EDITED BY ARTHUR GRIFFITH.
Vol. 1. No. 24. (New Series). SA TU R D A Y, JU L Y 28th, 1917. PRICE ONE PENNY.
Now, if anybody imagines that this defence them what they ask—even, though'it takes a WBBK BY WBBK. and eulogy of Lloyd George—this exhortation small slice off their profits. Thus may the —*— to Ireland to accept a Home Buie scheme with- Empire be saved by the Matthew McCuskers of The following order lias been issued ut fiscal autonomy, this suggestion that Ulstei Belfast, who, far from the firing line, are mak to the Irish Nation by the .Government of or its counties may be accorded a Referendum ing their bit out of the “ munition-workers’ England, now engaged in championing the on any Home Rule proposals, this reiteration beer,” and righteously insist that their Empire freedom Of small nations and upholding the that Ireland must be content to remain a graz exists on-a Beer-Profit basis. concept of-’democracy against the principle of ing ranch and must on no account attempt to autocracy:— supply herself with coal of her own mining—if “ It shall not be lawful for any person in anybody imagines that because the editor of the That eminent statesman Sir Edward Carson any newspaper, periodical, circular, or other Cork Examiner” met Lloyd George in Lon informed his Ulster supporters last week that printed publication, or in any public speech, to don on July 17th and the article was published Germany must withdraw her armies beyond the publish any report, or statement of, or to pur in Cork three days later, that there was any Rhine in order to discuss peace. For Germany port to describe or to refer to, any proceedings connection bteween the two facts, he is mis to withdraw beyond the Rhine would be for of the Convention assembled on the invitation taken ; for the editor of the “ Cork Examiner ” Germany to yield up a huge piece of her ter of His Majesty’s Government for the purpose will lay his hand on the place where his heart ritory ; but Sir Edward Carson and his Unionist of preparing a constitution for the future ought to be and declare that the only topics admirers were not aware of that. They took government of Ireland, or of any Committee of of discussion were two, and that they related it for granted that the Rhine is the German that Convention, except such report or state not to Ireland, but to England and to Russia. frontier. And the Minister who made such an ignorant blunder has been just promoted to ment thereof as may be officially authorised • # * be a member of the Inner War Cabinet. When by the Chairman of the Convention. The English Government has refused pass “ If any person contravenes any provision may we hope to hear this intelligent politician ports to the representatives of the Irish Labour of this regulation he shall be guilty of an declare that peace will be made with Austria- Party to attend the Stockholm Conference. Hungary when it retires behind the Vistula ? offence against these regulations.” , England, it is to be remembered, is fighting • * * * e for the rights of small nations and the prin The Irish Nation, it appears, will be sent to ciple of democracy. There was one small error in our article on jail if it even refers to the proceedings /of a “ How Ireland is Taxed.” , We stated that body set up to “ prepare a constitution for the margarine paid tax as “ cocoa butter” or future government of Ireland.” This, how Two Irish cities have complimented Madame “ copra.” It is on cocoa-nut butter—-the pro ever, is not autocracy. .We have Moyd George’s .Markievicz by adding her name to their roll duct of copra—the tax is paid. Margarine of honorary citizens—Kilkenny and Sligo. word for it. thus escapes the tax. Cocoa-nut butter is a * * * flr Madame Markieyicz’s transparent sincerity fat* obtained from the fruit of the cocoa-nut. .It would be difficult ^t^J|t^i;qm •. -and dfevotiqn jtp her gountry have, not. shielded • 'xm, r •' *.“? “* ' D l ^ lii^peiialnt ^eport of H&eTjc^- %er fromHhe^T«ai A reader is -puzaleaby the figures of Irish ford meeting , V invented and spread through the country the^sJanders on Roger-Casement, and on every imports and exports (1915)—£17,039,000 in all. “ Hr. A. Griffith declared th$t Sinn Fein man and woman Of prominence in the National The figures quoted are the figures of the trade of would not.attend*the Convention. At the" Movement ; and we particularly rejoice, in the Ireland with the world at large, outside Great > same time he denied that Sinn Feiners de honour Kilkenny and Sligo have done to our Britain, not the figures of inter-traide between clined to go to the Convention.” countrywoman. Ireland and Great Britain. The figure * • * * ' > O ' £1,220,645,000 for England is the figure of Mr. A. Griffith stated that Sinn Fein would The ‘ ‘ Independent” reports that the Mayor England’8 trade with the world, not the figure not decline a Convention whose members''were of Sligo was assaulted by some of the harpies of her inter-trade with Scotland and Ireland. freely elected by aduit suffrage in Ireland, who of'that city on Sunday-evening, and that the « # • were ‘free to deolare for the complete independ Constabulary, who witnessed the assault, in stead of arresting the law-breakers, looked on Since we are on figures we may contrast the ence of their country,,, and wliose majority de revenue of Ireland with that of other coun cision, England pledged herself beforehand to and laughed. The two Constabulary men against whom a tries. Ireland’s revenue for the current year the United States and the nations of Europe will be £30,000,000. That sum is equal to the to accept'-and ratify. That is the Sinn Fein coroner,s jury has returned a verdict of “ wilful murder” are still at large, still in the Govern | normal revenue of Belgium, which has a popu position towards the Convention. England lation nearly double ours to tax and-provide declines to permit the members to be chosen ment service, and still drawing pay from the Castle. I for. It is £6,000,000 greater than the revenue by the people of Ireland/declines to permit of Roumania, £8,000,000 greater than the re A meeting called to condemn the conduct of them to consider the compTete independence of venue of Sweden, and £11,000,000 greater than -their country,, and declines to- pledge herself the Constabulary in Killaloe on the night of the Clare election, when, without provocation the revenue of Holland. It is equal to the to accept a majority decision. Therefore, combined revenues of Denmark, Switzerland, the Convention is a sham and humbug, and and without reading the Riot Act, they baton ed the people and attempted a bayonet-charge, Norway, and