The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-04-06
ULSTER HEARD FROM
ON IRISH FREEDOM
Carson Says Ulster Men Who Fight
With Allies See No Justice in
Favoring Sim Feiners

N''"0 NAio SN'NiAAiAANAiO 1liOuANi NV -
any way attempt to tell England
what to do in reference to the Irish
Question" We have insisted, in
spite of papal reports to the con-
trary, that President Wilson has
not, in any manner, made repre-
sentations to England requesting
that the Irish question be settled in
accordance with the program of the
Sim Feiners and now we have
something to offer from the other
side of the water that shows how
Ulster views the situation.
We have heard so much from the
Sim Fein brethren and have had
their pro-German demands dinned
into our ears until anything that Of
fers relief is welcome. But to have
Ulster men, who 60 on record (and
are in the trenehes) as in favor of
helping England prosecute the
war, stand up and tell us that if we
interfere we will see Ulster men get
'their backs up" when the other
side threatens to get their backs up
and at the same time refuses to
help in the war is too much good
news for one day-but we will run
the risk of your being able to stand {
| it.
Sir Edward Carson, that Ulster-l
ite so repugnant to Rome, recently
made prolonged speech at Belfast, /
Ireland, and defined the stand Of
Ulster with remarkable clarity.
We wish it were possible to reprint
the whole of his speech but unfor-
: tunately lack Of space permits only
. the reproduction of that part deal
!. ing with the reported interference
. of this country. 1t was Immediately
4 after his resignation from the gov
!, ernment that Carson made his
speech in Belfast. The Sentinel Of
: u Toronto, Canada, reports his speech
d and from that paper we clip the
e following:
: AMERICAS ATTITUDE
p There are one or two other mat
- ters which / think I ought to touch
= upon. One is the question of Amer
:, lea. We are greatly pressed now about
= America. Let me say that / believe a
y y great deal of the newspaper pressure
: is entirely manufactured. (Cheers.)
: We are not taken in by that kind of
. thing. have not the faintest doubt
= that the president of the United
= States would like to see a settlement
:, of the Irish question-there are a
great many Irishmen out there. So
! would all Of us like to see a settle
: ment of the Irish question. (Hear,
;. hear.) / have not the faintest doubt
!. but that the Irish question being un-
]. settled is made lever by political
J, parties in America to bring about
> discomfort and to bring about German
= propaganda and Vaccinations in the
y United States. (Hear, hear.) ] have
i not the faintest doubt about that. But
: ! really think that greater insult
= could not be offered to q great nation
. ., than the way in which it is put for
l. ward and alleged, and attempted to
~ ~ be suggested that unless the Irish
- question is settled America viii no
! longer 90 on with the war or will
." " prosecute the war with less vigor.
:, Anything more ridiculous or insult
= ing it is impossible to conceive. Why
y has America come into the war? 1t
!, - has not been simply to help US, or QUE
= of friendship with us. America has
= come in to fight for the same ideals
4 of freedom and liberty as we have.
a. a. (Cheers.) America has come in be-
- - cause she sees the whole world
: threatened with the domination Of q
= class which stands for militarism as
- against our views of democracy and
~ y, freedom and progress. To tell me
y, - forsooth that America with these
: high ideals, and having abandoned
= M isolation on the other side of the At
!" ~ lantic, and having come over into the
T., European war-a world war-that
~ ~ she is influenced by the Irish ques-
~ ton in either the carrying on or the
no direction or the progress of the war
Ott Ot it is childish. l tell those who take
- up that attitude at present, / tell
20 20 them plainly that, so far from help
~ ing a settlement in Ulster, that is
% at the kind Of thing that puts mems
e. backs up. (Cheers.)
nm ~ Edward Carson hit the keynote Of
in sound craftsmanship when he made
n the utterance just recorded. More,
as he showed a working knowledge oi
ae ae what is going on in this country.
el Congress has been flooded with
M resolutions from various Irish socie-
al ties pressing a settlement Of the
'w Irish question in the manner pre-
sn scribed by the Sim Feiners.
,ct Just recently, according to The
". Hibemidn for March 18th, sixteen
as heads Of Irish organizations have
Sh 'rl presented resolution to Chairman
en- M Flood of the House Foreign Rela.
les tions Committee pressing him for 4
nd hearing on numerous resolutions,
% lg- now before congress, which hays
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