New-York tribune., 1918-04-21
ces That War Has Set Afoot Inside the British Isle

press their mothering instinct Tp.
will express it by nursing, schoo, +a.sl
ing, reform movements, welfare u,osa.
and in the humanizing of indus+ru,n.
(S) Career impulse; (9) Birth contro, -
Of course the obstacles, however rra.,
progress has already undeniably hssa
made, are still colossal. And,
''liks every other living and growing th;,.
the woman's movement will cont,nr.
puzzle us, and we shall catch IN Win -
only to find it has swung out far ahead ~.
eyer wider area
Probably the most encourapino. 81;
Of all is the miracle that ''inside uf. sa A.
years woman has ceased to be Question
and has become an accepted fact"
T. nglishmen Fail to Get ar ;.
IL the Irish Nature
Turning to the problem of ireland :,
problem just at this moment so pecu,;.s
ly delicate and pressing), Mr.. Gleason
declares:
"In dealing with an unsurpassed ot...-
full and charming race like the Irish. n.
Englshman is at a hopeless disadvants..
The mental alertness, the flow of lanruao.
the swift responsibilities of mood ,esr.
him shy and inarticulate, and, outrointea :.
every thrust, he takes refuge in his heav,.
ness. The result is offence given and -.
ceived. 1t is the tragedy of the Enp,;,p
that, kindly and honorable as they are. ther
have established no real Relationship u;..
the most exauisitely imaginative people IN
the world.
"Just' now England is in the most bitte,
warfare of her thousand years It ii In.
namely impossible for her to turn mid.
from the work in front of her to solve tha ,
wrong inside her commonwealth. To shou.
her down is to strengthen her enemy at tn.
moment of combat, and her enemy is thu
enemy of the human race. To weaken her
is to weaken the last defence against that
force which would destroy nationality
throughout Europe. So the cause of Ire
land, like that of exploited labor and sun.
pressed woman, must wait the greater de.
csion to the East"
Naturally, the writer could not fore
see the desperate decision on the part Of
England to conscript the Irish in order
to crush that same 'enemy Of the human
race" Probably the Irish question was
never SO close to settlement as it is to-
day. Certainly, the prospects of its be-
ing seriously taken up and thrashed out
never appeared SO bright However.
with none Of these pressing developments
before him as he wrote, the author Of
this book under comment declared:
"When peace comes, the turn of ireland
comes and she will be heard at the round
table of the imperial conference. The
modified Lloyd George 'settlement' will
again be suggested. F.. Fl. The same
cause for which the English die in Picardy
in the noblest war of their history awaits
their chivalrous response across the Irish
Sea. A little nation desires to be free. In
the final judgment of men England's great
ness in this day will be measured by the
treatment she metes to Ireland"
And this is the conclusion he reaches:
There is no quick way through the tan
gle. The Irish question can be solved only
by the people themselves. Can they create
a good life for their community? Can they
produce clean government? Can they re-
lease productive power in the nation, 50
that pauperism and ignorance and dissen-
sion will decrease? Can they lift clear Of
their past, forget injustice and misery and
With the coming Of autonomy Ireland will
begin to face her real problem"