The Irish Volunteer - Volume 2 - Number 37

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EDITED BY EOIN MAC .NEILL . .

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1915.

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Mr. Birrell is not responsible. H e is also not responsive. As I write , it is more than a fortnight since Mr. Devlin's letter was p ublished, and still dear Mr. Birrell has not responded. In that letter , Mr. Devlin staled that a resol ution with re ference to the " senseless p_rosecution " of Iri sh Volunteers, mov~ed by himself, was adop ted at a meeting of the Irish P arty and forwarded to the Government.

The public is entitled to know the terms of the resolution. They are also entit led to know the date of the resolution . The Irish P arty is not a secret society, and presumably it does not take secret . ·actio~ on a ·. matter of such public importance as the liberty of Irishmen. Has the Government vouchsafed an y rep ly to the Irish P arty? If ·o, wha t was the reply? If not, is the Irish P a:rty satisfied to ha ve its resolution p ut into the · dustbin? H as .the reply or t he ignoring of the resolution been cvmmunicated to the members of the Iri h P arty ? It was their resolution, not merely Mr. Devlin's , and they are entitled to ~n answer or at least an acknowledgme.n t. We know that Mr. Birrell " does n't care two straws," but a t least some pretence mi_gh t ~ . expected of acknowledging the right of the I rish P art y, with H ome Rule enacted, to_make representations to the Government about Irish a ffai rs, and to receive some sort of answer · tu "their rep resentation ·.

his militar y honours by a short way from Tipperary, where· he completed hi s qualifications in "inte lligence" as a police inspector unde r Mr. Birrell. The General is natura ll y dependen t on whatever adv.ice the Major wi shes to dicta te. The Major .is Dicta tor, with full power over the li berty of the subject.

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Price 0 ne Penny. " I think we a re dealing. with them ,·e ry gently. '' Major r,~an Pri ce-hi s name sugges ts the Ancient Briton- no doubt regrets th;tt we ha.Ye not ye t p rogressed to the stage of a former Turn-out in the region of Belfast and Li sburn , when an E rnes t Blythe would ba ,·e been shot a t his mothei.. s door. The spirit is willing but the flesh indeed is weak.

·lE' The Major, having advised the General , * During that Turn-out , as O'Connell wrote, who would be. acting in the Bark without tbe Major's intelligence, a<;Imits in Court that " the " the officers had recognised power of life and milita ry authorities ," the Dictator an.d the . death. The Ancient Britons and pther private Genera l, " are responsible to the nation." The soldiers took that power. '' Now tha t the ~a use N ation Once Again !- the Irish S co t.ti s ~ Welsh of liberty , civili sation and small nationalities Eng lish nation to which Lord Mayot Gallagher pleads for gen.tl ene'Ss, we just " turn him out " belongs . "There never was a Defence of the or send him to ja il if be won't go ou t . . "They Realm Act passed before,'' says M ajor Price . can go to England or Scotland or Wa les . All to the Court. That is true. Never , until we we want is for them to go out o f Ireland. '" got H ome Rule on the Statute Book , was it in Conside ring that " we" have succeeded in the power of one policeman to consign Iri h- forcin~ millions of peop le out of Ireland rnen to banishment without eve11. stating the during the past seventy years, now that " \V C ., evidence in Court. "~T hat that ev.idence was, merely iss ue fo~1r bani ~hmcnt orders in o ne I am not going to tell you, " is the Di ctator': week, ·who can deny that" we are clealiu g w.ith lf they obeyed the own sta tement. Forme r! y, as in the Crossma- them very gently.'" glen ca.·e, wben there was no ev idence, it Di cta.tor , and weut to E ngland , Scotland or required at least the hard sweariug of twv Wa it:·, " I do not exp ct," says the Dictator, police witnesses to des troy an ·Irishm an's " they would 1is ten to then) on the other side liberty. No w that we have H ome Rule on the or tole rate them either. " O bsen ·e huw. the Statute Book; we haye changed all that ,· aud1 D efe nce of the lZealm Act makes fu r canclotu: it is a change for the better. It obviate hard in a police inspector. Nute aho tlie suggestin; swearing, which, however necessary , is ne,·e r significance of this uttera nce in a Belfast pleasant. · The Defence of the Realm Act Court. Then, if you are fools enough, go pass ing resolutions co11dernning the Ball ycastle makes for veracity. ·X· ·X· ontlJreak. * l<· lt lllakes for cxlraord inary candour. E ven * * * . Ernes t. Blythe's cowi sel staled 111 Court th at in Irel and , police officers are trained to expre~s General f riend , the respui1sibk military " a new regul ation [unde r the Defence uf the a uthority in .Lrda;; d , bad only ~~ limiteu kno w-, the spirit uf Gu,·ernment with a certa in amoun t Rea lm Alt] bad been i sued during the pasf of d iscretion and reserve .

But when a police ledge of civil ~uKl pol itical affairs in Ireland.' · weekit had not been pub! isbed in the paper T o supply the defect, Mr. Birrell placed one officer suddenl y becomes a Compe~ent Military ---which was app arentl y the res ult of the uf his subordinates, Mr. Price, a · county Authoritf , resporisible to nothing , more real p rose.c utions there a week ago [when the inspector of police, at the general's disposal. than Lord Mayor Gall agher's N ation, no bird President of the Belfas t Trish Volunteers' released from its cage can tl; rob . w ith a greate r. lu thi s way, Mr. Birrell ceased to be responsible.

Committe,c a1lll H erbert l! in1.. \ve re sent . tq jail of freedom.

The dnce · discreet and joy and to care two straws for anything that Mr. in B~lf;t~t]. · The dfe~l- ~f it \va~ that t hose l'ri ce, nuw Major Price, may .a dvise to be restra ine d _interp reter ? f Br itish liberty to Iri sh subjects· <Lt once become::; ". ddig.bt.f ull y , ou.t-: l~lep;rt~~tion orders wµttld proYe ~ themselYes on dune .. Gern;:ral .L<' riend cann~L well . go behiud· l~ rodu~ tion , wi~l~m1t :u; y-.e,·iclence l;>eing gi,:en the allvic~ ~/ Ma for £ rice, - bi~ Jntelhg~nce . spoke1;,<tn«'.:l \ve are permifted to see the id~a vi ;~; to. th~ ir vali~li.ty or. ~s : to the a~curacy of the Govern·m~1~t~· so . i u' n g. cu1 1cealed under: ~ · chrk Officer, sine~ . ~vith;~1t the' ¥a"jJr General:~ ~ i g,n_q.tm:.e to them. . Tli~.t · regLiiai1011jj uf an ei1li uniforrri ::·: ~ "-J: it no t l)OS~ible . t6 try a ri~an for would be ·w.1thout· . int~lligence . :r .he Major,'. ~nee <!-ntl' f~r al( to the ·~ r:dina~y l~\~s of pr<:0f- ,. for his .part, -r~ft;se; in cour.t to _g? ~~iqd what\ acting ih a ' manner rJrejuclicial t~ the s;fety of a\1d J ~ \,,:s .of e~i'denc~ · to which . they w~re the Generai d~s on-- th~ ·Ma)or'.s· advice. - 'fl)~ the re.aim'?" . His .. 'N1ajes·ty ·· the Dictator of ~cci.1stomecl in ci~;il co Orts'." . 'fl.:ii.~s the J;n~ Ireland ~oe~ ~6t deny tnat··~ve;1 :the Defence Crown ' e~n,I;;1~~>~·:c~urt_ t!~~/ .'! 'the~« · w~s : th~­ ~ov~r}1 i t~e~ libe;ts ; . ·~ ci tfz~n·s: : is charige<l the Reaim ". l .\.ct nfakb ;a triafa11~fthe prddlletici1 ; parallel of: ~~e , Diet.atu r .. in... ~a pcie!1t '.' Ro~1a n_ from day to day r artd ho~dy° k~ow~ ~hat ·.bf evid~i1ce pJssilie, 1: L1t '.·h e .:s<Lys, . ,; We°"~ history-!'.-·.J t is, noL a · ba<,l p:1 ~al_le! ' for ·th~ law is. In this case , Bi rrell cannot di~ champions · of , ·1i~~ty·. an<)· nationality i~ the inyself ·and the General-" find it more claim rcspon~ ibility., for .the re g ulat ion~ turn him ,out. "· R: : -ema.I:k the bold expedient to twentieth ·c~~t;ry. · The D iCtator of Ireland is govern ing or rather freeing from ·governmer.; evidently the gallant Major, who has reached free Anglo-Saxon phrase, "-turn him out. "

