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Democracy with the cockfi ghts of opposing chise. 1' he Conserrafi,·e ~ide of 'ibe refoni1ed catchcries and co n~i c ting "pr in iples ." Whigs Ofigarchy. he ld an imi1;egnabl e po's ition in ' ti1c and Tories rnanag~ d · tbe Democracy in ,tur'ris, inflhence of the 'pa rson ana the. 'squ i·rc'.. The 'There .is so much .talk these days about tbc tintiI a J1e\y po\1'er arri,·eu on ". th<: sc"t:ne, tbc L iberal side ' acx}uirecl an cq ua1l f secure : f g t· of British Democracy that a few elementa ry facts Indushial Magi1a tcs, whose ive;1lth di(! nut ness by 1~rnkin g lore to. the. No ncoi1formists. _ aliout English · pol itics are worth keeping in co.nie fiom 1:he r nt of the la nd l1ut Lie ~;nne big e,·ci":.v ·de noml·natio11. ·The · exte11Siutr of the view. Affairs of State in England and enough to rival the wealth of the ·htndowners. · Brit'i~h Ernpi re suited · e ach groi.1p, 'pro1·icH'ng 1 England s Imperiaf affairs elsewhere baYe . Their a rrirnl reqttirecl a change of card~, but one set w.i th lucrati1· , pos1tio11s, the other s'et always been managed by. a.u Oiigar.chy; a JSn~a ll after · a ·new deal tbe game went .0,n as bc:fo re . with hicratiYe h1a-rkets; and the British Dem.Jcricy coulrl be feel up ·with Rtile Britarn:!_ia, ;h.~ ascendancy: class. The English ascendancy * * * use<l to consist main!)' of the big lan'dlorrk i\ot being able to produce Jong pcdigJecs, Far-flung Battle-line, and the union J ack as They \\'ere always · stronger th<~n the Crown. the lo.rds of trade avenged thm11soh·cs .on tht rbe Fines t Trn de Asset in the World. Tfie Henry VtU. · \\'as the . most autocratic kin,; lords of the soi I hy str:iking a pn•grt> ~ in· Dc mucr;:H'y continued to be ruled by 1h1: that e\'(:r reigned in England. He meant to attitude. They p1;1t the .new scicni.:e of politic.a l doublt'-face I 01 igarcby . enrich himself and increase his ow_n power with ' eCQl10ll1)'--Written up from 'their Q\rn JX>i11t pf * .· I . . . ·the plunder of the Church . He foui1d himself ,·jew-above the old politica l wisdom . of Does a n.y_une \.loubt that Grea t Britain bas forced to hand over most of the plm1der to .the Church a.nd State, the British Co~1stitutio11, etc. . bee ri a nd is now rul ed b)· a na~·1:011· ' 0ligah:hy? nobility, and most of .the power with :it. H e '.fhe grand pFogressi,·e a.ride of their creed was A~k any ppliti ciiln or any journalist to dra·.r got h'is own way by givin·g them their own .way . Education ,for e,·e,r)ibocly, a11C1 by .Education . lip' C\)Olplete l i'st of ,t he me n \\iho at present they .meant so much schooling- n,s lYOU'ld' make stand any ci]ai;ce of l:)ei1~g adrnittecJ ~ Britis!1 * * ordinary man and woman as p~efol .as . Cabine t. . Jn ~t real! v aemoc ra:t ic cciuntn· the the Oliver Crom,\•ell raised tbe armed Democracy highest g01:e.rnrne ntal, pb sit io11s a;'e opeti. ;~; a ll against the Oligarohy, and .then found that. a 111 Cl1'- Of high a dminiSt{atiYe capac ity ~-~cJ to ne w Oiigarchy was needed to manage ~he soimi others. E1 England . the)· ;ire rr;;c r(ed D ernocracy . · This is the whore .:irt of E°i1gli$h for certain· lin; ited cf~~les'; "~ i th ~n owisiu1;·a 1 domestic politics, .management of the. D~JU'o outsider throw~1 in to represent poi"iulilr feel i·i~g cracy, making it believe that it is managing and the B ri tish))emocracy . itself. The. Democracy got tired of the new ·X· possible to them in .their ernµlo ymen t- so much management and went back to the old firm. .' , an<..l no more---a princip le. of Educ~tio1{ that Irt:la nd bas al ways been· _the tuuchsto1.ic to Tb:is Ghaptei keeps repeating itself. The olclfashioned Oligarchy is si.d e-tracked for a. while st ill ):iolds the .fi.el<..l, e~·en in Irelap.cl, \\;here the pro1·e the essential uni tr of the ll~· iti sh .~01 iby the shltt'11 Democratic Oligarchy. Then"' the learn ing of ,such things as · tlte Na~i(,ma I gar ~hy, Whig and Toxy, ; O:> ast; n·ativ~ , .a\Hl good sense of the English people " asserts itself language aud history was until lately altogether Liberal. Straffmd "·a.s ~h_eaded in Engla1~d by going ba.ck under the management of the b_a nned and is still part! y banned and part Jy by the section that pl!t Cromwell in i~o'~~r. discouraged, on the p lea that the knowledge is Strafford's Irisb pplicy was, _as be ~a.id hi"mgenuine ascendancy. Our present-clay Tories useless-useless for employmen t, t1seless to the ~e lf, "Thorough. " ~romwell's was Double understand the game thoroughly, and at this masters of th~ people. Thorough . When . Strafforcl'.s party again moment of " political truce " 'they a.re making . * . ousted Cromwell's, !~1ey conftrmed th< Irish t heir preparations · to ta.ke ·charge of · the * Fox, a. ,Raciical in Den1oeracy for another spell, and they hope ..to . The old parfies gradua.U y rearranged them· _pol icy- of Cromwell. selves, some of the Whigs joinii1g ~be . Tories, En~land, w.r-ote in I791., as Lecky te lls us? '.'a begin early. others je>ining the Lords of Labour. The 9lcl very earnest- letter " to the reactionary Go1·ern* * ' .. . Between Pro-Germa.nisni a.11d Pro-StucJ.rtisrn, names went out of fashion . . The Whig-Tory me nt in Ir:ela~1d, <<' u.rging, the lr,is)1 GoY€rn,rne!1t the Oligarch}· split into two factions, Whigs gr9up became Conser~·ativ es, an<..l tj:Je Whig- to resist the Volunteer demand [for a. Parlia· and Tories. Future ages will find it hard to .Economist group, pri,d .i ng then1sel-Yes 01~ their . me11ta.ry ·ReJor,m B.ill] tp the ,u(iermost,'' justili-riderstand the difference between fhem, or at "progressive" -prin~iples, became Liberals. fy ing this .a.cJvice, .of <wurse, on th€ st_rict all events why they split abdut it-that is, The Liberals , con.fid~nt .in their capacity . to grounds of regard for liberty. · This· Frien<..l of unless fu't ure . ages · understand that an _Oli- manage ..the British Democra-c~·, ._secured a n , Liberty · in 'Eugland rece i1·ed - appropriate garchy can manage .a Democracy )11ore easily increase . of power by abolishing pocket con- a~surn1:ces from the Yicer9y, Lord I\ orthingby forming t·wo 11:1.rt·il'!> and >im using th<' s ti t.u<"rwi.es :i.n<l <',xt<' n<,J ing .. the ed ect·o r::i.l fr;i n- t:n n, . whose sw"cessful " ut~ermost ·: took . the

