Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-16
THE IRISH CAUSE.
EDITOR E n NEWS:

In the editorial columns of your
issue of September 18th there APP
pears the following. to wit:
The Irish a govern any coun-
try but their own. Then why not
let them govern Russia" etc. Now,
Mr.. Editor, without delving further
into the subject matter contained in
that absurd and nonsensical article,
I am pleased to see that you have
placed quotation marks on the above
insulting i~nsinuatton which thus leads
me to believe that some one other
than the editor of Perth Amboy's
only daily paper is the author of
the above assertions.
In the first place, MI. Editor, the
insinuation that the Irish can gov
ern any country is not meant as a
compliment, but is rather an old
stock projectile- which a1few toadies
OF pro-British Affiliations. have been
in the habit of exploding for a CEN
fury back with a view TO creating
race hatred, especially 50 whenever
a man of Irish extraction sought po-
litical office and Is never used TO
convey a compliment, but to intimate
that the Irish as a rule, are a grasp
ing set who desire to rule the uni
verse, but who are unable to govern
themselves.
Mr.. Editor, our country is. and al
ways has been the land Of refuge Of
the oppressed of all countries. This
advent of the Pilgrim Fathers is an
evidence of this. The Irish, Jews,
Danes, Germans and all the other
races sought refuge from old world
Tyranny here. They became citizens
and working in unison for the COM
mon welfare. built what is now the
greatest and best government on
earth.
The doorof opportunity being open
to us all, needless to say that men
of every race have made their mark
in the various fields of occupation,
both political as wen as otherwise:
1t is true also hat defendants Of
THE Emerald Isle have taken an ac-
tive part in the government of our
city. county, state and nation, but is
it not unfair to assume that such
men as Senator Brown, Barney Can
non, Judge DAILY and hosts of others
got to the front simply because OF
their being of Irish extraction. No,
Mr.. Editor, these men made their
mark because of their ability to
serve the people as a whole and the
same may be said of men of all other
races. Soc much for the ability OF
the Irish to govern countries other
than thar own.
I will now give some attention to
your statement, or rather the state
ment contained in your editorial, to
wit: 1.-THE Irish can't govern their
own country" And the further in
situation that they should take a
hand in governing Russia. Need
less to state, Mr.. Editor. that the
Irish as a race has always been the
champions of both civil and religious
liberty. The history of every land
will verify the accuracy of this state
ment. The Irish. as a race, have had
no desire to govern Russia or any
other people. They do desire, how
ever. to be permitted to govern them
selves, and as you have said they
can't do this 1 make bold to request
you to furnish us with the proof of
your assertion. OF course, there are
reasons why the Irish can't govern
their own country and you, Mr.. Ed
tor, as a student of world history,
ought to have them at your finger
tips and in addition you might fur
nish us answers to the following
questions: What did we enter the
war for? Please define article ten
of the so called League of Nations?
Why is 1t that England is spending
tine sum OF three D4lllOHS OF OOlldl .
annually to rivet the chains of OPP
preston on Ireland, Egypt and India.
while she finds it impossible to remit
to us a penny of amount due us as
interest on the six billion dollar loan
which we gave to prevent her an
Inhalation from the map of Europe?
To conclude. Mr.. Editor, I hope
you will not snarl at my presump-
ton. I have Irish blood in my veins
and am proud of that fact. / do
claim, however, to be one hundred
per cent, American and am only
following in the foot steps of the
great American public who by petit
ton and resolution of their state and
national representatives have petit
tioned our representative at Paris TO
bring the question before the peace
conference with a view to having
England release her brutal grip from
Irelands throat and thus fulfill the
pledges upon which we entered the
war, viz: the right of all nations 10
Justice. liberty and the right of self
determination and thus make the
world safe for Democracy.
Very truly yours.
JAS. ]. RYAN,