Evening star., 1920-01-14

ences to prove that Ireland is not a
nation, and that Erin owes its civil
lization, it's educational and other ad-
vantages to Great Britain.
He averred that the Sim Feiners
prayed for the destruction OF Amer
ica in the great war.
They prayed Germany would win
and England would go down in de-
feat" said DR.. Blue. They plotted
and spied and sold themselves to the
foe. And when you entered the war
the Sim Fein plotted for the destruc-
ton Of the allies.
Prayed Against U. S. Success.
Sim Fein desired that no Ameri-
can Navy should cross the waters,
that no American troopships should
reach the other side. She prayed that
your dear lads would be drowned in
the depths of the sea. That is no
hyperbole. 1t is history, truth. These
Sim Feiners come maSquerading in
your midst.
your own Admiral Sims said it
was. no secret that Sim Feiners were
sending information to Germany. The
Sim Feiners told when our transports
left New York so the German sub
maries could lie in wait on the
British coast and sink the ships and
drown your boys. They are creatures
of the shadows"
DR.. Blue said that if Ireland should
separate from Great Britain, then, by
the same token, Ulster should have a
moral right to separate from the rest
of Ireland, for Ulstermen and Irish
men are of two races.
When the tocsin call for troops
came in 1914 Ulster went to war" said
DR.. Blue. Belfast. with a population
Of 100000. sent $4,000 men. Belfast
made 30 per cent of all the linen used
in the war-linen that formed the
wings of your own airplanes."
The speaker said that too much
boys of Munster. Leinster and Con-
naught-Roman Catholic boys. for the
most part-who heard the call of the
mother country early in the war. But.
he said, "enlistments were hampered
by Sim Fein propaganda"
listers Aided Washington.
Sim Fein says that as the Irish
helped you win your independence so
should you help Ireland win her free
rally around Gen. Washington. but
they were not the ancestors of the
Sim Feiners. They were Ulster Irish
men. Emigration from .the south
and west of Ireland did not really get
underway before the forties Of last
century. Thirty-eight per cent of
Washington's victorious army were
Ulster Scots. So if America has debt
to pay Ireland, it is to Ulster and the
cause we represent"
DR.. Harte said he would endeavor
to prove that Ireland was not down.
trodden, despite the claims of the Sim
Feiners If Ireland were downtrodden.
he said, it wouldn't have representation
in parliament. Ireland today. he said,
has 1O5 seats in the British parliament,
or one for every 10000 persons.
He told how, since 1886, ENGLAND
has dealt generously with my native
land" He said the squalid cabins have
been replace by clean little cottages,
which are rented for 80 cents q week.
The British government, he said, tried
to help the fishing industry. 1t built
motor boats. piers and railroads to
help the Irish fishermen sell their fish.
1t spent $17,oo0,000 for the purpose.
he said.
Many millions of dollars have been
appropriated, for education in Ire
land" said DR.. Harte. During the
war, when money was tight, England
borrowed from the United States and
lent it to the Irish farmers at 3K per
cent interest.
ireland enjoyed exemption from
war legislation. If the British gov
ernment were tyrannical. it would