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'rHE' IRISH VOLUNTEER. the " competent military authority " are maue l.Jy the authority of the British Government, suppurted by Mr. Redmond, the Botha of Ire land. ·

Saturday, August 21st, 1915.

would not be calculated to promote the cause tbe wrongs they ha\·e inflicted upon Irel and. of peace. ,. The answer is capable of more than The Home Rule. Act, e1·en if the Attorney one interpretation. The Bishop suggests a Genera_! for England and his English Tory and__ conf~rence of tl;e powers, "either directly with :- Liberal supporters allowed it to ·be a . ·Fact,.. one a?other or through s~me neutral, to see i.f contains no reparation. On the contrary, it * * 'cc There are ill egalities which are nor crime ," · it ·J:s_ possible to find teqns or even an approach -. reserves for them fl.111 .and un~hallenged power Mr. Redmond disallows the to inflict upon Ireland further wrongs ~hich, ·ays 9ir · Edward Carson. There are also to -terms .·., legalities which ~:e crimes. For _organij ing st;·ggestion, and counters it by sayi11g in effect if we submit to them, will, in the Bi hop's Volunteers, Sir Edward Carson bas been made that Germany must be for-ced to yield . words, " impoverish and . cripple this poor a C;l.Jinet Minister and Attorney General f~r ­ country for gepera.tion :"·: Wba.t matter? Mr . * England, - aud · Denis M'Cullough, Herbert The Bishop censures .." tbc shucking aud un~ lZeJnmn~'s -c<:>1ict:m is for "J:Jelgi urn and our .

Pim, and En1c ·t Blythe are sh\.1t up in Belfast Chri stian tatemcnUb;it tv talk of peace ·a.t the utber Allies ."·· I suggest that bis l e ~tcr be made Prison, and bam Mellows in Mountjoy Pri on. JJresent moment is immora I. ,. Mr. Redmond the subject for another round of votes of There is nothing to prevent th<:; }ni.l itary replies th ~tt he would not be " justified " in confidence.

Dictatorship from destroying the libert)1 of any talking of peace to the British Government. * * * ob.noxious Irishman \ i'. ithout the semblance of "Our Holy .Father,"' writes the Bishop, Mr. Red mond has not ventured to controvert evidence, ,,;ith or even without · a s~cret report " speaks words . of sober trC1th and reason; the Bishop of Limerick's forecast of from :i. policeman.:._:_all purely and piously in .and the impartial judgment of neutral nations £zo.,ooo,ooo a yea~ to be levied on Irelanddefence of lil:er tv and small nationalities. and much more of history will utterly condemn if Ireland s u bmits'~ ·· He has avoided the .disthose who refuse to hear him .." Mr. Redmond agreeable subject, and blinked the Bishop's "* * * questions. Mr. J ohn J. Horgan of Cork, if has nothing to say on thi s point.

I )¥ illingl · aic~~le to the request of a fri end ~ .mistake not, is a supporter not merely of Mr. * * * whu ~hs ks me tu reminJ the Postmaster General , Dr. ()!Dwyer then puts some very pcrti11cnt Redmond's authorised electoral mand ate but of if his newly di;;covered plan of '' ·serving God about the JJro pects of the war.

Mr. Mr. R edmond's various unauthorised developquestions and Mammon a,_t tqe same time " lea\·es him any these questions.

The Bishop R ed mond ignores ments in accord with the allowments and time for less ex~cting duties , to be good enough, \irhen several letters a re opened passe on to a matter qf parti.c ular and grave disallowments of Downing St. I find in Mr. book on " Home Rule : a Critical ·simul taneously, not to ha,·e them closed up in concern for Ireland. " The first Budget after Horetan's -"' the war," he writes, "w. i ll probably reach the Consideration," published in i9n, some figures the wrong envelopes .

This has occurred £ 400,000,000, of which worth comparing with the prospective astound ing figure of several ,times recently, and is inconvenient. I Ireland's share will be one-twentieth, or £zo,ooo,ooo. know of an instance in which a letter written -)(· * to a _Catholic priest in Belfast found its way · £zo,ooo,ooo. Do you think that any measure * be possible under such a of ]Jrcisperity will In the " balance sheet pre entcd b~· Mr. into an em·elope a·ddressed to a. Protes tant bCirde n?

Where will the money come from, Gladstone to illustrate the working of the Bill " rector in Tyrone, was duly delivered to him , unless perhaps they tax the Janel and undo all of · 1 886, Ireland 's total revenue is £8-, 350,000, and was IJy him fqrwarded !O the original add ressee . . ~o doubt, .as the l'vlajor says, " the the good of Land Purchase, which has cost the her total expenditure, including Imper;al . country so .clearly?"' Mr. Redmond's reply charges, £7",946 ,000.

Speaking to that Realm must be defended ~nyw_'.1~· " takes not the sl.ightest notice of these que tions. balance sheet , Parnell said, "I cannot admit * * They are question about Irela.ncl , and Mr. e ither the liberality or the justice of the The " [rish Times" found a place for the Redmond's reply bas . nothing to say about standard of comparison '"~rhich the ..right hon . llishup u~ Limericks letter to Mr. Redmond Ireland. gentleman has taken" (in fixing Ireland's un the page dernted to horseracing and cricket, -)f Imperial burden). Mr. Horgan says: " Ireland * * a11d . a .place fo r 1\rI( Redmond's reply · in the Mr. Redmond commits birnself to une could not have paid such a contribution . It first colt;ml~ of the· f)age devoted to the war. pusiti\·e statement only, that "the German was n<Yt an equitable contriiJution, and she The "Irish Times " can howe\·er explain that, Powers ha \·e been the aggressors in this war. " should nut have . been asked to do so. One to deal satisfactorily to himse!(and the "Irish Downing Street says o too, and Downing thing is quite certain-she will ne\·er be asked Times., with the B ishop's appeal of i79 lines Street is now the pillar and the ground of to do so again, 01" beii1g aske l, she will never uf ]irint, Mr. Redmond only required fifteen truth . .. Whatever is not a cord ing to Downing consent. " Now the contribution proposed by lines.