Greece. It is thrice-and-a-half with sham and humbug Sinn Fein will have the revenue of Serbia, nearly thrice the re no ctealings. # # has been prohibited by Dublin Castle. -» * * venue of Bulgaria, and nine times the revenue The English Premier met the editors of cer of Switzerland. Ireland raises the.largest re “ Where is the recruiting-sergeant?” Mr. venue of the small nations of Europe—and tain newspapers one day last week at Downing Matthew McCusker and the other publicans of what does she get for it? St., and discussed with them “ matters of Belfast, who refuse fair treatment to their as • • « public importance.” The editor of the “ Cork sistants, want to know. The assistants have Examiner” on'Friday penned a leading article struck work, and Matthew and his colleagues Holland, Sweden, and other countries obtain in whiciiv he declared that the Irish Party had have issued a leaflet bearing this'legend. If and maintain an army and fleet, a diplomatic “ made blunders,” and that the chief, of the assistants won’t.-work for the Belfast pub and consular service, and administration of them was due to their acceptance of Mr. As licans on the Belfast publicans’ terms, then the Dutch and Swedish affairs by Dutchmen and quith’s pronouncement ‘ that the coercing of Belfast publicans declare it is the clear duty Swedes. Ireland gets none of these things. Ulster is unthinkable. Observe, it is Mr. of the English' Government, to run them into The thirty million goes to defray the expenses Asquith, not Mr. Lloyd George, who misled the the army. This is how Matthew arguee:— of the subjection of Ireland to English in innocent Party. ‘The editor of the “ Cork Beer is necessary to win the war. terests, and to put a handsome profit in Eng Examiner” emphatically denies that “ break land’s pocket. Barmen are necessary to serve the beer. • * • fast at the table of Lloyd George” had any If barmen shirk serving beer they are help So much for revenue. Take population. influence on the Party. • The editor of the ing to lose the war. “ Cork Examiner,” fresh from Downing St., Therefore, if barmen go on strike they should In that particular Ireland, despite the artificial declares (1) Ireland ought not to have fiscal be forced into the army. famine, and the steady exodus set up autonomy; (2) Ireland must continue to buy coal thereby, equals Serbia, almost equals Bul • * from England, and'since “ it is not yet found garia, and exceeds Norway, Denmark, and in Ireland” must (we trust always) “ rely on a Isn't it clear? It appears that the barmen Switzerland. In extent Ireland is nearly three cattle trade” as its mainstay ; (4) Ireland was on strike are “ as bad as the Germans;” they times as large as Belgium, twice-and-a-half the not injured by the notorious Lloyd-George ‘ consume the nation’s food vith no return.” size Of Holland, more than double the size of Budget of 1909, which imposed an extra two “ This war must be won,” declare the Belfast Denmark or Switzerland, and almost equal to million tax on Ireland. On the contrary, it publidans, emphatically. “ If it is lost it will Serbia. Holland, Belgium and Montenegro increased Irish prosperity; (5) the “ Cork Ex ; only be through the shirkers ” —i.e., the bar combined are not so large as Ireland. Spain, aminer” “ will not cavil at the methods” taken men on strike for better conditions of labour, the most powerful of the ’neutral countries, by the Convention to arrive at a decision, and which the Belfast publicans refuse to give. has a revenue only 25 per cent, greater than w®uld suggest that if a Referendum be taken, The situation is serious, but the key of it the revenue of Ireland. Out of that she ad “ it be taken by provinces; or even by coun is in the pockets of tflie Belfast publicans. They ministers the affairs of a population four-and- ties.” can get their barmen back to work by giving a-half times greater than our present popula- 2 NATIONALITY. Saturday, July 28th, 1917.
tion, and keeps up a first-rate army and a centage of unemployment books lodged was is made to Ireland—a damning oversight. We second-rate' fleet. Keep these facts in mind only 0.66 for 'the “ United Kingdom,” but for are told the remarkable news that “ some Irish when humbug and ignorance prate of “ Little Ireland it was 2.41. This means that the “ out- migratory labourers have also taken up work Ireland.” of-works ’ ’ were nearly four times as numerous in Lancashire, Cheshire, and Yorkshire;” and • * * in Ireland as the average for the three king under the head of “ Scotland” that 11 a con It is impossible for the Sinn Fein Executive doms in the engineering trades. siderable number of Irish migratory labourers io supply speakers for all the meetings now were reported to have come to Berwick.** being organised on Sundays in support of the Meanwhile the “ National Service Director” Sinn ■Fein movement. At least three weeks’ In the Irish Shipbuilding yards there were is addressing circulars to farmers to find out notice must henceforth be given to the Execu 17,000 insured persons, and of these 1.67 were how many labourers they want, while the men tive to enable it to provide speakers, and re out of work out of an average for the “ U.K.’ ’ are gone. quests for speakers should be addressed to the of 0.35—that is, only one-fifth of the number. * * • Executive and not personally. It is only thus * * . • On Sunday next the Pilgrimage to the Reek, it can be hoped to cope with .the pressing cry In the linen trade there are no unemploy to Cruach Patrick, will take place. From the from North, South, East,, and West. ment insurance returns. Apparently our prin summit of this the Mount Horeb of Ireland, # # * cipal industry is not protected against" unem I'r. Corcoran of Ballina, will deliver a sermon Last week, for instance, outside Kilkenny, ployment. We are told that the supply of in our own tongue to a multitude of pilgrims. On members of the Executive were engaged in labour was unequal to the demand in some parts. •the day following (Monday) Fr. O’Flanagan addressing meetings in three provinces. Mr. of Ireland. A considerable amount of .short will, in Westport, open the Mayo Feis, which De Valera, who has not rested since his elec- • time was worked in Belfast. The number em 'during the wees: Eoin Mac Neill, Eamonn De tion campaign, was at Longford on Sunday | ployed increased by 2.4 per cent, in the past Valera, and others, will attend. When Patrick* and proceeded thence to Sligo. Mr.'Miiroy twelve months, according to the summary of climbed the mountain on the first pilgrimage addressed meetings on Thursday in Athy, on the