The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-12-15
IS SPARRING
FOR Time, DECLARES
HOOSIER HISTORIAN

"No question is settled until it is
settled right The Irish question, a
world question, has been up for 100
years This was the way DR.. James
Woodburn of Indiana university be.
gan his address to more than 200 men
and women at the Morrisson-Reeves
library when he spoke under the aus
pices of the Woman's club, on "The
Irish Question
"The place that England holds
among the nations of the world de-
pends on the settlement of the Irish
question:" DR.. Woodburn stated, land
the sun will set on British power when
Ireland goes" He explained the inn
portance of Ireland to England from
a geographical, strategical and mill
tary point of view, showing how fatal
it would be to England to have n
hostile and free Ireland holding what
is the keystone Of Great Britain.
Want Understanding.
Alluding to relations between Brit
ain and the United States, DR.. Wood
burn said that most people of the
United States desire an active and
cordial understanding between Britain
and the United States, but settlement
of the Irish question is necessary be-
fore that agreement is complete" He
commented upon England's displeas-
ure at any interference or active in
terest of the United States in the
question, quoting the suggestion of
| Sir Edward Carson made last year
for the benefit of the United States
You attend to your affairs and we
will attend to ours
He explained the difference be-
| tween the Irish Nationalists and the
! Sim Feiners, saying that the Nat
J ionalists were not after political rule
but only absolute home rule. The
Sim Feiners on the other hand, will
be satisfied with nothing but COM
plete severance from England, he
! added. AT the same time he said
that the Sim Fein party is decidedly
! anti-socialist and is for the capitalists.
! The reason DR.. Woodburn gave for
this was the fact that Ireland is an
! industrial country. The Ulster Pro
| testants are proud of their citizenship,
Dr. Woodburn said, and are in oppo-
sition to home rule. They are the
most highly educated of the Irish.
and oppose Roman Catholic influence,
which they consider backward, the
speaker declared.
Tells of Oppression.
Speaking of Irish hatred for Eng
land, DR.. Woodburn reviewed early
history of the country under English
rule and told of the oppression and
suffering to which the people were
subjected adding that "the hatred for
/ England came as a result of the op-
preston and suffering inflicted on Ire
land" Sir Horace Plunkett says: The
! Irish question is the best thing for
England to remember and for the
Irish to forget"
! Dr. Woodburn, in referring to the
present Irish bill, said it was no more
than "sparring for time" He ex-
planned at some length a recommen-
dation which has been made that
there be separate parliaments for
| Wales, Ireland and Scotland. This
plan would provide for two parlia,
ments in Ireland, one in the north at
Belfast, which would serve for one
| fourth of the Irish, and one in the
| south, at Dublin, for the other three
fourths of the Irish people. (The one
fourth in the north, made up of
the Protestant Ulsters.)
! Preceding DR.. Woodburn's lecture a
representative of Tuskogee Institute
gave a short talk on the work and
purpose of the school and what it
meant to the colored people.