Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-01
Sees Only Hope, for Ireland
in Return of Redmond Party

BailorB by Instinct, and the philos-
Ophy Of the seas colors their national
HE, making them capable not Ohiy
OF extraordinary cOuraEc, when IN"
occasion demands hut Of the dIAcI.
pline with which such occasions ar"
heroically and successfully met. LORD
Nelson at Trafalgar had but 70 SAY
England cXpeCtA every man 10 90,
his duty" ana cyrry man In the com
niand was At his post just As Captain
Smith on the Inflated Titanic had
but TO Say. "iIe British, my men
and every man was nt his post. 80
fear. no panic. Just plain courAP"ons
dlciplinr And ~ when the menace
OF the great war brOk" upon them, II
was Ia" sumo old philosophy OF ~"
seas "All hands ~ the rigging I'll
the storm b. over Every unsettled
domestic matter was lefi In suEpen-
sion for 'hr period ~ the war. ana
with the rest went Ia" hppiichtion "
home rule And b" II remembered,
that h was the Application only. not
the principle, which was suspended.
There was no time In which 10 work
Oul tn" dciail Uf the application OF
home rule, because the war rcs1lu.
ton took precedence, This was I'm
mediate ana pressing, while the other
could wait And No the vote was
finally ak"n on there resolutions on
that night IN August, four years ago
every mcmbor Of parliament waE at
his post scene was enacted at
the close OF the roll call. which for
spontanelty was unrlval.cd and with
out precedent In the house Of com
mons.
Irish Vote YES"
Tho roster of the Irish party had
been called, and each member had
boldly aud manfulIy voted eyes"
II was II surprise 10 many OF the staid
old conservatives who had HntlCI.
pated opposition from the Irish. I'm
medihtely upon ndJuUrn ment, an en-
thuHiAAtlC member arose and eN-
claimed In "a voice to he heard all
over the house: I'm all our dOmin-
ions the one bright spot IN ireland"
Someone started TO sing God Save
ireland and for the first time In
all lts long history. the Irish oak. OF
which the ancient structure In built,
echoed the strains Of that inspiring
anthem. Both sides OF the gang
way the galleries. the waiting null
titudes In the lobbies and In the
streets Joined In the refrain. II was
Dlhlu w WV "'tlh NldN III lN"lU "hH
facing the storm with every man to
the rigging, and It was also plain
that the stage was set for "A lasting
settlement OF the age old controversy
between the Irish and the English
sections OF the British people In the
spirit and purpose OF common de-
fense. But II was not to be, not
quite, at least. II was. no far as the
Irish parliamentary party was con-
cerned and those who believed with
them. but rival opinions were In
trudod and disseminated among the
Irish people at home and abroad In
which the right OF the party to COM
NIT the people was not merely ques-
toned. but challenged. / would not
say how much OF thls. II any, was
the result OF paid propaganda, be-
cause / do not know, but I have my
opinions and they are fixed and un-
Changeable on that subject.
Hun Purpose Plain.
Although IL was plain To the
whole civilized world in the fall OF
1914 that Germany had started out
upon career OF conquest and do
minlon and that her designs includ-
ed every spot of the habltable globe
on which her covctous eye had been
cast: and although II was also plain
to tho civilized world that the Brit
IHh empire constituted the one In
sutmountAble barrier against which
German power and Prussian avarice
might beat and surge In vain. yet
there were those who would tell us
then that the barrier should be over
thrown and that tho deluge should
he let in. John Redmond. the Irish
parliamentary leader. was not one OF
these. Peace to his soul. and II CRATE
full remembrance to hs better Wis
ION lie saw the impending danger
To civilization. lie saw the invasion
and devastation OF Belgium; he saw