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THE IRISH VOLUNTEER. form o.f p risa te intri gue . " Our next step ,., he democratic policy, bu t Camp bell-Bannerma n is in~ites to F _ ox, '.'' was to t-ry, _by means of our goqe, a nd ·incc h~Fl~e ut it <is 011Co/:tnOre "' r11:s , friencls)1~ the [Volunteer] assemoly, to per1; kx your huuoi.u:, yoLlt honOuF. knows : best." - At a its.. proceed i11gs and to . create confusion .in its Parti~ioni:t meeth1g · the e other da~, ·fY!~jor delibe,rations. Another desirable _step Shan'l'l<LP.-{:rawford, - M.J>., ·.exempl,i ed. ? the the was to im·oh-e them, i~ possible, with t\1c · ·Pe>liti.cal Truce :,by.- sJrn:king his -:fist [lrish] House of Commons. " There a1·e points Go,·ern1tteri.t's no 'e a nd ti1en airna 1.11ic-ii:i-<i ·th.11 · . ' . . ~ ..~. ~.~ .; of resemblance between- 1792 anJ 191 4. th y had made hiilr a Colonel:_ ·

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Viceroy, Lord .Cowper: "The goYernment of Ireland · is a co ntinuity-:-" Cromwell continues Strafford, Pitt continues Fox, Birrell continues Balfour. Carson declares the late Home Rule pol.icy of the pre. ent Government to he ·a Hypocritica l Sham, and the Government fortJ1with pledge: itself to gi\·e the _U nionist Opposi. lion the fullest opportunity of wrecking the po licy to which the GoYernment is pledged . Dog doesn't eat dog. The British P arliament has a GO\·ernment Front Bench and an Opposition Front Bench, but as far as Ireland is con· cemecl both are Governme nt and both are Opposition. ·X-

tain meu t. _ The hungry ma n tQo.k a cquple of halfpe-;;e from· hls pocke t, ;tnd Ji ngled ~11 . " :;;- o~\r / ' " ~l a·re 11ai.: ram e;1joyy1g the sm<;lJ.~~f ·J; l.1' Yi ctuals, ai1d yo u !a re ~1ijuymg""the -jlngle- orn:ry -110Bey. " Wh a1:-..fbr111 should Ireland's piryri1e nt take for the smell of .H ome Rule ?

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:Mea nwhile, d ay · t~' day the· ac kno11·ledgeJ unionists are exempli fy i11g the Bolitical Truce by steadily cl'iscrediti.ng their fag , t he junior Olig,u chs of the Cabinet, in iireparation for ki cking them out. In Ire land , the· Tried · and· Experienced are doing what they can to keep F rom C arlingford ..-Loch, a little fdtoll" the- p ublic in ignorance. It 1s '-'Party, :p a.fly caI!ed '1 An Seanchaidbe " bas come -to me, ·sen t OYer all thin gs," and criticism is faction . ·by P edar O'Dubhda . Hi · business is to help in teaching ·I rish ybunge'.sters the Irish -language * do rhr · na· seancltaoi, accord-ing to the old We read that " Sir J ames H. Stronge, Imperial Grand Master of the Orangemen, jn me thod, N" ature' method . I<'orty-two p ages , a letter' to a Belfast new paper, appeals ·to price fo urpence, by post fivepen:ce, ·trom parents and others WHO HAVE . DISCOURAGED T empest, publisher, Dund i1lk. T o be fo llowed ENLISTMENT to a:ll<?W the · young men to JOIN · by the story in Irish of ·an aeroplane raid on THE RESERVE BATTALIONS ." Just so, Sir the no"rth of Ireland, ".Ar lor:g an t-Sea.nMatthew. These peop le who have discouraged chaidhe ," another Carlingford L och adventure , enlistment , and to whom the Imperial-. Orange ih which was engaged- well , as a man from Grand Master is appealing,- they are not the _th at side once said j u· the cour t, when he was Irish Volunteers· whom you haYe been sub- asked,_ Guilty or Not Guilty-:-" Find out !" EoIN MAc NEILL. marini11g and penalising through the heads of

When P arnell fo rced H ome Rule to the front, Ireland beca me once rnore the touchstone, and proved the essential unity of the ~1;itish Oligarchy. The Economist Liberal s, the Brights and Chamberlains and Goseheus ; joined hands with the. Cecils, the Landsdownes and the -H amiltons. But the Oligarchy needs two parties to manage the British Democracy, and so it gives its . Ro. eberys and Greys a nd Churchi !ls to the other. side, 'and the Home Rule policy is tried _, found guilty , and hanged by the neck until the war is over and the next war begun.

