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The Irish Revolt
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Bv Francis Hackcit.
.mrtrsy ot "The S'eu- Repub'',- "
"lt miy be ? frood \h\rtg to forsjft and forgrive;
but -t 1*4 (.Hofrctlicr too easy ? trick to forpet ?nd
be forjpven." 4", K. 4 hcererton. m "Thc ? rimea
. | 1- -szland." lftr;
WHEN a rebellion ha* failed men say it
was wicked or fooliah. It is, on the
contrary, wickcdncss and folly to
judge in these terms. If men rlae against au
thority the measure of their act cannot be loy
alty or prudence. It i? the character of the
authority against whieh men revolt that must
shape one's mind. No freo man t-cts an ulti
mate value on his life. No free man sets an
ultimate sanctioa on authority. Is it just au?
thority, reprcscntatve, tolerable? The only
revolt that is wicked or foolish is the revolt
against reasonable or tolerable authority. If
authority is not livable, revolt ia a thousand
times justified.
The Irish rebellion waa not prudent. Its
lmprudence did not weigb with the men who
took to arms. Had hope inspired them they
would have been utterly insane. But hope did
not inspire them. They longed for sucress.
?hey risked and expeeted death. The only con
r-equence to us, wrote Padric Pearse before
action, ls that some of us may be launched into
Sternity. "But who aro we, that we *hould
hc itate to die for Ireland. Are not the claima
of Ireland greater on us than any personal
ones? F it fear that deters ub from such an
enterpri?e'' Away with such fears! Cowards
die mary times, the brave only die once." To
strike a decisive blow was the a5piration of the
Irish rebels. But decisive or not. they made up
their minds to take action before the govern?
ment succeeded in attaching all their arms.
In this rebellion there was no chance of ma
terial victory. Pearse. MacDonagh, Connolly,
Clark. Plunkett. O'Rr.hilly, 0 Hanrahan. Daly.
Hoheon, (asemer.t. could only hope against
hope. But their essential objective was not a
boldiery. It was an idea, the idea of unpro
tested Eng'ish authority in Ireland. It was to
protest aga.rst the Irish nation remaining a
Crown Colony of the British Empire that these
men raised their republican standard and un?
der it -hed their blood. In the first process of
that revolt few cf them were irnrnediately sac
riticed. Their fight was well planned. They
made the most of their brief hour. But when
they were captured the authority they had op
po$e<l fulfilled their cxpectations to thc utmost.
Refore three army officer?, without a legal
defender. each of the leaders was condemned
by court martial. Their rebellion had been
open. Their gullt was known and granted.
They met, as they expeeted to meet. death.
The insurrection in Ireland is ended. A cold
tribunal has finished by piecework the tasV
that the soldiers began. The British Empire
is still dominant in Dublin. But ruthless and
remorseless behavior sharpens thc issue be?
tween authority and rebellion. Even men who
naturally condemn disorder feel impelled to
-?crutinize the authority whieh could deliber
ately dispense such doom. If that authority
deserved respect in Ireland, if it stood for
justice and the maintenance of right, its exac
tion of the pound of flesh cannot be questioned.
It does not represent "frightfulness." It rep
,-esents stern justice. Its hand should be uni
versally upheld. But if. on the other hand.
English authority did not desorve respect ir.
Ireland. if it had forfeited its elaims on thes"
Irishmen, then there is something to be made
known and said about the way in whieh this
Empire can abuse its power.
Between the Irish people and English au
thority. as every one knows, there has been ar,
interminable atlllggle. A tolerable solution of
this contest has only recently seemed in hight.
The military ullOOBlty of England has 0-f itself
precluded one solution, the complete indepen
dence of Ireland. The desire for self-govern
ment in Ireland has opposed another solution.
complete acquiesrence in the union. Between
these two goal? the stniggle has raged bitterly.
But human beings cannot live forever in profit
:ess conflict. After many years the majority
of the English people took up and ratified the
Irish elaims to self-government. In spite of
the conservative element in England and the
British element in Ireland, the modus rit-rvdi
ot Homc Rule was arranged. lt is the fate of
this rnode* l il tndi, accepted by the majority of
mo<bi<> rivondi, accepted by the majority of
Irishmen as a rcisonatle commutation of their
elaims, that explains the recent insurrection.
These men who are dead were once for the mo'=t
part Home Rulers. Their rebellion came about
as a sequel to the unjust and dishoncst hand
ling of Home Rule.
For thirty-fivc years Homc Rule has been an
issue in Greal Britain. Th" majority 4>f the
British people I ipportad (.ladstonc during
many Homc Rnl The lower house of
Parliament repeatedly passed the measure.
