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Dog- -communant Instead that if the
of Nationalists must voluntarily join the Army
he' Emnira her reason of the Home Rule Act
Ireland , full particulars can be obtained in a
to the author of the Irish Times
inster and home time .
" Are he will withdraw his opposition to Home
Anna Rule Bill had been passed and enforced
is , that at the beginning of the war . Mr.
ible attached to that very Unionist document
SIR , -There are certain statements in the
of Nationalists who were induced to fight for
tters of your anonymous correspondent .
Ireland . As regards those enlisted from
tained , and presumably demanded , was a pro-
was the duty of Nationalists to enlist in their
say that I will be met by the retort that not
housand more or less is immaterial . The point
Joseph Johnston ,
enough Nationalists have joined the Army to
in Ireland which " Ulster " has been endeavour .
Redmond was authorised to call for recruits
" Amending Bill " ; another , which they ob-
event of an attempt to force . Home Rule on
with the forces of the Crown , or were serving
rom Ireland and to assure his followers that .
sen relied in enlisting is not redeemed ? I dare
extent of joining them in a civil war . ' This
Rule . The honest thing would have been to
0,000 is a very modest estimate of the number
promise is rarely referred to now , but it has
ing to persuade the world that she possesses .
throughout Ireland in August 1914 . recru
and Communist . Ireland respectively had arrived
it this is the criterion is to which the village
ne Hardinge Report , with which no doubt .
able to Unionist contentions , slightly less than
conference in the victim that Ulster cannot
have thrown overboard one side or her .
on the understanding that their valour and
eing on the Statute Book . if we include Trich-
him that militant Ulster " did not hesitate to
mise by the leaders of English unionsman ( Mr.
harnism would count as political capital to the
he whole , succeeded fairly well in having it
resville . " and not till well on in September .
housands : and , as a matter of fact , they did
to above as an estimate . if anything . favour-
reforced . Not till these promises were ob-
# of the opinion of the electors , in the
o in considerable numbers . ' Will it not .
wise by the leaders of English unions in
conviction among Nationalists that they are
tained did the Ulster leader " sound the
interances " among themselves # side or other
the British Government of that day : "
the Empire's Armies would have come to
responsible Unionist kindly say what number
ustify the Government in redeeming its pledge . '
Ulster the whole # minimum
herefore . be a breach of trust if at the end of
credit of the Union . The Mister leader said in
him that militant Ulster " did not hesitate to
anest-third ( 89,706 ) and slightly man than half
demand any only
it the date therein given . The difference is not so
in from that province ? I quite agree with
pulep .
Triplate College . Dublin .
both ways . The day of reckoning will come
archy of Macchiarelli at his heart-or " correct
will have to be betrayed . There is a growing
and other main names of Nationalism .
# # the maritian is at the
rimistry #
any considerable numbers - whole procedure of
1914 were recruits forthcoming from Ulster in
" As a matter of fact the v
conviction among Nationalists that U
one # unless Trichman cattle than
R. J. Y. " which , " as an Ulsterman . " I can-
hit hitherto two-million
any considerable numbers # poor two 0
demanded and obtained was the promise of an !
sign the " minimum . Taste agree #
Union . Nationalists were asked to volunteer
been made # synorfluoir .
was the duty of Nationalists to enlist in the
the whole , succeeded fairly well in living . In
scruiting . Yours , etc. ,
January 5th. 1947 .
with the forces of the Crown , or were
worthy of Macchiavelli at his best-or' worst
Ipparently your correspondent thinks that the
would be placed at their disposal , even to the
inion of the electors in the
simm from rebellion earn its quietive to I
Apparently your correspondent thinks that the
the Empire's Armies would have some pouring
cluding Mr. Bonar Law ) that , if necessary in
# # third mandated
Rule . It certainly helps
enda . To certainly helped to give its quietus to
ut hitherto the British Government has on
# #000 NEWVICTOR FIND DURNSGUSGUSGUS
servicea thus rendered
reasked to volunteer .
who found that services thus rendered
As a matter of fact . He whole procedure of
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and Unionist leaders jointly-directed towards
war is over we will grant Ireland a Colonial
the voluntary enlistment of voune and un-
kept on both sides , she may get a friendly and
The best , and only , policy worthy of the End-
mere repetition of our views . ' They know we
ask : For the sake of some 160,000 men ( a mere
That is the most England can hope to get
Ireland and the war .
undertake never under any circumstances to
apparently be a recruiting campaign in return
We recognise your point of view . We
South Africa . " Ask in return only the disc-
stake . Let us have the issue perfectly clear .
