Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-11-18
Splendi. IS Is Given to Bara-
boo FoN in the al. Ringing
Theatre
REV. FIR. E. C. O'REILLY
INTRODUCES SPEAKER
Ireland is Country Much Talked Of
But Which Little Truth Is Ever
Known

Friday evening goodiy audience at
tended a lecture N the Al. Ringing
theatre given by Peter Golden, who Is
travelling through this country en-
deavoring to interest the people Oi
United States in the cause Of the Irish
people.
The meeting was presided over by
Rev. e. G. O'Reilly, who in his intro
ductory address, said: United States
has always espoused the cause Of all
dOwntrodden races. He mentioned sew
eral instances. When the South Amer
ican states wished to be freed from
Spanish government, United States
helped them; when Cuba became op-
pressed by Spain United States inter
vened and detached Cuba, also the
Philippines and Porto Rico; when the
negroes were maltreated in the south,
our government interfered and freed
them; and lastly in the World War,
United States entered to fight, not for
herself, but for the world, or rather, to
make the world safe for democracy.
This was a most unselfish motive. And
now, Rev. O'Reilly said, it is very fit
ting that United States should take up
the cause of the Irish people He said,
''The world has taken the crown Of
autocracy from the head of the kaiser
and placed it on the head Of Johnny
Bull
Rev. OR eiIly then introduced the
speaker OF the evening, Peter Golden,
who is first cousin of the late Lord
Mayor McSwiney.
Mr.. Golden is a very able speaker
and kept the attention Of his audience
throughout the evening. His address
was in part as follows:
Ireland is country much talked of
but about which very little is known.
When England first acquired control
of the island, she also got control of
the ear of the world and into this ear
she poured only what she wanted the
world to know of Ireland and as the
world was busy with it's own affairs,
it paid no heed as to whether England
was telling the truth.
England Destroys Schools
AS matter of fact, the speaker
said, England destroyed the school
system in Ireland and established one
entirely English, employed teachers
who could only speak English and as
the prevailing language in Ireland
was Gaelic, the children could not
understand the teachers and the
teachers could not understand them.
Every mOrnig the Irish children were
compelled to racite the following verse
when they arrived at school:
f'I thank the goodness and the grace,
the grace,
That on my birth have smiled,
And made me in my Christian days
A happy English child"
Then, too there was the 'score
stick This was little stick hung
on string round each child's neck
and for every word of his own Ian
guage, he spoke, notch was cut in
the stick At the close of the days
school, the notches were counted and
the child was given beating for
every notch.
Out of their school books, the Eng
1ish government cut everything that
even pretended to give Ireland any
praise, but all the prospects of Eng
land were played UP in the brightest
light possible. From the literature
were taken all patriotic poems and
prose except those giving praise to
England.
ireland Wants Republic
AS far as home rule for Ireland is
concerned, England declares that Irish
people do not know what they want,
but Ireland only wishes her own coun-
try and the opportunity to govern it
as she sees fit, which would be to
make a republic out of the country.
The speaker said Ireland is the
only country whose population has
decreased and, of course, it is the
Irish opinion that England is to be
blamed for it.
Mr. Golden said that ninety per cent
of Ireland's people desired an Irish
republic and that all would rather see
the island sunk in the ocean than that
II rSHOulu continue 10 D0s uHueI Ely
hsh rule
At present Ireland is trying to pro-
cure a 100000 loan from the Unit
ed States and over $8,00O,000 have al
ready been subscribed.
In closing, Mr.. Golden said there
were three things an Irishman would
never trust, namely. the teeth of
dog, the heels of mule and the
words Of an Englishman.