Street, e·\:e1; if the Pupe ·should say it, "must Gladstone was a fixed one for thirty years, nut * * * be di.sallo'"~ed. " The pamph)et "How the War liable to increase as under tbe late or present Mr: ' ReJmoncl, as Mr. Ba-Jfour n~oi.ilcl say, Came," issued by the English Independent or future H ome Rule Act. Mr. Redmond bas is not --i:meloquent. . · -Le_t· {is see, then, how he LaiJour Party, does not accept the Downing recent I y told us that this Act is a ·better measure manages to dispose of· the Bisi!op with such Street doctrine. It p refers the evidence of than the Bill accepted by Parnell. H ad .that startling breYity.

The Bishop begins -by British, French, ,f11d Russ ian diplomati sts. Bill becume operatiye, no additional war taxes drawing. ~tttentiun to the Po1)e's appeid for Mr. Redmond says that tbe German Powers coukl have been levied on Ireland IJdure .1 y t 7, peace, ad~lresscd tu the l.Jelligercfit powers·. Mr. "shuw no sign uf any di sposition tu reJJa ir the and 11·c may safely say that in i917 110 Britislt lZedmond"s }"CP) Y ignores the Pvr~e' s . appeal. wru11gs they ha\·e infli cted U]JUn Belgium and GoYernrneni would ha\·c ventured to impose an The Liber<~l Imperialist "\liTes tmi11 ~ t·:r·Gazette," our other Allies .. , The German Powe rs a re at additional twelve million of war taxes un which praises Mr. Redmond -for" relinquishing war with England and l:er allies. Mr. Red- Ireland. a victory " by acquiescing_in th~ postponem6nt mond refuses to u ~e any i.nilc1ence in favour of * * * of Home Rtile, also dec]a.res the view of our peace. It is not usual for war to repair the Under the Bill of :i.893 , the Treasury preI\ul er~ in Downing Street and Dublin ._ Castle wrongs of war. But what about the wrong of pared a b<llance sheet in which the total revenue itl.Jo11·t the Pope's plea fo.d pe<~ce, , "'hi ch, it peace. In my pamphlet "How Ireland is of Ireland appeared as £6,922,000, which is a1:nuunces, "mu~t be disa:llo\1;eLL" ·what :·must pl undered," I say that" the most frightful wars little. more than a third of £20 ,000,000 .

Tie, must ~e, and so we see thi t the Pove's plea in history ba1·e not brought upon any equal ~F o r 1910 Mr. Horgan estimate· a total Irish ac.t ually is· disal.lowed : _ The coercion of area of inhabited land a sum of economic evil s r evenue of £II,4Zo ,ooo.

In i9n, he Downing Street is unthinkable. as great as a century of Imperial peace has declares, " Ireland is on the way to national inflicted on th is srn aJ l country;" and I give the bankruptcy ." Recent . Liberal legislation, we * * * The B-ishop's second paragraph makes a items. Mr. Redmond dare not controvert my are told, has practically extinguished Ireland's '.' .solemn al?p~al " to Mr. Redmond., in terms statemept.

Notwitqstanding their hostility Imperial contribution. Will anybody · give an that can only.J:>e described as. r~s.pect.ft1l ami" from :\i ovem ber, 1 9 r 3, ti 11 this hour to the intelligible answer to the question- why should deferential, " to throw . the w~ight of his Irish Volunteers, our masters in Downing Imperial burdens ever again ·be imposed on infl ue~ce s-trongi y' on the ~ide of peace." Mr. ~treet pretend to be at peace with the Irish Ireland or accepted by Ireland? Don't ask us Redmond . answ~rs . that · "to com:pJy with the Nat ion . There is noth in g preventing them. to take tpe arguments of" Pruss ian domination" Bishop' s aw eal, "to the best of his judgment, from showing signs of any dis!Jos ition to repair f• >r an answer.

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L unl Es her, we rc <.1d , in the cu ur,;c v l' a Jet te r of til e I: ttc 1· 111 hca\·y r: 1111 . Th crcaflcr tile \· to the Press, say ,; tha t· from lhe outset of the proceeded IJy road , re;l('hin g ra mp ;i bo ut f11·c . w;ir he 'ha.d been thrown into the compa ny of They had been p receded by the cycl ists, who all tli e leading statesmen , and foun d them all had two not very serious casual.ties on the way. wrong in tlreir foreca sts wit/tout exception . That night. was aga in very we t. " They bel ievecl 111 a short \var.

They Wed., "Aug. 4th_'.A day of strenuous work . prophes ie d its conclusion in anything from One party of cyclists was instructed in erecting three to nin e months, and hardl y one of them sangars- six men t•h rowi ng up kneeling cover but held tha t before now the British woul d be for themselves in r9 minutes. The other pa rt marching through Berl:n. If Germ an states- was given a thorough course of training in field men miscalculated, so d id ours." Precise ly ! work. Ii the a fternoon the whole force was Thee were the fo recas ts, prophecies, and put through the attack on a position and confident beliefs that we re a llowed to domi nate · worked as an advance guard, the fl ankers th whol e course of action of the Irish having to traverse very rough a11cl d ifficult Par! ia ment;uy leaders !<1st year, a nrl are stil I country, and performing the ir task very we!l. dominatin g it. Our own three-ply Cabinet w:1 s Thur., Aug. 5th- In the morning the also "thrown into the company of lead ing cycli sts-one-third of the party- acted as r_e ar states men," and now we know the sort of guard to an imaginary force retreating on ass urances they got abou t;_ _the war, and why Enniskerry , the infantry acting as adrnnce Ireland's opportunity was mortaged to the mis- guard of the p ursuing force . Two skirmishes ca.lcul ators. At p resent , the grand new policy took place- the fi.rst ending in a victory for has come to making a<:ts of hope that the the in~antry, the next for the cyclists . In the B ritish Democracy will "be d;icent "- wh ich afternoon ca mp was struck. The infantry, is a fi.ne line of ac tivity for fo ur score able under the C.0., left Glencree at 2-30, the men at £400 a y~ ar each. If British states- cycli sts, und.er the 2nd C.0 ., fol lowed ·15 men mi scalculated , so d id ours ! La st aut umn , minute;; late r. The transport waggon, unde r it was to be a t riu mphant march over the the Q uartermaster, following a few minutes prostrate " Nobodies ." Of course the other after. The fi.rst two units marched OYer the forecasts may still come true . Let us hope they mountains by Lough Bray, Sally Gap and The cycl ist will , anyhow, and pass roun d the hearty vote Lough Tay to Rounclwood . adva nce party- three 111 number- reached of confidence.

