The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-26
IRELAND'S CAUSE AND THE REMEDY

The Empire yesterday printed the London Times summary of the report of former Gov Dunne and Mr. Walsh, Americans of the Irish race, who 1nves- tigated conditions in Ireland the conduct of those who have been enforcing the law in that unhappy country. There is no reason to doubt that gross
 nustices and inhumane practices have characterized the exercise of authority there. Likewise there is every reason to believe that the publicity that is being given the matter by Lord Northciffes pa pers other publications and other methods of pub licity will the practices to end if they have not already ended English public sentiment, when the people fully informed and their sense of justice and fairplay manly appealed to- will not long tolerate injustice. Just the appeals of Pitt and Fox the British people to the side of the American coonists in their quarrel with King George, just the arguments of Parnell and Me Carthy and Gladstone caused the destruction of ob- noxious land laws and andordism in Ireland, so will the publicity that is being given the excesses of British military and other authority in Ireland rectify the inhuman condeions in Irish iails
 Irelands cause, her right to home rule plete independence, the may be- rests on broader and deeper principles than those involved in the treatment of her political prisoners by arbi trary authority And the Irish will gain recognition of their rights quicker by making the situation clear to the people of Great Britain than in other way
 The English people can be persuaded when their and conscience appealed to, but they slow yield force when unlawful means employed to thwart their officials In fact they have frequently sustained their Governments and in wrongful practices just because they angered by methods employed by those whose quarrel may have been just An iniquitous landlordism op- pressed the great majority in Ireland much longer than otherwise would have been permitted because a minority in that country too free with brick bat and club and torch and assassins' weapons. When these instruments were put away and the Irish der the leadership of Parnell appealed and conscience that battle Likewise, just be- fore the war, the British people several times of Irish home rule. And Ireland would have had home rule in spite of Carson, had not inter vened to cause delay in the adjustment to Ulster
 The incipient rebellion in Ireland, lead by few zeaots during the when Great Britain sranfng her strength to the breaking point in the titanic struggle against Prussanism, angered the British people, and they have permitted that otherwise would have been impossible. This called rebellion, and the pro- German activities some of those whose hatred of Great Britain greater than their antipathy for the monarchical mitarism of the Hohenzollerns with its civilization aroused English passion beyond the point of reason or consideration of justice and right This not said in justification the practices complained of by the former Gov. Dunne, MT. Walsh and Lord I'orthcffe, but in explanation
 Let Ireland make sure that she knows just what she wants and then let her be presented clearly, reasonably and manfully to the people of Britain and the world and justice will unquesion- ably follow. John Redmond said that the great com mon people of England sound heart and they may be depended upon to do justice when fully in- formed and appealed to as from to Public sentiment the world over will justify and support 8 practically unanimous demand of the Irish people home rule or independence