married men . Ireland will never tolerate the
var , and a recruiting campaign by Nationalist
apply conscription to Ireland . We will liberate
sir . I cannot see what purpose this insistence
Nationalist Ireland or we may obtain her help
regard our professions as akin to those of
magnanimity . In the future , if nledges are
allied Colonial Ireland , ready and anxious to
and that Ireland's honour is at stake . Now ,
for Home Rule , the abolition of martial law ,
constitution as " free as that of Canada or of
will never be brought to our point of view by
armament of all parties for the period of the
themselves . They do not think that this war
conscription . ' As a Unionist and a loyalist . I
policy rash to the verge of reckless . It is
intercourse with the enemy . ' As soon as the
rations ( Nationalist Ireland is only too out to
can possibly serve . We Unionists know it
your prisoners . We will abolish martial law in
now , and she can only hope to get that by
Kealm Act solely with a view to preventing
drop in the ocean ) is it worth while to risk
They do not think that Ireland's honour is at
ments , you lay stress on the fact that this war
British Government magnanimously saw now :
of all , perhaps , for ever to exclude all pos-
Prussia for the welfare of Poland ) , and , worst
and the liberation of a number of prisoners
another rebellion , ' perhaps , far more serious
hold these views , but they do not hold them
now in Frongoch . The other alternative is
help her at her need . The other road spells
Sre , - In disposing of Mr. Johnston's argu-
on her own terms . Her own terms would
two courses are open to England ( and in-
lish nation ( and of ourselves ) is certainly a
break-up of family life to any large extent .
is Ireland's war as much as it is England's war .
I agree with Mr. Johnston that it is not .
he only hope of a reconciled Ireland . Let the
Ireland and administer the Defence of the
already . Our Nationalist , fellow-countrymen
s Ireland's war as much as it is England's war ,
cidentally to us Unionists ) . We may coerce
ruin . - Yours , etc. ,
and England !
fibility of friendly relations between Ireland
than the last , to abandon definitely all our
claims to solicitude for the welfare of small
to the editor of the Irish Times
Dublin . November 1777 rare .
Fiat Justitia . "
and England ?

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minority who profess and always have professed
necessary for the maintenance of the settlement
action of any English political party but by its
admitted unpopularity with every section of
Sir-Mr. Gwynn's article in your issue of
destroyed not by Lord Lansdowne or by the
the extreme left "-Benians . Sinn Feiners .
politicians . ' They are followed because until
an unpopularity so great that the presence of a
First . Mr. Lloyd George's " settlement " was
To the Editor of The Daily Mail .
than is now needed for the preservation of the
hostilly to England , are beyond the restraint of
opinion in Ireland . Unionist and Nationalist-
larger armed force would certainly have shown
Larkinites , call them , what you will the
uesday will . I have no doubt , appeal strongly
the south and west might have been a blazey
tinuous will , I think , criticise him or two
ferred to a very remarkably written article in
Girondins " and compromises have no real
control in Ireland . They never had . Men of
Nationalists join the Army hostility to England
These " thorough " men have constantly and
to many Englishmen . Those whose interest in
the current Edinburgh Review .
ceders of north and south , shaking hands would
were only waiting to see how the cat jumped .
Secondly . Home Rule for the southern man
What we have lost in Ireland .
Irish questions has been nearest and more con-
Had the rebels obtained a few days ' more success
rarily think that they could dictate even to Mr.
for the methods of the Irish Parliamentary
authority will not be as openly-douted in the
so eminently gratifying . I hope too may see it
uture as it has been in the past . As it is I
is a creed which man of them dare not deny .
denounce it with any vigour .
v. 8" Brian . Of course the contents of the
and Co. take over the management of Irish
have had the least objection to this . ' In the
status quo .
and the English Army repeatedly denounced ,
grounds .
so-called followers I near the reconciliation must
would acquiesce in a " settlement " and become
But until these horses can really speak . " their
recent rebellion many nominal " moderates
Can anyone suppose that the south and west . '
mond . ( Much of Nationalist Ireland would not
Party . For the facts your readers may be re-
sympathise with rebellion , but they cannot stop
A. D. Godber .
where disaffection has been constantly breached
have a muralv national interest .
rinces would have given Nationalist Ireland over
served not for the rebellion but for the execution
of its authors . There are only two possible
loyal subjects because Irish members of Parlia ,
break . ' nor have they , even been permitted to
people ?they could not prevent the recent MIT
now moderate men and loyalists like Mr. Redl
it . ' Though they must have known something
ment wished its . Mr. Redmond and his Parlia .
and Co. take over the management of Irish
priesthood ) in the sense in which a horse leads
a cart , because they are driven . They do not
authority will not be as openly : touted in this
to the extremists , not to the politicians . Further
Their strongest demonstrations have been re-
becomes of their alleged close relation with the
of what was brewing - or if they did not what
ment men lead as was once said of the Irish
rom attempting to govern Ireland .
would acquies to raise " retirement " and become
These " thorough " men have constantly and
the methods of the Irish Parliamentary
reasons for this attitude : either disqualities them
for the methods of the Irish Parliamentary
It seems to me that before Messrs . Redmond
Masdalen College . "
served not for the rebellion but for the execution
openly proclaimed their distrust in the contempt
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are being served in the cells at Frongoch .
To the Editor " Irish Independent . '
Sir-With reference to the military court held
ion 15 interned Irish prisoners at Frongoch last
dice . John" J. O'Neill . Joseph M. Stanley . Jame
G. Gavan Duffy .
John Murphy . Patrick Soullen , Frank J. Shou
Lennon , Philip Murphy , and Clement Murphy .
O'Brien . Michael Moriarty . Richard Cotter , Philip
4 Raymond Buildings , Gray's Inn , London , W.C. .
18th Dec. , 1916 .
outh I have been asked by a number of people
am now officially informed that their sentence
FRONGOCH MILITARY COURT .
hard Labour . They are Messrs . John M. M.Mahon
been sentenced to 28 days' imprisonment , wit
to give the names of the 12 prisoners who has
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