The House of I.ords, however. turned a face
of stone to Ireland. I* Icily rejected Ireland's
offer to compound her elaims. This in
eilable attitude proved in thc end so monstrOUfl
that English I.iberalism revolled. lt threw it<
weight against the ligid body that de. ied it.
It compelled the Ib.use of l.ord- to BCCept the
Parliament act, u.- scheme for drcumventing
the peers* veto. Then. three times ir, >ucees
sion, it passid the Home Rule bill.
Every one knows what happened. During
the probation of the bill the forces that could
no longer avoid it constitutionally made up
their minds that they would defeat it uneonsti
tutionally. Men left the House of I.ords and
the Bovee of Coi East
ern Ulster. These. aot the Irish. were (ler
many's prima.v a;,..- ta the British Isles
Cannon. machine guns and riiles were shipped
to Ireland. leecendant of the
implanted Ireland ws
l_arge number wei recruited
armed. The Ulstei leaeJtri pieaded they wen
loyal, but they in I ted that the 1
England di I : could not apeak ''or the
empire. The on;-. English authority the]
ognized 4va- an .lutlmnty like-mindcd to them
i?hes. !?? i '? ;V "',1' l,or<l
LaodoBderr) and Lord Abercorn and l.ord
(i f,
MOV1ES THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
LUCY TAKES HER
PAIL IN HAND AND
COES,SINGINC,TO
THE SPRINGS OF
DOVE.
"PLL HAVE YOU,
CIRL! YOU HEAR!"
HISSED SWIFTON
WILDE, THE LIBER
TINE, TO LUCY.
"HAVE A CARE,
JOHN BLAKE! RE
MEMBER! I HOLD
THE MORTGAGE
ON YOUR FARM!"
VI-SHE DWELT AMONG UNTRODDEN WAYS.
By WILLIAM WORDSWORTH and ARTHUR U. FOLWELL
Pieture Scenario by C. B. Talls
She dwelt among untrodden ways,
Beside thc Springs of Dovc,
\ maid whom there were two to prai-e.
And, likewise, two to love.
The first was rirh in lands and gold,
In cars and gasolene;
A youth from fashion's finest moulH,
But ah! A libcrtinc!
Thc seeond was a lad of toil.
From dawn till fall of dew:
A tiller of some mortgaged soi!;
Butah! So good, so true!
()ne tnorn came Lucy to tlie -prin^T.
Untrodden ways among;
Take wing, O sombre care. lakc wing!
A lilting song she sung*.
Came, also, in his limousine,
As soft as flight of bird,
Young Swifton Wilde, thc libertine;
Fair Lucy's songhe'd heard.
With pussied feet he trod the path
Beside the Springs of Dovc,
Nnd then, despite her mounting wrath,
Told Lucy of his love.
She spurns his gold, and starts to go?
"I'll have you, ^irl! You hear?"
She screams! Again! Anrl then a blow
Puts Swifton on his ear.
Ile rises, ranting', to his feet,
And thcrc beholds?well, who
Could make this pulsing scene complete
Who bul thc lad "so true"?*
"S<> ho. John Blakc.'* laughs Swifton then,
"So YOU'RE the luckyguy!
Rcmemhcr. happiest of men,
".Our mortgagee am I."
"What does hc mean?" fair Lucy cries,
As Swifton beats rctrcat;
And Blakc to hide foreboding tries
With: "Nothing; nothing, Sweet."
But something, something IS at hand.
Though John beseem composed;
Yea; on his chattels, house, and land.
The mortgage is forccloscd.
\ cruel vengeance, Swifton Wilde,
To wreak on those who love?
For shame! And Lucy hut a ehild
Beside the Springs of Dovc!
A ehild? A ehild perhaps in years.
But not in wisdom's store;
She soothed her John. and calmed his fear:
With love?and something morc.
For soon, in bottles, galion size,
As clever Lucy planned,
With Dovespring Water John supplie
A nation-wide demand.
A chemical analysis
Well demonstrates its worth;
And Doctors write: "Dear Madam, this
Best water is on earth."
Meanwhilc, j>oor Swifton's cup of woe
Is mounting to ihe brim;
He thought them down and out; and OH!
The difference to HIM!
\RE WOMEN PEOPLE?
By Alice Duer Miller
1 hc Code.
"'We -.omen am no-. auppeee*. te ba -.aaaeraea,
! kno-v." Anti-suffra;:- p??e_
I.adies. true to the tr.ad.tion
Of the ny and the oak,
Never make tbe dark admission
Thal you see ,-, jok<
I.aupii nnd mile, i"1' that'i bcguiling.
lt thc teeth sre apt il
Bol not Imowing wh* you'n amiling -
That'a trui womanhood
llumnr must remain I itranger
To the loving female mind.
If we WOO-d svoid all ilancer
Of i thooghl nnkind.
