Arizona republican., 1919-09-09
The Friends of Ireland

There appeared in an editorial column of The Republican yesterday the following paragraph; "The weakness of Ireland consists in the fact that the of her friends are merely of Great Britain" We should explain that that not editorial ex- ptession of The Republican It was a paragraph lifted from a syndcated feature called "observa- tons," intended editorial use and was no more representative the editorial opinion of The Repub- lican than the Confessions of Bride -'1he Romances of Summer Girls "the Doings of the Duffs" or the outbursts of Everett True all of which we feature.
 We would not take the trouble and the space to make this explanation if believed statement be true. While there many Anglophobiacs in this country, they find their for antipathy Great Britain to lie chiefly in wars with that nation The hatred is traceable to the foolish American histories generally school histories of earlier generation There has also been of American sympathy by many Americans with Great Britain, because of the outward and apparent unre- sponsiveness of many British individuals whom they have met but the people who do like the British for those not generally concerned about the present the future of Ireland
 We have, too and have always had, class of politicians who have found it advisable to placate large Irish constituency. by twisting the Lions tail and at the time demanding the freedom of Ire land The most conspicuous instance that was af- forded by Mir. Bryan as secretary of state when in Chicago address he gave affront to the British gov ernment by raising the Irish question. Nobody be- 1ieved Bryan supposed for an instant that he helping the Irish cause and few people believe that he sincerely desired to do so.
 The friends of Ireland in America are mostly the Irish themselves and they constitute large part of population. undoubtedly much the largest ele- ment in population. We do not mean merely those who born in Ireland or were born of par ents, both of whom came from Ireland. We mean all in whom the Irish blood flows strong and no less strong, because has been flowing in America for three, four five generations Through the same veins may flow the blood of other peoples but the Irish strain is dominant
 There is other country whose legends are so clear or which near. The American grand of Irish immigrant yields nothing in his love for the Emerald Isle to the immigrant fresh from Ireland The descendants of people from no other country cherish the lands Of their fathers
 These are the friends of Ireland The mere haters of the British and the demagogc politicians are so few in comparison that they may be dsregarded In the debates upon the peace treaty not much play has been given to the Irish question The democrats have been estopped from making use of it. Their mere advocacy of the treaty as it stands is as much of front to the Irish they dare to offer and while advocating the treaty cannot give expression to any sympathy with Ireland. The republicans do to do Then opposition to Article of the covenant is all that the Irish want and that would be offered anyway. Thus, circumstances prevent on hand, and make unnecessary on the other any resort to demagoguery with respect to the Irish question