R ounclwood at 4-15 p.m. , where they chose a EoIN MAC 2'-rErLL. suitable camping-ground. The ma in body of the cyclists, drenched with rain but in good Wicklow Training Camp. spirits, free-wheeled in about hnlf-an<hour . From the .C.O.'s Diary. later; and d ried themselves befo re a. wa 1:m fire preparatory to taking a n excellent tea at the Sat. , July 31 st- The first i:ontingent fell in R oyal H otel. At 7 o'clock vhe infa ntryi1 t Dun d rum station at 6 p. m. , a nd marched to soclden but singing-appeared in the main the camping-g round near Tiknock. All the stree t, and occupied . the dining-room, which stores anrl baggage were already there in was prompt] y evacuated by the cyclists. An • charge of the Q uarterma ster. The camping- hour later the transport arrived, and- ;i s it wa s g rouncl was reached about 7 o'clock, tents were then too late and two wet to pitch camp_:.the p itched, anrl tea sen ·ecl. From that time on " brutal and licentious soldiery " wa s bi! leted it rained stea dily all night. on the hapless inhabitants .

Sunday, August 1st- ·Practica l ly the entire c<1 mp was sorlden wet, and the outlook for O'DonoY;111 Rossa's funeral- to which the Cumann Na m8an. men were to march from camp- looked anyA feature of the funeral of O'Donovan thin g but bri ght. After brea kfa st, the men rlrew lots for who were to be the two to remain R ossa was the large num ber of women who behi nd in camp on guard. Presently the men marched to Glasnev in to pay their last tribute

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marched off by Dun drum, Milto wn and Leeson to the Great Dead.

The executi1·e of Cumann na mB an wa s S t. to Dublin . The march was so timed <1 s to brin g th 111 to Stephen's· Green in time for represented by Mrs. John Mac '\e ill , Mrs. tweh·e o'clock Ma. '.: The long wait in church . W y:e Power, .Miss Trench, Miss Walsh, and turned out very opportunely in view of the .Mi.s;; Bloxham. Among the branches whi ch tiring rlay be fore th men. The camp contin- sent contingents we re the Central Branch, ,;ent fell into the processi on immediately. in Ing innide na hEirea nn, Caitlin ni hL!laca n, rear of the four th Ba ttalion, and turned back Cork, L imerick, Be,l fast, a~d LiYerpool.

At a time like the p:-esent, instead of lamentjust outside of Glasne,· in Cemetery, returning ing over those who ha ve fa ll ~n away from the to camp the same night.

Mon. , Aug . 2nd--Still raining heavil y, and service of Ireland , it is good to dwell on the the men breakfasted in" L amb " Doyle' hall. knowl e lge that through all the da rk times of Later on it cleared up, giving an opportunity our country's history there were those whn; like to do some Section Drill. 1n the · afternoon O'Donm·an Rossa, remained steaclfa ·t to the Thrf'C R o:'k .Mountain wa s rl imbecl , the encl ; it is good abo to remember that we ·haYc rnilit:uy fe atures of the distr ict noted, and the many amongst us in whom flam es the o ld Volunteers ~omple te ly defeated hy a we<1 sel , pa sinnate deYotion . Those who li stened to whose skilful use of coyer haffi ecl all their the words of Comm andant Pearse at . the graveside reali zed how a lament for a hero can efforts.

Tues., Aug . 3rd- Camp struck and the be a pa:an of triumph when uttered by one in march to Glencree begun , the infantry moving whom the. spirit of the dead F eni an is a livin g across Two R ock and Tibrndclen Mo un tain· , :force, · :i nd getting r'nught: on the stee p southern , ]ope ' Ve women h;1rl re!l.<>on for pride wh en we

lvoked on the nubl c d ignit): uf tile wom:rn . 1rbrJ had shared the life of O'Duno1«111 Rossa- a woman great enough · to put aside for a time her own -personal sor ro w so that a t the last her husband's messnge should ring clear and true E . R. fp r friend and foe alike.

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THE ENROLMENT FORM. I. By a prinler's e rror (the compositor's eye hav ing apparently skipped over some li nes) the declaration embodied in the e nrolment form to u~ signed by all members of tl1e Irish Volunteers' Auxiliary was printed incorrectly in b s t week's issue of the IRISH VOLUNTEER .

Th<> fol lo wing is the c-mT<>C t text: " [, the unde rsigned , d@.:ire to be e nrolled :1S :1 memhcr of th ~ Irish Voluntee rs' Auxiliary. f IT<we mad e myself acq ua inted wit·h . the ol;jects of the Iri. h Vol unteers, and I declare th:ct in jo:ning the Irish Vol untee rs' A uxilia ry T set before myself those objects and no others."

2. Copies of the enrolment form, togethe r with full information aliout the Auxil iary, c·:1n h? ohtaine l from the Ge nera I Seoret::iry. · H ea rlriuarte rs , 2 D awson· Street, , Dublin, uth Aug ust, J9r 5.

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ahair. ' Rep.DJ:ts . were received from the Heade quartf_rs· General SW,f Q\1 ~Q~ Yari9us bran;;\1~}'. of O~·ganisiqg an cf. ~~-~n'?il~~ and ' impo;tant proppsals uhmitted b);·-th; ,Staff were_ agreed to. · J ; ':. ; "'; J..,___ .

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committee was appointed to. sol lect fu_pds ~oi the tle fence.' of .t he Volunteers · who have refti~ed ob'ey the mi litary order of banishm~ nt · fr<{m Ireland . .; ' · . ' : i It w a~ rle<:"irlerl to holrl the second ' Tris!'!

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The fo ll owi ng ;ippo intnwnls ;ire hereby m:1dc HEADQUARTERS' GENERAL STAFF. DIRECTOR OF MILITARY OPERATIONS' STAFF. Volun teer Colin 0 LocWainn to be 2nd Lie ut.

Vo lu nteer George P lunke tt to ·he 2nd L ieut.

DIRECTOR OF TRAINING'S °STAFF. Volunteer Domhnall 0 Rioghhha rrl:1 in 10 be 2ml L ie ut. ·p . H . PEARSE, Commandant, Di recto~ o'f"brga n ls:1 Lion. f.I e:1tl ri uarte rs, 2 Dawso n Street, Dublin , nth August, T915.

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THE AUXILIARY. And those who for any reason .are unable at Lhe mome nt lo take their pbce in the first line -----the Iri sh Volunteers- can take the ir pla<'e in the second line-the Iri sh Volunteers' Auxiliary.

By doing so they .will give us valuable financial and still more val uable moral support. It will be a great thing to feel, as we shall be able to feel if the Auxiliary ass umes the p roportions we e;pect it to ass ume, that the unpurchased manhood and womanhood of Ireland stand behind us. Everyone who cannot drill should join the Auxiliary . Women, <'lergymen, students in col lege-s, men too c>ld Lo dri ll, men who cannot risk loss of employment by joining · the Volunteers, gien liy ing . in isolated or hostile districts where even a Scouting Section is l)Ot pos. ible, Irishmen and Trishwomen temporarily or permanently abroacl-- al I these can join the Irish Vol u~1teers' Auxi lia ry. By linking themselves with in. this way !hey will be doing the bes t and most mu rageous thing 1h;it their circumsta nces permit 1hem.

