The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-14
Chance for Young I1ishn,en

IRELAND has signed up remains inside the British EN-
pre- but will rule herself completely Canada does
Ireland will have great advantage, being IRISH
and not anything but Irish.
What part will she play in the British Empire to what
extent will past hatreds be laid aside while shmen show
that wherever they sit, is the head Of the tablet
When this writer was correspondent Of the New York Sun
London than thirty years ago. part Of the job
sit until three in the morning in the House OF Commons
| where the British Empire is ruled.
! The most brilliant men then Gladstone Balfour
Bradlang h-three Engishmen-and Tim Healy, Parnell
and William O'Bren, three Hishmen.
Of all six not other could get at the drop OF hat
and make speech Tim Healy could make. Nor could
any man fight harder than he could fight.
Today the British Empire is bossed by man, David
Lloyd George Welshman, of Celtic blood close to that
of the Irish Wales fought against England hard
anybody fought and for centuries But she small
close at hand her young easy to reach and kill She
gave up. a...
Lloyd George found the road open for him to rule the
British Empire. He not obliged the Irish have
BEEN to fight against tremendous Odds with greater
reward than that of martyrdom.
That has changed. Under the agreement Ireland
rshmen in proportion to numbers and ability will hay
as much to say England and Engishmen in manage
the British Empire and everything to say in manag
themselves
The Irish have been great fghters and great doers
since their Celtic ancestors said to Alexander the Gre
eve fear nothing except that the sky may fall
Irish blood in Wellington, who the Battle
Waterloo. Irish names on South American bait
Ships and Irish bodies buried in many foreign bat
fields including the battlefelds of our American wars
Now Ireland is nation within the Empire. Eng
hitherto has ruled that Empire, with the cooperaio
Wales and Scotland. Now Ireland has an equal chs
U,ofp orf CHI in hosri tho
| What Irishman, a student in Dublin, peasant
farm, or penness boy in village as Lloyd George
was will take the place of Lloyd George and tell the
lish King what to do and how to do it.
The Irish have everything that makes success sent
imagination, COURAGE, devotion, sef-sacrifce, q
minds.
Young Irishmen of this day might well say to til
selves "Our ancestors died fighting England and at
they have what they wanted. Let what
do about bossng the machine from the inside out nstc
Of fighting it from the outsdef"
Does it seem preposerous to suggest that an Irish
might one day rule the British Empiref Not at all
4 Get ancient map of Greece and Eastern Europe.
Off to side you Macedonia. Her spoke
Greek dialect much ridiculed in Athens, the Iris
'brogue' has been ridcued in London. The Macedonia
King would not send his son Alexander to Athens. H
feared they might weaken his self confidence with the
snobbshness and condescenson. He brought Aristotle
wsest Greek from Athens Macedonia teach his son
little later Alexander ruled everything in sight, including
Athens.
He ruled only Greece that easy but the mighty
Empires of Asia
History may some Irish to Lloyd George
not willing Lloyd George has been to doing the hard
work and giving the credit to royal family
Great opportunities for the young Irshmen Of today.
Who knows but the history books Of the future may tell
about Alexander Napoleon and Brian Boru King Of Ire
land and Emperor of the British Empire.
Much stranger things have happened in history.
Muqic Dies Hard