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ENGLAND'S PERPETUAL :COALITION! MORE ABOUT BURGLARS, WITH A CAPITAL "B." EASY DOING LITTLE. A year ago, it was easier forming a Volunteer corps than falling off a log. The young men said, "We'll form a Volunteer corps." There ;yer:e army 'reservists in nearly every parish. Most of these reserve men were equal to· the task of lining up a hundred men in two ranks, numbering them odd and even, shifting theni into fours and 'back again, turning them ;µid wheeling them this way and · that way, dividmg them into sections and squads, showing them how to gesticulate .a _rifle tha they hadn't got or even ml de up their minds to get, and putting them through various other exercises.
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FIVE FINGER EXERCISES . I am not scoffing, far from it, at these exerci~es, or at the men who went through them, or at the men who put therri through them. The exercises were good and useful, if sometimes imperfect, and always tiresome when too often repeated'. 'fhe men that were drilled became better men than they had been before, and better men than some· of them, a year earlier, had ever thought of being. The men who drilled them were in some cases wonderfully capable men) and in most cases they were very useful men. The fact that between 260,000 and 300;000 young Irishmen went through these military exercises with some sort of a national purpose in the spring and summer of 1914 is all-to the good. Most of the men who were drilled will at all events find it easier to answer the call again . Most ·of them have had their minds trained for a time, in some way or other, on the aim of national defence. Between the sur'nmer of 1913 and the summer of 1914 the mind of young Ire.l and. accomplished ·a ch;µ1ge like the change of an egg into a bird. It will"'lie a long time before there are as many eggs going stale in Ireland as there were this · time two years.
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THE ORIGIN OF TROUBLE. Tn the S~ring of 1914; the Coalition played · its · bluff- against Irelanq . Don't imagine that the Coalition had no existence or was not in active operation until it was publicly avowed a ' few weeks · ago by the ·reconstruction of the Government. · The pretence of a Liberal and Irish alliance was, on one side, a hyp0critical sham, and served a purpose . . The growth of the Irish Volunteers : alam1ed the · secret · Coalitfon, and :forced it to show itself just a
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little. On botk .sides, the Coalition leaders, in the use .they formerly made of them, I must say the Spring of 1914, in their public speeches, their feelings .a re not only different from mine described the Irish Volunteers, in the same but are diametrically opposite. Those who words, as "a serious complication." The have used dang~rous weapons for a · good purdanger of the complicated had to be removed pose are most bound to take care, when the or reduced. In the meantime, what Ireland object is attained, that no bad use is .made of could do was clearly enough demorn;trated. those weapon_s." The bad use to which the After a prolonged resistance, the arrival of this . British Reform Minister objected was the serious complication compelled the Unionist reform of the Irish Parliamel)t. The good leaders to a surrender on the question o'f Home purpose was the attainment of that Parliament's Rule for the' greater part of Ireland. There independence, which the same minister was has not been since 1782 a more remarkable plotting to destroy. Imperialist utterance regarding Ireland than * * * the ·speech in which Mr. Balfour held up the THE LEADER H YPNOTISEp. Grattan was unfortunately better schooled in white flag-though, as in 1782, the Imperialists on both sides were all the time plotting to undo the ideas of British Whig politics than in the ideas of Irish Nationality, and he fell a victim what they pretended to be doing. to this pious preaching. He was at that time * * * a free .man, and a,t the zenitl).- of his power, HISTORY REPEATED. In q8z'~ ·by tJ:~moft <J9lemn ;;treaty ev&r yet he was-ht:1mbugged aii:cl--Ghea-t~-hy the cant made between two nations, ·the British Govern- of Whiggery. This we must .in jus.tice rememment agreed that Ireland should have an ber, when we· think how other men, without independent Parliament and that this settle- Grattan's genius, his freedom, or his power, ment was to be ''-perpetual." The British have been blinded .and overborne by the same Government did not lose a moment in setting cant of Whiggery allied with . the other . forces Grattan at this crisis about to undermine. and destroy this settlement of the Coalition. which it had just declared «perpetual." Hav- deserted the Volunteers. He had courage ing won an independent Parliament, the Irish enough to speak and vote against the Viceroy's Volunteers proceeded to demand that this policy of resistlfhce to reform, but, wrote the Parlian;tent and "the electoral franchise should Viceroy to Fox, "hjs speech evidently showed be i:eforined · and made representative. The that he meant us no harm.'" The plotters .d id British Premier, Fox, was a reformer-in not succeed so far as to make him the active inBritain. He preferred that Ire.land should strument of their plot t~'clestroy the Vohmteers. retain an unreformed and easily corrupted Fox and Northington found other instru~ Parliament, for this purpose was to defeat and ments. The Volunteer Convention .met in the destroy the perpetual settlement, and · reform Rotundo, • and put forward a scheme of in Ireland would have defeated his purpose. Parliamentary · reform which, says · Leckey, He professed the greatest anxiety over - the "was a comprehensive and also a moderate and demand for, reform put forward by the Irish reasonable one.'' The Reform Bill was. then Volunteers. Then, as in 1914, the Volunteers introducedby Flood in the Irish Pa_rliament. were a .serious com2lication. Fox wrote to . The Government used