Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
AS IRISHMEN SEE IRELAND
New York Jurst, Authority Erin Discus.
Battle for Freedom.
ny HON. DANIEL +. cOHALAN,
Justice Supreme Court, York.
Article No. 3-No. 4 VIII be PubIshed Tomorrow.

by HON. DAME
Justice Supreme
Article No. 1NO. WI
England rd dares to say that she re-
Fritz IS Of the FAC; ,hat !sss ysa5 Ems
her consrol OF Ireland S She eolla iaS
from Ireland and on Irish goods. dur:
more me, ~ than 81. 10000 hounds EEshue she He
spent spe on what she is pleased to call
herself Of Il 10000 bounds an PF enm,va to
lent Of abon, slo5.ooo,ooO, profit ga thered
Ireland did With the rest of the
world the previous year a business Of
i,lunkett, though other spokesman for
TOO low OF the foreign busine ss't dons
done with England. Why? Because
a GpE ,I has no completely cut Ireland
is unable TO send goods abroad except
through England. or TO buy abroad
except through England. thus being
to sell in the cheapest market and to
buy IN the dearest market.
suit OF this. that the English trades
man. who is as shrewd. as adroi,. as
fEa1s1sfhinG p in his own neId as is the
eminent. made a profit OF at least is
per cent on the turnover of this busl-
Ireland thus gives to England. in
aa ;sn %G ot to the taxation the profit Of
~ 900; oGo' thus, thus making for England
portions1;t proit Of 81? YES. ooo 80 from rom
her eontro! q Ireland That sum rep
land wishes to remain in Ireland. She
Is there az a matter Of profit She is
above all other reasons. strong and
selfish as they are. England remains
n reiadd cd because she regards her
and essential TO her continued control
OF the seas.
Uses Ireland for Dairy Farm.
land must remain attached to Eng
land because England is the chief
try through which Ircland's commerce
with the world must be carried on. IL
more GO da Sfi HTIa marSe could
be brought against England than is
brought By this bit of English propa-
Is that England does not buy one dol
lars lars worth OF goods from Ireland
other part OF the world. Further. because
! o. her absolute control Of the OF
The world. and Of her economic contact
with every other country on earth.
Eng and does not sell TO Ireland one
single article, no matter how insigf-
price IN any other part Of the globe.
England uses Ireland for d great
oairy farm: broad grazing land. in
order that food may be provided at the
lowest possible price for the teeming
millions in the Industrial centers OF
England She uses Ireland as dump
ing ground for the excess products OF
her fnctorieB-e1cess products which
are turned out by her manufacturers
either TO meet special competition In
some other country or in order to keep
her Industrial workers employed SO
that thew IN ipL
too much about the grievances and the
industrial problems that lead TO revo-
luton.
Destroyed Population of Ireland.
The world recently rang with Eng
iish propaganda in the form of stories
OF the tyrannies OF the Car of the
Russias and of the government OF the
central empires. These empires have
/ gone. ana properly gone, the ways of
/ every other tyrant OF past history. but
the fact remains that at their worst
these powers did not keep the popula-
! ton of AlSace- Lorraine OF Schlesw,e-
| Holstein, OF Galic!a. from greatly in
creasing in numbers and in prosperity
Tor ala the brutalities and outrage
GUS excuses Of power OF the successive
cars OF the Russias prevent Russian
roland from growing greatly in popu-
iation and in wealth. Yet In the
seventy years from ls45 to 1915. the
I population OF Ireland. under what
English Spokesman are pleased to call
the benign reign OF Victoria OF Ed
ward VII and OF George V, has de-
creased from more than S,75o,OoO to
i.39o,2lo
Government-Made Famines
In that time. in spite of the cruclt;es
ana misgovernment practiced upon the
people OF those continental! countries
no charge has been made and has be4n
proved-as in the case OF Ireland-of
more than 100000 starved To death
In land OF plenty and another 1000.
9oo were sent across the seas TO seek
IN foreign countries an opportunity 10
| i've. an opportunity of which they were
deprived in their own land by reason
. oil the inhumanity OF an allen govern
ment.
England has systematically broken
GOWN every effort made 20 build up
the industries, TO develop the resources
OF Ireland. while her spokesmen sing
In chorus that all the wrongs Of Ire
iand are ancient wrongs and that Ire
land is today governed by the same
laws that govern England and there
fore the Irish people should be con-
for liberty.
These assertions do not bear the
slightest investigation OF an impartial
mind. Ireland has been turned into a
land and by acts OF the English gov
eminent. The system OF laws made
ior highly complex industrial state
IKE England are utterly out Of place
! Il
made to be agriculture.
HarbOrs of ireland in IdIene.s,
The shipping controlled by England
cuts ireland off from all contact with
the rest of the world and keeps in
likeness twenty of the greatest har-
Dors or Europe. II prevents the mod
ern development of the ports OF Cork
Limerick, Galway, Sligo and Dublin
ports which c.'nturies ago were great
trading ports, carrying on extensive
commerce with the countries Of CONT
mental Europe.
The railroads OF the smaller and
poorer country arc controlled by the
railroads OF the richer and larger coun-
Try, so that ii cost until recently as
much to send a barrel of -four across
from Galway TO Dublin as II would to
send 1t from Chicago to Liverpool.
Most Of the banks in Ireland are
brought uo or controlled by the banks
OF England. with the result that the
deposits are not invested in Ireland
for the development of its resources
or the upbuilding of its industries, but