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The Jri^H Volunteers Delicacy of the Irish Party's Prevented the ' I R ^ 12 TH E IRISH VOLUNTFER. tosttor Kettle. e \ -M l'.; prafasagr Thomas cx-non.&immiasiciued officers at the regular MacOoaougb, of the National University, army, aad « tw « tlensiud W-soldiexs ere and Professor Eoin MncNelH, Vice-Presi­ drilling with the reenittg fa different pans dent of the Gaelic League. The extreme of the country, The Jri^h Volunteers delicacy of the Irish Party's prevented the ' i r ^ - . leaders from taking any part In the for­ NatJoaalftl Women's Auxiliary mation dI the Volunteers, Iwit they have, Movcment. never spoken against the movement, and the main body ot ijteir supporters in Ire land have enlisted In its ranks. Doth Pro­ The women have farmed an qinrfliaty fessor MacXetll and Mr Laurence J Kettle, movement, and among ttu prominewi From the Exile’s Pointof View the two secretaries of the organisation, ara ladies interested at* Miss Agnes O'Fstri-— devoted followers of Mr Redmond and the telly, M.A. ; Mrs T 11 Kettle, Mr* Psd- Irish Party. Mr kettle is the brother of raic Colum, Countess Mariicvica, Miss Prof. T M K ettle, and the eon of Mr. Gavan Duffy, and Mrs Wyse Power. The Lady Mayoress of Dublin sent a letter of The Irish Volunteer movement, unknown Andrew Kettle, the Land League veteran. support to tba IcBugut&l uiftticg. up to a few months ago, has of late as­ Garrison Means Unionism. Uolonel Moore, lately attached to head­ sumed gigantic proportions and has spread quarters staff, has seen service with the The word "garrison” in Ireland has like wildfire throughout the whole of the Connaught It auger a, and Is a scion of a Singers and 8e*r.^ come to be synonymous with Unionism. South, West, and Midland Counties, liven historic Mayo family. Sir Roger Case­ The Yeomanry, Hoy Scouts, and all such in Ulster itself the Irish Volunteers have ment will be best remembered by his scath­ The chief writers connected with the movements have always been the pet and sprung into being, and are now a force ing exposure of the Pmumayo scandals. Irish literary revival have written in aup- exclusive preserves of the Unionist min­ to he reckoned with. A representative of He was for many years attached to the I>ori of the idea, and among those who ority. The attitude of army officers enme this journal has been making inquiries in Consulate in Australia and served as Con­ have contributed to "The National Volun­ ns no surprise to the observant Iriuhinary authoritative circles, and the results of his sul at Hayti and other centres. teer,” the weekly organ of the movement, Circumstances have made it so that it wax investigation are set out below. are Profs. Kettle, MacDonough, and Mac- the scions of Unionist families who spurred The Rank and File, Neill; I* H Pearse, B.L., tleadmaster St. How the Movement Arose. on Nationalist regiments with Irish watch Enda’s C o l l i e ; l ’adraic Colum, Daniel words, which the officers held in contempf, " "" • y-rsyr-- The movement was the inevitable sequel Corkerv. Arthur Griffith, M J Judge, Ter. in the wars of England. While every Many oher prominent men are acting to the ' Ulster’’ Volunteers. Recruiting esa Bray ton, and Louisa MacManus. fa young Unionist in Ireland had opportuni­ ou the Executive, which was formed out for a citizen army was made legal by the many places the local clergy have pre­ ties of making himself proficient in arms, of a joint meeting of delegates from all example of North-East Ulster. The mili­ sided orer the inaugural meeting of the the great body of Nationalists were in a Nationalist organisations. The Volunteer tary spirit is not indigenous to the four Volunteers—the latest examplo being Fa. force consists of .man of all shades of mi­ to-called homogeneous counties, of Ulster state so undisciplined that they invited nor political divergence, though all are “* RiQf * nd. Co. Dublin, alone, and the young men of Ireland have attack, and would be mown down by the united to the Irish Party's demand for awakened to the act that if 20,000 men, of first ice who came along. self-government: Hibernians, Foresters, whom only 8.000 are decently armed, can Mr. Redmond’s Warning to Truculent A Necessary Protection for the Gaelic Leaguers, Sinn Reiners, and a large hinder I lento Kale, a force of 300,000 Unionism. - Parfiament. number of Protestant Homo Rulers are armed Nationalists can expedite it. to be found in step in the Volunteer par­ The new movement is the first bold, sig­ The country depended totally on Eng., ades, A splendid nucleus for the Yolun. In connection with this movement it is nificant resvtIt of Carson’s Volunteers. land for military protection. flat! Eng teer army