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The ne w Dotlble Duty remit against Mr. Lord R andolph Churchill, t:1ough he preached " "Clster will fight and 1-:"lster will oe Redmond and against England's Sta tesmen J'. ight, " has likewi se leff on record bis prescrip- . re\'eals a good dea1. Where no'v are tlie rntes tion thnt " Ireland mus ~ be gm:en;ed through of confidence ? · A fe w months ago, when it the Roman Catholic clergy. " Mr. Asquith was a c1uestion of Voiunteer duties,. we were combines the d~trine ; tha t "the coercion of told tha t Mr. Redmon d had the right to dictate ubter [except the defenceless N ationalist:s of and dominate· in Irish affairs. · N ow that it is Ubter] is unthinkab le," with the i1ew recipe for a question of other duties, what _h as become of gO\·erning Ireland through :Mi·. Redmond . Mr. R edmond's right to dictate and dominate ? They all rnl:!an the same thing. The govehi- When Mr. Field, M.P . , was tackled' ··about me nt of Jreland is a continuity. On both sides, his conduct at the Phcenix ·P ark meeting, he Unionist and Liberal, the aclverit of the Irish threw the blame on the leader of his. p arty. Volunteers was declared to . be " a graYe But onl y tf1e other day, the leader was infallible, trnsted, and entitled to obedience . cornplicat~on, '' a difficulty which both- are .et1ua ll y anxious to bring under control. * * • ·J< Thi weak point a bout the revoit 1s that it * * * The Tories who compose Liberal Cabinets t;:ui11es only when p·a rticul ar interes ts are . arc always expected to show due deference to threatened. Against · any increase of Iri h Lhe. parent body, tha t thei_r days may .be. long taxation by .England's Statesmen, all Ireland in the la1~d. The): are ' usually well behaved. should unite , b ut it woul d be better to have a Gl:idstone himself was most deferentia l. clear national de mand, and that detnand Campbe.ll-Bannerma.n took a manly line, :ind . should t :\ kl' L b ~ form , ' " No Btitish taxes .i11 opened the way for Home Rul e and a strong Irebnd .. , · Self-goYernment rn ans financia l

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l NTRODUCTORY N OTE . The publicatio11 of Mr. P asha's letter in las t \veek's issue has made it exceedingly d ifficult tu obta in further specimens of Garrison .correspondence . I ca m~o t possibly p romise to gi1·e even one specimen in ..a week . · But readers of the "Jrislt V olunteer . may be consoled if they ne1·er h ave the opportuni ty of reading another letter of a simil ar character, when they appreciate the hi gh value of the specimen that apiJears below. The i11formation which ~ t conta ins is, from fi rst to last, per fectly accurate. Nothing is exaggerated, if we except the designation " blackguard " as app_lied to a pro'm inent member of tbe Irish Volunteers. But the word, when used of us by some persons, is a comp liment ; and as .t his letter i · of historical i1~1po1:tance, I am in a. position to · say that the person so indicated is not Eoin Mac Neill , or P . . H. Pearse, . o r Bulme r H obson, or Eainonn .Ceannt . F o r gr:we reasons the name of the author

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Saturday, May 8th, r9 15. of the letter is withheld _ Hem i't came into our P.0ssession .is a story by itself, arn;l one . well worth writing. Provided sufficiel'1t appli-· cations are made to the Editor, I may , at csome ' fu ture date, make p ubiic the deta ils of the ' adventure. Three. persoris know the facts: the lady, .whQ handed the letter to me, a student who was ' with me- at tlie time, and m:i:self. f..,. N.

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comjng clown. _.\ nd they p lanted the m~ehcs in tltc Ho.tel, wh ich happens to ·be the head· 1 qua rters of Ma;jor S-:--·!,.. As it was pouring, what :poss ible reason coul d they have for visit'The . fa~t b\eeting of the. ~bove Boa~d was ing. the place ? '• l<'rbm the dra,\'ing-room windo";s everything can be .seen, absolutely e1·ery- he.Id . at M ~ lO\" OJ} _Sun?.ay, A1_:n il 25th. Mr . . drawing-room ! thing ! T!te y' occupied Mac_.Curtain presided , and .delegates attended Well, our people left nothing undone. T a lk . from Cork Cit)'; Blarney, Courtbrack, Castleabout -efficiency ! They set two men to dea n lyons, Gla'1iwor.t h, F ermoy, K anturk, Mallow, the windows; and I understand it was raining and Mill strnet. Apologies for· non-attendance ' domestic animals ! were rereived from· Ballinadee, <:;5n·e, CastleT HE L E TTER. Q uite -a procession was arranged : two girls townroche, and Ballinhassig. . Dublin 'C:o.itage. to see .t fter the fire, the boo.t s to see after the Prior to the meeting the Mallow C<!>rps, supMy Dear .Downin.g . Street , . . fire, . the Colonel to ;look for hi s fountain-pen! ported by the Cycling Corps from Cork, Your last lette;· wa? con~oling, b.u t . not Andi whilt was our re\va'rtf ?~just foui' words · Blarney, anci Courtbrack, paraded the streets exactly rich in sugg~stio~1s ., I_t m a~ see171 \-~r·Y. , uttered by the Dublin blackgua rd- '" You · of the_ town, and created a very impres- ~ funny fo r )~Ou ; but it is not at all ft'. nny for shoul<l burn it." sion: • The delegates expressed - their pleasure me. I know you peserve credit, and that you Well , the ra.ih passed ·over, and-. the.y went at the splendid apr.eafance of the men, and grappled with t~1e situation like a m~i. · I t , out. We had two" G '! men at the gate; for ty congratulated :the._ ~l'ficeis' of ! he Mallo\v Corps must .have been really hor rible when the p rairie . soldiers parading up and down tbe yiJJa.ge; on t,he _ y~rs. <;redjtable <l_ispl ay 1Tiade op that