all its resources, to defeat the Lord Lieutenant:-" I want words to express the Bill, which was rejected on the first readto you how critical, in the genuine sense of the ing. "The numbers were 15§ to 49, and it is word, I conceive the present moment to be; said that more than half the majority were if the Volunteers will not dissolve in a reason- placemen" (Leckey). The Volunteer Convenable time, government, and even the name of tion did not dissolve in the meantime, awaiting it, .must be af an end." the decision of the Commons. It was a ]eader. * * * less body. Grattan held aloqf . . Charlemont . suecumbed to ;British Whig _influence. "I THE WHIG PRETENCE. Fox's policy was cloaked in the pretence that never cordially approved of the meeting, " he it was constitutionally wrong and bad to yield afterwards wrote, " yet as I found it impossiple anything to the demand . of citizens assembled to withstand the general . impulse towarqs it; in arms. It was to such a demand that he had I .did not choose to exert . myself against it." just yielded by solemn treaty the independence Let tis think of this attit.ude, ~n i:he light of . · ·of the Irish Parliament, and this perhaps was recent history. the justification, to his own mind> of the * * * treacherous plot into -.ivhich he had now entered. How .T o MANf\GE IREL~~D. •.. ·. . . No British 'minister ever did anything without The Governmen still feared that the Volunsome grand moral justification. " If Grattan teers might succeed .in 9-~feating the plot. '' Our · or any others,". wrote Fox at this .time, ". feel next step,''.. the Viceroy wrote to Fox, "was to ·. any difficulty in treating the Volunteers in this · try, by ~eans of _our friends il.J. the assemb.l y,, tone "~meaning that Gra.t tan should refuse to to perplex its proceedings and to Greate · con~ listen to them a~ a <;:onst~tutiol'lal body- " from fusion . ~n . iµ; . deHberatiQnS. Apother d~siraJble
THE IRISH VOLUNTE·ER. !<tep was to involve them, if possible, with the House of Commons." If Fox .and Northington had had the situation of March, 1914, to deal with, they would have suggested to the leaders of the Irish Pai.:ty that the control of -the Irish Volunteers ought to be "in safe hands;" "in "the bands of "respGinsihle men," of ·" .tried and e;i.:perienced politicians," "of .representative men from every part of the country." · 'fhey would have ur:ged those leaders to perplex the Volunteers and create confusion in ·their rariks by foi.:cing a party test upon them. 1'.hey would have sought "to involve the ·volunteers, if poss~ble," with "the Party -organisations.
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Having defeated the Reform Bill, the House of Commons passed a resolution declaring " that the dignity of the House required asserting. " In 1914, there being no Irish House of Commons, it was the dignity of the Irish Party and its leader that had to be asserted . The British Government in 1783 was at the back of the assertion of · the dignity of a Par~iam ent which it was plotting to destroy. The -British Liberal Press ·in l9f4 was at the back of the moves that wrought perplexity and' confusion in the ranks of the Irish Volunteers. Some day perhaps the conduct of the British Ministry in this affair may be revealed. * * * HrsTORY >ioT
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When things had reached this stage, the rejection -of -Reform, and the adoption of a vote -of censure by the House of Commons against the Volunteer Convention, Cha.rlemont declared the Convention adjourned. It never afterwards met. The Volunteers ceased to exist as a national · force. The plot for the violation of the tJeaty with Ireland passed from Fox to his rival in British politics, Pitt, and was carried forward without intermission to its bloody and abominaible conclusion. These things are for a warning to·us in our own day. Grattan was · <leoeived, outrrianceuvred and defeated. . If to-day we may · have greater leaders than ·Grattan, still no man is entitled to require us to trnst them blindly. Does " responsible men " mean men who cannot be held responsible?
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Amid the perplexity and confusion introduced last year among · the Vol'l.mteers,-to the great comfort of -the-secret Coalition, especially in view -of the gathering wm-douds,~the European war-broke '0\it' with apparent sudden· ness . . The Irish Reserves were called out, and the Volunteers were : left with no military instructors .and plenty of p0litics. Many of them imagined that it , was useless fOr them· to maintain their organisation if they could not keep up their practice of barrack-square drill. This sort of -dr-ill · has ·a certain amount of disciplinary aa<l:eiementary value for a · Volun: teer force, -like the .:five:firiger exercises for a· learner on the piano, but it is ·as small ·a part in the making of ·~,Vohn,1teer force as the fivefinger exercises it! .~the mak~ng of a musician . It is not essenti51 at all t<;> the -training of ~ Volunteers. ·The -Boers were not trained ·on the British:Irifahtry· Manual, and it took three hundred million pounds of expenditure and an army ten times ·their number to force them to accept a practically independent Constitution. Though some of.our military ·instructors of last year were really exc-ellent, their absence all .in all, 'if 'Ive rightly . understand our work, is an advantage. ·Volunteers can be trained without then+. A Volunt~er corps can 'b e _established a_n d made efficienf in any part of Ireland with: out them. Any half-d0zeh -of aetive:.minded arid · able:bOdied . young i'nen.·can -Op reaHy valuable Vohn1teer work ~1·i.th ouHhe1n . . :rf a :pr9g,ramme . of\y~:r.k is -desire d, 1et application be "-made to the· Irish Volunteer headquarters, and ·let the loca:r. citcwnstances beating · on · the foqnation of a Volunteer ·corps, .. if it -should lbe only a
scouting section, be fully sta~,. Let the nearest existing liodies of Irish Volunteers be also communicated wii:h.
