The Irish standard., 1917-10-20
SIGNS OF LIBERTy's
Dawn m IRELAND
Four Expressions Indicating Trend Of
the Ttmes-The Convention Gaining
in Prestige-Thomas Sinclair Writes
Another Good Letter-Dean O'Con-
nor Advises Against Sein Fein
"Moonshine"-Dr. Maccrory Proud
Of the Convention-The Castle
Working for it's Failure.

At a meeting of the Cork City Ex-
ecutive of the u. I. l.. on Tuesday
night letter was read from Mr..
Thomas Sinclair, Rosslyn, Lisburn,
thanking that body for the resolution
forwarded to him. He stated: 1--WE
are all Irishmen, and it is only by
sympathizing with and understanding
each other that contentment and pros
perity can come to our cou1Sry.
fear that Ulster in the past has
wrapped herself too much i'm herself,
and that she has not taken the same
interest in the welfare of the coun-
try as whole that she might have
done. OF course there were faults
on both sides, but these were not so
much due to the people as to those
leaders, who, to suit their own inter-
ests, kept creed and class prejudices
in the foreground. The dawn of a
brighter day is at hand, and believe
that ere long we shall see Ulster men
uniting with men of the other prov
inces in an honest effort and with
sincere desire to legislate for Ireland
and for Ireland's good"
A resolution was passed welcoming
the delegates OF the National Conven-
tion to Cork and wishing them every
success in the great work of trying to
bring about a peaceful settlement Of
the Irish question.
Dean O'Connor Advises Against Sim
Fein Moonshine.
At a meeting of Carrickmacross
Branch of the United Irish League,
at which Jas. Shevlin, Vice Chairman
Carrickmacross r. D. c., presided, the
Secretary (Mr. O'Toole) read letter
which had been addressed to him, as
Secretary to the South Monaghan Ex-
ecutive, by the Right Rev. Dean O'Con-
nor, Carrickmacross, and which was
received. with enthusiasm at the
recent meeting Of the Executive. The
letter contained the following:
"You desire to have my view on
the Constitutional movement, now
gravely threatened from many quar-
ters. My settled. conviction is that
any Irishman, whether he be So
cialist, an Anarchist, or a Revolution
ary, who advocates other than lawful
means of redress is fit subject for
lunatic asylum. Let your Executive
insist ON strict adherence to the Con-
stitutional movement, hitherto attend
ed with such happy results to every
walk and condition of life in Ireland"
The Chairman said no Nationalist
should remain neutral at the present
time, and, above all, he should not
be ashamed of the United Irish League.
He could not understand how some
farmers were led away by Sim Fein
orators, who only preached of the dim
and distant future. Mr.. de Valera
seemed to be losing faith in the Peace
Conference, and what remained in
their policy to appeal to any farmer
he could not understand. They had
ridiculous talk about market for
Irish cattle in foreign countries at
present, and he could only assume that
the Sinn Feiners intended to provide
a submarine mercantile fleet. This
was the sort of moonshine with which
the country was being fooled, and the
worst feature of the. case was that
the prestige of the Irish Party was
being weakened, as against the Die
Hard and. Ascendancy Party in Ire
land and England. It was apparent,
however, to all who gave careful
thought and notice to the march Of
events, that reaction had set in, and
he had every confidence in the ulti-
mate victory of the Constitutional
movement (Applause.)