New-York tribune., 1917-07-22
America the Land
OF Immense Conception

prussian militarism Is spirit am
II has flung an insolent challenge o.
defiance across the Atlantic. But IN
America there is a mighty spirit OF ~
comnarable daring. Even IN tnel'
wealth and their capitalism there Is
conraoe and adventure which IN some
e,,h,Ie sense reconciles labor and gives
~ Socialism a sickly flavor. The unlted
states is in it's very essence lhe
land where the spirit OF immense con
cention dwells. The spirit that mas
Su;ded il in peace will not forsaXe
r in the time of war. There VIII
he an added fury and impetus oehihu
il so that every minute OF the oa5
shall carry TO Berlin a message Oh I'M
nonding doom. The maximum conceP,
t;on is no stranger to America. IL VIII
animate and direct it now.
The force Of the American spirit ana
i,s Glory reside in the fact that they
are seeking no material gain, ana u
Russia or any other part OF the worlu
thinks that we in England are hghhng
not in the cause of the liberties CT
noonIes. no but for imperial aggrandlIe-
ment. let il be at once SAID thaV tne
German colonies which we nave con
ou,red shall be handed over 10 .he
limited States as the custodian OF the
civilization of the world.
The British Empire must be ready 70
resnond. ready to think alike, ready 70
work as a component part, IN one great
allied engine Of will power,
IN order to give a matchless force 70
,ha defnition of the Allied war purpose
the English government must sho"
cIs.rlv 10 the world that they are pre-
nnred to apply to themselves the pTlh- p,rI
r;nIe for which we are hghtlng. Inc
application is Ireland. In
The government must place an IN
tarnretation upon the principle OF seii.
government. as, in their judgment, u
snolies 10 Ireland. They will say tnat
eovernment by majorities cannot De De
SeId 70 mean at all times and IN all
circumstances submission 10 an
eritbmetical formula. They will say
MAT humanity does impose exceptions
~ This rule. They will say that ulster
with it's differentials, OF Temperament,
outlook religion and activity, presents
a abstraction which is the clear equivai,,
Isnt of racial distinction. Ihey WI,
say that Ulster, therefore, is entltled
70 its own self-government' or 70 De
trested as an English county, Ihey
will saw that Nationalist ireland Is
artit,ed 70 self-government, and that
- three-fourths of the adult popula-
ton of Nationalist Ireland seek TO sep
erote themselves from the British En-
n;re' their demand shall be grant
ed Only in this way can we give a
moral sanction to the principle OF sell
government for which we claim 10 De
struggling. y.,a hr
the English government, the duty 10
make abundartly clear to every Irlsn
votor what the inevitable consequence
must be if complete political separa-
rio, ia in fact the desire OF the great
majority Of the people of Nationalist
Ireland. They must be reminded tnat
the general intentions OF the English
government in regard 70 its future
fscal policy have been very recently
affirmed, and that that policy EN-
braces:
.. encouragement OF trade with our
allies.
rest Of the world.
II Nationalist Ireland goes into
Class III of her own free will and voli-
tion. and this is her unquesrIona9,e
right. there can be no conceivable
doubt as to the consequences that must
follow. The question is one FOR Ma
tionalist Ireland 10 settle. Is Il seri-
ously put forward as prae'ieai ques'
tion?
The economic partnership between
Ireland and England rests upon true
and fundamental basis, the basis OF an
interchange Of commodities between
agricultural and manufacturing com
muni,ies living in close contigulty' =,
The analogy between Ireland and
our self-governing colonies IS raise
one. Ireland is not economically IN
dependent. Our self governing colonies
are. II Ireland seeks to terminate
this basic partnership between agrI-
cultural and manufacturing interests.
she does so at her own rril. There
4. M ou.s,ion of intimidation here.