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"Sir Thomas Esmonde, M.P., at the meeting of the Wexford ·County Council yesterda.y (June 17 ), said they could take it from him that Home Rule was perfectly safe-it was bound to come into oper:ation at the conclusion of the war, whether the Amending Bill was passed or not." The report cdoes hot say whether they took it. from Sir Thomas or lt;ft it with him, or if they did take it, what they did with it. It seems a pity that Mr. Asguith, in his preliminary ·an1:1ouncement or .l.n his subsequent explanation of the change of government , forgot to say "what Sir Thomas said. It may have been an .oversight on the part of Mr. Balfour and the other Unionist ministers that they accepted office without making known publicly that they had agreed to Sir Thomas's terms- not the public pledges matter so much these days, but a private understanding with Sir Thomas is even more easily got out of.
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Still, I am inclined to think that Sir Thomas may be right. · I could quite believe that even ·sir Edward Carson went into the Cabinet pledged to the chin to put " Home R ule " in operation at ·the end of th~ war, on the understanding that' he would be allowed to " amend " Home Rule to his heart's content ·beforehand. On the whole, I think we can take it from Sir Thomas. Home Rule on these terms may be "perfectly safe. " At the same time, let us remernber that Grattan · thought · his free Parliament was safe, when it was actually 111 operation. -x· 0<* THE NEW NATION, STILL UNBAPTISED.
I have just got a circular from the _Volunteer War Services League, of which the Lord Mayor of Dublin is chairman, and Mr. P. J. Brady, M. P., for the constituency~,]j live :in, is an hon . treasu,rer. ~t\.mong' the various - forms of service recommended are "Subscriptions (weekly or monthly) .to English newspapers for wounded soldiers." Can Mr. Brady not trust them to read! even the "Freeman's Journal,:' or does it come under the description of an " English " newspaper? If the "Freeman" is barred, I need hardly offer the" Irish Volunteer;'' though it would .be useful to enable wounded Irish soldiers to judge the value of some things they heard before they left Ireland . fqr t_h.e. war. Perhaps we are all · included hmv: urioer the name .of "English." I have seen an advertisement a ddressed to Dublin people, calling them Britons, without as much as the word "West " prefixed. The "Irish Times," which is afraid that the Germans may suppress the Irish language, writes about "the nation " in a way that confuses me, though the latest resolution of the Irish Party also spoke of " the nation " in words that might seem to mean one thing in London and another thing in Dublin. There is -only ·orte nation in Ireland, the Irish nation. If there is· another, it has no name. A . nation · without a name is a nation which its ·own mem" 'bers can~ot recognise. They are like the man in the Irish proverb, " ar lorg a mhadra is gan fios a dhatha aige," they don't know the colotir of the dog they are looking for.
Saturday, June 26th, 1915: affected by the greatest war budget in history. What do the banks think about it? How will the poor rates, asylum rates, and charita:ble institutions be affected? What about Jand purchase, town tenants' purchase, improvement loans, grants in aid, development grapts, etc. Apart from all these remedial matters, there .will be a great .increase of taxation. Is Ireland to be forced to pay, and if SQ, wl!y? Out of what fund, out of whose pockets? b.ur politicians do not appear to tbe wild with ~_ger ness to tackle the subject. My own representative, Mr. P , J . .Brady, is too busy lookiqg.,a:i.ter Europe. Possibly rt will lbe time enough to bid the Devil _geod .morning when General Richardson sends fOr him. THE .M ODERN FABIUS.
The new national, not Nathanal, weekly p aver, " Nationality," dealing with certain figures and statements announced by MajorGeneral Powell, calculates that General Richardson's contingent will .be ready for the Germans in June, 1916, or, failing that, in June, 1917. I suppose we may say June, 19l8, for a certainty. These Generals bid fair to eclipse the fame of the ancient Fabius, of whom it was writtenUnus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, Non enim ponebat rumores ante salutem. " One man alone restored our fortunes by delaying, for he did not take account of rumours in preference to safety." After all, what proof have they . except rumours, ' mere hearsay, that there is a war going on at all?
