Evening journal., 1918-04-30

Of The Atlantic. with a few prominent
delegates sent 10 the stricken isle,
would DO more 90 help settle the dues-
ton than an the "redcoais" that the
king " England could muster.
Mr.HO Loughlin said hndualfedly that
ireland is suffering less from The war
than any other part OF the globe In
fact, he contends that never I'm the his
tory Of the country were the people
or all classes doing 80 we'll Food is
Plentiful and there are no such things
as fuclless days and ligtless nights
Except FOR the presence Of British
soldiers 10 could not be seen In ireland
Thai a world war Is on the Buffalo
man conionded. lie travelled an over
The island and saw the people enjoy
ng themselves seemingly. aithough a
deep undercurreni of antipaihy 90 the
British government could he discernible
at all times
Ireland for the season OF 1918 will
have ii0 racing days, twice as many as
IN England. Racing In The latter coun-
try was obtained only after a hard
struegle and after the officials were
convinced that without some OF the
regular meetings breeding would lag
and the military establishment would
suffer.
Public meetings, once so popular In
Ireland, have become rare in The last
few months. Mr.. OLouehlin giving the
reason as follows.
Hundreds OF Sim Fein clubs have
been formed IN an parts ~ the island
an dthey have their regular meetings
In which plans arc outlined and details
attended 10 behind closed doors One
member OF a Sim Fein club In En-
nlskillcn who was suspected of being
In the pay OF the British government
as spy on The members had 90 be
spirited 90 England with the aid Of the
soldiers. He had been warned by a
woman, a relative, who told of The
plans OF the Sim Feiners io DO away
with him. The woman had heard OF The
/ plot from her husband
10000 slockers From England.
Thirty thousand slackers who flcd
from England 20 escape the army are
/ IN Ireland az the present time. said Mr.
I IOLoughlin. and there would be many
more II they could cross The Irish
have The same contempt for these car
/ petbaggcrs as Canadians have for re-
mitiance men, but they are tolerated
because they spend money freely
Sometimes the poorer classes show
hostility blaming the inierloners Tor
eating the food needed by Ile Irish. but
the tradesmcn class. hotel men and pub
Tic house owners stand sirongly By the
"paying visitors
Attacks upon American soldiers in
Irish ports are belitled by Mr.. O'Lough.
lin, who puts The blame M such stories
on biased Enelishmen. ne says there
have been some cases Of rumpuses be-
tween men on shore leave and the ma
lives but they have never reached the
riot stage. He called attention to the
fact that marriages between Irish girls
and sailors Of the american fleet i'm
Irish waters have averaged one a day
since the Americans went on patrol
duty
! Lloyd Georges plan Of coupling ihe
man power bin and home rule was am
icipated months ago in ireland. Mr.
lOLOughlin said. He believes the Brit
ish government delayed too long in u.
ofier. As TO tho plan 10 boom enlist
menis, suppir what would Doe Ircland''
quota for the army and thus ward on
conscripton, Mr.. OLoughlin, says Il
will fail. He thinks the Irish have be.
Nvlho AohdtlNal Oh IlN SuHitlh duu Wuui
die in their resistance, believing thes
were making martyrs Of themselyc.
and believing their cause just as hol!
as that Of Entente soldiers going TO thI
front
Dillons speech al Enniskillen las
month is being printed and framed fo
thousands OF homes in Ireland. Tit
principal point in the speech was
"Tell England that she must, beforl
she pretends 90 carry on this war fo
The rights Of small nations, go homl
and set her OWN house in order"