was provided in the tens of interesting to recall the statement of Mr Nobody was so blind as not lot see that land to withdraw her regular troops to thousands of young athletes, hurlers and Redmond in a Canadian magazine fa reply t arson's strength lay in the fact that he defend her own shores in case of emer­ footballers, who are rocrobetrs of the Gaelic to^fr Balfour’s anli-Home Rule pamphlet hat! hoodwinked sums proportion of the gency. Ireland would have been left with Athletic Association, the controlling body — "Suppose the British Government decid­ Itrilisli public into the belief that thou­ an open breast to the foe. The Irish peo­ for Irish pastimes. ed to do nothing, what will be Mr Bal­ sands of hi* followers were willing to shed ple do not wish to face llie hu mil union four V altitude if four-fifth a ot the IrisV the r htood in opposition to Home Rule. of another conquest. Whatever overtures people declare their i men lion of taking up There was a picturesqueness about the have been made to Germany have emaua Spread o f the Movement. arms in order to claim that settlement amateur Ulster soldier that appealed to ted from the Carson Volnnteers. Recent happenings show how little reliance is to Which the representative House of Com­ the British mind, and a movement that The army it now very much stronger in mons has offered to them and he placed on the Regular Army to defend had not a jo t of patriotism an2 'but little numbers than the artnal strength of Car­ which has only been withheld un­ the Irish Parliament from attack and to sincerity behind it was made to appear as son's Volunteers, and the correspondent of der threats of violence? These are enforce its decrees. The main strength of :m a'most epic heroism in the pictures the “ManChester Guardian,” who was no the realities of the situation, and l observe that Parliament will depud on a National of the illustrated papers and the reports stringent critic of the latter force, stated that they are not touched on in Mr Hal. ftmiy of Volunteers, of the special correspondents. he ‘’thought tlie National Volunteers would four's interesting dialectic.’’ What traditions has lhe ■'Ulster” move Knally if -Ulster- thinks Home R„le make a much more capable fighting force." worth fighting against, Ireland believes it Recruits are being enrolled at the rate of meats behind it? Hare Antrim poets of Mr. Dillon’s Hint and the M oral, en earlier date or of a greater clarity of to U worth fighting for. The cause of 1,003 per week, and com pa ay drills' take intellect lhan William Moore sung of Ul­ National autonomy is surely as sacred as place every alternate night in thrdifieront Still more recently Mr Jo h n DiUon de- ster a-S' a separate atid distinct provincial the cause of provincial disintegration. On centres. During the past few weeks meet­ Glared al Consett: "If ulster could raise entity ? Is every sod beneath the Orange­ the one hand, a faction declare that never ings have been Held and military drill com­ 100,000 men, it would bo far easier for man's heel a soldier’s cemetery? Has under any circumstances will they submit menced in Dray, Cashel, Ringsend, Water­ the Nationalists to raise 300,000 men, and the Orange community been renowned in to Home Rule; the Irish people 'send up ford, Tullamor v, Letterkenny, Athboy, he would back ibe Nationalists against every age for spiritual abnegation and un­ the counter-cry that never under any cfa Drogheda, Xavan, Bailing, Ballinasloe. the Ulstermen any day. If by their pre­ selfish devotion to high ideals? Hits the cuinstances will they again submit to Hub Buudoram, Enn^, Castlebar, Achilt, Castle, sent operations the Ulstermen succeeded I'n Cbstit rufe. tevolt memories of generations of sell- pollard, Wexford, KiUamej, Westport, in defeating the B'l), 300,000 Nationalists would make the government of Ireland sacrifice to look back upon............................ ^ Purpose of ihtf Volunt&trs*. Tralee, Athlone, Emttseonhy, Oorey, Kil­ The history of Ireland teems with in kenny, Belfast, Strabane, Counties Derry, under the old system impossible.” rptratton for the National Volunteers. At ■ The Irish Volunteers were established Tyrone, Donegal, Monaghan, and Kerry, Messrs Fattell, Joyce and Ltmdon are whatever cost Ireland has never disowned three months ago with the following con- among the members of the Irish Party stitutioB—R im : To secure and maintain who have given a welcome to the Volun­ r.r dishonoured the memory of her mar­ The Numerical Strength. tyred dead. Her soldier sons have won t e rights an<j liberties common to all teer*. Because of tho army revolt, these ihc b'-tt’.cs of England, of France, of people of Ireland.
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