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In the beginning of the year 1914, I was privileged to read a somewhat deliberate and carefully drawn up statement, which is still extant, by an officer of high rank in England, who derived his information from British officers that had recently been in Ulster. This document vouched that already a year and a half ago General Richardson's forces were more than a match for British regulars. They have since then been training without intermission. When June, 1918, comes round, Heaven help the H uns ! Meanwhile I trtist that all who share my solicitude, especially among my fellow Ulstermen, for the defence of the realm, will take care that every household in Ulster is suitably protected qg<J.inst any likely form of hostilities. In this matter of preparedness, why should we not have a united Ulster, a" homogeneous Ulster?" *
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The rumour of a black eye or a bloody nose received in a fisty encounter is alwii.ys sufficient to bring our vigilant national.police to the scene o.f conflict as fast as dignified heel and toe walking can bring them. If a saucepan is stolen from your back door and· the news gets round to the barrack, you are certain to have the sergeant and his notebook at your front door in three shakes of a lamb's tail. The week before last, a Burglar-I write with a capital B, because Birrell, Bull, Britannia, and other highly proper names are so written, and lest our Daniel come to judgment in Dublin, Mr. O'Mahony, might hold a small b to be dis· respectful towards authority and . tl~ereby prejudicial to the safety of the Realm-7-a Bur-. glar, the week before last, broke into the house * * * lRELAND; s · FINANCIAL PROSPECT. of the ·Treasurer of the Irish Volunteers, . 40 Now that -Home Rule ' is" perfectly ~afe "- Herbert Park, Ballsbridge. During all last whether l.t is corning to us or going to General week, this singular burglary has been talked Richardson's friend the Enemy-while ·.·the about all over Dublin. A week iJ.go, a .{aji:"ly· United Irish League is 'being reo;r.ganised just circumstaj:itial account of · the burglary was · to be ready at the right time to light the ibon- given, and in fact ef9phasised, in this Pii'p er, fires, and while new M.P.'s are being elected which I have excellent reason to believe,is read merely to prevent th~ £400 a year ,goiI).g to carefully every week by the glJ<J,rdia.nS.,o(our loss, it might be no·hartn if the breathipg time peace from Sir Matthew' Nathan .down. _Nevergranted to politicians, before t4ey ·begin to. put theless, the .sergeant has not yet called at 40 Home ·R ule into 9peration " 'whether the Herbert Park, .to make inquiry ~ Now tha t i ~ Am.ending Bi11 is passed or not," was used to . either very strange or it is not very strange. It enlighten themselves about the ·financial and it unusual , but, then , so was the Burglar: E orn M Ac '\Er LL . economic p rospects of Ireland as likely to be ·
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in the '48 ano '67 movements. The only argu- two frien~1y foreign nation~ who pro.ffore.P ment which the armed brigand ·understands is · sympathy and ass i st~nce, the argument 0f armed force. Fenianism did O'Connell was honest, splendid and sincere. more for Ireland in one week of its existence It is for us to profit by his splendid failure , than all the speeches of all the Irish dupes of and work with th<: fi re. qf '6.7 burning in our Pitt's Irish-memher"ii1-Westminster scheme, hearts--tlie fire of patriotism which makes the since Irishmen were deluded into believing that timid and c0wardly br·ave, and the fearless battles could be won by vhe '' Irish E nemy " man. like unto a lion . A.. N. ' against the combined Libera:l-Tory forces at Westminster, which form one pa.r ty only where . Ireland is concerned. One ·o f Doheny' s remarks in discussing O'Connell is worthy of consideration. He is discussing the Repeal movement at its best. " Amidst this grand movement stood M.r. O'Connell, erect, alone, its centre and its heal't. Volunteer Tents ~ 35/- each. H e was not its guide, but its god, until-· he Waterproof Ground Sheets for slep t within a prison, and came forth less than a man." these, 12/6 each. If the spirit of '6 7 had existed in O'Connell's StJPPI:.IED ONLY TO VOLUNTEERS. . rhy no prison would have confined him, for APP-LY upon the day that she laid her brigand hand upon O'Connell, Britannia would have shud- HEADQUA "'TERS·, 2 DAWSON ST., DUBU N. dered from a mortal blow. That is certain.
FELON'S TRACK. By Michael Doheny, and a preface by .A:rthur Griffith . Dublin : . Gill. 3 / 6. . This book has a most inappropriate title. ft is a fine historical work, " adorned" with the title which one expects to see .o n a ·" shilling shocker., or a " halfpenny horrible." There is no reason why an intelligent public should be deluded any longer, and fastidious people Under the title of Th e Rise of repelled. FenianiSm , or for that matter, 'Fenians and ·sup.er-Fenians, if would reach those people for whose information it was Olbviously written. Doheny rep.resents the type of man who hears the voice of Dark Rosaleen calling for aid against the evil ones who hold her bound. Like all Irish patriots of the genuine type, he is moderate, clever, gentle, dignified, careless of self, and with the spiri't of chivalry upon him like a garment. Speeches from the Dock, as everyone knows, is · a series of speeches delivered in dignified language and by true gentlemen- well, if the Garrison raided a monastery and dragged the monks into the nock for the sake of their religion, you would . hear from the lips of · those holy men just the sort of words, · moderately and fearlessly spoken . . which the political maa-tyrs of Irelari.d uttered when they stood up i.n an assembly of Brigands and felt the girl hand of Ireland clasping theirs, and the voice of our lady of di.stress whispering in their ears, "You have ea rned my love, most noble gentlemen. Be brave for my sake, even unto death." Doheny was a prosperous and mildly disposed man of the law. He was swept into the '48 movement ; he saw the rise and failure of that effort. H e saw Ireland betrayed by timorous men, and one leader after another sucked into the whi.rlpool of England's shame. Had Mitchell remained free, Ireland's story would have been re-written . For there comes a stage in any Irish political effort when the arrest of leaders by its ancient foe becomes an affront and offence which must not be borne. If Britannia the Brigand considers herself justified in capturing our leaders, she must JAMES STEPHENS . henceforth look to her own safety. Her latest move is to employ men who burgle the houses of Irishmen and search for arms. There .is another significant passage. It We must not punish the tool. But in the rev eals the fact that O'Connell's peaceful and Court of the High Justice of Ireland we may placid campaign, in the face of an armed condemn the brigand who holds the tool, a.nd garrison, was an evil thing, of !tis own deliber-
