Arizona republican., 1919-11-23
Where The People
 May Have a Hearing
"The Truth About Ireland" 1"


 Der 1S appeared communication from the Rev. Harcourt w. Peck anent Sim Fein propaganda and the Irish repub lie, in which effusion he portrays the general characteristics of most op- ponents of democracy for Ireland. Though so per cent of Irish people at the last election so decreed for inde- pendence, little things like an so per cent majority are easily ignored when one is sWayed by passion and preju- dice and must depend largely on gen eral and not specific charges sup planted by facts.
 In one of the few instances where he attempted to support specific fact, Mir. Peck failed miserably and tevealed his deplorable ignorance and incompetence to speak or write of things that pertain to justice for Ire land. This man when he spoke of John Redmond, M F., for many years Nationalist leader, in reference to a speech he made in Australia four years ago. before he went to France and died fighting for the worlds liberties Now any school boy. could have told the reverend gentleman that John Redmond did not fight in France or die in France, as he was too busy at ' Charta of liberty, to which his Aus trailian speech refers, against the wiles and deceit of the British Tory govern ment headed by George Bonar Law and Sir Edward Carson and in which struggle he lost nearly all the liber- ties referred to in said speech. with his home rule bill smothered in ad- dition.
 No. not John Redmond, but William Redmond, M. P, went to France and died in the cause of democracy. but unlike Sarsfield, who also died ir France, Redmond thought he was shedding his blood for Irelands re- demption, only to find after he and one hundred thousand other brave Irishmen had strewn the battlefields of this cruel war, that those who re- mained at home to keep up the fight for democracy and ask England to full fill the pledge that she was fighting for the rights of oppressed people which pledgs she has failed to fulfill the answer to Redmond of Rev. Peck that Redmond's successors too, should have gone the same route so that Eng land could be allowed to forget hei promises, and her favored gentry con- tinue the exploitation of Ireland.
 Rev Peck condemns all who espouse Ireland's cause and brands them as hyphens, yet every true champion ot democracy and many civic and officia bodies have declared themselves in sympathy with her claims. including the American Federation of Labor many state legislatures. The United sente. the most august assembly in the world, with one lone dissenting voice L. cause. I sat in an audience only g few weeks ago, addressed by Mir Whyte. a member of the British par hament where was present also this same Rev. Peck. Mir. Whyte, M P. proclaimed that all England was alive to the injustice done Ireland, that they too were filled with that spirit oi democracy that brooks no opposition in meting out that long denied liberty of self government to Ireland, yet Rev Peck is immobile in his fixed purpose to hold Ireland in subjection, as the last and only nation of the white race denied the application of the demo cracy we have gladly, and no doubt with, I hope, the approval of MT. Pack extended to nations that were opposed to us in arms - the CZecho- Sloyaks Hungarians, Poles and other nationali- ties. But to Ireland this apostle o Christianity says "No," To Ireland who John Dedmond said, in the British parliament in April. 1916, had at that date contributed over 175,000 volun. teers, and who, according to Captain Maloney an officer in the British army had contributed 250,000 men direct iron Ireland during the course of the war According to q statement made by Joseph Devlin, M. P., in Belfast few weeks ago Ireland's contributions O Irish born and Irish blood to the work war, not including America, was 500. 0O0
 Placing her direct contributions oi men at 100000. it equals about pei cent of her population, with her maI power depleted between the ages of II to 45 years, by nearly 50 per cent from immigration. Would you dare to crit icize America because she didn't senC per cent of her population into th' conflict Yet you call the Irish slack CTS, getting sleek and fat at hom' while the boys of the United States England Scotland, Wales, Canada, Au tralia, South Africa and others wer' fighting for the liberty of the world Do you not know, Rev. sir, that Ire land sent more men direct to the bat tie front than Australia or South Al rica? And in the face of her depleted man power did nearly as well as Can ada in proportion to population; tha 30 per cent of the Irish born, subjec to the U. S. draft rules waived all eX emption, while only about 22 per cen of the English born availed themselve' of this privilege.
 MT. Peck charges that Admiral Sim! states that our sailors were mobbet in Ireland. Grant that it is true. wer' not our soldiers and sailors attacked or mobbed in England, though I pre- sumeAdmiral Sims speaks not of that Were they not attacked or mobbed b! the Japanese and did they not hayt their difficulties with the French? Bl this faulty reasoning we should nov be at enmity with those nations anc denying them democracy.
 To quote Admiral Sims l refer t Sundays Examiner, November 16, "Ol their arrival at Queenstown the ap pearance of our officers on the dock | in their unfamiliar close se-fitting blouse and of the men in their neat whit linen caps also, at once won the heart 1 of the populace, Sure and it's our owl | WHEN TELLER