employers’ making returns in Ireland, and it was in answer to a throbbing, fervid im Friday in Carlow, on Sunday in Milltownl the wages increased by 30 per cent. In pulse which had seized upon him. He feareJ (Westmeath), and on Monday in Sligo. Count “ bleaching, dyeing, printing, and finishing” for Ireland. Wearied and oppressed by dark Plunkett spoke at Longford on Sunday, Mr. there was a decrease of 7.8 per cent, in the forebodings, he sought, in panic the awful in Lennon at Dunmore in Galway, Dr. Dillon at number of workpeople (684 persons). timacy of God and His’’counsel. He went, as Eyrecourt in Galway. Mr. Arthur Griffith the chroniclers state, “ le foireigin a deunaimh spoke at Athy on Thursday, at Castlepollard ar Fhlaitheas le na urnaighthibh ” —to do viol In the boot and shoe trade there are 592 ence to Heaven by prayer; for “ maidin agus on Sunday afternoon, at Longford later the workpeople—an increase of 4.6 per cent. In same day, and again at Castlepollard at night. the shirt and collar trade there are some three oidhche is ar ar dtir bhiodh se ag smuaineamh,, Others were engaged on Sunday in Kilkenny, thousand persons employed in Ireland—half of —day and nig'ht his thought was upon the fate Sligo, Dublin County, and other counties. Now them in Derry—according to these very of our country. Let those who on Sunday it is evident that however willing members of incomplete returns. They are certainly many trace Patrick’s footsteps up across the great the Executive may be they cannot subdivide times this number, usually employed in Derry mountain . remember Ireland also in their themselves over all the meetings fixed for Sun alone; but only a few employers make returns. prayers. But on Monday joy will be in West days.. The best effort will be made, but it is There was a decline of 5.8 per cent, in Derry, port—the brave-joy and proud pageantry of useless for those who arrange public meetings 10.5 per cent, in Belfast, and an increase of the Gael—for the Feis Mhuigheo will have to expect to get speakers from the Executive 14.1 per cent, in the rest of Ireland. opened. And the pilgrims will throng there, at a couple of days’ notice. If this be kept in chastened, uplifted, armoured with new hope. Let Westport give them welcome. Special ' mind, and reasonable notice given, it may be In the important branch of building and possible to overtake the enormous demand we trains -are running from all parts; the cheap construction of works there is absolutely no fares are an inducement whioh begets a duty. are now seeking to satisfy. return at all for-Ireland. There used to be • # « figures given for each division of these trades in Ireland, but the Labour Bureau has recently How many men Have been thrown out of closed down the figures, which can be taken The “ Kilkenny People” has been suppressed employment by the needless tyranny of trade from the insurance books. It is admitted, by the British*Military Authorities in Ireland. restrictions ? We have been looking into the however, that the general percentage of un The suppression took place on the morning of question and find that there is no Irish Labour employed men in the building trade in Ireland. the Convention to select a Sym Fein candidate Bureau, and therefore no means of finding out increased £rom. .3.6 a year ago to-* 5.4 last for the City,- over g which) Mjf.^E. T. Keane, •definitely. In a country with a Government1 month, and this increase £& unemployment took editor and proprietor of the “ People/’ pre this information would be carefully collected' sided. place in June, the figure for May being 3.6, * # * once a month and the position reviewed. It though the percentage for the “ U.K.” was is one of the first duties of a Government to do The Westmeath County Council has made only 0.80 in June. This means that the haste to disavow its Chairman (Mr, Coen’s) 'this. Employment is the very health of a proportion out of work In Ireland is exactly nation, but the alleged Government of Ireland seven times what it Is in the whole average of impudent attempt to prevent the extension of is unable to say how many people are disem Great Britain and Ireland. For London it was the franchise in Ireland. Mr. Coen said that ployed in Ireland at the present or any other 1.4 compared with 1.8 a year ago, being a when he thus voted he never really voted against the e xtension of the franchise. Perhaps moment. In Britain, of course, the figures substantial reduction. For the remaining are carefully kept, as they are in all countries nine districts representing G.B., excluding i; is.only a case for examination by a mental possessing a genuine Government. The specialist. London, the percentages unemployed foere 0.6 “ Labour Gazette” is tLe monthly organ of the Ministry of Labour, and in addition to or less in each case. This means that unem ployment in the Irish building trade is about Lanesboro’ Aeridheacht, postponed from British statistics we find it gives the returns nine times greater than in Great Britain. July 15th, will be held on August 5th. for Germany, the details of which are takwi from the “ Reichs-Arbeitsblatt ” (the journal * * * of the German Department of Labour Statis In the woodworking and furnishing trades tics), and from the “ Deutscher Heichsan- we are given no figures, but are informed that colAisce An ■OAinsin zeiger ” (Prussian Official Gazette). It also cabinet makers continued well employed at gives returns from Holland, Canada, and the principal, centres, with the exception of (Dingle Irish College). United States, and much other information. Belfast and Dublin, where employment was But there is nothing in the form of an Irish bad. Mill’sawing and machinery and coopers Sessions, 1917. return of an intelligible nature. There are —“ still bad at Belfast.” We learn from only a few particulars given in relation to a the Furnishing Trades Association that there First Term.—July 2nd to July 28th. few trades in which we enjoy the place-of a are hundreds of woodworkers idle in Dublin, Second Term.