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Prisoners· Defence Fund. The fonds at Lhe d isposal of H ea dquarters a re for the sole purpose ·o'f arm ing and . trnini.ng the Volunteers , and will not be diverted from that .p urpose eYen for so urge nt a need as the defence of Vol unteer prisoners. · Every comrnrle of the me n in j;i il, great though t·he sacrifices he ha s already made ' may be, . must come forward · :1rid r,ontribute his mite toward. the special :fund fo~

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Forms in· connection with the R·. erri te r of. . . ~ . b '. ~. worke rs for war purposes have been · distribt1ted · • in Ireland during the past week . Such fo.rms are not Lo be filled up by Iri sh Volunteers.

And this rul e, inrnlved by the publi c declaration made by the Iri sh Voluntee rs at their fi rst a nnual Convention, hinds Volu nteers res.ident in the four areas in which registration is . "compulsory " equally with those resident in the r_e st of Irela nd whe re it is not compulsory.

In this important matter Irish Volunteers e verywhere must st,and toge ther as one ma n.

as the me n in Lhe danger gap. Two me mbe r · of o ur Gene ral .Counc;) a11d tbree members of o ·-]r Organis ing Staff a r~ in jail. Some fifty of o ur comrades have suffered lega l penalties in t:h7 various shapes of imprisonment, deportation, banishment orders, etc., etc. Our movement has been officia ll y described as constitut.COMPETITIONS. ing a danger to the Defence of the R ealm .

Se.\\~ral competitions whi ch ha,·e taken place Any o ne ~f us is liable at any moment to be or are to take place at Ae ridheachta in or neai: . s l)Ot , ·h anged, impri soned, deported, ban ished, . or ordered off the . earth .

It is all very D ublin have given a ve ry healthy stimulus to rifle-practice and to ski rm ishing-practice among exh il arating. It is all, in the homely saying, D ublin Vol un teers. Such fr iend ly rivalry as "ju. t like old times." For o ur part, we enjoy competitions of the kind beget is all ·to the it. ~nd any clean, true Irishman would enjoy good . At the Cumann na mBan. Aeridhea ht it. E\·ery dean, true Irishma n must feel that on Sunday week last a section of the Citizen h\s proper p lace· at this moment is with the Army obtained t he awa.r d for general efficie~cy me n in the dange r gap. And clea n, true Iri shand smar tness over two Vol unteer sections thaf me n _e,·erywhe re are joini ng us . Our Comcompeted against it. The alertness of the p :i nies a re fillin g up. D ead Comp:1 nies a rc C itizen Army n1en was what. pleased the j url'ges·.· <:(>ming to life :1gain . Dorrrrnnt Compan ies :1 rC K een interest ·is being aroused by the . intera waking. Compa nies th;it had take n the wrong Compa11y compe titio ns in .-hooting and in drill sirle a re, hy a tnle a.nd · noble instin<' t (including skirmishing work) which are to take r.haracteristic of Trish _~r:ac;lition at its hest , pla.ce at St. Enda's College on Sept<' mhe r 5th . coming over . bo<lil y ~0- t~e right side- the A large number of Compa nies ha,·e al ready c1angerous side- in i.ts hour . of need. The notified thei r i ntention to compete. young manhood of Irela nd · is press.ing with A CHANCE FOR SECTION COMMANDERS. wonted va lour into the .Bea rrfa :Rhaoghail. We In ;:Ill S\lCQ <'Ontest8 competing ' sections shall very soon aga_in haY~ ~11 the fighting

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should be in charge of .Section Commanders, and one of the most useful things about comvetitions of the kinJ is that they g ive the Section-Commanders a chance of showinab their fitness for executive control .and responsibility.

Tn small Companies - and in some large Companies- there is a tendency on the part of Commanding Officers to do all the ~ork themselves, leaving little _or no responsibility to thei-r subordin ate . This is a very great mistake.

In actual war conditions the responsibility thrown on Section Comm anders is often immen e . They should be carefully trained to unrlertake .. uch responsibility .

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I n the railway · carri age , at the hotel, among politicians a nd men of travelled experience, the stranger in European countrie , if known to be an Irishman, is verv, often aareeabl b ,v surprised to find the thrilling na rra tive of his country's wrongs and of her indomitable New Woollen Sleeping Bags, extra value for heroism turned into the subject of sy mpatheti'c Campers, only 5/ 6 each. . · conversation. It is · the same in every grade Combination Knives and Forks, 1/Second-hand Leather Amµrn nition Pouches 9d. and rank of professional and milita ry society.; ' Canvas Kit Bags, l / - each. while. at the schools and universities of the Web Slings, 6d., 9d., 1/-, 2/ 6 each.

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FOREIGN MONEY EXCHANGED. So much for thi s general know ledge of Tre lancl's past ·treatment at the hands of her "Predominant P a rtner," which is so uni \·e rsa lly d iffme d through E uropean countries._ We al I know, of course., how Ireland's. sons, 2 .Fownes' Street~ Dame Street, a11d he r daughters too, with their descenda nts through many generatioi;s, 'h a1·e ca rr ied the same story of their .:ountry's ·wrongs, told , perh aps, in an even mo re embittered strain , through every rank o.f liJe oo the greM continent of America, o r wherever else, on the world's wi de sul'face, fa te-the fa te of a Read that you may know. cruell y persecuted race- has ca t their lot. In Dean Swift on the Situation.

Daniel O'Connel 1 and Sinn F ein (O'Connell 's the de bates in the H ouse of Commons on the Home Rule Bill , particular! y in i 883, this Alternative). of the crue l mi saovern. b .

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H owever, though th is genera l knowledge is (Griffith.) widely d iff used, there is still too often a so Persia,. Finland and the ·Russian Alli ance. vagueness about facts and _ details· in our British Militarism. count.ry's history-a v~gueness · \~hi ch is quite Speech from the Dock. · (Skeffington.) exp lainable in the circumstances, but whi ch in Belgium an I the Scrap of Paper.

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To resc ue, therefore, from this ;i~glect a;1 d r;bl ivion one of i·hese-the invincible heroism of the Dublin Castle victims- of . the Crossma.glen sham conspiracy case in the ea rly e ighti e~ of the last century- is the main object .of the . following papers. They are, however, intended to be something mo re than a mere tribute to the recognized w01-th, as we shali find it of the poor Crossmaglen- pris~ners . '

P~RNELL AND HE; ALY. _Writing of th is case in the FrecmaJ1's j ournal of t-~~et 24th ApJp, 1884, T :. M . ~.H@a l y, no incompetent ·jirclge of such niinets,. tcl ls us that ·the f acts disclosed therein r~vea l " a~ . astou ndi ng a conspiracy agai·nst the hberties . of innocent men a~ ever a.domed the pages of any sens~ tio;1 a. I novel. " And Mr. H~~ly ha.cl i-hen before him onl y some of the very. many cx'traorclinary fac~s of t he -case, a:u- Of 1i1i1ich however will now, for the fir..t tinie, be ful ly detail .cl a nd O\'erwhe lming ly proved. Again , · on the night of February 1jth, r 888, Mr. P a rnell , in a r rowded ·House of Commons, made itn astolllfrling revela tion which; we are told, gave its me mbers a. startling a nrl p::i in.fol Tt was t~ ·the effect that Ea rl shod::..

