Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-01

lowed his career from the time he
succeeded Charles stewart Parnell
as parliamentary leader, and while
he had always stood high In my es.
tlmation, 1t seemed to me he had
surpassed himself in pledglng his
allegiance and support TO the British
government In It's struggle against
Germany. At all events. | found
myself in hearty accord with him.
and | could not refrain from telling
him so. ! wrote him a letter. ad-
dressing II In care Of the British
house OF commons In that letter
undertook to state. and did state.
that all the intelligent Irish in this
country were In sympathy with him,
and cordially endorsed his attitude
and that OF his party. Those were
my views then. and they are my
views now, and mean the word "in-
tell!gent" TO be understood In It's
strict dictionary sense know that
there COTS. Cohalans, John Devoys
ana jeremiah J. O'Learys here and
there and everywhere who profess to
represent Irish opinion, and never
fail to misreprcscnt Il who denounced
John Redmond In every term of re-
proach for what they were pleased
10 call his treachery. but he needs no
vind!cation now, and all they need
is repentance.
Letter Answered
In due time my letter TO Mr.. Red
mOud was answered handed the
| letter to 4. +. Robertson and he
made It the subject OF a story APP
pcaring In the Tulsa world on De-
Ccmber 81, 1914. II was as follows.
A Ia 80, ma, n tt,t A.
wicklow. ireland. December 2. 1914.
l.. II. MorOney. Tulsa. okla. Dear
Sir. | am directed by Mr.. Redmond
To thank YOU for your letter OF No
Vemhcr 10, which he has read with
pleasure, and for which he Is much
obliged. lie is glad to have your
testimony that the intelligent Irish
In the United States indorse the At
titude Of the Irish party In the pres
cnt crisis. Yours truly,
-. ]. HANNA"
on his arrival in Ireland, on the
recruiting mission II such 1t was. he
found his leadership challenged by a
set OF young enthusiasts and old dis
contents, the one as unrcasona bic as
the other was implacable. and each
equally susceptible to the hlandlsh- l.
meuts OF the Berlin foreign office, AS
recent disclosures In this country
have amply proven. II is true the
case stands largely on accusations.
but in the case OF crime, without a
denial an accusation indicates. II II
does not prove Guilt. Crime? Yes,
crime. The Imperial government Of
Germany had raped Belgium, and
the inSurrcctiOnlry party In ireland
by their alliance with Germany be-
came accessories after the fact. Al
lance yes, alliance. The United
states secret service has deCodcd the
messages that passed between the in
surrcCt!Onists and the German for.
eiEn office. relayed in the office OF
Dennis +, Cohalan in New York city.
These messages were published n few
months ago, and have never been
denied. They show working I'M
derStanding between the insurrec-
tionists and the German foreign Of
flee. II that were not sufficient to
prove an alliance. the pub .ished in
tcrNlrws of Griffith and De valera,
especially the one given the Christian
Science Monitor by the latter, and
published in that paper about eight
weeks ago would raise "A strong pre-
sumption OF the fact, and added to
the DECIDED messages would bring
absolute conviction to any ordinary
mind. 1t is idle and more waste OF
words to attempt to excuse those
men on the theory that their sole
concern was Ireland. The fact is
thai they led the Irish people, per
haps it would be more accurate to
say "A part OF the Irish people, into a
spirit Of insurreCtion at the most
dangerous and unpropitious moment
in their history; ana the further fact
is that by reason other facts amply
proven their enterprise can never
become d!sassociated from that OF
their partners whose plans were
finally interrupted at Chateau
Thierry.
MIR Redmond's efforts in behalf
Of the cause OF the allies were un-
tiring. although he was embarrassed
at every step 10y the newly consti-
uted leadership. whose methods
were as low as their OF. .ect was un-
worthy. 1t Is much to be regretted
now that mos; OF this opposition to
Redmond was instigated in this