The Irish standard., 1920-04-10

en-, too, whose hearts beat warmly for
"Old Erin of the Streams" whose
hearts go back to the happy days of
childhood when dear parents and be-
loved kindred met in happy COM
munion in the land of hottest
memories. Yes, Ireland possesses a
fascination, which time, nor circum-
stances, nor distance can destroy. For
this We may thank the brave hearts
and the loving disciples of unchang-
ing faith from whom we descend, who
never wavered In reverence for prin-
ciples which are in themselves divine.
In spite of it all, the time will come
when the shackles which have bound
Erin will be broken and cast asunder.
and when she will stand forth nation
among nations of the earth. But If the
revolutionaries blundered, the blunder
of the British government in butcher.
ing the leaders is ten thousand times
worse. Throughout the world people
generally stand aghast at the incon.
sistency of the British government.
In Grecian mythology there was a
mother named Niobe whose children
were slain by Apollo and Artemis with
whom she had boastfully compared
them. Ireland has always had the repu-
tation Of being proud of her children;
her children have been slain; her
heart has been, metaphorically speak
ing, converted into, stone, and she her
self has been likened to the Grecian
mother, and called the Niobe Of Ma
tions. Human nature cannot stand
indefinite demands upon its patience,
and Ireland is tired of being compared
to the Grecian mother.
The time is always ripe tor the res
toration Of nations liberty from the
point Of view of the nation. It is
never ripe; and never will be ripe,
from the point of view Of the In
vader. When the British pledged
themselves to- evacuate Egypt, the
Egyptians should have asked them to
tf1: a. date. The date at present con-
templated is the Day Of Judgment.
Five clergymen from Ulster came to
this country on a mission Of hatred
for the British government. They
came to America: to uphold the power
that put Robert Emmet to death and
in 1916 executed Pearse and McDon-
ougd for the crimes Of patriotism.
Think of attacking the right of "self-
determination" toothe tune of the Star
Spangled Banner!' Imagine extolling
the Unton Jack tof'the tune of America
where my fathers died"-died
fighting that seNsame emblem of
British despotisms Conceive If you
can the mspeakable hypocrisy of peo.
pie who dusnn patriotic Irfshmen be-
Gauss they demand" independence and
freedom for Irelanda'
Then when thee patriots of Egypt,
India and Ireland offer to. accept the
invitation-when they attempt to par
taks-England not only denies them
their God-given share in freedom, but
sends them General Dyeryor French
gemss1 to answer her prayers with
gatSng guns. Belgium suffered to be-
susa-suffered tAer horrors Of war
fos fopr long Years, but her oppressors
dad NOT comnsit one infringement Of
hberty nor perpetrate a single atrocity,
satat isa noe psgalieled inathe story os
British rule ia Iro.-.1~-. 4. "a Il
Of four years. or even four centuT1ss;
ireland has. suffered, this Hunnish
treatment far, seven hundred years.
The Ulster traitors want America to
help England to make It, eternal. What
Ireland has suffered; at the hands Of
Great Britain cannot: be told in human
speech. 70 find terms that would
fully express the agony Of Erin one
would have to descend into He'll and
wiring from the lips Of fire words born
Of unuMerable woe-expressions fash
ioned IN the red forge Of ultimate dam.
nation, and these might do Justice to
British brutality, but doubt 1t. Still
the Irish traitors from Ulster sang:
"From every mountain side,
Let freedom ring"
I contemplate people that have
had q long night, and will have an in
evitable day. I am turning my eyei
toward the future, and dimly set
that Ireland ] am gazing on become
the road Of passage and union between
the two hemispheres and the center
Of the world. / see its inhahdtantl
rival Belgium in populousness. France
in vigor and Spain in enthuatasm.
WHAT Ie LIa1RTY7
whenever we see the cause Of lit
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