Carnarvon, as Conser·v~tive Lord L~eu te na.n t of Ireland, 'had declared h is inte~ tion , in i 5, of fort hwith · li berating : the Crossm:iglen prisoners, he having examined, for hi s gm·ernment, the evidence on \vhi ch they wej, fo und .guilty , and clisccwercd ..that the y were wrrmgfull y co n~i cted j and , that vef, uni:ier another Conservafi.ve ,Ldrd L"retffenant , the Mar:qufs of Londonderry, Dublin Castle authoritie~, in 1 888, more· than two·· 'fears ·after , had stil !' these in_nocent men locked · up _in Mountjoy pri.son.' Nor, 1n'.deecl, -' did · these a~thor!ti~s liberate the last of them ·until twelve months later, slipping them out gradually an d :tealthily, as they .imagined, in orde r not to T _E STIMONY OF

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THE M URDER OF MI CHAE L W ATTERS .

But alrea<4y in 1883 , while _the L iberal Government, u0:der ~, hich only . a ,few months p reviously h€. had been convicted, was st ill in power, one of the prisoner:s, , Michael Watters, a. boy barely out of his teens, had died on the 23rd October in Moun tjoy p rison under cruel ci rcumstances · fo~ which Dublin Castle · was entirely res£onsible, and which, when only partially revealed in the H ouse of Commons, caused one of its members to exclaim, " If such a case as this had happened in Bulgaria or Turkey " (instead of in Ireland), "and if a Tory Government " (instead of a Liberal) "were in power, the Liberals woulcl come back to power on that case alone; and Mid-Iothi an would be harangued from one end to the other on the barbarities of Turkish rule 4nd the · inherent \vickedness of the Tory Government in tolerating such things in the Balkans." It was only in Ireland , 'h<foiever, and an ·1nrnx ent

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Lbc Suutlw rn cx trc 111i t1· 0 1' Cu. :\ rrn:1 gh, l"ru111 1837, or earlier, un til tbc com111c nccmc 11 t u l" the C ri mean ' Var , · th is stru ggle between la ndlords and tenants, embi ttered by raci:il a nd p rying into a nything about it. Dublin Cas tl secta ri an ra ncour, wa waged on both sides saw to that. with a ll the fury and fie rceness, I mi ght s:iy, T hese are u-ndoubted ly as tounding reYelations of Gove rnment p rocedure a nd of Dublin of civil wa r. Thi s was p roved at the D e,·on Castle practices, and they are revelations Com mi ss ion whi r-h terminated its sitt ings in which no adrncates of the " Predominant 1845, a nd before va rious P arl ia menta ry ComP artner, " quibble as they mi ght, have ever mittees whi ch investigated the same . subject publicly dared to ch allenge or questio n. They during the foll owing te n or fifteen yea r . In a re, however, only outlines, and there fore, mos t cases, ho we ver, these stru ggles fin a ll y besides esta:blishing the p risoners' innocence termina ted with what may be conside red comancl recon;l ing their heroic tru th and lealty, it p lete 1·ictory for th tena ntr y; fo r under will be t he business of these papers to fill in pressure of a general public op inion foun ded with redoubtable facts and proof s this full on the report of the · Commiss ion a nd Committees, the evictions had to be drop ped ; a nd picture of gove rnment and official perfid y. eithe r the ev icted tena nts had to be reinsta ted T J-m H ISTORI CAL B AC KGROUND. a nd secured in their hold ings,_ or the evicted T o visua lize, ho wever, in their true per- farms remained dere lict. spective these fac ts a nd p roofs of which we The result was that fo r the next qua rter cf have spoken , we must re vie w some at least of a century o r more, as fa r as la nd troubles we re their historical surroundings and the ir bearing concerned , the neighbourhood of Crossmagle n on the case, and some also of the lights a nd rema ined o ne of the most peaceful in the shades in which they lie , in other words, worl d; a nd evict ions, as wel I as sectari an a nd premise a nd investigate the origin ating causes racia l hatreds, we re a lmost unheard o r una nd motives of this st range C rossmag len o r d re;i mt of -i n the cl i tri ct. H ence a l. '-l, in the Gun powder-plo t Conspiracy, all(i the corru p t late seven tie of the last cent ury , though- the means and agenc ies by \vhich it was ca rr.ied into L and League was in full s wing th rough the execution. length a nd breadth of Irela nd , the re was no Though its hurricanes, in subsequent times, move whatever made in th at direction by the s wep t through every nook and corner of . people of the Crossmaglen d istri ct, a proof in Ulster, County Arm agh from the days of itse lf that it: people, if reasonably trea ted , a re Eli zabeth was the one consta nt storm centre of no l01·ers of agita tion . relig io~s b itterness and persecution in the But the landlo rds and their agents., forNorthe rn province . As time \vent on, in · getting the p ast, o r takin g thi s pa.cific state of add ition to the ·officials of Dublin Cas tle a nd tbe localit y as a proof that the sp iri t of the State Church, the landlords there became independe nce had deserted the I eople, began also ac tive and bitter persecutors of the once mo.re the ·work o~ extermina tion ; a nd Yery Catholics~ their 9 bjecf being to enrich them- soon more than ha lf th~ te nant fa rmers were, selves with the confi scated p roperty of their · by un due, a nd in most cases illegitim ate, Catho l ic te nantry , just as, a t other times, these p ressure of the law, turned into careta~ers of same la nd lorcls had shown themselves quite as their o wn holdings for the landlords.* Some ready to sacrifi ce the ir P rotestant te nants to ev ictions from . these holdings had a lread y the same selfi sh greed. Thus, afte r Catholic t~ken p lace, and ma ny others were daily E mancipation in 18 29, seYeral of the more threatened , and it soon became evide nt tha t a into le rant la ndl ords sought to exte rmina te the most extensive campaign of extermin a tion wa s R oman Catholics root and bn:mch, and to abo ut to be launched once more in the d istri ct. effect for persona l ends a ne w ancl complete Thi s, in fact, was the ry tha t wen t forth from In ma ny p a rts of eve ry rent office , particul arly in 187 9, whe n P rorestant planta tio n.