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England fears for her own ski_n ; she ·re- to jail as surely as James Stephens released · · · cru1ts her police-army of occupation from Ire- James Stephens I la.nd. And who desires to punish the deluded Cardinal Newman says (Apologia pr-o vita tool of a brigand? Were England to police sun, p. :Zr, 24, 26) :- "Deliverance is wrnught this country with . Engljsh constables and not by the many but by the few, not by bodies English" G" men, she would be forced to work but by persons!" And again: "Living .movements do not come of committees nor are great overtime in obtaining adequate supplies . The significance of the ·book under consider- ideas worked out through the p0st. . . . . . ation is that it was written by Doheny; who, No great work was done l;>y a system, whereas wivh James Stephens, founded the Fenians. systems rise out of individual exerti0ns." The men of '48 had in them the spirit of the The passage from Doheny which reveals Fenians. of '6 7. They had more than thatO'Connell as the "safe," "harmless" leader is the young men of '48 were the middle-aged as follows :-" During this period two events Fenians of '6 7. Forty"eight saw the planting, deserve particular notice-the only. facts upon and in '67 the harvest was .reaped. which Mr. O'Connell's supremacy was. ques_-: There are some few -boeiks which the student tioned or :his aqvice audibly condemned. Th.ese of Irel'a:nd mu·s t read, and which the Irish were, first, his refusal of French contributions Na.tionalist must possess. They ·are not over- and French sympathy, of which Monsieur -. numerous. Two ·weeks ago I .reviewed one of Ledru Rollin, since so celebrated, .was to be them, Thomas Dcrvis; this week I review an- the bearer; and secondly, his acceptance of other the mis-named Felon's Track . . In spite contributions from America .under · protest, of its name it must be read if we ·are to under- against the 'infamous institutions' of s1avery. . stand the fine a:nd immortal deeds of the He rejected the first with iQdignant scorn, Knight Errants of Ireland who fought and because it was the offering of " republicans," suffered in .the nineteeh'th ~eRtury Ior Ireland's and spoke of the . latter . with contempt, a,s honour.. ' smelling blood.' " . : The :book, owing to Mr. Griffittl"s untii-i:rig ; That was the. man. _He O:ar,ed no~ .think nf - . effort~ .,~orrtllin-s 'll'mtre:r0us 'iUi.lstrations·, and a . prot~ctlng: , ~is - .Pdo~1? . a,g~inst the. · E~gµw · i photogni,ph .of pr:<aet.icliny !every nbt'abli( mah' .. foreign enemy' but lie could afford to msult
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GAELS! Re .•. t:mber an Irish Headquarters. Commander, detlcribes general run5 should alternate with the field -work ; and Irel~nder when ym.i want New idea of the operation, which is that Blue · (No. once a month or so some such simple operation or Secon<)hand Typewriters, 4 Section, strengthened by one-third of the as is suggested by the Director of Organisation . ., DupJicators, ,.Ste11cils, Stencil Cycle Scouts), under the 2nd Lieut., holds the this week should be carried out, and all the . Ink, Ribbons, Carbons, . position· of -Byrne's Farmhouse, ·a group of Ies·sons that can be learned from it marked and Papers, &.c. · . Any make of farm buildings two miles from Headquarters, digested. In such oper:ations protection on the while Red (Sections 1, 2, and 3, with·remainder march and scouting are the chief things to be : Typewriter Repaired. · THE FOLEY TYPEWRITER TRADING CO. of Cycle Scouts), under 1st Lieut., attacks it. · attended to, and the things most likely to .be If possible, an umpire will accompany each negleced . Telephone Ir7Y. Reis· Chambers DDBLIN. THE CAMPS. force. In any case 1 the Coy. Comniander remains unattached and advises as · to main prinIt is now nearly time for everyone to have.. ciples, leaving all details of . strategy and made up his m.i nd .as to whether and when .he ,· tactics to the respective commanders of Blue can manage to get a course at one of the and Red. camps this year. The camps will 'be in charge 10-15-Blue marches off to take up position. of highly-qualified instructors, and it may be Commander of Red draws up his plan of confidently said that the fortnight's training attack,. and issues instructions to his Section they will provide for anyone who can afford the and· Scout Commanders. Blue will issue his time (a week's course can also 'be taken.) will instructions while on the march. prove very useful than a whole year's training 10-45.-Blue takes up position. As his under ordinary Volunteer conditions. The force is small, · he utilises it practically as a Headquarters' Staff has devoted much thought Eterything Photographic,• from a Sticky Back scouting section, throwing out a ring of scouts and trouble-and not a little money-to the to the largest Oil Painting. · .· with instructions to fall back when the direc- organisation of the camp training courses, and tion of the attack becomes evident; if suitable . it feels confident that the scheme will be supplaces for ambush offer, he will. send out small ported as it deserves by Volunteers in general. GRAFTON ART STUDIO. ' ambushing -parties.' Red moves off-scouts, All information on the subject can be had from 111 Grafton. Street, 46 Harrington Street, vanguard, ·connecting files , main body, con- the Director of Supply and Communications. 