The Irish standard., 1919-05-10

6lScu IOUdys duU IOAuOCTOW tu0 peace
treaty is signed, and you continue the
same movement in Ireland, and we
continue the same movement in India,
they will come forward to ask Amer
ica or other members of the League
to come forward to protect the terri
torial rights of Great Britain. In that
case America will have to come for
ward to protect their territorial rights,
because If the people in Ireland con-
tinue to push their cause, they will
not question them, and England is
bound to come to suppress that big
fight, either in Ireland or In India. In
that case, America, France, or other
members shall have to go forward and
protect their territorial integrity.
Are you Americans going to stand
for this relation-the Champions of
Freedom and Independence? Will you
go to suppress freedom in Ireland? ?
Will you 60 and suppress the rights
! and freedom of India? Will you send
, your men? Will you send your daugh-
ters and your sons to kill those who
banker, who are hankering for free
dom, independence and Justice and
real peace? 1t remains to be seen,
and then and then alone the sincerity
of the papers will be understood by
you who are really oppressed.
If self-deternination is not given
today, I don't know what will happen
in the future. Let me answer that
question. I know what Is going to
happen, and in the name of India and
Ireland, let me tell you what force
will come to an end. There will be
no Democracy-there will be no per.
manent peace. The oppressed people,
the suffering people, the people who
are asking for peace. will not be guild.
ed by these autocrats. They will come
forward to get that bread and butter
for which they work every day, and
which still they don't get. They will
see that the world is made safe for
Real Democracy, and not Hypocriti.
cal Democracy as is being made today.
Before we can make the world or
attempt to make the world safe for
Democracy, we should see that De-
mocracy is made safe for the world,
Democracy must be made safe for the
world before we make Democracy
These Big Four Democracies who are
trying;to make terms, and one of these
is Great Britain-who call themselves
Democratic-you know more than I
do what has happened in ireland un-
der this great beneficial rule of Eng
land. You know what has happened.
This so-called Democracy of England
is making the world safe to live for
themselves, not for the natives of the
land. They are not making the world
safe for Democracy, but for Hypoc-
ricy, and for their own policy of ex-
ploitation, which is proven by prison
ers of England, Ireland and India.
You, my friends, sent your maidens,
maidens sent their sweethearts, wives
their husbands, you, fond mothers, sent
your children to the front in order to
crush autocracy and militarism, and
in order to give both l,eace and pro-
lection to small nations, and what did
they do? They did crush one autoc.
racy, and they did crush the militar-
ism of Prussia-everyone here is glad
for that reason, but do you know that
autocracy and militarisnr has not been
crushed?
England has proposed to spend for
the year 1919 to 1920 one-half of the
total revenue raised from the poor
people on her military and navy.
Think of this-and then they tell us
they will bring about justice and
peace, and make the world safe for
Democracy! Before 1919 England
used to spend revenue of $4,350, 900
raised each year from a people whose
annual per capita earning is $3.50.
They used to spend 229s of this rev.
enue on military and navy alone until
1919. Now in the name of justice and
peace, and in order to crush autocracy
and militarism they are going to spend
5Onh of the same revenue. What kind
of Democracy is this? What kind Of
justice and peace is this? II they
think they are bringing about justice
and peace in this manner, they are
mistaken. Do they think for a mo.
ment that they will deceive India ?
The people of India are now awake; !;
they know exactly who is exploiting
them. They know how the food that
goes to their lips is taken away in or
der to make the world safe for Democ-
racy, and they know furthermore what
the President has uttered during this
war-what Lloyd George and Asquith
has said during the war and what
other great people did during the war.