The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-13
BRITAIN HAS NO CHARITY
World Peace With Emerald
Isle in Chains, Impossible
Says Writer.
AMERICA OWES IRISH DEBT
Gave Men and Money TO Lay
fayette to Help this Coun-
try Win Liberty.
ny LAMEs nEN1NE-

ny JAMES DENlNE
Tho Irish question has bccn the
cause of turmoil and contention for
n longer time than any other barring
/ that OF the Jewish race that now oc-
| Cupics the attention and demands the
consideration Of the world
/ II was nges old when Columbus
landed on the shores OF America. II
has continued through the centuries
since that time and always will con
! tinuo TO mar the peace nf the world
until It IL settled and 1t never viii
hO settled until II II settled right.
/ Aud II can only he settled right bv
using In the settlement the sinp'"
rule Of Justice The world ahould
realize this AT this time and gee that
| II II done.
Like ali questions II ih,s two sides
\ right side and "A wrong Side a
side OF Justice and one OF injustice,
! ON this point I am going TO say
/ that | believe every lover OF justice,
every fairminded man and woman In
the world knows that ireland has on i
/ her side In the controversy every'eie-
ment OF right. every element OF JUS
| tlce hlle there is not today and
never has been anything to sustain
! England's claim but militarism
arrogance and brute force,
Every fair-mlndod EnEllshnan and
every fair minded man In the world
familiar with Irish history knows
that this In true and that II was by
these lnstrumontRlitieS that their rule
| In ireland was cStnbllnhed and Ii be-
ing maintained.
Can nnv better reason be advanced
to show that England should govern
ireland than that ireland should gov
HF a n
the people
Can their rule he justified on the
ground that the Irish ls an inferior
and the English "A superior race and
therefore know better what Is best
for the Irish7
, can their rule be justified on the
ground that they bring to the Irish
a higher order OF Intelligence and
civilization
Capable Of Government.
IH II not childish 10 contend that
nation that has produced such men
M Daniel OConnell Wolf Tone.
Henry Grnttan, Charles Pnrnell,
Robert Emmet, Thomas Moore, oil
yer Goldsmith and countless thou
sands OF others. soldiers, scholars ana
statesmen. the very master spirits u
the time In which they lived. is ndt
capable of government. Had
! these men lived In any other country
/ but ireland their brilliant talents
/ would have raised them 10 the high
est position Of honor IN The gift of
| their fellow citizens but ~ ireland
| they lnRguished In tails and the most
brilliant among them died on tn"
gibbit becauEc they loved Justice, be.
cause they had the courage To stand
| for freedom for themselves and their
! fellow Countrymcn, -"
At this time. on account Of our
mixed relationship with tho mother
country, | doubt n II IL oNpcdient
to go into u detailed account OF the
things | have alluded to In "A general
way that made these crimes pussi-
Bile. Tho history Of these events is
an open book 20 the readers uf the
world and make up the most sCath-
Ing indictment of hypocricy dccep
tion. cruelty and injustice that can
he fastened and nailed down against
any nation In the world claiming To-
be standing for justice and liberty
regret to say this, but tho world
knows that II Is true. lf YOU doubt
H.. read the laws enacted hy England
FOR the government NJ ireland. The
laws enacted for the suppression ui
manufacturing reduced Ireland 20
a potato raising and pasture country
ana the people from 9,OOO,OOO to
about half that number Then read
the cocrclvc laws. the arms act also
the defense of the realm act and the
act OF union. what II cost England
ana how II was secured how somo
Irish delegates were influenced 10
vote against their country and how
England has always repudiutCd her
agreements with ireland ana made
~ her treaties scrap ~ poucr Read