85 Talbot Street, necting files, rearguard. RECRUITING. 11 L'r. Camden Street and 39 Mary Street, · l 1-o.-Blue has completed his dispositions. The Director of Recruiting has · now availnu6i.fN. Red at cross-roads or other suitable point de- able a large amount of recruiting literature taches No. l Section to deliver feint through which will be despatched to those requiring it All literary ~mmij.llications for the " Irish wooded or rough ground (called A), wh~re he on application to Headquarters. Local Corps V11iuriteer" should be addr~ssed in future to . will have calculated Blue will expect attack; will, of course, think out their own recrµiting moves off with remainder to attack by long schemes, but the central Director's literature VOLUNTEER HEADQUARTE~S, circuit (over hill, etc.) in what he believes an will always be found · useful · and suggestive, 2 · Uawson Street, DUtsLIN. unexpected quarter (called B); feint attack not and the local workers can easily adapt it to the All :Communications re Advertisements to be ' to be delivered until 12 noon, wh~n main body local needs. Recruiting marches will probably should be in position for main attack. Main- be found the best of all recruiting devices, and ad j ressed to the tain communiclltion through picket at cross- are, as a rule, to be preferred to meetings. llUSH PRESS BUREAU, 3o L~wer Abbey Street, DUBLIN. roads. Each Company, Battalion, or Brigade sl1oul<l II-30. - Blue's scouts report Red's advance have its own Recruiting Officer, whose duty it SUBSCRIPTION.-7ne Irish Volunteer will 1-e Blue concentrate for defence on that will be to whip up recruits. The SJJperintendposted free to any address for one year at a cost of 6;6 ; at A. far half a year, 3/3 ; for· the quarter, 1/8. side. ence of the training of recruits falls within the Cheques and Postals shoutd- -be crossed and made 12-0.-Red ·attacks .at A. Blue probably province of the Company, Battalion, or payable .to the Managt!, Irish Volunlur. repels, but- · Brigade Aujutant. 12-15.-While Blue is engaged at A, Red's LITERATURE. main attack is delivered at B. If Red's attack In addition to the recruiting literature, is a complete surprise, be will doubtless carry sjlTURDAY, ;JUNE 26th, '1916 the position and capture Blue's force. But Headquarters has in stock a supply of very Blue may .have been so well served by. his scouts pungent propagandist literature by various · · The latest pamphlets to hand are as to have succeeded (a) in ambushing Red's writers. main body, or (b) in cutting off or repelling "Ascendency While You Wait," by A. Newman, and " From a Hermitage," by · P·. H. some of its sections, with the result that at the · critical moment he is nearly as strong as Red, Pearse; one penny and twopence respectively; postage, a halfpenny. All the pamphlets are and, by taking up a suitable position, may The Cent~a:l Exechtive of the Irish Volun- . capture or hurl back Red just as the latter de- despatched post free in quantities of a dozen teers met at Headquaft~rs on Wednesday livers his final assault; or again (c) Blue may or upwards. The brochure on· " Rifles " is also on sale. evening, 16th inst., Professor Eoin Mac Neill, effect his escape and leave Red an empty posiPresident, in the chair. tion. (In the actual operation of which the Matters ·connected with Organisation, Re- foregoing is a simplified summary Red's main unty Tyrone Monster cruiting, Training, Arms, and Finance were advance was not reported by :Blue's scouts, consider~d. . A deputation was ..received from being made under cover of heavy mist which . Meeting. . . eame down opportunely, and Red's victory was the pµblin Brigade Councp. The Headquarters' Staff requests that appli· complete.) ON TUESDAY, 29TH JuNE, AT B P.M. SHARP, · I p.m.-Whatever the event, the two bodies cations for admission to the training courses PROFESSOR EoIN -MAc NEiLL AND MR . A. a.t the summer camps be sent in immediately. reunite at Byrne's Farmhouse. . NEWMAN WILL ADDRESS A MONSTER MEETING He.adquarters, 2 Dawson Street, 1-15 p.m.-March back to Headquarters. AT CAPPAGH, NEAR POMEROY, IN THE HEART Dublin, 17th June, 1 9 15. 1-30 p.m.-Reach H_e adquarters. Dismiss. OF THE LAND OF O'NEILL. , ,. , The operation should form the subject of a A PLATFORM IS BEING ERECTED OUTSIDE THE TIME-TABLES FOR SIMPLE bPERATIONS. critical lecture at next parade. HIBERNIAN HALL, AND ADEQUATE. REFRESH· The following is the first 0f a series of .• MENT WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ALL V'ISITORS AT skeletori ·:rime-Tables designed ~o assist .ComNOTES FROM HEADQUARTERS . A REASONABLE CHARGE. A CEILIDH ' WILL pany Commanders in drawing up and carrying FOLLOW THE MEETING. EoIN MAc NEILL IS . out simple exercises in the attack and defence FIELD OPERATIONS. .ANXIOUS TO HOLD A CONFERENCE ·oF THE. Cb. of positions. · ~ach presupposes · a limited Duling .these summer months Companies · TYRONE OFFICERS ; SO THEY WILL PLEASE number of men and a limited time--s,ay_from three to .. four hours--at the disposal of the should. ge.t as much field training as they can. REPORT THEMSELVES ·To HIM IMMEDIATELY Company Commander; and could thus form the More can .be learned in a field or on a road AFTER THE MEETING. programme for an ordinary Sunday morning in two hours than in a hall in two months. TYRONE COMPANIES INTENDING TO BE PREor Saturday afternoon parade. Protection on the · march, advancing under SENT WILL · KINDLY COMMUNICATE WITH J. COM·> P .. H. PEARSE, _ cobver,hevefry fo~ of. edxt.ensiod~ work, every .ARMSTRONG, GALBALLY, POMEROY. Commandant, , ranc o scoutmg, Jli gmg 1stance, target- PANIES WHiCH POSSESS TENTS SHOU.LD BRING . ' Director Organisation. .· practice in the open-,-all these should be THEM. IN. ANY CASE, EVERYTHING 'POSSIBU Headquarters, 2 Dawson Street, worked at again and · again· under as ..many WILL BE DONE TO' PROVIDE ADEQUATE .Acco·M< different conditi~ns of grouri~ and time. and · MODATION AND HOSPITALITY. _,DuQlin,.·r 7tp ;,June;. 1915 . . BUT . THE .. ·... ·. · .. ·. '· ··· · ···· ·, weather as possible. 