in Dublin. hut, | am informed. OK
tends throughout the country south.
east and west. is not based on reason.
Sir John Maxwell - not a tyrant. and
MARTA law has been ana is being cX-
crcisel in ireland with the greatest
possible consideration for the inhab-
itants. If an AVERAGE Nationalist had
been asked before Easter what would
happen to tie Sim Fciners if they
tartcd an insurrcctinh in Dublin and
killed many soldiers. he would have
laughed and replied they would be
shot "and serve them right"
But now they have been shot, tho
leaders of the rebellion. and a few
others whose execution by mistake
was real tragedy for England and
Ireland alike AMI the Nationalist
sees with other eyes Deep-seatod
memories of generations Of strucgi,
and oppression ana hatred. half-for-
gotten stories of martyrs who died for
Ireland on scaffold3 and before firing
squads, have taken Possession of his
mind and already Climmcring haloes
surround tho shadowy shapes Of the
dead men whom in life he sreered at
and hated
"PCiitical Mistakes"
Nearly all tho men executed were
authors. Since their deaths new edi-
tions Of their works. sonc Of them
without merit or Importance Of any
Kind. have poured from the presses
and sold in vast Quantities. In the
opinion Of all Irishn on I have met
the executions were political mis-
a q fp he
them as 4 crime claiming that the
historic enmitY between England and
lrClanT entities IrIshmen who may
try to win freedom fCi their country
to treatment as prisoners of war and
not as traitors. In London a large
section of liberal opinion is now con-
vinccd that the government made a
terrible mistake in giving the courts
martial power to deal with the rebels,
and this view is taken by such pow
crful organs as The Nation, The
New Statesman The Manchester
Guardian and The Daily News. Many
Liberals. and al Tories, defend the
deaths Of the ringleadcrs. but | think
during the past few weeks the feeling
that 4 bIurder VAS committed has
gained ground.
InnUmeraElc examples could be
given Of the bitterness of Irish feel
ing on this matter. The fiery orator
Dillon. one of the fiercest opponents
Of the Separatist movement spoke
for ireland when h. lost contro, of
himself in the house OF commons and
taunts ID his hearers with the heroism
of the trapped rebels who fought a
week against ten Tires their num-
her. Bernard Shaw. the dramatst.
has made fun of tho Irish movement
and his plays have been mobbed by
the Sim FCin element. but he now
says. "He who fights for the indie
pendencc of his country may be an
ignorant ana disastrous fool: but he
is not traitor and never will be re-
Sarded as one by his fellow-country-
men. All the slain men and women
Of the Sim Fein volunteers fought
and died for their country as sincere
" rs any soldier in Flanders has
fought and died for his. As re-
publican forlorn nope. their ideal
cannot be 'nSulted without insulting
America; and by the time the whole
world has become republicans and
romance has covered their graves
with is flowers. the last of the Irish
rebellions will be stock subject of
British hcro'c verse. Is it not lit
tie unreasonable If us to clamor for
the b'Cod of men who have tasen us
at our word and competed for our
hero worship with the Belgians and
Serbians, who haze also devoted
their Sackville streets to fire and
slaughter in q struggle at impossible
odds with giant empires"
a Fiery Bishop.
The priesthood in Ireland has more
influence than the politician or the
man of letters. and the prevailing
feeling can be best shown in a cor
responience between Sir John Max
we'll and Bishop O'Dwyer Of
Limerick. whose influence IN Ireland
is great and in his own diocese all
powerful. Doctor O'Dwyer before
Easter Monday exhibited no sympa-
thies with the Sim Fein movement.
Sir John Maxwell wrote to Doctor
O'Dwyer requesting him to remove
from their osts and segreCate two
priests in Lin ercii. whose presence
in that neighborhoOl / consider to be
n dangerous menace to the peace and
safety of the realm. Had these
Priests been laymen they would al
ready have been placed under arrest"
The bishop. through his secretary,
demanded evidence, to which Cen
eral Maxwell gave details of the ac-
livitieS OF the two priests among the
Sim Feiners one he said, had
blessed their colors. the other was
president of a local branch of the
Irish volunteers the Sim Fcin army.