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EDITED Vol. 2.
BY EOIN
No. 10. • :cNe1w Series).
MAC NEILL.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1915.
Price One . Penny.
At the very moment when these curious the National ca use is· still a.cl vancing. hopes are entertained, Mr. Birrell is en- . ·There will be and can be no retreat . gaged, as a. sort of Super-Remembrancer Whether success comes this year or next . to the 'rreasury, in cutting down Irish year,_ or in five years or ten years, the expenditure in every direction. Even work 0£ preparing Ireland for the achieveGradually but irresistibiy the know- strictly educational expenditure, such as ment and defence 0£ her own rights and ledge is gaining ground that the Liberal that on the National Museum and the liberties will be carried on henceforth Ministry has definitely abandoned the National Library is bei_n g reduced by without cessation . . We have seen the Home Rule position and the pledges and immense sums. But · then we have got worst of dislocation and discouragement, and we have come through it undefeated undertakings on the stre.ngth of which Home Rule- on the Statute Book . and undiscouraged·. To train, arm, and * * * it ·accepted th~ support and alliance 0£ organise the manhood of Ireland for the I have read over the autobiographical the Irish Home Rule electorate, was pamphlet issued by the U.I.L. Direcde£ence of all Ireland is now and hencemaintained in·office £or years, and enabled forward a fixed part of the National tory after its last general meeting and to pass ma.ny measures for the strengthpolicy . supplied as a supplement to various proening 0£ its own position . . Eorn MAc NEILL. vincial newspapers. The autobiography *· · seems to have been carefully drawn u' p * * BELFAST Rl;CIMENT • . In pledging themesleves to an A.me_n d- before the meeting. It deals with the history of the last thirty years, and the PRESENTATI ON OF COL01JRS . ing Bill and to the coercion o_£ the Ulst~r gains 0£ political activrty. It ·doesnot ~ The prese.nta. t ion 0£ colours to the BelN ationa;lists, the Liberal . Government insist on the fact that these gains were fast R egim<;lnt of Irish Volunteers was broke faith with its Irish supporters. It exclusively the result of a stand-up :fightthe occasion of a remarkable demonstra.gained its ow_n ends ip. Britis4 policy by ing policy, and that nothing was gained tion on Friday evening, the 29th ult. their help, and then joined hands with by any other course, for example, by St_ . Mary's Hall was filled with a reprethe Unionists against them. 'l'hen was ploughing the sands under Lord R osesentative audience, which comprised the time for a manly stand and for trust in the manhood 0£ Ireland, not fo1: sub- . bery. But the Irish people know their prominent supporters of the Irish Volunmission to Ministerial dictation and dis- own history during tlie past thirty years, teers not merely from Belfast and the trust of the National forces. Retreat and and what they -want to know now is what neighbourhood, but from various parts of pursuit, a succession 0£ dictated courses, sort 0£ Home Rule they can expect to Antrim, Down; and 'l'yrone. Mr. Denis is our Parliamentary history since last get and what assurance 1 they have of any McCullough presided. A. high-Class con. sort 0£ ·Home .Rule. '1 0 this important cert 0£ Irish music was provided, and in March. subject, the pamphlet devotes one para- the interval the colours were presented * * graph . to the Volunte~rs by Eoin Mac Neill. The Un.i ted Irish Leaguers of County amid a scene of el).thusiasm. The n_ew * * * Louth-statistics are not forthcomingSince the "Private Secretary" uttered flag 0£ the Belfast Regiment is a golden held a meeting the other day. There was his memorable warning 0£ giving so:q:i.e- harp on green ground, beautifully worked still . one more vote of confidence. l£ body " a good hard knock,"_no such pro- by the members of Cumann na mBan, in votes of confidence could give any nouncement has attracted public atten- whose name the flag was · presented . strength, some ]people would be omni- tion . We are gravely inforni.ed that a Brie£. addresses ~~re delivered by Eoin potent. But there were other resolutions, heavy responsibility will be _incurred by Mac Neill, A . Newman, Joseph Connolly, one in favo ur of the extension 0£ Land any Party- not the Unionist Party, bear and the Chairman. A. spirit of confidence Purchase and one in £avou,r 0£ increased in mind, but any Party-that for its own in the future of the· Irish Volunteers and local loans through th~ Board. of Works. selfish ends will destroy oi· mutilate the of the National cause was the keynote of What sublime innocence! It passes the treaty which has already been cast to the the meet:lng. At the conclusion of the wit 0£ man to _understand how anyone winds . Th_e e.:ffect on the Cabinet has not proceedings ·a ceilidh was held, and the claiming ;rny knowledge of public affairs been reported. large hall was crowded with a merry can ignore the fact that Board 0£ Works throng of youths and maidens. The en* * * loans, instead of being extended, are Meanwhile, let us face facts, and give tire celebration was a striking exhibition being cut off, and how people can be. so no countenance to counsels ;£ weakness of the st:rength of the Irish Volunteer ignorant, in view 0£ the strangling of and discouragement. 'l'he · splendid movement in the northern capital, and L and Purchase by the last Imperial War, muster of Belfast Nationalists, in which may be counted on to mark a fresh ada comparatively small affair, can expect I was privileged to ~ke part, a~t the pre- ~ance towards the victory of the N a.tional a development. of L and P urchase under a sentation of colours to the Belfast R egi- cause and a fresh guarantee. for Ireland war expediture of £45,000,090 a month. ment of Irish Volunteers, is a proof that one and undivided. ·
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