The Irish standard., 1919-05-24

troops are patroling the streets. What
is going to happen to these people If
the Peace Treaty is signed and they
are not given their Freedom to govern
themselves? Their fate will be terri
BILE. Belgium's atrocities will be mild
in comparison. They will be hung, i'm
prisoned, massacred. Are we to- sit
calmly by and let this nation suffer
all this, these people who have rem.
dered priceless assistance to this Re-
public in every hour of need. The
American people should uphold Ire
land.
England accepted the shield of our
people when we wrote into that con-
stitution of the war what the answer
should be "That all Nations should
determine for themselves the kind of
government under which they live"
1t meant the repulse of England's lust
full control. Why England today rules
one-third of the worlds population,
one-fourth of the worlds land, and all
of the worlds seas, and yet this Ma
tion is fighting to see to it that Ger
many did not do all these terrible
things. She proudly boasts of her
ownership in America, the press, Wall
street, etc.
Why Went to the War.
went to War-I was glad l went
because l knew what we were fighting
for. I went because it was the best
thing to do. Are the things for which
we fought to be scrapped? Are we
going to make scraps of the paper
that carried so many thousands of
our boys over to France, and left so
many of them there? They would not
rest in their graves. So, it is high
time that America see to it that it is
the Land of the Free and the Home
of the Brave as it always has been, and
not by insidious propaganda have the
Union Jack supplant the Stars and
Stripes.
They tell us the Irish were not cap
able manufacturers. Yet last year
Ireland's revenue for the year 1918 was
practically $15O,OOO,00O, of which $780,
100000 was an excess tax for the main.
tenance of the War. Last year their
trade was over Six Billions of Dollars.
Americas trade with England last
year, even in time of War, minus War
commodities, was only Twelve Bill
lion, SO that this little Nation of three
and half millions, did half as large a
trade with England as America They
have been able to support that, and
all these things that England levies
on Ireland have been paid, and they
have today over one billion surplus
taxation in the time of War. They say
we haven't Genius-a strange thing.
People who have no genius of national
ity, could not have survived 800 years
under the heel of the oppressor, and
be just as strong today as they ever
were.
resent very much the inference
that Protestants of Ireland are so
lacking in spirit that we could sacri.
fee the Freedom of our Mother Coun.
try through any religious difference
Scores Local Masonic Paper.
| Right now want to 1nterject some
thing local. l am Mason. l have
the honor of being Chaplain of one OF
the oldest divisions of Masonry, Con
Ecordial No. 13. The only time my
lodge did not hold session was in
1872, when our meeting was called of
land our members took their guns and
went down to the Battery to wipe out
the British, and would gladly do it
again If the occasion arises, and yet ]
come to this city of Minneapolis, Low.
ing my order, because they are splen.
did men, and honorable men, and ]
find here a. scurrilous sheet that is a
disgrace to Masonry. If there is any
one who belongs to that class of Ma.
sons, tell them they are traitors to
the order, when they would dare to
put out any such sheet. defy them
to go before the Altar of Masonry and
make any such statements, or make
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