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the Fre~ch were engaged in adding the Chinese territory of Tonkin to th~ir o;>lonial possessi~ns. The military operations of these campaigns are little known to the w<;>rld in general, although they present many mteresting features . The Chinese forces in these wars were in many respects formidable, especially the renowned "Black Flag" Tonkinese warriors. They were organised on a semi-regular basis, and were fairly well disciplined and armed, besides being naturally brave and knowing the country. Considerably the most n.oteworthy defeat ever suffered bv the French in the entire war was that at Ban~ Bo in i885. General de Negrier had occupied Langson in Tonkin, and had followed up his success vigorously, marching northward across the frontier of China proper. He had pressed the opposing forces constantly backwards, and they had become very much disheartened under the strain of° constant retreating. None the_ less they had not lost their cohesion and effidency, and stood to fight in a strong pbsition about a mile north of the village of Bang Bo. In
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When the morning broke the entire country was .•covered with a thick fog. The French right wing could cons~quently only grope its way forward very slowly, and made very little headway. The fog lay for about three .hours, and as soon as it began to lift, the flanking detachment pressed forward in . the effort to recover the time lost. . But presently its advance was brought to a halt by a deep ravine which proved impossible to cross. In the meantime the. Chinese had perceived the advance of the force which was moving against their left, and pushed out a detachment to hold the threatened post, which up to that time they had not occupied at all. There had. been. no. firing, :and the · first information of any kind that De Negrier had of the course of events was the sight Of a body of infantry moving up the hiil. The French commander came to the COI\clusion that these .were his own
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EXERCISES IN THE ACTIVE DEFENCE. A-NOTES ON FIELD FORTIFICATION.
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general indication of the line to -be taken in the hasty fortification of defensive positions by means of easily constructed fire-trenches, hedges, walls, woods, etc. We have also shown the elements of village fortification. These. notes are to be taken merely as guides to assist the officer who is training his men for the Active D efence. They do not · deal exhaustively with field fortification, which is a ?eparate subject and requires special study. It is necessary, however, for the men to have at least as much of this training as we have given to carry out defensive exercises with profit. In succeeding chapters, therefore, the officer will understand that fortification of a position implies the contents of the last three chapters. 1
B-NOTES ON AMBUSHES.
An irregular force acting on the defensive is frequently able to inflict enormous loss on the enemy by luring him into a carefully prepared amlbush. · The success of such a plan depends principally on two things: Care in concealing all signs of the trap, and discipline on the part of the ambuscaders. By the latter we mean that the men must be capable of lying perfectly still and silent for, perhaps, several hours at stretch. As for concealment, obviously no general rule can be laid down, as everything depends on circumstances. · Arrangements should always be made for ,the silent disposal of the enemy scout who may wander into it. You can test your skill in concealment by leaving your company's scouts. at headquarters, with orders to advance after, say, an hour, while you proceed with your infantry to form an ambush. This is good practice both · for your scouts and for your ambuscaders. For the rest,. common sense is the main requirement. For instance, you might think that in lining up your men behind the hedges on b0th· sides of a road you were preparing a veritable death trap. So you would too-for both sides. But, bearing in mind the danger of your men firing into each other, remember that the most deadly kind of fire is converging fire. as shown in the figure :
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De Negrier, upon finding the enemy entrenched in the advanced position, promptly attacked them and drove them out. He pushed out his right, and seized two small abandoned intrenchments to the north-east of the village. From what he could see of the main Chinese positfon, the French general decided to attack it next morning, and preparatory to that caused his troops biv9uac in the positions they had won. The plan of the French commander provided for a frontal attack, combined with a turning movement by the right wing. This latter force was to work round and capture the isolated work on the high hill to the extreme left of the Chinese position. As soon as this was seized the frontal attack was to be pressed:, " and it was expected that the defenders finding their line of retreat commanded by the enemy would be speedily overthrown.
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troops, and that the Chinese had abandoned the point. Under this false impression he launched the frontal attack. But the main intrenched pqsition of the Chine~e was very strong! y prepared indeed, and the direct frontal advance was repulsed with serious losses. The right wing of the French now took up ground to its own left, and . attacked the left of the main Chinese position, in the hope of still being of some assistance to the remainder of the force. This wing gained a slight measure of success, but a vigorous counter-stroke from a body of troops suitablv po~ted in reserve eventually compelled 1t retire. Thereupon those Chinese who had already repulsed the main body of the F .rench sallied out from their works and began to press vigorously upon the defeated troops. De Negrier was only enabled to withdraw his separated forces, unite them, and make good his retreat to Langson by his own tactical skill and the exceptionally determined fighting of his troops.