( hivalrj a ould go to Hades
Very, verj quiddy tben.
Men mav laagh d u> poor Isdies;
We must nol sl im ii
NOT PERHAPS so VEW l l NNY.
"We women are not suppoaed to be
humoroua, I know, but even tho rr'"*'
Berioua of us are obliged to smile when
weaakouraelvea:Who will do our woric
when we are doinp men's?"
The contril mr who calls our atten?
tion tn tois paragraph irom an eleven
! ear-old sufTnge ipeeefa asserts that not
only can she read tho question without
unfeminine hilarity, but that, after a
; ear in Europe, she can answer it.
Who will dn our work when we M*
doing men's?
We will.
!>(> VOU KNOW
That in Berlin nearly 900,000 women
arc at work in BUCfa ocnipations as dig
ging the subway. driving taxicabs. serv
ing u conducton on stnetcan and
rleaning the streets?
That in Parifl women are being em
nloyed in garrisons in the place of sol?
diers of the auxiliary service?
That in Kngland 400.000 scientificalL
trained women have been called on as
sgricultural recruits?
That Uoyd George has said: "With
women victory will tarry. and the
victory whieh tarrics is the victorv
whose footprinta arr footprint.. of
blood"?
WOMEN LOSINfl l\Ti;R.7.ST.
Under this headline a etrtain news
paper recountcd the facl ihat in Ch -
cago a decrease had oocurrad in the
women's votc.s land a largor deerease in
the men's vote.s) this year as compared
with last; that. in fact. an aldermanie
election is not as interesting to the vot
rrs a.-- thc election "f a Mayor.
StartHng Re\rlation.
How LegiiUlion Ii Conducted in Norwar, Au?
tralin. California, lllinoi* and Many Othe
Statei.
"Reader. have you ever seen a mat.
driving a pair of spirited horses with
hi? little daughter litting beaide him-*
She says, 'Papa. let me dwive the
pwetty horses.' And he puts the reins
into her ehubby hands. But he at onee
passes his arm around her and holds hia
hands very cloae to the reins. When
they come to B dangerous piece of the
mad or are about to meet a team his
fingtrs close upon the reins and the child
ia no longer the driver. So in any itate
or country that adopts woman sufTrag-.
-'i long as no more serioua question ta
mvolved than a choiee between John Doe
and Riehard Doe (both estimable citt
/.ens) for an otfice. the votes of womci
may be east and counted. But when any
serious crisis occurs they will be simply
bruihed aside and the question decided
by ihe only power that can maintain the
deciflion?a majority of men."?The
Rlank Cartridge Ballot, by Rossiter
John son.
f.ovc S-mnets of an Anti-Suffragist.
III.
ti) h:?. mvr. sujgestinc, a congeniai, topic.
l oDir, Mabel. let us spend a pleasant hour
Telling what silly ereature* women are.
Will riot that he delectahle, my Flower,
Mr Angel-Princess, Queen aud (iuiding
Star?
Come. let m two Olvrnpians be gay.
Jestiag about your sex'?i lack of truth.
Their r<iwardice. thei' vanitv, the way
Tbe? eiinp. though aged. to the garb of
routh;
Their mental powers. charming, but ab*.urd.
Their inability to do or pian:
.nd then, my dar\ing, ran may my vour
?a..r.l
ln }>.-ai* ol lh?l i ? ? tt ition, Man
Whnt'f thnt vou MJ . That nol all men are
great?
Vour thought. rm Mihel. savor* of _.ex-hate
Faith without Hope
(Continued from firtt column.)
Willoughby t\h Broke and Lord Robert' ?nd .Sir
Edward Carson and Bonar I,aw to sdviei arn!
atimulate rebellion. Eome of the nest Britiah
generals in the army, to the de light of Ger?
many, were definitely available as leaden. A
provialona! government, with f'arson as iti
Premier, was arrar.ged for in l.-Jl. Tho
I;'nionist and Orange organiza tions pledged
themselves that under no conditions would th-y
acknowledge a Home Rule government or obey
its decrees. In 1912 the Solemn Ceveaaahn
pledged thems"!ves "to refuse to rerogni*.? it?
authority." During this period the goverr..
ment negotiated, but took no action. Then
were no N'ationalist under arms.
If free men have a right to robol, how ra*
any one gainsay Ulster? It was the I
contention that Home Rule would be unreason
able, intolerable. and unjust. This was i
prophery, perhaps a nataral b | ,
prophecy. But it i ? Mary to debate
the Ulster rebellion. Il wai a hard heriu-*?
of England's rrime against Ire...
enough to say that Engliah authority ref used
to abandon the Home Rule msaanre, ar,d h
April, 1914, Mr. Asquith prcarfood *.o vir.dicat.
the law.