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fire was at its height. And then that Hmvth ' two policemen opposite. the .house to wai ch they d~r2c~ _;t_pa~ade i~ oound to~i:ve t}le n..;.oYefiasco--v<.J:ien ail was· 15oing smoothly! (quit~ had seq t their .teiegram; al)d two m.ore !;iesit•l;e ment .a great fillip in North Cork. app reciate yotlr argument about "trie_d .and . th ee ,door :of the ho.use whi.ch they visited, and Th~ mee.t ing was engaged for. some time in tru~ted ;, people.' :They are all right, if lef t a .constable at every corn~r ! You see, they. making a.r rangements for the Volunteer But have they been left to bad wired to tl;leir man- " Arra nge publi c demonstratio;; ).µ Limerick OJ1 Whit-Sunday, to themselves. themselves ? I assure you they have no t ! I'l l meeting to-ni ght." You- can imagine ho\\' our May 23rd . . A special excursion -train will run lake the risk of mixing my .metaphors. Let people felt when they realised tha,t the public from Cork to Limer ick on that day, and the us say that you got r id of the wasp- -the p rairie meeting part was _a _fa rce, and tl~a t when they Boa r<l hopes that ev~ry Vol unseer -~~rps in fire wasp; but you' left me the sting! r-' have ~ald p ubli c meeting they .knew we wouid pro- · Cork Couuty will . tr'!.vel to Limexick to take tried everything-coercion , poul tice, bribery vide an audience, and that t_hey hadn't the part in the demonstration. When the arrangel>lue-bag; and , · as you ' know, I saw to it that remotest intentiQn of hold ing, a · public meeting, ments ar~ c,ompleted, ·full particulars _will be there was more than .one st ing in the 'wouncL but had some o ther gam e u1) .t heir .sleeve.. . supplied toe.very Cc:rp_s., , Well, the· next morning. they. were up so la te The fol.lowing fi xtures were made ·: ~ But neither heat' nor bli.1e ncfr our own counterfeit stings can shift the genuine sting .... :· And as barely to haYe ti.me for b reakfast before the P arade aC Bandon of all' ad jacent -Corhpani-es ,, look at the irritation it has caused! The whole train star.ted . J:\.nd ~mly one p air of boots had ·on Su1'1day, May 2nd. gagjs9[1. has ._.£elt .it. ,Di d you see the l r.is1.t been lef t out, while the other pair appeared P arade at Ballingeary on S unday, May 16th. V o]u11teer lately ? ,I sent you one. '. as a mattf'r fri ghtfu lly dirty 1-· C>n the traii1 "ther< -as-only Parade-a t· Mi ll street on ·a d ate to be fixed lat er. of fact, I sent-j·ot1: se,;e.ral ; ·but 'sdn'le of thf' m 01~ arnilable s m oker ~.. aj1}1 ,-w~ .ha"tl a:n ~e:irepThe Cycli ng Corps from Cork City, Blarney, J did 11ot send, for I don't see why )',9l! '$l:oul~l tionally well.. " got-u ' ,~ ·~ G-" m.an _in it , with &c. ' wil 1· a.ttend "these r arades. b;provid~cl '~' i th ai~), fu rther stin:ul ant for your a i1o_te book . ..., The :fir.;.t senten~e -~tte~~d l;Jy the_ The next meeting of the North Cork D istrict wit, of which you · frequent])' ma·ke me the Dub.J in blackguard was : " Did you get the Board will ta~e place at Mallow on May 16th , butt. And the· posters- well , I'll say no more. · · wireless mach ine to work . all right? and <lid and the next meeting of the County Board was You. can't · ignore ·Mac Nei ll - and, every- week , ., you get in touch 'with the boat?" . You have no . fixed. for Cork Sunday, May 30th : . After transacting some routine business, the too! The fellows in the club- we ll , you can idea what those men said! Then one of them " spotted that o;~ man was taking notes, and meeting adjourned . imagine ! But, my dear chap , even our infer ior people they scared the lifo out o f him. They t:iJked ----'~•~'----- why you call them ." G" men !":don't know-:-'- to each other a])out making an exaniple; they AN · A~:N'OUNCEM E N T . cannot escape . Fortiinately we stopped an disc~ssed how much could be put under the ·~fr. Arthur Griffi ths has writte~ T ract No. 4 , illustrated nonsense rhvme about them the other · seat ·; t he Dublin · bla<;kguard sai<l he had hit a clay :; it' began, "The ' G" man was the last to , thn1sh with a revq'tver 'at fort y yards! Our for the' T racts for the Times , entitled " When the Government P ublishes Sedition," and . it . leave," and was en titled " Spots on the one man was p rep'a ring fo r the worst. bright s32ot." I'll give 'you an actual case And then one of them started to sketch our will be· issued next \\·eek . The first edition' of affect ing a " 'G " ·man : ~ < " G " ni.an~to add fo his ' collection , which he " The Secret History of the I rish Volunteers;'' You remember a ll the , p recautions we took said was al~iost c~mplet~ ! I understand that by The O;R ahilly, was disposed of before when those Gentiles went to the "No Surrender!' the . poor · chap ·'v;:ts a physical \vreck , and had p ublication . A second edition is in the press . district recently. riow coul d you imagine any- to go home t~ bed. His notes.:__you never read A second edition of Tract: Xo. · i wi11 be issued thing more · rid iculous-instead of staying such. ru\;bish in your life ! · immed ~at.e l y . . . quietly in the town, after -they ·had: overawed T o me it 1s a con.solation to know that others Order f'rom vour Booka.ellerour " G" men, by taking a stmll; accompanied " are st1ffe ri1{g. B.ut here .is the trouble : th ~ TRACTS FOR THE TIMES. · ·.. by a bodyguard witli rifles-thirty· ·of them; wasp went off ' anq lef t his sti'n £ So fa r so No i-WHAT EMMET MEANS IN 1915. ' . By A. NEWMAN (2nd Edition). mind you ; and there was a d istribution of good. But the very .fact that the sting is so Ho 2- SH 1'LL IRELAND BE DIVIDt;D. . • ' . By EOIN MAC lt'Ell.L. (On .Sale). amm unition, too ! I say, · af ter this business self-evi·d~~t has 'forced · him. to appear with Ho. 3-THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE IRISH VOLUN· and their -treason was Jover , what do- you think another ! We sa.;v it ~~ Easter S{mda y ! TEERS. By THE O'RAHILLY (First Edition ex• - , hausted beiore publication. 2nd Edition in the Press). they did·?· They sent telegram- and I blame , No, 4-WHEN TB! GOVERNMENT PU~LISBES . Your own , that ·blackguard from· Dublin- tb -B ., a SEDITIOJI ! By ARTHUR GRI FFITH. (Ready Shortly). . i, N- -P-· - . horribly· i'mporta nt: place, as you ' know:_ F rice, 1 d, One dozen or o,·er ~st free. ''.'.h~lesale supplie. •