The French, as was their custom in these campaigns, were marching up the valley of a river, and north of Bang Bo the high grounds forming the sides of the valley approached fairly close to the stream.. Here the Chinese had constructed a line of formidable works. Iri rear of their left were some small detached works on small knolls, and still further to the left was another detached work on a larger hill. Another position was held aibout two miles in advance, and consequently south of the village. ·
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Bang Bo is in .some respects one of tl1e most notable v·ictories that were ever gained by irregular troops. It was a battle in which a considerable force of excellent troops-Foreign, Legion, Turcos, Zouaves, &c.--commanded by one of the best generals of his day, was beaten fairly and squarely, and, indeed, came within an ace of complete disaster. As a matter of fact, the French would probably ·have been overwhelmed if the victors had followed up their success with vigour. On the actual battlefield the final attacks of the Chinese were delivered with determination and skill; but, strangely enough, once the -French were actually retreating they merely followed them up slowly, instead of carrying out a thoroughgoing pursuit. As it was, the French lost oneeighth of their force. A very noteworthy incident of the battle was that the French turning movement was held up by a quite unexpected obstacle. This usually will not happen if the combat reconnaissance is properly performed, but very likely in this case the fog was the main cause that prevented scouting. De Negrier had fixed .an early hour for the advance of his turning force, and this original arrangement was carried out. As it happened , it would have been better to postpone the advance, but it is hard to be wise before the event. · It is worth-observing that the Chinese occupied a number of positions, retiring--and even advancing-from one to another: to some extent the procedure would' be similar to the · successive employmenf of hedges in Ireland.
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THE IRISH .VOLUNTEER. though checked, about 400 yards from the detende:i:S' line, Now oi:der the Local Reserve tQ deliver a countel' attack on one flank of the enP,my. This attack will be ca.r ried out, on. the general principles of the attack as a1rea:dy laid down, but, as surprise is a{l important, Zes's tznie mU;st be used in the prepa'rati'on and issue of orders. ENEMY
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LIEUTENANT PAT5EY O'CONNOR. It is with a great grief I announce, this week, the death of our comrade, Patsey O'Connor. Never have we, the Fianna in Dublin, experienced a more piercing sorrow than this. T o those of us who really knew the nobility of his character and! who have shared with him the manv trials and adventures that bound us so closeiy to the Fian~a, his early and unexpected death is too appalling for words. One can hardly yet realise that this strong and joyful youth who, only a few days ago, spoke enthusiastically of his plans for " bucking-up " the Fianna is now gone for * * ·* ever. Patsey was one of the most courageous boys I have known. The gap· of danger he claimed as a right. Had he lived he would be a leader of men. R ight well do I remember h is gallant stand last J uly when we came into conflict with the police and military on the Road from H owth. He was by my side when the police swooped down upon our ammunition cart on that day. I knew full well that never would the enemy lay hands on our prize while Patsey and his comrades had breath to defend it. . shall never forget how he faced the police and rallied our fellows bv his calm and courageous conduct. ·
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During the past couple of years he had settled Jown to the hard work in n uming a sluagh, and was rapidly 'becoming one of the most efficient officers in the Dublin Battalion. H e was appointed lieutenant in command of the Inchicore Sluagh, which recently was making very remarkable progress. .In addition to his sluagh work he was quietly doing a great deal of solid national work; for ever pushing on some little scheme for the F ianna or the national movement generally. Patsey started Nodlaig na bh Fiann in conjunction with Percy Reynolds, and acted jointly with Reynolds as manager and editor of the" F ianna" monthly. Few, indeed, know the amount of work which Patsey has got through. H e led an_ unselfish and courageous life, and died with t he courageous word on his lips and a great purity in his heart. 1me..1f:S S tu..11 5 ce 'Oe :so p..110 "-' ..1n.<\m .
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F IANNA CONGRESS. The Central Council has fixed Sunday, nth July, as the date for the annual congress of the l<ianna to be held in Dublin. Representation at the congress shall be as follows :-Sluaighte with eight to fifty mem* * * During the strike riots in Dublin he was bers shall be entitled to two delegates, and one severely battened by the pol~ce and rendered delegate for every additional fifty members. unconscious whilst in the act of administeri ng Each authorised District Council shall be first-aid to another victim. Patsey had passed entitled to one delegate. All sluaighte must forward their affiliation his first-aid exams., and had secured the certififees (as provided for in Rule 23) to the H on._ cate of · the St. Patrick's Ambulance Association. This act of mercy may be the indirect General Secretary, 12 D'Olier Street, Dublin , cause of his death, for recently h e was subject on or before 30th June. Rule 23 reads: A sluagh of 8-16 memlbers to very violent headaches, which ca.me pay an affiliation fee of 2 / 6 ; a sl uagh of shall periodically as the result of the. ba.ttoning he received! on the head. I know that next to 16-50 members shall pay 5/ -; a sluagh with shedding his blood for Ireland, death in an over 50 members shall pay, for every additional effort - to succour a. fellow creature is what 50 or part of 50 members, 2 / 6 extra. All sluaighte must send to H eadquarters a Pa.tsey would prefer. I think he has won a ·brief report of its year's work not later than death from .which he would not shrink. 30th J une; and notices of motion for the * * * I remember well when Patsey O'Connor Agenda of the Congress, and -nominations for joined the Fianna in Camden Street nearly six Central Council must be forwarded to the years a.go. H e led a small group of boys from Gen. Secretary not later than that elate. WILLIE NEL SON. Harold's Cross into the hall, and with a big smile on his face demanded to be "sworn in." He was then about twelve years of age, and "-<\p Sc.at .(\ Ce1te Se..1-0 mc.1p1'6 n.c. 'O.c.om e ,"- .c. 1;c.e'6e..1Lc.was drafted into my section. From the very . we appeal to you as a Gael only f'or a trial beginning he was the most popular boy in the order. We a• e certain to give you Sati sfaction . Sluagh. I can recall our marches and our first LADIES' AND GENT'S TAILOR. camp--and Patsey smiling all the time . It is p .<i'OR-<\15 o bo'Otem, too awful to think that he has gone from us 2 LOWER ORMOND QUAY for ever.
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