Evening journal., 1920-05-15
YOUTH SAVED
SINN FEINERS
Young Irishmen Refused to
Emigrate While Country
Needed Them
MILLIONS SPEAK
GAELIC LANGUAGE
n, wEBB MILLER
niied - 80 corrnspondenl.l

IMHf|N AI'"" I"tNAN 'f'A "" i''fA''-NRHfN
DUBLIN by Maill--rhe most inn
porlant fundamental development In
Ireland in the past fyc years from
the Sim rdners' point Of Wow Is
the fact thar emigration has prach-
cally ceased.
In an interview given the unfted
Press Arthur Grnlth. the founder OF
Sim Fein and vice-president OF The
''li'ish nepublic." emphasi1d The groat
Significance OF lhis development.
Before ne war Ireland lost an
average Of sixty thousand young mn
and women every yer During the
war emigration NNas stopped and thowe
are NOW over 2OOOOO persons in Ire
land thai would normally have emi-
grated 90 the United SiatCe. Australia
and S0uh Amcrica since the armis-
lice the tide OF emigration has failed
to rise.
"Our people no longer accept The
idea that ihcy were born DO go
abroad Griffith said we have de-
lcrmlnod mat his Is our own land
and thai we're going tO keep 40, and
We are going 10 goNtan A. The viii
10 cmlgrate has charged and now it's
Die viii 10 stay. The English gov
ernmcut has always encouraged cmi-
graton 10 keep The country weak and
imnOtcnt. only few weeks ago Lord
French IN an interview with a French
neNspapcr correspondent declared ihat
one OF ile things causing trouble In
ireland was the 200,O0o persons who
Mould have normally cmiwaled. That
is a liehtning-nash on the ahitudc
Of tho English government. We sim
feIncrs Hc now encouraging our
Young people DO stay here and make
NE most OF hclr opportunities. We
are doing every hing possible 10 pro-
vide incentives for them 20 stay. But
our activities are made ILLEGAL and
every move Wc make TO provide such
incentives is suppressed II possible.
For Instance. our efforts 70 develop
the fsihlrics OF llic west coast were
suppressed and tho leaders arrested.
Our commission for The investigation
~ such uossibiltics was likewise
suppressed and many OF The mem
bers arrested Tho English govern
mcni wants fho young people who
arc lle backbone Of the nation TO
emiEale
"An additional reason for this de
src 10 strip lhe country OF It's youth
Is 10 smother Irish industries. The
whole Enelish policy for hundrecis OF
Years has hecn directed TO the re-
preston OF industry here TO stlile
competition. Everything that goes ia
Strengthen ireland is made a crime
by Ensland The Gaelic League
whose only ohiec is the preserYa.
lion Of The Irish language Is made
illeeal-anyone attending IT'S meetings
are suhieo, 30 arrest
-. .lfT.afu a. hInIIT an0I1l
one-eiehlh OF the Irish schools ar,
teaching The Irish languaee and a
leasi a million people speak ne lrisf
lanclaFc.'
Griffith declared ihai this old-tim
nolicV Of tncouraginr emigration J
now coming home 10 roost whIn
.Thc English thought by dispersin
M youth OF ireland over ihc wori
thov would keep the country wea'
but lhis policy has reacted seNerel
ilpon its cr,ators. because Il has mad
ne Irish a Nvorid-natlon. lurouHi
out nhe world now nhere are lrish
men to remind other nations on EnS
hsh promises and point out hnSls
performancos in Ireland
The Sim Fein leader REVEALED N
fact That Sim rain Is dependin
heavily upon support IN one forf
or another from these nundrels 2
tnousands Of expairiaied freshmen I
helm accomplish the eventual lro
dom of Ireland
III ahe English refuse No grant y
indepndcnce they VIII have 70 cNili
pate ihe Irish nation and they VI
have 70 DO this extlrpatlon IN IN
face OF the world lriShmen and me
friends throughout the world VIII nc
eil idly and see she Irish nahon e'
urpaied. The Irish are now a POM
In the world. They have made N
an International question and we II
tend 70 keep Is So
-Wc fought ihe last general clectlo
on perfectly constitutional lines an
ihn ansyg,r 10 a has been an intcns
0cation of unconstitutional persec'
lion ever since The result Is IN
Irishmen have lost all care for me
Nxes and propNiy and arc steele
io every sacrifice Thus, on ule oi
hand the Castle government cann
break us. on the olher hand tne 20
Hrnns cannot trick us. Ireland h
done forever with suhscrvlent ba
gaining. and will keep UP the siru
rlc until She Is free and equal.
Docs England dare 80 accept N
challenge"