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...........................................................................................................!. VIl. - COULMIERS, wrps, \\'ere :et m motion . The F rench adAftcr rhe disastrous battl e of Sedan half the ,·anced troops cm·ered a line from Chateaurun German forces pressed on and inves ted Paris, to Beaugency . The :r5th w rps moved up the while the other half remained behind to im·est ·. Loire from Mer, and the r6th was in rear of Bazaine in Metz. The French Emperor had the Forest of Marchenoir. The German surrende red with his army, and tbe fall of t.be _· carnl ry rno1·ing out to Ouzover found the outGovernme nt ensued. A Rep ublic \\·as pro- ' · skirts of the _fore~t ,. st-rongly held by the claimed, and the ,;ew Government immediately French. F rench detachments were also on the se.t about organisjng . the national resources to Loire a!)()1·e Orlea,ns, and Gen. Von der Tann oppose tbe inrnclers. The clefe;1 c~s of P a ri s determined on NoYember 8th to strike a bl ow were manned by a numerous tho~gh 'poorly- in the d irection of , Coulmiers aga inst . the tr:1iherl .garrison , and armies were ha stily levi ed F rench main concentration, and then, if com;ti I oYer France. pel le<l, to fall back northwards. PRELIMINARY MANCE U VRES .

When the German armies had eampleted the circle of im·estment around P aris 'considerable detachments of troops had to be pushed ou t in all <lirections to cover the operations of the siege . Of these the most important was that despatched irnrnerl iatel y southward towards Orl eans, because ·it was from this directionthe· centre of 11\ance an<l immediate si)h~re of the new government a·t T ours- that the most formi·clable efforts to ra i·se the siege 'rere to be expected: As ea rly as the beginning of October - a month after Se<;lan- Jarge French forces ll'ere in 'this. d'istrict, -a.nd affairs of outposts were frequent. Accorc1ir1gly General Von cler THE BATTLE. T a nn . "'as sent towa rds Orleans with the J st Von de r T a nn drew up hi·s line behind the Bavarian Corps, the 22nd I~ fant ry Di1·i sinn, vill age of Coulmiers, facing soutb-west. In and two Cavalry Divisions. After some rather adva nce wa s a cha in of strong mixed posts serious combats he occupied Orleans October of cav_a lry a nd in fantry; the remainder of the J 1th. The French forces fell back far south- cavalry covered tbe right flank. The French ward, · covering their gr.eat improvised depots.· took advanta ge of the over-plain nnrth of the ~he F rench had ·performed wond.ers in fittin g Marchenoi.r Fores t to move fonv.a rd i.n battle out their new. troops, · Scattered reli cs of the· order-first line, suppon s, · :} nd resen ·es at Imperial' Atmy, still intact troops from Al- normal inten·a is ancl' di stances ._ Tb I 5th corps geria, and sailors froni the fl eet were the fram e- ·(D'Aurelle ) moYed _on the right, the 16th work on ll'hich the new formati ons were built (Cbanzy) on the left . The ca valry (Reya n) up. Garrles, 1\fobi les, aL1Q • J'fational Guards prolonged the line and sought to cut off the and Volunteers w er~ blenc!ed one w.ay or an· German retreat, workin g round by Patay. other with these, and an effort . made to . un.ite. The battle beaan by the French attacki.nrrb \. ...... ' ~ . -i. b ' ., . tbe whole into one. But tbe percenfage of ' ir1 the nei'ghbourhoocl of Le Bardon somewhat trained men, especially officers, was very small, after eight o'clock in the morning of Novembe r and the val ue of the new units by no means 9th. The fighting in this qua.ner 1rns conti nuhigh. At thi s ti me the chief command 1rn: ous for many hours, though not particul arly vested in Gen. D 'Aurell a de Pala dines, and severe un til abo ut two in the afternoon, after Chanzy-- France's one grea t soldier- was bis 1r bich the French attempted no further adr.ight-h ancl man , Rigid disciplin e ll'as. insist cl vance. · Thei r attack here cau sed Von· der on, :ind a. period of four or five weeks in the Tann _to think that they sough t to cut. him off r.amps of inst rn~·tio~ · went a fair way towards _f rom Orlea ns, and he held the hulk of his forci.' turning the Je 1· i ~s i-nto soldiers . Had D'Aurell e at Cou]n1ier<; rearly to strike ar. the flank of nny and Cha nzy b en left entirely free it is possible such attempt. that they miglit: haxe · succeeded in obtaining But Cbanzy hacl such superior forces opposi te Coulmiers that he was well able to m·er1a.p real!y fa r-reaching results, but as it was the that pos ition on the north , and "·hen he moved · gove rnm c nt-e sp ec;~a l ly , Garnbet'ta--.p erpet ually insisted on fmcing them into p remature against it the Germa n reserve had to be brought up to p rolong the line to the right. Von de r aclion. Early in .\' 01·e m.b~ r it was decided to try and · Tann ha d now no res rves , and his line was rccO\'Cr Orleans and form a la.rge intrencbed very thin. Meantime R eyan's cava lry and the c;1mp 'just north of that city. ·With this encl German Horse bad f'Ome into contact near St. in view the French forces, r 5th and i6th Peravy, but only so far as to exchange shots

