South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-19

years that IL was before the Irish
people. IL was an abstract pro-
gram and IL began 70 seem more
a abstract when a Liberal party came
into power. and a promise OF home
rule was held out 10 Ireland. When
all was said. there were not many in
Ireland who knew anything OF the
Remuneration Act and the consutu-
ton or 1888. The l 3 points OF the
Sim Fem constitution were admir-
able. but not all OF them were awak-
ening, for exampe: The Introduc-
ton OF Protective System for Irish
Industries by combined action Of the
Irish County Councils, Urban Coun-
ellis, Rural Councils, Poor Law
Boards. and other bodies directly
responsible to the Irish people"
The establishment and Maintenance
of an Irish Consular Service" The
Reestablishment OF an Irish Mercan-
tile Marine" The Establishment
of an irish National Bank and an
Irish Stock Exchange" The Crea-
ton Of a National Civil Service"
The establishment OF National
Courts OF Arbitration The Con-
troll and Management OF Transit by
Rail, Road and Water" The Re
form OF Education TO render its
basis National and Industrial" The
non-cOnsumption' as far as practical
of articles paying Duty TO the Bri-
fish ExcheQuer." There was one
point, however, that appealed TO the
national imagination as an heroic
measure: The non-recognition OF
the British parliament as invested
with a constitutional or moral au-
thority 70 legislate for Ireland, and
the annual assembly in Dublin of
persons elected by the voters Of the
Irish cities and counties, and dele
gates from County. County Borough.
Urban and Rural Councils. and Poor
Law and Harbor Boards to devise
and formulate measures for the
benefit Of the whole people If Ire
land"
The founders Of Sim Fem had
no lever TO their hands, as Parnell
had one lever in the revolutionary
agrarian movement and another in
the obstruction of the British Parlia-
ment. The program was all in
the air. A generation that had been
trained 10 look to Westminster for
concessions could not be expected to
take a hand in the establishment
Of Irish consulates Of the creation
Of an Irish mercantile marine. Nor
at the time, if lever had been
discovered. was there the temper
TO make use OF IT, The Liberal
yparty-the friends of Ireland-had
come into power. Irish political in
and Sim Fem and the older Gaelic
league languished into forlorn hopes
Time and circumstances We're TO
give the lever, and give the country,
too. the temper to use il. The con-
sentative party sanctioned tbs arm
ing and drilling in Ulster Of those
opposed TO the liberal govern
ment's scheme of home rule. Ma
tionalist Ireland armed and drilled
itself too. This armed Nationalist
force was TO become the lever. Then
the dominant English party showed
that it was not wholly sincere about
home rule. The armed men of
National Ireland passed from Mr.
Redmond's control. Labor leaders
in Dublin had armed and had drill
ed their followers. These men were
thinking. not of home rule nor the
constitution of 17S3-they were
thinking Of an Irish republic. on
Easter, 1916, the Dublin Citizen
army. with the young intellectuals
and a few corps Of volunteers. who
may or may not have been formally
Sim Fem. struck for an Irish re-
public. From that moment the for
tune of Sim Fein was made.
The insurrection in Dublin was
given the name Of the Sim Fem
rebellion, although one of the prime
movers in il. James Connolly. in his
Labor in Irish History" had mock
ed at the Constitution of 1888.
Arthur Griffith. who was not directly
implicated in the Instruction. was