Omaha daily bee., 1922-03-12

IL IS A0Alh=aud youth Just out O
jall-whleh Is being served in Ire
land today. The older members d
the Dali ElFeanu would be mere boys
IN our house OF representatives. and
in the United States senate they
would be 50 young that some OF the
seniors might rise 10 ask Il they had
hFongh their nursing bottles viii
them and insist that the child labor
law also apply 20 statesmen,
| Whenever ! meet one OF these busy
young rulers | ask him a, once Il he
were in jail during the rebellion, and
I II so. how longf II he were, he IS
proud OF the taet, IL Is no dishonof
however II lie were not. To have
escaped from jail and gone on fight
4 ing Tor the cause oil Irish freedom
only 10 have been ineareerated see
ond time insures certain distinction
among veterans when they exchange
experiences,
Graybeard OF 40.
Yesterday | had for luncheon one
OF the graybeards OF Sim fein--he
is nearly 40-who served one sen.
ienee OF IS months and a second OF
three months after his escape. be-
tween the two he had an interval OF
sensational activity. lie is soft
spoken, highly educated man, with a
delightful sense OF humor and OF gal
laniry, which led him 10 leave his
card. with his compliments. on the
warden OF the prison when duty
called him 10 other service. This
shows that though he Is so yeuer-
able. he is really young in heart.
TAe second time that he was taken
I, was because the police made a
mistake. II WAS his friend, Michael
Collins. whom the police sought.
The police had Collins address as
No. and my guest was. in hiding a.
No. A OH the same street. One o;
tho two cnamclcd .fours over the
transom OF No. A had fallen of, so
this house was taken for No. 4 by
the police, who took my guest 10 the
police station, where he was idenii-
fed as the prisoner who had lett his
card with tho warden without watt
ing TO say goodbye" in person. Ny
guest was Barton, who was one or
the five Irish signcrs OF the treaty.
He and Collins often Joke about the
effect OF an cmanelcd letter 4 having
become unstuck upon their. fortunes.
Barton is sure tina, that letter was a
good servant OF Sim Fcin. as COL
lins could do more service than h.
by being out OF jail.
H" Advantages of Jail.
Barton is a landholder, with a
good income and assured position.
He riskcd all for his convictions.
Jail has its advantages" he said.
Zone has time to think. ones
habits arc regular
So there was no bitterness about
the jail term itself. That was what
lie bargained for. Gentle as he is OF
speech and manner, when he spoke
oi the cause, iaraway look and a
fighting glitter came into his eyes.
! have seen it in the eyes Of the other.
young rulers. 1t comes only into the
eyes OF men who believe in some
thing so strongly that they are ready
to die for it; and it is in the motive
spirit OF the new ireland.
At all adjoining table in the dining
room was military looking man
who was as pleasant spoken as Bar
ton. You could imagine the two as
feeling perfectly at home together
stretching their legs before the same
CRATE FIRE. 1t is very surprising to
think that either of the two would
want to put the other in Jail. But
a few months ago if the military |
looking man, British colonel. had
identified Barton--a prescribed man
he would not have finished his |
meal before policeman had tapped
him on the shoulder.
British Authority.
The colonel stood for the authority I
of Dublin castle. If you go to the
castle today. British sentry passes
you on to the guardroom where a
matter of fact corporal sees that you
write your name and address in
book. All in an easy, efficient Brit
ish manner. Then escorted by SOL
der, you 60 out into the courtyard
with its gray walls, which stand for
the fountain head of alien rule to the
Irish, and then into a doorway and
Upstairs and through passages which
resemble those of the war Office and
foreign Office in London, and you
meet the same agreeable gentlemen
whom you meet in other precincts OF
The British government
None Of them has been in jail.
None has glitter in his eye. All like
their British comfort. They do not
like, to put educated landholders like
Barton, or poor peasants sons in
Jail; but if one breaches sedition and
The other shoots your soldiers from
what are you to do if your
business is to preserve order? ~
, They are not putting anybody IN
Jail these days; and the men whom
hey did put i'll Jail are now cxercis-
ing the authority which was once
Dublin Castles. That is the amaz-
ng transformation which accounts
ior all the contrasts III this city of
many emotions where you have to
,eep q close up OF Dublin Castle al,