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Irish literature. and thus, incidentally
but certainly, to give an intellectual
and artistic stimulus 70 the policy OF
separation.
Sim Fein is a purely political
body. Parliamentary candidates stand
as Sim telns and the national par
lament, Dali Eireann," is the work
OF Sim Fem Dali cannot OF course.
now meet or work, since nearly all
its members are either IN prison or
on the run Sim Fefn. the great
party, has grown out OF Sim Fein,
the Intellectual clique, whose first
president was Edward Martyr, and
whose chief OF staff has always been
Arthur Griffith Il began as a body
which would strike radical opinion
as reactionary- For, though II was
separatist, It was not republican. It
was sucked on protectionist econom-
les and reared in German kinder
garten. Thus II was distrusIul Of
labor and distrusted by labor. and
darity which accepted capitalism and
harmonized the interests OF employ
ers and employed
Profits BY Uprising.
Sim Fem has never designed
armed warfare against Great Britain
its belief has been that alien govern
ment could be made impossible by
chine without taking life Accord
ingly Sim Fem, which contains many
paclflsts, had no connection with the
Easter rising OF 1916 But II profited
immensely by the rising and the con-
sequent British policy.
The volunteers are. by the irony
Of time, the direct descendants Of
CarsOnism. For the national FOlun-
teers were forced as a cOunter-fOrce
to the Ulster fire-eaters, and the
HnnM has y ElHsHH p -
istration out Of larger districts in
the west OF Ireland might have ex-
listed had Il not been for the military
exploits OF the present lord chancellor
With the decay Of faith in English
pledges and Nationalist party meth
DDS, the volunteers drifted 70 the
left. and Redmonite control grew
weaker and weaker. Extremists Of
the force, under Pearse, disobeyed
their real president, John MacNeil.
and formed the Easter rising with
Organized labor in ireland Is defi-
nitely separatist and republican As
was stated, before the war labor was
bitterly critical OF Sim Fein, and the
capitalist economics OF Arthur Grif-
fifth were angrily denounced But
the stress Of events has driven the
two forces together. The castle
habit OF treating organized labor as
something reasonable in itself natu-
as a result the young men OF Sim
Fem began 10 take. their economics
from Connolly or the coOperators.
Thus the proposed social reforms OF
twist and democratic lines, and II was
generally held that the Connolly view
had come out on top.
Hall Raided Periodically.
Meanwhile the castle continues to
remind labor OF the amenities OF Brit
ism government. Outside Liberty hall,
headquarters OF the transport and
general workers union, is a railway
bridge on which q machine-gun en-
can be seen For months
recently a machine gun was trained
on the doors and windows OF this
removed, but the emplacement IS
there ready for use. and Liberty hail
Is raided periodically. Things OF this
kind and the breaking up by soldiers
Of trade union meetings serve to
convince labor that It can never get
on with its appropriate Industrial
task until the national question has
been settled. Hence the close ALI
ance between labor and Sim Fem
"On the other hand the repressive
policy towards Sim Fem. which IN
wolves heavy business losses 10 Sim
Fem members in case Of arrest and
Imprisonment, keeps self-seekinE rich
men out Of the party. This delays
the natural regrouping OF social
forces which must inevitably take
place when the national question has
been settled Even now strife does
break out; Irish labor Is largely or
ganized BY towns on the one big union
principle, and at Dungarvan, county
Waterford, all the workers, being
members OF the Transport and Cen
aral Workers union, recently came
out together. There was a long and
bitter dispute in which the Sim Fem
lutte against surrender than the
unionists. Such happenings do not
strengthen the bonds IN the repub-
.ican movement, and point to a GER
.ain rift IN the future.
But for the time being the move