El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22
HALT GERMANS,
SAVE IRELAND
DR.. Arthur Lynch Declares
Consumption Must Not
Be Enforced.
By DIR. ARTHUR LYNCH. NJ. D.

By DIR. ARTHUR LYNCH NJ ID.
London. Eng. June 22.-''The psy-
lchology Of a people has always seemed
to me a foolish phrase" said friend
Of mine recently, "5ut looking at Ire
land. I am beginning to see new
lights"
The speaker, who for years has been
a sincere home ruler, had refused TO
believe that a crowd or nation could
/ reason in its corporate capacity,
/ therefore he had doubted that ideas
could sweep over q people like an cpl
demic- The flaw i'm this argument is
/ TO suppose that people are convinced
! by reason
foundation OF reason set a movement
goinee there comes a time when the
movement drives the drivers. SO II Is
in ireland today. To prevent pain
Of blood in that beautiful but dis
tressed country may stiu be possible
that is my one hope in writing
but IL viii require a rare mixture OF
tact, judgment firmness and no small
good fortune
The great governing features Of
the entire situation are. let us say
the necessity OF stemming back the
German rush on the western 'front.',
the desirability Of securing irish CO.
operation, the advantage OF satlsIE-
ing not only Irish but American pub
lie opinion-but stop. Here j have
been laying the foundation of a little
reasoning. and both sides in ireland
seem TO have thrown reasoning 10 me
winds.
transcription" Haunts Him.
Take this young country boy from
any part Of Ireland he is some ~
years Of age. tail and strong, limo
HHafrrm
ing even craftsmanship, but tenacious
in argument as a member OF Logers
hall In normal times he would nave
hied already 10 America where most
Of his brothers are. America, he says,
is the next parish TO his own, ana
England seems UNNECESSARILY further
away 10 him than the republic OF the
west
Lately he has been helping on the
farm Now he cannot do that Con-
scription has risen like specter be-
fore his eyes. He is haunted by con-
scription. He dreams Of rifles and
blundeFbuses, and desperate encoun-
tiers ION the hillside; be talks some
what erratically Of trench warfare,
and one suspects him Of knowing
where pixies are made
How viii you argue with this young
man. Appeal 10 his good nature,
which is abundant, and you fill find
him as "biddable' and Ikeab-e boy
as one could desire TO meet; get away
from politics and pixies ir possible,
and you viii find unsupported wells
of the EhreUdest common sense Do
not, however, presume on that 20 talk
reason, especially IL he finds himself
surrounded by hundred like himself
Couscriptfon stlrs Ireland
Meanwhile the father OF the young
man, a hardheaded farmer, is collect
ing an the silver he can in the fall
Z % hnnfaH chat
over "iu a week or SO" and that notes
viii be mere scraps OF paper ana IN
Lellectuals" in Dublin, capable OF CIV
ing you a luminous dissertation on the
latest Abbey tneater play, VIII meet
at street corners, and with visionary
] eyes gazing into futurity viii talk in
credible Stiffness about the Black
I Pig" seen in Ulster the sign OF ter
rible events about 10 happen.
Then 60 they home 10 prepare ban
daEes in fsverish haste, and whip up
the imaEinariOns each OF the other
I like people in a haschish dream
Multiply all this by hundreds and
thousands, make 10 boil and seethei
give a terrible reality TO the meaning
Of resistance, and you may have some
vague idea how c0nscription is stir
ring the people, They say:
Better die than be c0nscripted-n
Die, certainly, let US say, il you de-
sire IT, but don't first stupefy your
selves with the drugs Of illusion-With
talk Of 10-foot pixies or the little dog
that only children under their teens
can see
Settling II With Machine Guns.
Turn 10 another group, not less de-
termined, not less imperViOus TO per-
suasion-that Of the casehardeued
UniOnists- They, too, talk politics in
termiugled with remarks on huntin',
fishin', Collin and the gossip Of the
gentry. in an accent intended 20 im-
itate Piccadilly, and their one an
swer to the situation Is force"
Ask them how Is that 10 benefit
even cOnscripticns ask them the net
gain, ask them the value Of the good
name OF the empire" ask them the
effect on American public opiuioni
their reply is:
shoot them down"
Their idea seems 10 be that here at
length they have a chance Of settling
the Irish question by turning machine
guns upon their opponents, and thus
eliminating a hostile majority.
such are the two opposing clouds
charged with electricity which are ap-
preaching nearer and nearer 10 a
dangerous contact. while those who
seek 10 regard all these happenings
with a cool judgment are compelled
poWerless 10 act The tragedy Of it
all may hang over the lives Of the
people and over the relations between
these two countries for generations.
The good 10 be derived from a san
culinary conflict in Ireland is hard 10
seek. The government alone has the
strength and the authority to do the
great. bold, decisive things that are
necessary to avert the evil In the
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