—July 30th to September 1st. district. We glean here and there a few facts. while they cannot get enough cabinet makers Classes to Suit all Students. It should be stated first that the number of un for the aeroplane industry in England. We employed in what it calls the “ United King have.no aeroplane making here, and we have to SPECIAL CLA88ES FOR BEGINNER8 and dom ” was never lower. There is not one in pay big taxes for the machines made in Eng BI-LINGUAL TEACHERS. two hundred out of work. The few figures land, while our cabinet makers are starving. given for Ireland have, of course, no effect on This is how the “ partner ” works. The only Unusaal Terms to all Students attending College. the gross number returned; but by putting us remedy is to set up the industry in this coun into the tables without any discrimination try, and to secure a share in the enormous ex-, For Prospectus, etc., write to:— the serious unemployment, in Ireland is care pansion of aerial traffic, which is rapidly be P-d‘OUA15 0 COTlCOtl’O-A, ’ fully hidden away, and a foreigner could not coming a regular industry of gigantic dimen judge the disastrous havoc of the restrictions sions, and will continue after the war. It is tlCw/Mtie C o l& r c e An T)Ain5 in, on our trade. A careful examination will, a new industry of transportation, for which Dingle, Co. Kerry. however, show that there is no justification for Irish linen is splendidly adapted. - believing that we are in a satisfactory con « * f f NEW ALTAR8, MACHERA CHURCH. dition, as is pretended in the British House of The beautiful New Carpets and Fittings for above Commons, where a member named Chancellor In the printing trade the situation in Iceland Altars supplied by recently asked: “ Are there any returns at all is exceedingly serious. The Irish Trade Union in Ireland?” Such is the effect of having returns 2,150 members, of which 7.0 per cent. J. Ooivaxolly fir’ Oo. questions answered by a Chief Prevaricator. —that is seven in every hundred—are out, or 59 Upper Arthur Street, Belfast. ten times more than in any other district. The WRITE FOR 8UGGE8TI0N8 AND PATTERNS. • * « average for the “ U.K.’-’ is only six per thous In coal-mining there are only 465 persons and disemployed. In London the percentage An Cum Ann 5 a o SINN FBIN NATIONAL FUND. £ s d s d Pearse Sinn Fein Club, Manchester Bean TTi Uadall 0 0 (per. Aine Nic Gearailt) 7 0 0 - Kerryman,” Ltd., Tralee 0 0 TRUSTEES’ APPEAL. .Collected in Dangan and District *-T. F .,” "Milltown 0 0 In her long fight for freedom Ireland has never had by A. Ni Coileain and E. 0 Coileain 6 1 6 ‘ Ireland’s Eye ” ;.. 0 0 a greater opportunity than at present. The cry of Passage TViest Anti-Placehunters J. Murphy, Dublin 0 0 nationality raised at the beginning of the war is heard ‘ Galteemore ” ~ 0 0 louder and louder above the din of battle as the (per C. Grant) V - . ... v’ ; 5 11 6 months go by. That each nation must be allowed Killahan Sinn Fein Club (per M. It. A Wexfordman 0 0 to choose its own form of government, and to rule O’Connell) . . • 5 0 0 P. Bowler ... • 0 0 itself, is now admitted to be the only basis upon Sean MacDercnot Sinn Fein Club A Turbulent Kerry Priest 0 0 which peace can be re-established. Per D. McSuley, Omagh 0 16 0 But though the general principle be admitted, and (per Michael Creamer) ... 5 0 0 in fact loudly proclaimed, a persistent effort is being Carrigaholt Irish Yolunteers (per Per D. McAuley, Omagh 0 16 0 made to make an exception or Ireland. The enemies Miss Behan) * ... 4 15 0 ‘ Artane” 0 15 0 of Ireland are striving to obscure Ireland’ s claim to Ballina and District‘(per John Clarke) 4 4 J. Fitzgerald and Friends, Portadown 0 15 0 nationhood, and to hide it from the world. They •Q, |‘ Three of the OM Guard,” Lavey, cannot do this unless they can make it appear that Con Colbert Sinn Fein Club, Ardagh they have the consent of the majority of the Irish (per Chas. O’Shaiighnesy) 4 2 6 County Cavan ... 0 15 0 people. Ireland is no longer looked upon throughout Collected by Joe Stanley, Dublin 4 0 0 Miss K. Drago .v..-- ... .0 15 0 the world as a mere domestic affair of England. The A Few South Dublin Nationalists 0 15 0 position of Ireland as one of the oppressed nations of Lissard (Galbally) Sinn Fein Club (per W . Landers)?*. ... 4 0 0 Sinn Feiners, Howth (per M. Quinn) 0 11 0 Europe is every day becoming better known and re Dr. P. Campbell, J.P., Drumquin 0 10 6 cognised. But no Power, or combination of Collected b y 'P . S. Breathnach, Powers, can keep Ireland an international question Dublin ... ' ^ ... 3 12 0 J. Connolly, Dunsford, Co. Down 0 10 0 without the co-operation of the Irish people them Dr. McDonnell ...... 0 10 0 selves. In order that the position of Ireland may be Cree (Co; Clare) Sjnn*/Fein Club : (per Batt Crowley) ... John Heddeman, Carrigaholt (per made every day more and more secure, the voice of 3 0 0 Miss M. Behan) ...... 0 10 0 the country must become daily louder and more X.Y.Z., Ratligar (2nd sub.) ... 3 0 0 distinct. Mallow Young Ireland H. and F. Rev. P. McEvoy, Lurgan ... 0 10 0 Long enough have we appealed to England’s sense Clubs and Friends (per M. J. Rev. James Darley, -C.C;, Ballela, of fair play. In her dealings with Ireland England County Down ...... 0 10 0 Delaney) ' ' ... 0 has never shown any sense of fair play. For over 3 0 P. McCullagh, R.D.C., Greencastle 0 10 0 thirty years we have tried the plan of playing off one Dungannon (perD. Dojinelly, m.p.s.i . 2 17 6 English Party against another. When at last we had Mountbellew' Sinn Fein Club (per John Gormley, J.P., Omagh ... 0 10 0 secured, by constitutional means, a measure of pro Peadar ...... * ... 0 10 0 vincial autonomy, far less than' is enjoyed by small M. Lahey) ...... 2 14 0 Collected by P. Mac Diarmada, Car- An Scolaire Bocht ...... 0 10 0 English colonies, like Newfoundland and New Zealand, Liam Slataraigh ...... 0 10 0 we were deprived of it by unconstitutional means. low (2nd’ instalment) 2 12 0 In her eagerness to deny us even the simulacrum of ‘ ‘ Quiet, yet Central, for Business or Pleasure: the policy of Parliamentarianism—and the policy that preaches national, political and eco FLE/nSNG’S H O TE L , nomic construction—the policy that cen 32 GARDINER’S PLACE, DUBLIN. tres Irish hope and faith and thought in Ire Cosgrave Tn-o minutes’ walk from Gardiner St. Chapel or trams land itself—the policy that found the Mol SELECT MODERATE. CONVENIENT. davian and Wallachian slaves a hundred years ago and built them into the free nation of Abu I CENTS’ VELOUR HATS— IRISH TRIMttED Roumania— the policy that found the Bulgars CENTS’ STRAW HATS— IRISH TRIMMED a serf-province 80 years ago and made them into the free and powerful Bulgarian nation of iafety pin) ; extra good quality and fii to-day— the policy that found Hungary tramp value. 6d.f post free; half-dozen lots sent G L E E S O N & C o . led under the military heel of Austria less than post free for 2/6. seventy years ago, and made it into the potent The same brooch in green, white and orange, Tailors and Drapers. post free for 7d.; half-dozen lots for 3/-, post Hungary of to-day— the policy of Sinn Fein— IRISH COODS ONLY. it is between these two policies Kilkenny must 6d.f post free, superb Photo-Brooch (shamrock cast its vote. Councillor Cosgrave upholds design) of De Valera, McGuinness, and Plun kett, with words “ Sinn Fein Abu I” in centre. 