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1r.irh their horst.:-battcri<:J s. Continuous fightin g took place in front ·of <:::ou lmiers , and· the t roops of the , F rencb I 6th Corps, ass isted by tbe fire of some batteries of the 15th, occup ied the park in front of the pla ce. They were subsequently driven out, but about 4 p.m. fin all y made good tfieir footi ng . At the same time; to the north, they had also secured some adrnntages,' and e1•en when the Germ ans rep ulsed them here, _the hold in the Coulmiers pa rk preYented their fol 101,,ing up their adrnntage. About this t ime Von cler Tann decide l to break off tbe fi.gbt, and fell Lack by 'vay -Of St . Peravy and Coinces, rel.axing his hold on Orleans. Chanzy compelled bi s Y i r~orio u s leYies tn bivouac in the bitte r, fros t:y night, anrl to k<;c p touch of the retreating Genmn.s, btit \1·ithout a 1·igorous p ursuit. (: OMMENTS .

At first sight it might _seem as if the F rench desen ·ed no crecli t for their victory' , gained as it was by 75 ,000_ men agai_nst 25,000 ; hut all owance mu t be made for the relative quality of tbe troops . The Germ ans were victorio us, 1·eternn soldiers; and wbat the French were we have already seen. Coulmiers, in f act, is almost uni que in one way. There raw troops, acli11 a as regulars , succeeded in gaining the clay . But it is Yery doubtful if this would have been poss ible excep t for the fact that the open nature of the coun try enab.lecl the French to mo1·e in battl e formation acros. it in the approach-march . · This , of course, · greatly reduced the chances of d isorder, as far as the la rge r bod ies were concerned . Where tbe actual fighting took p lace the country wa~ rnore bro~en, with frequent woods and vill ages . The F .r ench attacked · in dense skirmish lines · anrl won by force of numbers. E 1·en when they were rep ulsed for a time it was always to bring up intact re inforcements. Eventuall y, oppos ite any poin t it wa possible to mass enough men to drive out the disciplined defe nders. A. noteworthy feat ure is bow indecisi1·e the 1·ictory was. Two reasons ma y Pe ass igned for · th is. The rawness of tbe troops caused greater disorder af ter the battle than is customary with better-trained sold.iers . Especially, though , the in fe riori ty of the caval ry is to be regarded m; the cause. In fantry may be made fairly efficient in a sbor.t time; cavalry cannot. Reyan's horsemen ·fa'r ontnurnberecl the German r<1 1· a l ry opposed to them, hu t took no srri 0us part in the fig hting at all. Probably jf they hacl engaged the more compact Gem1an bodivs hand to hand, they woul d' have suffered hcav d y. and to that extent they were justified in holding aloof. -B .u t they might have worked rou nd 11' ide to the north and endea vou.rerl to cut the. railway to Pari.· behind the Germa ns. Jt st>c ms p0ssible that some demonstration of thi s . kinrl was. possib) e to ~h.em eYen without riski1:ig close action. Finall y, there is to be noted the stri ngent

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I Field Training. CHAPTER V . AN ATTACE. JN FORC!:' . A - -RECAPIT U LATION.

up to this we haxe dealt 1Yith the training of men in rnrious phases of the att<tck, giving; littl e indication of the method of conducting the attack ns a 11·h0le. In giving now a type of a complete attack we must give an explanation and a warning . . )Jo officer must imagine that a ny cast-iron rules for the attack can be- laid down- that a knowledge of this chapter will absolve him from reading the military text hooks. This type is put forward ·[lS the best me re] y frnm the p oint of view of train ing the men. l n tho :utad;. the officer mu st ' re me m he r thnt hi~ obje('iS (already stated) are :J. An adva nce to fire positio11s. 2 . The esta.bl ishment of fire s11periority . 3 . The a.ssault. H e must a lso remembe r that co-operation of units and mutual sujJporl are essenti;1] to the success of an :it'tack; likewise proper control and distri/)!f/ io11 of fire . B -·REQUlREME NT s .

Fou r comp:rny ro mnunde rs should a.rra nge a l'i c·ld day together. From IO till 2 on Sunday morning is the best iime, a nd, as far as Dublin is concerned , the Phcenix I'ark is the best place. Choose ground that will give you 3,000 yards in one d irection , [lnd 300 yards 111 [lnother. We will a~sume that each compan y is 60 strong and trained fully according to Chapte rs 1. to IV.· Let the companies be named

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Suns and UNIFORMS CLEANED and PRESSED

~- .-. AR.E MlQE IN , IRELAND.

IN T wo · DAYS.

Best Terms (Casti1 Only> from

Hopki~s &

uomn-0.tt u-0. bu-0.c-0.tt-0., I mt11$ nud'O.A'O .

Highest Grade Lever Movements. PRICES LOWEST POSSIBLE FOR CASH.

LOUGHLIN'S HtISH OUTFI:TTING

is better than the Foreign Shirts,. liosii:ry, Gloves, . Braces, Hats, Caps, Boots,, etc., etc. ALL IRISH. .

FAIR PRICES.

Hopkins'

WRISTLET WATCHBS.

lt is . treason .for Iris?men "to buy the ·Foreign Article and neglect l)'ish Industries:

CATALOGUES FREE .

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IRISH OUTFITTINIG HEADQUARTERS, . . 19 Parlia!"ent Street, OU~LIN.

Opposite O'CONNELL ..__MONUMENT, DUBLIN. ,. Telegr.ams : "Meyther, Dublin."

Telephone: 3569.

CITY CLUB CIGARETTES.

10 for 3d.

If you want Dl;lY' F~~T ~nd. PEQFECT FIT .

- ·ay -

LAJIE~l~r~-· 8.o~tmaker, ·- _116 Emmet Road!, Inchicore, 22 Stoneba~er, and 23 Bishop Street. . ~E~AIRS Neatly Executeil' at MOb~RATE CHARGES. VOLUNTEER to &"et your CIGARliTTES, T01BACCO, SMOKERS' REQUISITES, and all NEWS AT

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TRY THEM.

