South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-19

tition Ulster of. what about the 20
per cent OF Ulster that wishes indie
pendcnce with the rest Of Ireland?
Can you give them independence
within Ulster? \ large per cent Of
the American colonfsts opposed sep
aration from England. What If they
had had thefr way, and had perpetu-
ated British rule within our bound
ar:es2 All that the Rev Greene
wishes is the perpetuatioE OF the
statIs quo OF Ulster. a condition of
affairs which has not allowed Ireland
a really peaceful moment for hun
dreds OF years.
The reverend gentleman asserts
that listers taxes would be heavier
under an independent Ireland. And
why? Ireland pays for taxes now.
more than is ever returned 10 her
under the guise OF public improve
ments and maintenance OF law and
order
We regard as malign calumny
Rev. Greene's clustering attempt TO
assert conspiracy between the Sim
: Feiners and the Germans, and we re-
( fer him TO the official statement Of
/ Lord Wimbourne, lord lieutenant Of
/ Ireland. during the time Of the al
/ legged conspiracy. in which he brands
as absolute falsehoods, all statements
I 10 the effect that the Sim Feiners
had any dealings whatever with Ger
many.
/ Sim Fein was not alone in fight
( ing CONSUMPTION, as Rev. Greene in
/ fers. Ulster, almost TO a man, was
7 even more determined in its resist
ance TO CONSUMPTION. II Australia
was allowed TO vote down conscrip-
/ ton. why was the same choice not
l allowed Ireland, who had even more
right TO IL, since she is not, like
Australia, a colony OF England's, but
rather a separate and older nation,
which has never consented to the
I foreign rule which was forced on
her by brutal conquest.
We defy Rev. Greene to prove that
/ Sim Fein fired on American sailors
| in Cork, because we know definitely
that the newspaper report from
which he derives his information,
was bald lie.
/ 1t is silly bigotry TO accuse the
Catholic church Of seeking TO betray
the cause of the allies. Especially
! when there are twice as many Cath
olics upon the side of the allies as
there were with the Teuton nations.
Rev. Greene asks you to choose
between a "traitorous Sim Fem"
and England: but we ask you. whose
word you think is the most depend
/ able-Lord wimbourne's when as
lord lieutenant Of Ireland he alb
solved the Sim Feiners of disloyalty.
or that OF the Rev. ]. ~. Greene OF
the First NJ. f. church, South Bend,
when he asserted their disloyalty?
1t is the sublimation of ignorance
TO advance such statements as IRE
land was a Stacker in sending men
to the war. On the same basis Of
comparison, Wales and Scotland sent
four times as maryland England
% times as many" The truth is
that 100000 Irishmen went from
Ireland, out of a population of four
and half millions, TO serve with the
British forces IL England sent %
| times as many, she alone would have
given 100000 men. which figures
she did not approach even including
all her colonies If America had
given six per cent of her population
to fight, as Ireland did, we would
have had 100000 men under arms.
The irish cause is being presented
in America, and the Dearborn In
dependent says of ia significant
feature of the new Irish movement
in America is its temperate tone
and an almost complete absence, in
responsible gatherings, of rabid de-
nunciations" We are sorry 10 say
we miss such temperance in the
rabid effusions of the Rev. ]. n
Greene
Sincerely,
Notre Dame Branch. Friends OF
Irish Freedom"