Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-03-31
BRITAIN BLAMED
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| for acts with which the owners
have no connections; and the civil
ian population is subjected to an
inquisiton upon the theory that
/ individuals are in possession OF
information valuable to the mill
tary forces of Great Britain.
These acts of the Imperial British
forces are contrary to the laws Of
peace or war among modern civ
ilized nations.
6-This terror" has failed to
re-establish Imperial British civil
government in ireland. Throut
the greater part of Ireland Brit
ish courts have ceased to function
local, county and city govern
ments refuse to recognize Brit
ish authority and British civil Of
fcials fulfill no function of service
to the Irish people:
I'm spite of the Irish ''tcrror"
the majority of the Irish people
have sanctioned by ballot the IT.
ish Republic, give their allegiance
to it; pay taxes to it: and respect
the decisions of its courts and of
its civil officials.
The commission also declared
that ''the situation in Ireland was
proper subject of concern for all
peoples claiming either humanity
or civilization" saying that at
appealed particularly to Ameri-
cans SO closely bound by ties of
blood and culture to the Irish and
English people, Unless moral
force could prevail to end the ter
ror in Ireland, the commission
pointed out, ''psysical force seem
ed bound to continue both to deny
the possibility of peace in Ireland
and to diminish the possibility OF
non-intervention of our govern
men i'll the struggled
1T seems to u.s. says the COM
mission, that we could best serve
the cause Of peace by placing be-
lore the English, Irish and Amer
can public the facts of the situa-
tion, free from both agonized ex-
lggeration and moral understate-
ment; for a knowledge of the
the facts might reveal their cause
md recognition of that cause
might permit its cure. by those
whose purpose was not to slay
but to heal
In touching upon the events
.cadlng to the present crisis, the
'epOrt declares "T'he central fact
II the Irish situation is the pres
.nce OF the British in ireland. The
British can point to 700 years of
possession in Ireland. and to 200
years spent i'll trying to pacify
roland. and the British naturally
leslre to continue to possess Ire
and. for they are proud of their
'mpire. jealous of its integrity
md anxious about its security"
The report points out that the
IRISH. as a result of their resort
arms in 1888. 1893, 1908. 1913.
md 1867. have won from the Brit
sh Parliament the abolition Of
Denal laws against Roman Catho-
les. dis-establisllment of the IT.
sh church. liberal land laws and.
inally. the Irish Home Rule Act.
which was passed by the House
IF Lords and Commons and sign
I'd by the king in 1914. "At the
'ehest of the. British tories. under
Sir Edward Carson" the report
ays. that act was suspended for
he duration of the war and wa
alter rendered void by super
'cding act which partitioned Ire.
land" =
The commission in referring to
the Ulster rebellion of 1914 Whiri.
says. was started by the torie,
o fight home rule. charged tina.
arson and other leaders who ha|
imported arms from Germany
md had set up provisional gov
eminent in Belfast. were forgiv-
IN and promited to high offices III
the British government.
After this" the report says
in 1916. Irish poets. teachers
and leaders, with less than LOCO
followers rose in rebellion am
declared lreland's independence.
Confronted with the Irish decla
ration of independence. the I'm
perlal British government poured
additional troops into Ireland.
The rebellion was crushed in APP
ri, 1910. The Imperial British
government then continued to
pour troops into Ireland. Tho
Irish to an increasing degree
were deprived of civil and social
liberty. Such British rule lastet
until December ID, 1918, when. at
at the conclusion of a war avow-
eddy fought for the rights OF
small nations f1,a T~;c1,