Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-31
COLONEL ARTHUR LYNCH
APPEALS TO IRISH RECRUITS
Declares the Young Men OF To-da,
Arc Temperate and Dc
cidcdly StronS
MUST FIRST FIND MOTIVE
Some, However. Believe That Once
Victorious, the German Kaiser
VIII Help to Set the Emerald
Isle Free
ny COLONEL ARTHUR LYNCH. NJ. p
iIn'crnational News Bureau.l

international News Bureaul
iTe,b9nc, i;%nch Who fought against The
arain in he Bri;ish Army and Raising
irishmen 10 Sight on the british sideD
CORK. July 3O.--I meet a young
Irishman in the country: he is of mil
itary age, OF magnificent proportions,
active as a cat. and strong as bull.
Moreovcr. h" is sober-thc young Irish
men OF today arc temperate. He, Is
the native material OF fine soldier.
ask him 20 enlist. He looks me up
and down, and instead OF the beam OF
friendship which I had hoped to find.
! sec an angry glare in his eye. He
invites me TO go to Il place that Is
warmer even than the Western front.
and he says this with flash of mis-
eye. Il set OF his whole frame. and n
defiant toss Of his head. all of which
assure mo more and more that he will
be 4 splendid soldier.
cndeavor to persuade him. To do
so / must first ascertain what are the
real motives which determine his ac-
tons. and engage him in friendly con.
versation.
l find that. though country boz.
he has an astonishing acquaintance
with politics, ana with certain vein
OF history. not always very accurate.
He talks much. moreover. OF the peace
conference, OF the possibilities OF the
ultimate defeat Of the allies, OF the
power and efficiency of Germany. and
Of the good will of that country to-
yards Ireland.
know nothing. ] may say here, of
any German plot. and believe that the
sentiment of pro-Germanism, so-called.
which Is more or less prevalent in Ire
land. Is OF superficial character. The
average 1rishman knows very little OF
Germany. and am not disturbed in
this opinion when recollect the sa:
ing Of a young bog of nineteen. who
assured me, with an air Of dip!omati"
profundity: we are in daily COM
m"nication with the Kaiser"
II the Germans should prove ulti-
ma;cly victorious they will. so some of
these young men believe. help ireland
TO set UP free and independent re-
public.
Now. am not in daily communica-
tion with the Kaiser myself, but / do
know q little OF Germany. for ] studied
at the University Of Berlin, and | iM-
agine that II. hy the impossible. the
Germans were finally victorious, the
one thing that they would hate mos;
IN this world would be the talk Of
freedom OF unruly states. and the de-
sire 10 SGT up republic. which would
lie n constant reminder OF the pre-
postcrous pre;cns!ons o. the Hohe9.
2ullcrn regime.
As to the peace conference, which
. JH4hS lGFtCIE IN IN" program OF Inc
more serious ot the Sim Fein leaders,
and which is indeed. the favorite plank
of NJ. dc. Valera / need only say that
also would like to see Ireland rep
resented n the peace conference. But
that is one OF my many reasons fo-
entering upon this new campaign.
one Of TWO alternatives must follow
from this war. Either Germany is go
!rg TO win, and the talk OF peace o.
II conferences Is futile, or, on the other
hand, the allies may win | am con-
!d.nt that they will win and then /
would ask my Irish friends. who Is
going TO help ireland at the peace CON
ference? II would be too much TO ex-
poet that from John Bull
The Sim Fein papers spend n cool
deal OF space in slangins their old ira
dtional fricnd-Francc. That has no;
made Ireland more beloved in the
great French republic. Uncle Sam
mains But TO try to defeat the arms
OF the allies cannot mean anything
else than 10 attempt TO besmirch tho
stars and Stripes and to drag tina:
glorious emblem through the mud.
After that display OF policy. or OF
temper, do Irishmen axpec; that Uncle
Sam will sit at the conference table
with n wet towel round his head
wondering how he can best do SOM;
good thing for these champions of re-
public and of liberty? / do net think
so.
deplore deeply the conditions which
have produced this state OF mind. for
MY own hope has always been that
Ireland might attain a full measure OF
liberty, and that, having reached thai
plane, Ireland and England should be
ready mutually 10 extend the hand of
friendship. and TO live together IN
amity for the real advantage of both