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Celtic designs—Irish Kings AH literary communications should be *ddre«»*d to and Queens. 1/6, by post 1/9. the Editor. * THE ENGLISH POLICY IN IRELAND New Humorous Song, by the author of the AD business communications to the Manajjcr. “ Soldier’s Song,” entitled “ V/hack Fol the 6 Harcourt St.. DubJir. Diddle.” Full 3Iu.%ieaI Score and Pianoforte For Sobaaription and Arivtrtliing Rates, m* p. 8. The laws by which Irish industry and trade Accompaniment. Words and .Music, post were restrained and prohibited in the interest of England actively operated from the begin ning of the 17th century until the year 1782, NATIONALITY. with two brief interruptions. The IrislrPar- WHELAN & SON liament of 1689, besides decreeing the inde pendence of Ireland, restored Ireland’s freedom THE SIMN^EIH 8H0P, S A T U R D A Y , J W t Y 28th, 1917. of trade and industry, but the triumph of the 17 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin. English in 1601 cancelled both. In succession thereafter England destroyed^ or attempted to destroy, the woollen, paper,’glass and other KILKENNY. manufactures, and by the rigorous application e r 8 Q Yourself, of her navigation laws drove us Irish out of E— L * Your Country, the world market and confined us to her own. H ------Your Fellow-Countrymen. Kilkenny is the first city in Ireland to re This state of alfairs endured until the revolu ceive opportunity to endorse the choice made tion of 1782, when Ireland’6 sovereignty was By Supporting THE CITY OF DUBLIN ASSURANCE by the counties of Roscommon, Longford, and nominally restored, and the power of Ireland SOCIETY, Clare. It has to decide whether Ireland is to make peace and war, conclude treaties with other countries, establish and maintain an Which ie a Sound and Progressive content to remain an impoverished and op PURELY IRISH SOCIETY. EMPL0Y8 ONLY aimy and navy, protect its own industries and IRI8HMEN. TRANSACTS ONLY IRI8H BUSI pressed province of England, or whether, re trade freely with the outside world, was ac NESS. CONTROLLED BY IRI8H MEN. claiming its title to nationhood— still more knowledged. William Pitt was inclined to Worked on a Mutual and Co-operative Basis, all ancient than that *f‘ Belgium or Serbia or accept the arrangement as final. Profits being the Property of the Members. Foland—it will, like them, deny the right of But Pitt, and all English Ministers since Pitt, Additional Agents Wanted. are in the ultimate governed, as Lord Chief Apply— T H E S ECR ETAR Y, any foreign authority over it, and demand from Head Offices, D'Olier Chambers, D UB LIN . Justice Bushe said, by the English mercantile that Peace Conference whose chief function, interest. The advance of Ireland in manu- . according to the declarations of the United iacturing industry and in commerce was so J. X. LEMASS, States, Russia, France, and England, will be vast in the first few years of legislative in HATTER AND OUTFITTER, the re-construction of the map of the world on dependence that the English shipping and mercantile interests menaced Pitt with pol the basis of nationalities, that independence 2 and 3 Cape! Street, Dublin itical destruction unless he destroyed Ireland; which is Ireland’s right not less than it is the and Pitt, yielding to the menace, decided on !*H8H-MADE G00D8 A SPECIALITY. right of Poland. the destruction of Ireland politically and Kilkenny City has to decide whether in its economically. Pitt thereupon planned the Union, and even A FEW ITEM8 OF OUR BOOK LISTi— judgment the policy of recognising the Eng tually succeeded in carrying that infamous lish Parliament, of looking to that foreign a ad Poems of Thomas McDor •debt, and the full control of finance and all taxation increased 450 per cent. We find our And yet submission meant the triumph of a accounts was placed in England’s hands. trade with North America alone decreased bv cruel policy—the clearance of whole districts. (2) The abolition of the separate Irish Cus ten millions sterling annually, and if we look Was there no .middle way of safety ? • Yes: toms. This placed Irish commerce and ac- where that trade;went to we find that the Eng in the policy of Passive Resistance.” And A. .counts in England’^ grip. lish stole’ most of it while we had our eyes M: Sjullivan tells in eloquent words how that (3) The repeal of the Irish Corn Laws, un fixed on Westminster. We see the annual policy won; in picturesque language he tells der which the country had been turned back value of our fisheries, which should exceed the how the Queen, Lords, and Commons of Eng from pasture to tillage. annual value of the Scots fisheries, reduced to land surrendered to a demand of the Irish (4),.The withdrawal of grants and bounties, , an eighth- of the Scots value; and we see-the Nation made in Ireland by the Irish people, made by the Irish Parliament to found, foster English Government coming back on the Irish after they had derided all demands made by .and encourage Irish industries.' farmer, who imagined he had secured his Irish Parties in the English Parliament. And (5) The withdrawal of the ■ grants and en bolding, as his landlord.* Shall the Irish what, think you, was one of the things that couragements made by the Irish Parliament to continue to help England by recognising her helped to make the Land League a success and the Irish fisheries. Parliament, and remaining confined to her “ made inevitably the revolution that was soon (6J The .legislative prohibition of the Irish market ? Her market, in which she regulates to astonish England and the world?” The in tobacco industry and other industries viewed the price for our produce, and at the same'time fluence of Irish members’ oratory and Irish with alarm by English capitalists. seizes our market and pours her wares into it. members’ voting in Westminster? Not at (7) The abolition of the democratic fran- - Let the Irish people grasp this fact— Ireland is all. ‘ ‘ The scoffing hostility of Parliament, chise conferred on the Irish people by the Irish England’s biggest customer. Ireland annu the failure of Mr. Butt’s moderate policy in Parliament. ally buys from England more goods that any the House of Commons, and the rise of the All these blows aimed at the destruction of other country in the .world'. Not the United Parnell Party, with its sterner purpose and Ireland politically and economically were de- | States of America, nor'Germany