The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-30
IRELAND
A Live Question
EDWIN D. BROWN
IOg olupl,ta NJ.

ireland should be free. and viii be
a Tree and independent nation when
the power If reason is Established
a. the successor Of force among fhe
nations Of the earth. by men who
The celts are supposed to have
commenced their migration from
spain 10 ireland about 1000 u. e.
Taciius, the historian, writing
about the end ~ the first century.
tells Of the approaches and barbors
merchants. It's tin and fish with
which IL supplied Rome. Read Vita
AEraeolac. chapter XIV.
saint Patrick. born about 372.
ordained Il priest and bishop. He
returned 10 ireland In f32 as a mig
slonary. and after founding the
church and evangeiiziBg Ireland.
died March II. 1876.
After reading +. De Roofs Amer
lea Before Columbus" and orchards
Case" by McManus. one will con-
ciude that Ireland IN not only a sep
arate and diatinct nation. with It's
language. literature. art. religion
and other Institutions moulded after
the needs OF its people but that by
nature and necessity. u ought 10 be
free and independent
| The renaissance began in ireland
some hundreds OF years before IL did
IN Italy St Brcndan and St Thomas,
/ Irish monks. were the founders 81
me fret Christian mission In
ireland thrived on Christianity
from the firth 10 the twelfth centur-
les, and became the unlyersify Of
Europe Its missionaries had ex-
p"unned the gospel over the heathen
worid and In America. where they re-
ported they had seen the sun shine
Tor forty days and forty niEbfs.
| dIhey were probably In GFeenland.1
columbia and g. carmac. also
| lrlrh monks, as soldiers OF Christ.
probabiy were on the American con-
tln.nt during the sixth century. and
such PROOF ~ now at hand that 81
bfendan and 81 carmac explored the
~, ~ coast of the United states in
'hs latter bali Of the sixth century.
| IN 1888 Pope Adrian w author
yea King Henry IT. Of England 10
.Ahe possession Of Ireland on condj-
uoh 81 paying an annual tribute 10
the pope. and after twenty-fbree
years Of bribery Henry made his first
a1escen, upon the free nation Of
msToRIcAL PROOF
| /" nat - ireland fighting for. and
what is IL that she wantsY i. fre
question asked by those who do NOT
etudy lTeiands history and what r.
going on there at this time. The
sns"rr ~ that Ireland is a distinct
Ann separate. nation from every
standpoint and angle. and the irish
people object to being sand barced
carpet bagged and lead-piped by y
10 o'f ,,eian nation, England's only right
ireland was three or four centur-
les ahead Of the rest OF Europe IN
I.nfstlanity, education and Industry.
Altsr the ineursiens OF the Scaadi-
naflan ana other pirates from the
North had lasted for three hundred
/ years. the little green isle fell easy
/ prey 10 England. There can be little
hhosol that the irish peoples patience
| NAG become worn by Interference
and firing Of turning the other
cheek. they fought fire with fire
and the devil with his own tactfcr-
ior which a war nation with supe-
license. always expecting the i'm
lursd 10 lose sight Of and excuse
,heir crime committed Yesterday
because Of the greater crime COM
mittsd today by the strong AGAINST
We need no proof from the rrish
about the crimes committed in Ire
land by the black and tans ff,unmen
ana liberated criminals from Eng-
land under military orders) TO-DAY
Tor every issue Of the Manchesfef
| Guardian and other English papera
Freely publish the Sc facts: and glory
ne 70 the Irish. IL looks as II the
light has just gotten started. after
eight centuries Of exploitation On.
preston and spilling OF Irish bjood
am not prejudiced against Enr-
Ihna. rather Mas English descent
ana mother was Irish. am the only
me Der OF the family born in the
| y. ,; A.. and " my people had missed
| me boat. ! would have been a Cana
dian; No. have no prejudice againat
Ensiand. because England is con.
sistent and uses all nations alike
always having her carpet bag and I
piece or lead pipe along
England went into the world war
10 preserve the territorial Integrity
there she has grabbed and gobbied
up grand total Of i.4ls,o2e square
| miles of land---a chunk almost half
the size of the United States. Nov
England, without blushing asks NJ
TO cancel their huge war debt to IN
The treatment OF France. OF China
| OF South America in the Boer war.
OF the American Colonies in i776
ana the Northern States in 1ss1-s.
proves England always consistent
with the carpet bag and the lead
pipe. As great principles evolve from,
small incidents. we see that Ireland
Is the victim OF a circumstance over
which she has no control She was
developing intelligence. Christiauity
and national soul when she should
have been building a navy, an army.
dynamite. ammunition and gas fac
| tories. to be a modern instead OF 4
Christian nation. Even so. Ireland
might now be in EnEland's place and
have the responsibility of managing
this poor old world. and doubt II
Ireland could be as impartial with
ner carpet bag and lead pipe a.
England.
ADVICE TO IRELAND
ireland can never be free until
England. the United States and all
the nations OF the world are free.
for the free dom that ireland now
seeks IS not freedom. but the slavery
that England and America now
have. namely: exploitation. for is not
n ArrA AL
crazy under a system of production.
distribution and exchange for profit
instead of for use2 1reland's need is
the worlds need. Ireland needs
to the world.
The Institutions OF this world are
no longer personal or even national.
but social and International Poli-
ticfans, always increasing the cx-
pense of government. have destroyed
all nations that have passed. Eng
land could not survive for one de-
cade IL she should lose her carpet
gamers her subsistence by her adj
ministration of other peoples sub
stance. Her administration in Ire
land and India is crude. unwise
and vicious. In Canada, Africa. Aus
tralia and New Zealand she is some
time humane, just and noble. The
world looks upon England with dis
trust, because OF her smart domina-
ton OF peoples in the interest and
profit OF class that has grown
into power because of the institu-
ton, and while these institutions are
owned and operated for the profit
OF a class. that class is powcrless
to change them or abolish the car
pet bag and political lead pipe with
which they operate.
1relands hope is the hope of the
world, namely: the abolition OF rent,
interest and profit. When every man
has the right to labor and enjoy the
full fruits OF his labor. ireland.
England and the world Will be free.
and the carpet haggers and political
lead pipers viii have to go to work.
Indeed does wisdom cry in the
streets.
My next article will be an open
letter to the Young Mems Repub-
Ia \NnnArAx.y