U lster, but parti cul a rl y in North and Micl- the whole ne ighbourhood was in the throes of Armagh, the Ca tho li c popul ation was in th is a devas ta ting famine . wa.y e ither completely exterminated or en ~ l a·v ecl , Tm: LAND T.E AG U E IN C RO SSM AGLEN . those that rema ined becoming hewers of wood " Que rn te us vul t per de re p rius dcmc nta t ,. anrl drawe rs of wa te r fo r the ir Prntes t:in t taskis, I belie ve, a n old pagan say ing , and the re mas ters. seems to be a g reat deal of philosor by in it , men's misfortunes are very often the res ul t of T HE LATER AGRARIAN STRU GGLE. their o wn fo lly. The people thus harassed In South Armagh, ho wever, a nd in the ad joini ng d istricts of Monaghan , a stout a nd mena eel we re compe lle d to seek the res istance was offe red to the exte rmina tors , a~s i s t a n ce and protect ion of the L and League, t he people in th-ese p arts cl inging to the homes a nd a branch in consequence was es tahlisbed of their fo refathers with a pertinacity which at Crossmag-len in :c 88o , which soon beca me · nothing but dea th, a nd, in many cases , not o ne of the strongest in Ireland in the number even death itse lf could overcome . In the an rl unanimit y of its me mbers, and m the Trish lioy crue ll y done to death i 1r Great B rita i n'~ Irnpe ria I pri ~ous, and th~: re"Fo re -·the OL1 tside world had no ri ght -' wha te ver to be.

fa mine years, for insta nce, ma ny of these poo r peasa nts p ref erred to die of hunger and sta.rv nt ion in the ir miserable cal.Jin ~ , soone r tha n accep t gove rn me nt relief a t the expense of J:eoo unci11 g the ir birthrigh t to the l~ttle ho ldin brrs and ho mesteads they. ' had inhe ritec1 from the ir fa thers. These at the cost of the ir r cry I i\·es the y presen ·ed and ha nde d do wn to their child ren .anct yet un bmn ~lesce n clant s. · Especiall y in the di strict of C rossmaglcn, 111

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A ll tlte P rotest ant li om eholders m th e di strict became m embers. Tli c fi rst prcsidc11 / of the branch was a l'rot estant, as was its secretary als o: _ There Gould , therefor e, be 1J_o tin ge of bi gotry about it. No r could there ha:·e been an y illegality, for none of i ~s a ·ts, . '-'This plan of exte nnjnati<m was nften~-a~d s I mper ia lisec! hv Mr. A. T. Ba l ronr in -the "enct1 on- n::ule,ea>y ciauses nf an :\ ct of l'a rli J m ent .

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tbuugh they m~ re pt1 fJli< : tu l b<.: wur l<l, a 11 d j ca lll usl_y w ~1 tc h cd I ; ~.- the :igcnb u f the law,

were e 1·er s u cce~s fu 11 y cha llenged by tbe C rown ;i uthorities . O nce onl y was there :i ri d iculous at tempt made to do so, whe n the lr;r.a l pol ice summoned a lad o:f twc h·c or thir teen for post ing up some p rin ted resol uti 0ns of the local committee; a nd l\fr. M'C ul lagh, t he res ide nt mag istrate pres id ing at Petty Sess io ns, boun d the lad un de r bai l tn appear for tria l before the Coun ty Cour t judrre. B ut so ridic ulous and ma nifest ly illega l was the dec i ion, that Mr. M'C ullagh himself, foi.1r days af te r the dec ision, a nd without any f urther invest igat ion , or a ny concurrence of bis fellow-m ag istrates, had to send the Pe tty Sessions Clerl(, J ames Smy th o{ Forkhill, fi ve miles and ·Mr. Moyn agh of Dundaik eleYen mil es to beg the lad to accept the a nnulme nt of the decision; and to g ive bail instead to be of good behaviour in the future . The decision was annulled, but the youn g culp ri t wo uld giYe no security wha tever as to ~i s ·future cond uct, say ing that it was the magis trates the m el ves th:it shoul d be bound to good behaviour. An d the secreta ry of the branch , for the ecl ifi cation an cl enl ighten ment of the police a nd ma g ist ra tes , posted up the ha rm less r solution s, fo r the next Petty es io ns day, oppo· ite the pol ice barrack a nd court-ho use . Thus e nded the sole :L11.d nnl y case in which the legality of any of the act ion. of the Crossmaglen branch of the L a nd League was ever q ue tioned by any of law officers of the Crown . It p roves, therefo re, that wha tever illegality there wa · in the d istricl-:._and this is a ll-importa nt "6wi11g to subsequent developIT1en.ts-was not _to be fo und on Lhe part of the League, but o n that of the la w itself, or rnther its ad mini st rators.

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Some Aspects of Irish · -· PatriOtism.

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The uses of adveFs ity is a subject regard in g which we in Ire la nd o ugh t to be able, as a na tion , to g ive an expert op inion . · The E ngli sh poet- and it may inc ide nta ll y be rema rked here that the Ge rm ans ed ucated tbem into wha teYer apr recia tion they _h ave of himtold his count rymen tha t its uses we re sweet.

Vve, who, as I have already sta ted, a re indi sp utably e ntitled to d iscu. s thi s _P?int, ha ve, so :far, not been _able to perceive the sweetness . lf it ever comes to the ir lot, it will be interes ting fo r those of us who are the re to see it to note h ow far they , who, fo r our own good na tu rall y, have unmercifull y made u · the subjects of their death-dealing processes, wi I l the msel 1·es poin t the mo ral of the poet's .les. on.

But though no t sweet in its sadness, yef is the lot of Irela nd great a nd the destin y of her pa triots enviable . We all know ho w the worlcl was redeemed by the highest sacrifice '~ithin man's powe r to conceive, a nd ,\;e reYerentl y contemp late tlie imp ressive beauty of that Li fe, a nd try to real ise with all the intensity nf fee ling of which ·huma nity ·i s capa.hl e Lh1~ immensity of the offe ri1~g H e ma de when H e suffered dea th a t the ha nds of me n to redee m ui f~om the J:i.\1ery of the deYi I. The consideration of this, the highest of a l I subjects, brings us consola tio n in o ur own ea rthly stru gg les . H ;w e we in Irel:rnd not lno wn , clo we not" kn nw of those who .h;J 1·e made , ancl

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n1ake, a voluntary offer .of their Lives to save the ir fe ll ow-cou nhymen from the tyrannous oppress ion of t11e conqueror? For she ha never concealed her capacity for p uni shnient a ny more than she has been able to conceal the insidious nature of her rewa rds. In the one hand she hold a direful fate, refusal to a sold ier of Ireland the hunour of a soldier's death, pretending b)r every spec ies of mockery and scorn to de p ise him , while in rea hty dreading h im , rending the en1otions of his soul as under, while taking care to ·bow him that if . he will but cas t aside the mantle of hi s 1·irtue, and , l ~ ttin g his baser nature triu!11ph, garb himself in the cloak of apostas y, in her othe r hand she holds for him r<':wards· sufficient to make a miser happy. H o w sad a fate it is to be in thra ldom to such a nation as this, t11at, arrayed in garments " steeped in all · dishonour ,'' seeks by the bastardy of her awful power to pervert men' minds, and by endearnuring to blind them w.ith the glare ot the base temp tations .' to low, material desi re, to render them moral! y and physically . i-mfit 'to serve any cau e save those approved by her !