before the war more combative action.” But was it even livered within a generation after the Act of nor Russia, nor France, nor the Colonies, nor combative action in Parliament? Not so. It Union became law. In the next few Indian purchased as much from England as did was due to the work, In Ireland, of “ the most years a system designed to encourage pauper Ireland. Ireland is England’s best customer; powerful political organisation Ireland has ism, and a system designed to destroy national Ireland is England*s largest*market. And if known for half a century;” an organisation .consciousness, were forced on the country under Ireland closed that market to her, England that was “ veiled Fenianism;” whose, great ad the guise of Poor Law and National Education. would suffer more than if the United States vice was not “ Trust the Party,” “ Don’t smash England thus regained in forty years after the closed her market to England* the ‘ Constitutional’ Movement;” but “ Keep i firm grip of your homesteads.” We could Union power almost as absolute over Ireland This is a fact scarcely known or realised, ^nd i a fact of enormous potential strength. When go on with quotations from the writings and as she had had in the days of *Cronjwell. She speeches of advocates of Parliamentarianism had .our Exchequer, * our Custom House, our Ireland seeks alternative markets for her pro to show that it was not the Party in West agriculture, -our manufactures, our commerce, duce—Ireland will be in a position to share the richest market England now possesses with minster, but “ pissive resistance” in Ireland our fisheries, and she diminished our fran that raised/ the Irish farmers from serfdom, chise. Our commerce dwindled from the seas other countries, and to bring England to a sense of her position. W e are weak in Ireland that brought about “ the fall of feudalism in a& it had dwindled under the Navigation Acts Ireland,” but we think enough has been —we were driven out of the world-market and because we did not understand our strength. With our Irish representatives sitting in Ire quoted to prove our contention. On the 13th forced into England’s alone. There we were June, 1883, in Melbourne, Mr. John Redmond \ forced, by the operation of the political econ land we can open for Ireland new markets and eject, so far as it siiits our interests, England in a defence of the Land League showed as omy of England, to sell our produce to her at from our own. clearly as any advocate of abstension at the lier price, and buy her goods at her price. She present day could show, how ineffective an had us dojvn, and she stabbed us with- im Irish Party was in Westminster and how Ire punity. land's 9nly hope lay in the organisation of the. But despite this oppression the Irish in ARGUMENTS FOR ITHDRAWAL Irish people in Ireland. How ironical his creased and/multiplied. The most virile and words and the words of the leaders of the so- moral race in Europe could not be diminished PROM WESTMINSTER. called “ Constitutional Movement” sound to by such means in a few decades. It was neces (By L. do R.). day when we see so many wild denunciations sary to Pitt’s policy, which his successors by the'self-same men of the Sinn Fein policy faithfully carried on, that the multiplication of III. of Self-Reliance and Passive Resistance. the Irish should b& checked, and it was neces What were, the views of Mr. John Dillon re The Local Government Act of 1898 marked sary to the mercantile policy of England that garding the Smn Fein policy of passive resist quite a big change in th e’administration of the Irish should be converted into a nation of ance in October 1881? Did he believe that local affairs in Ireland, and has placed a'great herdsmen.- For England no longer needed Parliamentarianism was “ the only alternative deal of power in the hands of the Irish people. grain from Ireland in large quantities; she to physical force ” in that year? He signed But was it the Irish Party in the English Par could import it' from elsewhere. But she the No-Rent Manifesto in that year. He ac liament secured_that measure? Let T. D. needed cattle and sheep to cheaply -feed her cepted as a principle then— “ Against the pas Sullivan answer. It “ was devised and draf vast manufacturing population. Therefore, sive resistance of an entire population military ted by the Government, without giving any in Ireland was turned into a cattle-ranch. power has no weapons.” Did he trust in timation to the Irish Party that they had such The population of England, compared with Parliamentary action alone ? He joined with a measure in contemplation...... It the population of Ireland, is now as 32 to 4. Parnell, A. J. Kettle, Michael Davitt, Thomas came as a surprise, ‘ a bolt from the blue,’ to It was but as 15 to 8 when England started to Brennan, Thomas Sexton, Patrick Egan, in the Irish people.” In other words, it was im reduce it by destroying Irish tillage. The giving such advice as'tlie following to the Irish material whether there were -Irish represent first step—the disfranchisement of the forty- people:—“ Do not suffer yourselves to be in atives at Westminster or not. English policy, shilling holders, which led to their landlords timidated by threats of military violence. . . . not an Irish Party in Parliament, dictated that having no further political use for them, and Do. not be wheedled into compromise of any measure. And, passing strange in these days, hence getting rid of them and “ consolidating” sort by the dread of eviction...... You have that measure was opposed by Mr. John E. their holdings—did not produce quick results. to choose between throwing yourselves upon Redmond, M .P.; Mr. William Field, M.P., Then English policy invented a famine in a the mercy of England and taking your stand and Mr. P. O’Brien, M .P.! land which produced each alleged famine year by the organisation which has once before The history of the Home Rule Movement food for twice and a half the number of people proved too strong for English despotism. . . - since' the 19th May, 1870, when the “ Home upon its soil, and a million people having been Stand together in the face of the brutal and Government Association of Ireland ’ ’ was foun starved to death English statesmanship pointed cowardly enemies of your race; pay no rents ded, is a long one. Its demands meant a a way out. The way out was the emigrant under any pretext ;'stand passively, firmly, lowering of the standard of Repeal of the ship, and the stricken people rushed to it to fearlessly by while the armies of England may Union. It was founded upon compromise, and escape the terrors