P. CONWAY

8l. CO.,

31 Exchequer Street aad 10a Aungier Street.

A Smart Attire Proclaims the Man Easy Payments at Cash Prices • .

THc;>S~

J. LITTLE,

T)le Irish Tailor, .

SWiii'T' ·Al'lp

IONA CYCLES. - Fitted with Dunlop -£16 15s. · Ca$h or 2/- .Weekly..

~MU~PH~, TH.~c~cLE P~o~L·~·:I3

3.·-"/6.· To · .· •.

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t-914 ~~~ufactured

?pecially desjgned fob[ ma.rchhing, and my_ own 1actory y 1ns Trade Union Labour, ost Orders promptly attended to.

Measure." · lpn •

Tyres·.

Aungier ·Street.

·The :Volunteer Boots.

DUBLIN.

" Everything that is not Irish must be Foreign." .

IRIS~N~~.008

GAELS-Where· to get your News, Stationery, Cigarettes, G eri'eral Fancy Goods, etc., etc. -

0 Faolain, 35 LOWER DORSET STREET.

f e-Ac -0.nnro ! If you want COMFORl' and FIRST-CL ASS

THE COSY CO.QNER TEA ROOMS (Corner of Baggot St. and Merrion St. ),

1$reakfasts, Luncheons, Teas, etc., At Lowest Pmible Prices.

. JOHN MAtONE, NORTH KING STREET, . DUBLIN~

M. CALLENDER.

RIFLE-S;. American made .22 "Hamilton" Rifle 10/o Stevens .22 " Little Scout" Rifle 12/6 16/· Stevens .22 "Crackshot " Stevens .22 "Marksman " 00/· Stevens .22" Favourite" 25/· Stevens Armoury Model-heavy 60/American made "Cadet" Rifle, .with long forend 37/6 .. . . .. . .. 40/ Stevens . 22 Repeater Irish made Targets, Slings, Haversacks, and Belts. Large Stock .22 Ammunition and Sundries -lowest prices. Sword Stick, 1/6 upwards. Entrenching Shovels, l/· each. Get our nftlJ Price List-marv~ltous va lue.

JOHN LAWLl::R & SO~, 2 Fownes's Street, DUBLIN•

RIFLE SALOON ..

(Opposite Gaiety Theatre),

19 South King Street. .

~@ · PCome. and racttce

Appointed.

Shooting·.

,Comfortably ·

· Established 1894.-

31 Great George's Street, West, . CORK. _3~ _I~~URY S~REET, i>UBLI~.

WEXFORD , STREET,

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TOBACCONISTS,

S'I'.ATIONER and TOBACCONIST, ·.

1.7 82 ·

IRISH GOODS A SPECIALITY.

ATTENDANCE, try

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60 SOUTH WILLIAM STREET, DUBLIN •

.- LUCA•I•~ ~ CY OLES

TREASON !

Sand your COLLARS , SlilRTS, etc, 'to . .

NATIONAL

- Irish Volunteer Tailor(and Drapers, 11 UPPER O'CONNELL STREET, DUBLIN.

Insures Irish Volunteers against Victimisation by their Employers.

Tobacconist and Newsagent.

Por Big Value tn Chandlery, Tobaccos; Cigarettes, &c.

GLEESON & CO.,

.AN GU--ANN ·C OSANTA ••

Swifit. •

13 Old

Pr ices 2/- to 7 /6.

M'QUIJJLAN; 35#36 Capel Street, DUBLIN.

;· one ·doz: or over Pos·r·FREB.

SHOP

LITTLE

MANUFACTURER OF UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT,

DE WET'S

NATIONA.t

This

FALLON'S

Groups·! ,9roups! .

Telephone 222.

JOHN A. O'CONNELL, . Sculptort_. KIN'G ST~EET, CO~K. Monuments, Headstones,

etc.

For ~CHOI.CEST Blends of TEAS, . HIGH·CLA.SS 6ROC~RIES and PROVISIONS, TRY

CURTIN BROS.,

52, 53, 54 Shandon St. & 40 Thomas Davis. St . CORK;

Sa:tLrcfay ~;;i'.y :8th,

191 :._

for

Manufactured by I an1 glad to- I.Jc alJ!c to tell you that my ap1.,ca I lo . yvu1\g Y0lunteers bas not · l;ce 11

a!tvgdiler fruitless. Already quite a laTge batch of alJl>lfca t1ons to oxganize slmiighte has been recei1·ed at He.adqua.rters . Strange as it may .seem ;- n1ost of . the letters ca me from a remote corner of .Muoster. Only .one application came from ·clster; and not eve n one from Connaught. I tbi·nk the West is not <:1uite '!> awake as the song leads o ne to belie1·e. H owe1·er ,. the Fianna bas statinch- fr iends i.n many parls of County Galway, and I am quite sure \IT IY.ill soon bear of great _activity in the vVest . Recruits are · steadily joining the Dublin sl uai.ghte . On fhe whole I th ink .we can rely ()11 the snpport of the volunt ers, arid if our vm1 officers put their backs into the \York I am convinced that our - rj:cruiting and organ izin g carn pa i_gn will be a great success. ~

Two of 'the letters rece ived .l>;i the general 15ccrelary arc must interesting and :ue .in;;t;inccs

o f a vecul i<u· and not uncom mon state of mind ll"hich one often meet· in IrelanJ . The letters _come from different parts of Ireland, but they are ve ry much alike. The writers of both a re com·inced that his particular town is real! y the \\"Orst- nationally I suppose---:-in Ire1and, .ai:1cl on that acco unt they say it would be imµossible to orga-nize and carry on a sluagb in Ballyllope-

less. -~·

·X·

l ·tbink there is scarcely- a town in Ire.Jan el, with, .t.he exceptim1 a few in East vlste r, where a sl uagh of the Fianna E,ireann' could not be ma intainecl . Apathy i . met with every-

where, and no one mu 't expect boys to be fired with enthusiasm the moment the words " boy scout " are uttered . ·Enthu ·iasm begets enthusiasm; and pessimism begets n9thing but unpo_µularity: It is said of Mazzi1{i that he always wore black clothes in mo urnnig for his country, I am afraid tba,t though' he was able to make a revolut ion he would make but a poor organizer for a boy:;;' moveme nt-like the Fiang,l. To manage a boys' organi~ation cheerfulness and enthusiasm are esse_;it~'ll facto rs to success .

