The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05
CONTRASTING GERMAN, ENGLISH
AND IRISH SOCIAL CONDITIONS
A New Book by the Author Of the King, the
Kaiser and Irish Freedom

This book is sequel to "The King,
the Kaiser and Irish Freedom" by
the same author, which appeared last
winter, nine editions, and selling
abroad in several languages. The
author believes a Gaelic Renaissance
will only come through the economic
lessons which Ireland must learn
from Germany and says: If the in
dustrial and economic system of Ger
many has brought industrial freedom
and prosperity to all her states, the
young men of Ireland can afford to
borrow it and profit by her example.
And her friends in other lands can
afford to inquire into the causes which
have made Ireland the weakest coun-
try on the continent and to embrace
with courage and fearlessness the
spirit and principles and the practical
aid of civilized state, the foremost In
modern history"
The Gateways Of Europe.
The author says that Germany.
Austria-Turkey are striking heavy
blows at the seat of British world
power in the East, that the guns of
Won Mackensen have doomed across
the Danube and soon their reverbera-
lions will be heard over the Suez
Canal and echo through India" That
the power which ruled Egypt and
Asia Minor always ruled the old
world. Alexander the Great, the Ro-
mans, Persians and Napoleon believed
the Keys of the world rested there.
Mr.. Mcclure says that Ireland is the
gateway to Europe, the doorway of
the West. the Key to English control
OF Europe in the West and occupies
a strategic position the loss Of which
to England would endanger the EN-
pire. In his opinion. which is support
ed by the late Admiral Mahan, were Ire.
land hostile and independent, England
would become a second rate power.
ireland is to England now what Korea
is to Japan. The occupation of Ire
land by world power, such US Ger
many, and its conversion into naval
and military base would speedily bring
about the downfall of England. If
Germany holds the East, as now seems
probable, she will not have reduced
England's control Of the sea until
. Ireland, the vulnerable point In the
West, is taken from British control
and made nation as a potent ally of
Germany.
Home Rule Bill Doomed.
Mr.. Mcclure says that English
methods in ireland are ruinous as
well as obsolete and the country has
been made so poor and backward by
alien rule that she never will be able
to compete with the English system
of individualism and competition, that
her sole hope lies in adopting German
plans of social organization, agricul.
ture. and business methods. That
Germany's greatest victories are won
and disciplined. men and women. He
riddles the Home Rule bill, section by
section, that the measure was only
offered after the war to serve as re,
cruiting bait, there are few chances
now of its final adoption and that II
effectually estops Ireland from build
3r~ a
middleman must always control Irish
production, and that the Home Rule
bill is a purely local measure to pro
vide offices for the Irish party. He
holds that England always intends to
confine Ireland to the supply Of food
for the factory crowded in England
German-irish Eng ish. Social Contrasts
Mr.. Mcclure says that over 10000
families occupy one-room dwellings
in Dublin and that the wages of the
heads of families there average from
So to IS per week. I'm Berlin. for
every one man living in this condition
there are sixty-four in Dublin" He
. contrasts the workingman's abode in
Germany with the wretched tenements
of Dublin and other Irish cities. The
writer says that England is on the
down grade. She will always be too
late" in coping with German science
and solidarity and says that Ireland
is learning the truth, and adds: Con
troll of the seas so long, wealth from
all parts of the world pouring into the
laps of her landlord and capitalistic
class, idle parasites on the one hand.
idle workingmen the other, indiffer-
ence of the wealthy and powerful to
the struggles and weaknesses Of the
masses in crowded cities, 80 blinded
the English nation that her people
failed to see the methods by which
German achievements were won. She
has sought through charity, rather
than justice, to appease her oppressed
working people. Confident Of her 81.
preme control of the waters Of the
world, England has been lulled into a
fancied sense of security. None could
enter her world. Germany, the cock
pit Of Europe for centuries, surround
ed by vigilant enemies, has worked