The British League for the support of Ulster
had sent out "war calls." The Ulster Ur.io-.is'.
Council had appropriated 15,000,000 for volun?
teer widows and orphans. Arms had bcajr,
landed from America and, It was esi i. fror.
Germany. Carsori had refu*.r * t.ate"
any further. His mobiiization in 1914 I'ecami
ominous. The government started in SawTma
troops to Ulster. The King intervened. Mr.
Balfour inveighed agafaiat the propn?aI to um
troops. The army eOBSnlted aith 'arior..
Generals French and Ewart resigned.
About this pc-iod, with Asquith snd Birre"
failing to put F.ngland\s pledpes to tha proof,
the National Volunteers at !as* were behagW
ganized. Mr. Asquith tempor ?-. At
his bebeet John Redmond peremptonly ai
sumed control of the Volunteers. Their _*
lected leader was Profeoeor MacNei!'., a fore
most spirit in the non-politica! Gaelic rrvival.
There was formal harmony ur.til the K :ropf?n
war was declared. when Mr. Redm """1 r-ought
to utilize the Xational Volunteers for reeruit
ing. This move made definite the purely na?
tional dedieaticn of the Irish Voln
Four events occurred ln rapid loeeessise tn
destroy thc Irish Voltmteere' confidence ii
Eng!i-h authority. Theoe an ->'
and yet events over wMch the Iriah Volun?
teers i-ould have no control.
On J.ry 10. 1914, armc! Uletei Volontawi
marehed throagfa Belfsst, snd E I
Careoa heid the i ting of his pn rhbml
government.
On July 29, 1914, the Bril
four persons and erounded lixtj |
.-ause rowdiea had I
Dublin. subioquent to their fi |
intercept Irish Volunteer arm*'.
On Septemher 19. 1914, the Ro_M B
was s'gned. but ita operation ride'"
pended.
In May, 1915, Sir '" :
member of the B: ' ' inet.
These eventi wi
mond. He ha.i
and put his ttitsi
paying the price i
decreed. The <
not so troatin**. had heard Aacpiitfe
proeniee the
would be pi
bari?ai:ie,| for I ? Tl
he woaM ' '?'? him
aanetion the deftanl
mander I the denant rivil leade*
as a minister of tl I '.' ? i the rttai
nieBMirj of Bril
7.ens o-7 tbo | reo- - Di '? lin. they dtWW thei*
eondoeions as to English honor. They ha<.
no hnpolss to reeruit for the defOMO ?n a*
Centinent of an mpire thttl bonorsble, Thr"
looked baeh on the evfl history they hsd h***'
ready to forget. They prepared to -'.rike and
to die.
Irishmen like myself who believed b fa*u~
Role and dishelieved in revoial
agrr<? with this spirit. We thought Booth-fl
Ireland might persuad" Ulster r\ thoOgM
Engli-h authority was poeslbly week and
shifty, but benign. We did not w;-h '
Ireland, in the words of Professor MacN'eil!.
go fornicating with Germany. When our
brothers went to the EttropeM wa*- WO took
England's gratitude as hear' tff lf"
pentance as deep. Our history wai cne ?*
forcible conqucst, torture, rapi I "??*
ser.ience. ignorance, poi
we listened to G. K. CI
men ir. relation to maananimo ' I "''
was ro doabt whether ore wen
the hen of her garmi
All the deeper, then, tbe ?.i
"rom the execution of our men
They were guilty of r>-b '
so wai De We* in Boath Kl I a. I
to have been ?
militai ? . th of the I >ul l \
arhl -h had i taotiated with rebela in tl
whi h had sUoared tbe retenl
? r. whieh had ;? ? the Ca
could not inar!; an el
of brave men whoee
proepeeti it had ri md ' igh snd I
ably raspended. But th:- :
erlngtag and sapine, an ? ? .mgh
to slay one imprisoned r.'he1 sfter I ' ? '
did so in the name of "j'.is'ie." the judff
this rebellion being oAeen of tl
had refused to stand Bgainst '?
Ulster.
It is not in vain, bewover, that these
and Gaelic scholars and repabticani 9m*
itOOd blindfolded to le ihot hy l
diers. Their verdict Ofl English sutl rity "***
scarcely in fault. They estimated with j-*'
contemptaoosneei th" Umper ?
whose yoke Ireland \o**
to endure. Until thal n '"'
land. by the fullilment ol
rnaniory of thia '
te-t.bes sadly but heroieally that there ara
.-ul! Iri.hmen wbe lannot be wld OVOf ^*
i-our.ter, Iri.-hmen who set no ultimate sar.ctiOS
er. a disbonesl sathority, Irishmen who letai
ultimate value on their merely mortal livea.