TWINEM'

---~Res.,

E1·e11 wlicn... one's S\tnounclings . . rire ·the re1·c rse S.· C. ROAD, Dl]BLIN . of · ideal it is '. litt h: ~ good grnm bli'u:g ·and doi'ng ,•,. nothing. To. take lllJ ,,this hclpl~ss att i tu~le ' i~ le-..mdm J:>~ -q~u~ -oo ct..u .it' ,S1 11nre"-1'· Lu1worthy of . an y yo. .• 1;1-~g J.ti~hrnan . · In the old . . J -~ - \ ·IRISH VOLUNTEERS cla~·s ur_heroes p.refo..i:.r@d the path ·of tra va.i l S upHort you r own. and labour to .one of' ease ...and comfort.. The · greater the obstacl s, the greater tbe 1nerit an'd ~ . HE.BY STR,ET. . greater the pleasure in ni astei:ing them. It is No Fureig~1 - Foodsu,lfts. Io . an aclrnissiou of weakness o n your pa rt if ydu , allow things to (.frift. Whe-11 th.fogs a re looking Eor--~' JRELAND-~VER::· ALL.~' . . 2 ~ ; . blue is just the ime fo r greater effort. lt is . _) \Lords and Music' as sung b~· Gerard Crofts, the.D uul.in on ly a foo l that waits for Pro1·idc11cc to µlac e tenor, lo the ai.r of-the great German · W.ar So~g, ".Deutachh it;l in Utopia. Yo~r Ct; pia is Just as y..;u . laad Ueber AllH·" Sen,d Three .Penny Sta.~ps to . make it for yo urself. E»in10.0:n Cp~npt ,. 2 .D,oip!1in Te~~aqe; ,Do\fJh in:s_ Ba"q1, -x: . -Dtlbl,in. PROHfS..:W !RISH VOLUNTEERS. * ~

HUSH..f.AitM PROD;tJCl5 CAPe,

Captain D alton uf Lirneri<"k is just one of . ~DO ,¥0.U F£EL ,;'i(&AK,.Dep1ess~d , or run dQ~.n? ARO MATIC QU I NI NE AND J'RON those " j! USh ·all l go" ~officers WllO- ma1{1ges to CAHILL'S T ONIC will tene y.0u . UB, steady ,your nerves, improve your appetite, enrich your olood, For summer lassitude, keep th ing:·· ·going \\·hen ochers are sno wed for Neuralgia, t ry .a hQttle , ls. and 2s.. ; postage 4d. u1H_lt'r. H e is. both an oµt imist and a courage: ·Made only-by AR'.fltU R J. C::AIII L I;, The National ous \t:orker. .:At -pfesen he is organizing a con- Chem ist, 82A L ower Dorset S t r~e~ Dublin . ference uf delega tes from the Munster sluaigbtc TAtR G~ET to be held in the city of L imerick o n Whit Etc. Monday. · e liopes be ab le to f;r;;- a 55/Greener .Martini kifjes Pw1·inci~Ll Cfo.uncil , and st». tel'icve f;IeadSteven's 'Fav6urite' Rifles 27/6 ,, Marksman -Rifles '20/q u a rte~·s of the work of organizing Munster. 16 16 _ "-·· Crackshot .Rifles....-. We need .a few more officers· like C:a1~t . D al ton ,, Little Scout Rifles ~ 13/6 Winchester Singje S hot Rifles '20/in the provinces.. -ZlJ<> ~eavy Model ..... 50/!' J3.epeat~r Ri~es · * ......., 60/Heavy Motl.e r , The F ianna i .11.Dollymount .h as i.Jeen s ucc~ss Hamilton ~oys' Rifles · 10/6

B .I FLES

fu l in squelching the shoneen and Tory oppositiQn of Clontarf. L as t Sunday the interesting ~ ceremony · of presenting· tbe ~olo ur s was held. The review and nrnrch pist shcl\i;ei:l ·that ·the sl uagh is foth smarf and . efficient. Capt . . Pad raic O"Riain . r;ade t~e · Jresei1tatio~, and complimented them on the smart turn-0ut . '

•

• I • , -.

Wr L.LIE :\'ELSON .

Don't

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3/-

r., .,.:,.

CataloJ ues Frec.

REPkiltS :A. 'S'PECf AL'lTY. ~·.,

37/6 l{ods, and

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Gun & Rifle Maker aild Ammu9iti~a .Merchant , .- a: t~·N;s QU:A-¥, ults~nf.~ Telephone 257,4, . _ .~ . •

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Buy~a : watch l>y the Case! . VJ'Gf_p>,ipe '-,~<SJnds.

-By all means- let the" cas;!"be as good as you . can. ~ffg rd. But remember that a good case does not necessa"rily mean a good watch. He ~ure you are buying an acc urate timekeeper. An ·e xcell ent watch .is our £:J :k Sil ver Keyless Le ver, whose average variation is less than a minute a month.

GAN'f;'E.R ~.{lOS., 63 South Great Geor,g e's Street, Dj,!BL,1N.

TO B E S U RE t hat yo u get tl)e~ rig n t . f la n na Uniform, y o u must de al W i th the OFFICIAL OUTFITTERS.

WH-E LAN 8'. SON, . 17 llppe_r ·· Ormond-- .Q'ua:y, Wl)o have be en ap po in ted S pec ial Outfitte r s b y- the E x ecu tive Counci l. ~

Britannia Air Rifles Adaptors for 303 R ifles .. , . 'I_'argets, 22 cal. ·.car.tridges, Cleaning · · _-~IJ .Sugsi'ries. :

LISTS FREE.

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K,E RNAN'S .

~te.

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all

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