She would haYe them like beings crad led in dark and low-roofed cellars, who, when they emerge, instinctively do not dare to· look up, and are un able to brook the pure, white gleam of clay. Bu t to shirk his d uty to Ireland is inconceivable to a true Irishman, as he 'knows, once in the power of . his implacable foe, escape to be impossible . 1]?e fatal challenge of the world's highwayman inces antly rings in the ear of his imagination long before he hears it actually- " Stand and deliver;· your p rinciple· of Nu:tionality or your life!"

Wh ile the heroes of Ireland suffer thus, the women of lreland , who love them,_ suffer more passionately ·till . The heart of every true Irishwoman beats in sympathy with the irs, aml each pang of ang uish suffered l.J.y each of them penetrates hers like a two-edged sword.

Yet is ber ad des tiny not without . high consolation . The women of Irel and have known of a Q ueen belo1·ed of Chri . t, whose cru wu was one of sorrow, who watches ·with \,hem th ro ughout the long ntgbt of their tri al, and who with a sad smile of symp ~Lthy ct;courages them to be braYe and cheerful, for tix:re is no gra nder privilege on earth for a woman than to suffer and be strong. As for those who are prohib ited from effective IJ;1rticip:tlion in the stru ggle, _but who wave a God-s[Jccd to.the workers from a distance , w Lo s·c11·-e1·cn so liLLle is worth ~i1·ing , fo r those who , receive it che ri sh it as a token of encouragement, and those who give have also their reward .

Jt is no small privilege fo r anyone to ·~ abl e to say that he bas known a human ideal whose fee t ;1,ere not of clay, and who typifies in his eye ' y 1;e-asserts fo r him , moan's 'claim to ete rnity by the eternal qual1t1es of an untarnished soul. To __ h~ve lived a life that evokes such an acknowledgment as to engraft, as it were, on the serene, deep-rooted outgrow th of a vi_gorous· heart a beautiful emotion that sends forth its tender blooms to mingle with the robl,lst, evergreen memories of the g reat soul that lived and that thus still liv~s, is to nave lived a life that, through the mtertwining of the weak with the strong, uplifts all who come after, and forces them to the utterance that such a cause is the c au ~e of all ~

T HE ·IRISH . '119~U~TEER true men and that is i ·. glorious to die for i,t.

T o those Irishmen, then- unworthy - of the name- who have learned England's · sordid lesson to us of what they, 1ike their imperial rnistn;ss, insidiously and erroneously call " common sense "- that is, forget our national d ign ity and patiently draw her chariot (they tell us she will withhold the lash if we do it obed iently and pull ha rd) ; to those Iri shmen, I repeat, who in their smug pros perity, her inevitabl e reward for renegades to their country, ass ure us with a forcefulness of langt'1age proportiona te to the ir salaries present and to come, that if we make her cause ours she will do great things for us, o ur reply is No, a thousand times No. The nature of the work for which alone she gives rewards here in Ireland is such as to sicken the soul of an hones t man, and her promi ses are \vords, words, ·words. " Words , wi thout deeds, ne1·er , to heaven go! " But then we niust p ut our own house in order, and the quickest and most effective reme dy for _ disorders therein existing i to begin to thirik nationally. Success would be the sure outcome if we did.

We have furni shed the world with sufficient illustra tions of that great lesson, .well worth the teaching, of " how far high failure overleaps the bounds of low successes ." ,So indisputably haye we es tablished its worth and so widely have w~ caused its truth to .be recognised, that we have thereb); adde\f. f uel to the fire of En.gland's racial hate of · us and made it burn with a fiercer glow. But the re houlcl be no more talk of fa,ilure . T o think nationally is the first ;:;tep to success, then shall we act nationally.

Those who are not fit for the actual combat can lend those who are their moral -and material SU]J[JOrt. Men, whose days of physical streng th for the confli ct are past, children, whose fighting days are to come, we all, rncu, women and children of Ireland, can now t<Lke up our stand openl y a nd resulutely by those who arc org anizing the great campaign for Ireland's freedom. S uch a support is beyond price to the cause, of the highest value to onr friends, and not likely to be underrated by our enemies.

Tt is a lesson of Irish History- and those who have clernte d their lives to its study, <Lnd whose duty it is to teach it, assure us that the fact is not to be questioned-- th at the 011ly period of prosperity enjoyed by Ireland since her fatal connection with England, she gained through her Vol unteers . H ence it is c.lcar Lo every intelligent , thinking mind that upport of . the Iri sh Volunteer · is phLin, common ·ense.

If we will but think nationally, when the opportuuit y co me · thi time we will not fail.

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The imprisoned Irish Volunteers have been Sir Edward Carson, guilty of no crime.

Cabinet Minister and Attorne;~ ' _General for England, says "there are illegalities which are not crimes, " but the fou~ men recently imprisoned> have been charged with no illegality except ~efusal to leave Ireland at the command of a milita ry officer;. and the Volunteers pr~ viou s l y arraigned and imprisoned have been All these dealt with under military law. prosecutions have been of a purely political character, directed by English Imperialism against Irish Nationalism. While sentences of three, four, and six months' hard labour are inflicted on Irish Volunteers, and a fine of twenty pounds is impo eel for an alleged obstruction of a trifling character to a recruitin b()' officer ' a violent sectarian outbreak is . encouraged by the authorities, who "punish" three out of a much larger number of offenders with sentences of two months' imprisonment and a fine of twerity shillings. R eade rs of the " Irish Vol unteer " are requested to obtain subscriptions for the defence of · the Irish Volunteers prosecuted and impri soned by the Government, and to forward subscriptions specially. marked for the " Vol unteer Defence Fund " to the Irish Volunteer Headquarters, 2 Dawson Street, Dublin. This fund will be kept separate , and subscriptions will be acknow ledged in the "Irish Volunteer."

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It was P ~trnell's principle to defend every lrisbman who was struck at by the British Government on political grounds .

The present Government has struck at four Irishmen, ordering them to leave Ireland, and subjecting them to p uni shment for refu~al lo obey the order.

Will you help tu defend them?

The Executive Committee of the Irish Voluutcc r are making an appeal for fund s to defray the expenses incurred in c;lefending their member · arrested un der the ·cc Defence of the Realm Act. " Under this Act several Volunteers, who~e real offence is their activi ty iu ]JUShing on Llie work of Lhe · Volunteer Movement; are now 111 p rison . The cost of the legal expense incun:ed in defence of these men has fallen on the Insh Vol unteer Execu.tive. These expenses have been considerable, and the Executive have decided to appeal to the friends of the movement to assist them. The Irish Volunteer Funds cannot and will not ·be used for such purposes . They hal'e been subscribed and will only be used for the arming and equipment of an Iris.h Volunteer Army. It is therefore nec~s ary that we ask the friends' of the Volunteer Movement to subscribe to a special fund fo r the defence of the imprisoned Volunteers.

You can help by subscribing what you can afford to the Irish Vol unteer I)efence Fund.

Subscriptions will be received at H eadquarters or by any officer of the Irish Volunteers .

What do you propose to do?

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