Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-01

countryas3 Indeed II is even doubtful
II such opposition would have de-
vcloped any strength whatever were
II not for the Questionable activities
OF certain self-sry.ed friends OF Irish
freedom, organized in this country by
politicians, OF whom judge Goff OF
New York city was one, whose sole
claim TO distinction and rise TO
power rested entirely on their radical
Views concerning the Irish question.
II is recalled now that those self
appointed and self-styled friends OF
Irish freedom also maintained very
| friendly relations with certain for
| eign gentleman, at that time very
| pleasantly situated IN the United
States and whose last name was Won
BernstOrf. 1t is even intimated that
many OF them were recipients OF his
| favOrs, and that such faNors were
very substantial II may be that when
/ that gCnt.emans accounts are
audited under the supervision OF
/ United states experts. as | under
stand 1t il now proposed to be done,
there may be some interesting dis
/ closures as to the names OF his bene-
| ficiarIes and the aize Of their boun-
I ties Let us hope the entire truth
lAlhg bt AbAhs tNOU AAlbhk u IL lu'hg
| implICate a few professional Irish
| men, as well as a few Others In this
country who have no Irish atfilia-
tions whatever. and never did have.
The activities OF these men in this
country and in ireland, principally
IA this country. led to the tragedy
OF Easter week. Let us touch upon
/ This but lightly; 1t is too recent, too
tragic and too lamentable to be
dwclt upon at length. For those
who were led into that fatuOus en-
tcrprise we should have pity, They
were the young enthusiasts whose
vision and faith in their enterprise
were inspired by the season in which
1t WAS undertaken. To them the
period OF the resurrection was the
propitious moment. They believed
this implicitly, just as they believed
in the resurrection They were
boys, clean living. Intelligent boys;
healthy and strong boys of whom
any country might be proud; just
such boys as America has In Europe
and in her Cantonments today. That
such boys should have been led into
No disastrous an enterprise as the
Easter week rising ana encouraged
10 pClieye that 1t could not fail be-
cause IL was Easter Sunday, IS one
OF the blackest crimes in history.
For sheer inanity it rivals the
Children's crusade, with this differ
CnCc: The leaders OF the crusade
shared the faith Of the children
whom they led. while the leaders in
The Easter week rebellion did not
ireland has had many tragedies in
her long historic career; she has
seen the suhiimest acts of hero,sm
and the most ardent acts OF folly
committed by her sons; she has
seen many dawns and az many sun
sets ON her hopes; but in all her his
tory no folly no tragedy. no act 50
deplorable was ever committed in
her name as when some misguided
sons of hers attempted to couple her
fortunes with those of Germany
And now. what about ireland ~
Permit me, my unknown interoga-
tor to answer you thus: Wait Till
after the parliamentary elections are
held. II the returns make II clear
that the party OF John Redmond,
now under the leadership OF John
pilon, has been returned, in such
event there may he some hope for
ireland az the peace table. But II
on the other hand the party that was
responsible for the Easter week
tragedy should triumph at the polls,
any effort to bring lreland'S cause
hefore the peace conference will be
rs fruitleSs and as prOfitiess as ship
ping ice to Greenland. At feast
may venture that the reception that
will be given Ireland's cmisSaries,
in the latter event will be as friEid
as ice in Greenland. In which case,
may God save Ireland Yours truly,
L. II. MARDNEY.