The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-09-21
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 In these turbulent times ali isl grist to the pahlicitH rtiH The other day cablegrams told the story Of Irishmen attacking Am erican sailors in Cork's own town Some frills were added to adorn the tale. How the sailors were walk ing with their Irish sweethearts and the jealous irishmen attacked them with sayagery.
 t was quite a story. Now it is subject to doubt in detail. Irish papers reaching America tell a different story.
 This is the how of it as told by eye witnesses.
 Tn Sciu Fnnors were holding a parade in rebel Cork. They had the republican flag ot Orange and Green and white flying above them. They had bands playing GarrTowen and the Dona, Aboo and the Con naught Mans Ramble, fife and dram and drum and fife coming down Patrick Street with the boys marching in line to signify the de- sire of Ireland nation.
 In Cork at this time were quite number of British Blue Jackets, soldiers and marines and they with a patriotism of their own at tackled the paraders, reasonably and pleasantly enough. It was line shindy and the man that was gett- ing blue nodded for want of beat in, Glory be to God, got all he want ed. Just when the fun was at it's height and the hcks were flying fast and furious, along comes a lot Of Uncle Sans tars and after study ing the situation while they came to the conclusion that their place was with the boys too, and in they sailed with lots of steerage way and boarding bikes unslung. But they did not attack the Irish. They sail ed in on the uniformed men and bucked police, soldiers, sailors and marines taking the part of the Scin Finn lads.
 That's the story as told in the Cork papers, There was nothing at all about the wicked Irish feel ing sore over the Jackies getting an armfu of female Irish wisdom while they, the Irishmen were go- ing without.
 Indeed no. It wasn't any such f.hing. That was a figment O. the imagination of some scribe who thought the story as told by him would have a greater moral effect in free America than the story as it actually happened. It was damn the Erish anyhow.
 |. This little incident is interesting in the extreme. It is the straw that shows how the wind blows. It tells it's own story and is full of moral as an egg is full of meat. If in little incident of this kind the veracity of the correspondent is tC be shown to be shot full of holes where in thunder do we get or at when matters of greater moment are cabled over the wire.
 Not that this story is the S"a' ! thing it appears to De. lt Wanted in reality to show how little grati' tude the Irish had for America which had harhored so many of its sons and which had proved SD wei come a field to fam're weary, rack rented children of Erin.
 America has done well by the Irish. It has in truth opened its arms to receive the sons O. the old son by the tho lsand. It has made her griefs many a time it's own. It's purse has been loosened mp many 4 time and oft to help the suffering 1t has aided and abetted the undy- ing struggle for political freedom that had been the Irishman's for many long decade. It bated the shock of famine, it staunched the wounds of poverty and made wei come those who were outlawed in Ireland
 Now by the Soul of Man the Irish are not ungratefu. They too have done well by America, They have fought her battles, they have given .hn,r lirnc md thnir Ia he f and thniI