The Daytona daily news., 1922-01-30
Enlightening Address Before
Forum Audience on the Irish
Question Sunday, Catholic Day

tsb Empire have. The Irish always
have adhered to the belief that they
were a separate and distinct nation
and that they should be allowed to
govern themselves and they Eevel
have been and never would have been
satisfied to remain under the denim
atiCn Of Great Britain. They have OF
ten been told that they had good gov
ernment and why not be satisfied
with it, But good government never
has been q substitute for seif-9overn-
ment. and that's the way the Irish felt
about it
The Irish always have wanted
Republican form OF government. In
the recent settlement Of the question
they were granted a large part. but
not all. Of what they had conterded
FOR. There Is stiil a very large Republi-
can party in ireland which still in
sists on complete republic am "a
republican myself and believe III an
Irish republic, but the majority If the
Irish people are satisfied with what
they have got and if The. are salts
fed | certainly am. However. am
sorry that they did not acniav We IA com
plete republic and believe th.:. some
day they will have it.
Now as to Ulster. ! have been asis
cd many times the reason for listers :
attitude. AS a matter of fact there are
Only a few counties in Ulster that
were opposed to tho movement for an
Irish republic and Irish nationalists
always have believed chat ii Great
Britain got out Of ireland. as she is
nov doing. bag and baggage that u
Il
draw closer together That already
seems to be happening. The counties
OF Ulster which are now out OF the
Irish Free State can vote themselves
into it at any time they get ready and
thus join their brothers in the south
under one government.
''As to the religious question: there
has been great deal Of misunder-
standing and loose talking. and re-
ligion has been injected to such an
extent into discussion ri the Irish
problem that it has blinded many per-
sons as to the real merits of the case.
! have had people tell me that the
Irish question was nothing but a dis
pute between the Catholics and the
PrOtestants. Nothing is further from
the truth. People have got the idea
that religious question was involved
solely because England is Protestant
while Ireland is largely Catholic. but
the dispute with England has never
been q question of religion. but al ma
tionality.
Arthur Griffith. probably the great
est man in Ireland today. is not n
Catholic. but Prote stant. while thou
sands OF English Catholics had anso-
lutciy no use for the Sim Fcin move
ment and Cardinal Loeb was opposed
tn il and one OF the greatest Catholic
organs in the world fought it because
it was considered too radical
The whole question was simply
the desire of one nation OF people.
with habits. customs, instincts and
traditions character sticallv their own.
to cut loose from domination by rco-
pie of another nation and SET up a
government OF their own. make their
own laws, control their own judiciary
and police and manage their own af-
fairs as they saw TT
After the address there WAS twenty
minutes Of general discussion which
was concluded with NJ Mccarthy
reading several OF his poems
Mrs H. u. Tyre. who is located for
the season at the Miller apartments
Daytona Beach. left this morning for
visit with friends at Scriven Ga.
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Frank Ferry. who has loen the guest
Of Mr. and Mrs. Charles II Smith AT
! their home. 10 silver Beach avenue
left this morning for his home in Nan
illus, n. y.
James IIeaton, assembly director nj
the Auditorium. motorcd to Dei.and
today where he will devote the after
noon in advertising ihe coming o
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