of English policy. So that be engaged in their hopeless struggle against has led to compromise ever since. It is a in the lifetime of the old men among us a spirit which their weapons cannot touch. . . weary history, that of Irish Home Rule Bills 4,500,000 people—more people than dwell in .... The Government .... with its bayonets in the English Parliament—full of liea, of Ireland to-day—fled their country, and the will learn in a single winter how powerless is hypocrisy, of meanness, of futile argument, of cattle multiplied in their stead. armed force against the will of a united, de woeful waste of Irish national energy. And the last stage is worse than the first! After This is the modern political and economic termined, and self-reliant nation.” Will Mr. Dillon or any follower of Mr. Dil 44 years of pleading, a mean and paltry Home history of Ireland. It has no parallel. While Rule Act reaches the famous Statute Book. the raucous voice of the nineteenth century was lon’s deny that it was the spirit and policy of that manifesto—Self-Reliance: Passive Resist And why? Because Ireland sends represent uplifted in glorification of itself and mouthed atives to Westminster, an eadh? The world iof civilisation and progress, year by year the ance—won the Land Acts, and not the policy of Parliamentarianism? If they believed in knows it is not. All but those Irishmen be people o f the most fertile country in Western witched with the glamour of Westminsterism Jiurope were being- annihilated in a devilish the fine principles they- enunciated, they bre deceiving the Irish people now. If they now know that the real reason why the English )ursuance of the pdlicy of the man whom Eng- Government appeared to accede to an Irish de nnd worships as her greatest statesman. Year really believe that it was action in Westminster won the Land Acts, and that the only alter- mand was because England was faced by the by year they diminished in number, and as great European War, and her policy required they grew lesser England taxed them the more. r.ative to Parliamentarian action is * physical force,” they were deceiving ithe Irish people an apparent tranquility of Ireland, and because The people perish and the taxes multiply, and the English Government required Irish help in the .coming year, on a population of thirty years ago. Let us hear Mr. A. M. Sullivan as to what the alternative between in the war. And even now, April, 1917, be 4,300,000, England is imposing a taxation of fore our eyes, do we not see that what is in thirty million pounds. In the history of the futility of Parliamentarianism and armed revolution was in Land League days: “ There fluencing the English Government regarding political finance there is no parallel. And Home Rule is not what Irish representatives •for the Budgets that have increased the tax was but one opinion; there could be but one decision—the people must be told to defend say in Parliament, but what the Irish people ation of the Irish threefold in four years the are doing in Ireland, and what effect that ac Redmondite Parliamentary Party has annually themselves...... Defend themselves ? How ? Alas!—it was here the awful respon tion is having upon the international situ /voted. It is a grim commentary on Parliamen- sibility of giving opinion or counsel arose. It ation. Even the LondonTim es ” now wants tarianism. * In the year Mr. John Redmond could not be by armed resistance...... “ an Irish settlement.” Is it because there is w as elected Chairman of the Parliamentary an Irish Party in the English Parliament? The Party the taxation per head in Ireland was '* Cork Examiner — the high-water mark of ^£1 18s. 2d: This year it will be £7. * For example, the farmer who, say, /jwns a farm Parliamentarian iorthodoxy—in its issue of with a valuation of. £90 and subject to a Land Com April 27th, 1917, gives the answer. “ President Looking back on the last thirty years of Irish mission annuity of £65, paid as income tax in 1903 Parliamentarianism we find our population £1 10s., is now paying £10 17s. 6d. -His tax is thus further decreased by *600,000. people—our increased over seven-fold. (Continued on next page). 6 NATIONALITY. Saturday, July 28th, 1917. ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS. ARGUMENTS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF MEMBERS. The Last and Greatest (Continued from p. 5). Wilson is to make representations to the British. Government as to the desirability of an Irish Oireachtas settlement.* If that be the case, It is the pressure from without that is forcing the hands- AenioeAcc of the Government, and the appeal that the Irish Party made in the manifesto addressed to In Waterford Organ* sed by the the men of Irish blood in the Dominions and in IRI8H NATIONAL AID AND VOLUNTEER the United States of America, after the Nation* 8unday, August 5thf to Friday, 10th. DEPENDENTS' FUND. al Party withdrew In a body from the House Will be that of of Commons, is having its effect.” There is a clear admission of the futility of Parliamen P IPER S’ BANDS, tary* action to obtain even Home Rule, the- HURLING MATCH, Sunday Next, July 29th meanest measure of Home Rule, for Ireland. GRAND CONCERTS Futile in practice indeed is the policy of send At the Lawn, Peter Place ing Irish representatives to the English Par SOLO SINGING, OHOIR and VIOLIN liament. COMPETITIONS. DANCING CHAM Adelaide Road, Dublin (To be continued). PIONSHIP. ORATORY, RECITATION and STORY TELLING. DRAMAS BY In aid of the Special Fund to provide a Seaside Holiday for the Children c the Men who died In con DISTINGUISHED AMATEURS. HOME nection with th Rising of 1916. RIPAE ULTERIORIS AMORE. INDUSTRIES EXHIBITION. Continuous Entertain! -t from 3 to 9 p.m. They have lifted their ->oorings Season Ticket, 10/-. And sailed through the >ask>of the seas. GRAND MUSICAL . A 1FORMANCE8 by Have you seen the s - ft schooner The Famous Lusk Pipcn., That bore them away .u the eve? 