l~DITED - Vol. 2.
BY EO.I N MAC NEILL.
No. 111 . (New Series.)
I
NOTES'
. SATU.RDAY ~;t: E;BRUARY 13, - 1915 • .
I
One Penn-y .
to exist. Agai~. I say, let the Emperors :stick to their Imperialism or be democrats as they please, and let Volunteers stick to . Volunteering.
boot is on the other foot. Fitness to command in National affairs is ma.de dependent not on what you pay in, but on what is paid out to you. 'l'hat organiser should get a sufficient rise to make himself in..: fallible in matters of policy.
*
*
*
'l'here is mucl; discussion in the newsWhile the pe9ple; according to the paid papers about the next gemlral election, , have just io do as they a.re organisers, * * * and the general impression appears .to be In _ancient freland, as the Book of bid in matters ·· of .national and nonthat a · general re-election will be pro- Rights describes it, ther13 were about as national poiicy, the . New · Imperialists po_sed, each party retaining, the same many small kingdoms -as ,there now are may be infallible, but they are not omniseats as at present. It is hard to .say how of parliamentary constituencies, and as potent. A week or two ago th~re wa.s that will work out with regaJ.·d to the many kings as there are members of Par- great . glorification over certain · duties meml'lers ·which Ireland s~nds, not to liament under the Union. Though these undertaken by the ''National Volunteers'' much purpose at tlie. present juncture, to local governors were called kings, pre- in Cork. ~o~ i.ve read in the "Daily Inthe .·Imperial Parliament . The question sided over public assemblies, administered dependent" that the .same Volunteers - is still undecided, whether in Ireland a justice, a,nd commamled, each one of have be-en informed that they will not be member can belong to the party to which them, his local. arm.y, we nowhere ·fin.d it permitted to: tak~ up military duty. And ,. he is elected and by .whose supporters he laid down that the people were bqund t,o it is only six months sill'Ce the declarntion is elected, unless he has been previously follow their king in every line of conduct that. th~ Volunteers would defend Ireland, selected fOl' · election by that party. · I£ or policy that he chose to adopt. On the and let the British Army be withdrawn, Home Rulecis safe;~ ,9f qourse- sueh. ques- · contrary "\Ve find- that the· people, when WOCS reCt.'1.Ved Wlth trem~ndo u S'acclamation i . tions really don't · matter. In an.y case, they desired, comP'elled their king to b'}" _the Lib ~rals in the Imperial Pa.r liathey do not concern ws as Volunteers, adopt .their policy in preference to his ment, and with cnes of triumph by the · and I only allude to them in order to re- own. At the instance of Brian B6rumha~; Unionists. peat, what was already said in this paper a young ma.n who held no elective posi- · * * * The discarded National Volunteers of before the recent King's County, election, tion, and was no , doubt described at the that Volunteers, as Volunteers, will keep time as a . crank, factionist, extremist, Cork are graciously informed that, if entirely clear of electioneering . , All we · mischief-maker, etc., the Dalcass.iaris they like it; they will be permitted ask is that those who are concerned with compelled their king; Brian's brother, to to undertake the duties of an unarmed parliamentary work should stick to that abandon a. policy of truckling to the.' Out- police forc e. In comparison with · thi.s work, leaving Volunteers · to stick to landets, and to take a stand worthy of -studied insult, Lord Mayo's -remarks might be ta.ken as complimentary. In a Volunteer work, ·and no interference m the Nation to which he belonged. country which, with much less occupaeither direction. . * * ·>:. \-Ve read of others of these . kings who tion for its police, is compelled to spend * * * Some developments of the Imperialist were deposed, and sometimes rendered in- twice as much money. on police as Scotmovement in Ireland are very interesting. eligible for re-election by the thoroughly land . s_p ends, and in a coJ.mtry iil which A paid organiser for a political party is effective method. of banishment. to a the police are arme d as a .military force, reported to ha:ve announced the other day, region from which there is no return . Volunteers are informed that they will he what no political leader has ever ventured Nowadays it seems' that kings are not big allowed to do police duty wit!10ut pay and to proglaim, that it ,is the duty of the enough for us . . It is not M.P .'s but ~ithout arms, Volunteers without arms people to follow their. political leaders in Emperors we are to h,ave in future. They - it would take Dean Swift to do justice whatever-line of policy the leaders choose will command our forces and everything to the joke, It shoula at last be plain to adopt.. The number of recent pro- else in the country 'with -the trifling ex- enough how much g<?od will an d good nouncements by paid organisers on high ception of the government of Outlanders faith there has been in cert ain palavers. poli.tical questions is remarkable. One that governs us. F'01;merly the M.P.'~ * * * Irish Volunteers, .especiqlly in Ulster, might think that the business of an or-, were supposed to be the chosen, represenganiser was to organise, and that the re- ta.t ives of tlie people. Now, according to will watch with interest the discussion ceipt of salary for that purpose did not the ;p aid orgapiser doctrine, the people that is g·oin g on about the relations beconfer apostolic powers of teaching an d have no choice . but to represent the t ween .... the _Government and the Ulster uttering new.definitions of political ortho- ~I.P.'_s. This must be 'vhat is called the Vol~mteer Force ., Mr. Swifte MacNeill doxy. Som~ months ago the "Freeman's New Er,a . - We were wondering what has put a question to the Government and J ourna.l" sneered at Colonel M~ore' s fit- ' exactly the' new feat"ure might be . It is has· got an answer very like the equivocal ness to look after the organisation 6£ evident that Imperialism and Irish public answer that an Irish domestic is said to Volunteers, on thE? ground that Colonel opinion are not just the same thing, other- ha:ve given to a ' caller who inquired if Moore, as alleg'ed, was not a s'L1bscriber to wise we should not have paid oFganisers the master was a.t home. The "Catholic the J; ish Parlfa:mentary fund. Now the telling public opinion that it has no right T:lmes," of I;iv~1'.pool, \Yhich appearn to 0
~
1·
.
/
f
/
-~
,,