El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-10

LdOST lost track of in the ruck OF news, dis
u patch from London this week quoting Loyd-GeoTge
= - On the question less important than
any news of time and infinitely more thrilling tnan
most of stuff over the cables ISnmen ne
erA over viii bum with patriotic ire as they reao the
message Most of them VIII be indignant There IS not
kev to be rejoicing The names Of the beloved lead
of the people who Tor century ana nan nave 80 ~
Irelands woe and many of whom have ded the dean O
1nsrtyrs viii be recalled IN many gathering OF Hnmsh
their surprising elOquenc will be invoked again TO plead ne
cause of Erin and unmarked graves they viii ar1se
TO hur deahess heroic words of defiance In the races OF
their oppressOr and to free the springs OF sentiment whence
Taik Of the little peoples" of earth; talk Of races and
nations al but ensaved talk of consent Of the goVeeo
o what story of bleeding hearts is IIeands-naught IN
that esd history but the of which is made
the very Of passion profound sentiment consu
inc eotion There is no place there any for reason;
the mind cold in its processes to deal with THIS tnhg
nothing but the impulses the feelings the affections attn
butes Of soul that drive men, that inspire t9a
tear the very ers of being that account for love ana o
hate for all nniy Of moods that possess the human
breas-these alone connotated by the name OF Ireland
One cannot Think of IrelandOne only Feel for Ireland
IreIands story been written nor ever VIII De-
save in the Of NO man or woman ever
lived who put Ireland paper The most that any
Of devoted interpreters ever did, IN poetry music
5ruse in story history OF IN essay was 10
set down words OF Signs mat tIucnlns - - -,
set free in mystic fashion the impulses thst are
latent in every breast and cause the imagination 70 picture
scenes reproduce conditions OF other days Inc un
perfectly demonstrated tnan IN feaon 70
Irish chronicles that depends the reader what message
Is had from the written word.
In all literature there be found nothing more stiI
ing IA the pulse nothing deeply affecting the emotions
than the stories of Irish struggles for liberty In the casual
Deeees of Irish there be found as pure and
AZ powerful English dicon from human lips
or fro inspired pen-as its demonstration
~ rss;sfibe might as the drum fire" of 10000 pieces OF
artillery On the Somme; tender the cradle song OF
mother first born; stirring as the battle CRY OF
Old Guard; pitfu as the thought OF iaoea roses on
the breast of bd bitter as the curses OF the
Dropbets One reading records that have come down
10 Us never stops think Of what he Teads ne only catons
his breath upon the instinct to keep from surfocauns
ousb the wears the Irish question passed through
e after cycle change Its elements were simple IN
the minds Of the who kept their inspiration free but
sgan and again long night Of elands sorrow there
have been periods when it seemed If her soul could not
be revived bargain and sale were to take the place
Of principle If defeat had been Acknowledged ano &C
cepted. Always there was little s0aIk somewhere, "n
like the lamp Kdares holy shrine 500 years aght Kept
rslands faith quick and suoed to ignite the torch OF
Hbertys from time TO time when patriots who
snapped their fingers at death heard the call OF country ana
moved TO obey.
In the history country, race people in any
age can there be richer material for the still unwl
Ter romance of human struggle than in the story
of Ireland Pathetic the b-ief record OF little child,
deaths pawn merely mothers heart torn out; heroic as
the elemental STRUGGLE of sunted sentinel trees at snow
line against the pess blast; running the whole ganut OF
emotion that story is oneded: for 1t deals almost
entirely with those parts of the human organism that
urD parts that feel pain, that suffer- the
parts that culver and react intensely the exposed nerves.
flesh mangled tissue spntered bone, Of great wounds
the hearts overwTought that beat themselves to death
Have you held in your hand frghtened bird whose
heart beat fast you could hardly distinguish the intervals
OF pulse? the edraning pressure that 1relands
BRIGHTEST have sustained through such anguish
would seem, must kill as by fire
The list of greatest not long, to the
periods during the century and half of constant agitation
when really active organized effort was IN play Say we
beVin with Flood, there follows Henry Grattan irresistible IN
debate then John P CRran and lord Plunkett; Robert
Emmett santed rsh hearts, Daniel 0COnne Of the
very greatest Of all time, and master Of men; II
our fathers day. MeaFher knghy, brilliant figure the
stage Of two hemspheres and in time Isaac Butt
and Charles Stewart Parne grandson Of American naval
officer the cold appearing but efficient engine of Home Rule
brought the British parliament to its knees and while
IN jail negotiated with Gladstone the prime minister pact
for Irish relief Since Parne died. in October 1884, Ireland
has had leader who measured up to those Just named
Mccarthy Dillon, Redmond Healy, these Tot 10
canure with. Ireland awaits savior.
Sir Edward Carson of Ulster leader Of the movement
opposed TO Home Rule, though moving spirit among the
"rebe's" of the north of ireland permitted
retain his place in the and taken into the
cabinet. The Dublin be condoned The