Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-18

being held under it's auspices every night on
some corner, where thousands of leaflets
dealing with Ireland are given away. During
this winter we are going to have lectures
every Sunday night on the Irish question, and
offer a course in Irish literature. We may
even put on a series of Irish plays, since Cath
leen nj Houlihan was such great success
here last year. We are also conducting class
es in Gaelic"
At time practically a dead language,
Gaelic is now rapidly regaining its lost pop
ularity throughout Ireland, and even here
in America. According to Mr.. Golden, it is
a ,,reat language to pray in, swear in, and
make love in, which is enough to make any
language popular.
Irish propaganda, as distributed by the
Irish Progressive League consists of two
types-praise and censure. Naturally, the
praise is for Ireland, and the censure for
Great Britain. Ireland is shown as a natu-
rally Independent nation, with splendid nat
ural resources, separate and distinct racial
characteristics, and quite many facilities
for taking care of itself as Serbia, Greece,
Norway, Rumania, any Of the other small
nations of Europe. Ireland is about twice
the size of Belgium, Holland, Denmark or
Switzerland. 1t has twice as many people as
Norway, and its annual volume of trade is
! almost twice as great as that of any of the
other small European nations.
Judged by any standard you may select"
says the league "Ireland is admirably fitted
for freedom. She is large enough, populous
enough and rich enough. For the money we
paid England last year. we could run the gov
eminent business of Bulgaria, Switzerland
Norway, and Denmark, paying for all their
police, soldiers, ships and guns Is not Ire
land fooled and robbed long enough"
The propaganda against the British gov
eminent is designed to show Americans that
England has robbed Ireland, and that, al
though we do not recognize the fact Great
Britain is anxious to goIble us up too
cit is not an exaggerAtion to say" declares
one Irish circular now being widely distribute
ed about the streets of New York, that since
the British were driven out of this country
they have never abandoned the hope of get
ting the United States back again under
their control. 1t has been the deram of their
statesmen and their politicians, and they have
never lost opportunity of advancing it by
every open and every covert means that they
could"
Evidence supporting this contention is Of
fered in the form Of remarks lnCautlOuSly
dropped by such illustrious personages as Jo-
seph Chamberlain, Andrew Carnegie, and &C.
ell Rhodes Mr. Chambe is quoted as
saying that a world war and all the horrors
that world war would entail would not T.
too great price to pay for "better under
standing" between the United States and the
so-called mother country. Mr.. Carnegie, it
seems went oven further and defined this
"better understanding in the North Ameri-
can Review for June, 1898. LET men say
what they will" wrote the irOn-master, 81
say that surely as the sun in the heavens
once shone upon Britain and America united
SO surely is it one morning to rise, shine upon
and greet again the reunited States-the
British American union" But Cecil Rhodes,
if we only knew it, is our principal arch en-
envy. For, according to the Irish, che left
his immense fortune, in his will in 1875, to
and for the establishment, promotion and
development Of a secret society, the true aim
of which and the object whereof shall be
the ultimate recovery of the United States
of America as an integral part of the British
Empire"
Thus Ireland endeavors to win our SYM
pathy by telling us we are menaced by the
same danger that has overwhelmed her.