'Admission to Reception of Ard Fheis Delegates The Splendid Artane Bra*, and Reed Band; and The Popular Harmonio Orchestra. Ah! none have behelcl it—• Three Shillings. Their eyes have seen it al:>ne; ____: • There is no one to tell us HALF-HOUR C0NCERT8 Of all who have gone by the road. “ 8PEND YOUR HOLIDAYS IN WATER* By the Best Irish-Ireland Artistes, including:— There’s a road to the harbour, FORD. Miss Joan Burke, Mrs. Sean Connolly, Mrs. Fay- Sargent, Miss Claire Arthurs, Maire Ni Siubhiaig:, A steep and impassable way, Miss Molly O’ Byme, Miss M a/ Cosgrave, Mr. »•. And the gateway is guarded PILGRIMS TO THE REEK. Crofts, Mr. T. Bevan, Mr. Charles Bevan, Mr. By red-handed minions of fate. Gerald Crofts, Mr. Andrew Dunne, Mr. Jaok They went down to the gateway Nunan, Mr. J. Neilan, Mr. A. Boylan, Mr. T. J. REMEMBER And bowed to the vassals of doom; Hopper, Etc., Eto. They went out where the waves lay That never reflected the moon. j:ei s rh u 1 $ e 6 Half-Hour Whist Drives for Valuable Prizes. Opens In Westport on July 30th, 1917. And the gate-keepers asked them: Interesting Gift Sale of Rare National Books, Will you drink death’s cup of despair,. Papers, etc., and other objects. Starting For none living can pass here, Don’t Miss But only the desolate shades? - 8ENI0R HANDBALL TOURNAMENT. at 7 o’clock. They replied: We will drink it INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, PIPER8’ BAND8, Step-Dancing Competitions (Jig and Horn That those who live after may know WAR PIPES, ETC. pipe). Entries invited at 10 Exchequer Of our day’s high fulfilment, And the shame that our death-pangs atoned Come to see Street. THE BOYS OF THE WEST. They will know we are making Numerous Side-Shows and Amusing Games. Through gloom for the luminous isles; For particulars apply to:— They will think of us sailing - For lands where our brothers abide. Gam on n m&s thorni^in, ADMISSION—ONE SHILLING. 6ntiT niAC An And say we have told them The deep disgrace of their youth; ftunAipi OnOiuiC. They will hear the dead groaning, With all the old sorrow renewed. nA pfAnnA SAornse. SINN FEIN They will rise from the slumber, Aeni’oeACc rh6n Where long they have slothfully lamp IN 8 T. EN D A ’S, O A K L E Y ROAD They will smite like the thunder, And shatter the bonds of the slave. (Kindly granted by Mrs. Pearse), AERIDHEACHT Postponed to 8unday, August 19th. The dead will have joy then, FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS LATER. And sit round the feast and the wine, 23rd September. And the long silent voices G A E L S I - -GAEL8I Recall the lost song of their pride. AenmeACc rnCn Have you seen the swift schooner At TULLAMORE, on SUNDAY, 29th JULY. That bore them away in the eve, KEEP THIS DATE FREE. As they lifted their moorings Commandant EAMONN De VALERA will deliver And sailed through the dusk of the seas ? Oponing Address. — P. Bi. TALENT FROM THE FOUR PROVINCES. a tuA SAon erne! DOCK WARD, LIMERICK. The London “ Daily Mail” recently pub EDWARD O’DALY SINN FEIN CLUB. IRISH NATIONAL AID AND VOLUNTEER lished two leading articles showing England* DEPENDENTS’ FUND. how to win this war. The first article was- This dub meets every Wednesday night at 9 o’clock headed “ More Men,” and the second “ More at 1 Hartstonge Street, where new members are Beer.” enrolled. 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Phon* 2760. Dublin ■poll fAn, t t»o CuifeA-oAf fOmpA iat> f 6in SAelgeoittf. C H Attfr •ofruAfCAitc Af An gcuma sceivonA. 054 1 Irish Horn Rosary Beads (green, white and orange), 1 4 . A O c *o’ 6ifi$ AfgOinc eACOffA 1 •ocaoO c 6 HERE 18 THE DEPOT FOR SINN FEIN made throughout in Dublin, 1/8 post free. LITERATURE AND SINN FEIN NOVELTIE . beAt) m ioOCAf aca, mAf niof teAfCAig Of nA 8 Irish Poplin Ties (tri-colour), best quality, 2/6 eaoh. UP DE VALERAI BADGE 8 , Post Free, 4d. ci$eAfnAib a ngiottAi *o’iom(;Af Af a nguAitmb, Key of Heaven (Irish-English), 8d. and 1/4 post free T bi eAgtA Af nA giotlAi 5 0 •ocfOigfeA-O nA Double up I and help the Work. Ljfe of Robert Emmet (doth bound), 1/8 post free. cije A fn A i ia*o An c iiif c e ’ nA m b e ro if tA fcu A f. EIRE OG LENDING LIBRARY AT OTJR Tn-Colour Celluloid Badges, 1/9 per doz., or 18/6 per STORE. gross, post free. v i A m 0 u w n . POBLACHT Na hEIREANN. Sharkey Sisters The Provisional Government of the Irish Republic. NEW CHURCH P0RT8TEWART. The American Novelty 8tore, Complete, with Photograph of Signatories, 6d. eaoh, The beautiful New Carpets and Furnishings for Altars fceAt ^ tA tIA m tW ltti, NTH. ROSCOMMON. or 4/6 per doz.; 48/- per gross. Dimensions, 29f were supplied by by 153, suitable for framing. Postcard Photos of «J. Connolly 6s Oo. Signatories, 2d. each; 1/6 per doe. 59 Upper Arthur Street, Belfast. -Shamrock Dental Surgery- ______ESTIMATES SUBMITTED.______Complete Dental Service at Moderate Fees. J. J. W ALSH’S WATCH REPAIRS ONLY. IRISH EMPORIUM, All new parts in stock for Walthams, Elgins, Omegas, AN EXCLUSIVELY IRISH FIRM. and English Watches, Etc. Country work by post special and prompt attention. 2 6 Blessiigtoo S t., 19 Berkeley S t.. D iblii. F. O 'K E L L Y , Watchmaker, We pride ourselves on— Our " Shamreek Ideal 8et,” at S1/a, and CASH TAILORING COMPANY. Temple Lane, Dame Street, DUBLIN. Our Guaranteed Absolutely Painless Extractions “ The Irish Tweed House,” 4 Capel Street, Dublin, and Kingstowrij are fortunate in having probably the largest stock of “ Indigo Blue Serges ” and Irish Suit ings in Dublin, bought in July, 1916. It will pay in St. Louis Convent Hours, 10 to 9 daily. Consultations Free. tending purchasers to inspect our stock. _ We guaran ^ • 2 9 NARY STREET, DUBLIN (•»« tee perfect fitting garments, and all Irish workman KILTIMAGH. Geary ft Co.) ship. JOHN N E LIC A N , Proprietor.______ INTERMEDIATE SUCCESSES, 1916, include— mAme nf raSaIIaiS, RELIGIOUS AND FANCY DEPOT. Exhibitions, 4 ; Prizes, 6; Inter-diocesan Prizes, 2.- 87 UPPER D0R8ET STREET, DUBLIN. 66 Gt. Brunswick 8t., Dublin. Stationery, Books, Newspapers, Magazines, Toys, 1917___COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATES—Advanced, Sweets, Tobaccos, Cigarettes, Fancies, etc. Best and Cheapest House for all kindB of Religious and Fancy Goods, Stationery, etc. 12, and Preliminary, 14. Orders through Post reoeive Careful Attention. U\t)AtlCAtl 5Aet)lt5 AtlSO. MORTUARY HABIT 8 S U P P L IE D . MUSIC CERTIFICATES—Piano, Violin, Violin-Cello, Orders by Post reoeive prompt attention.______Honours and Distinctions, 87; Passes, 17; Choir DON’T PAY INCOME TAX Examination, 92.5 per cent.; Orchestra Examin- PEACE CONFERENCE!! Before Consulting Me. Repayments and Abatements ation,-. 86.5 per cent. Effected. Forms Filled. Expert Work. HELP SMALL NATIONS BY LEARNING JOSEPH MasDONAGH YOUR OWN LANGUAGE AT THE Softool re-opens 6th September. For terms apply to— (Late Inland Revenue end Excise), THE MOTHER SUPERIOR. 81 M O Y N E R O A D , D U B L IN .______Connacht Irish Colleges TOURMAKEADY 1— WINDOW BLINDS First Session—2nd JuW to 28th July, 1917. p O S A t). Second Session—80th July to 8th Sept., 1917. •*Ou c 6AX>AOin An crAOnriiA'6 Iat>6a5 •o’ Kit in CeAmpdtl Oi every description maide and fitted to order. Repairs S P ID D A L i— ttluipe, TlAc 0 m im e, pfifA'o fntfte.il 0 tiA0"6a, 72 to Sun Blinds and Revolving Shutters. First Session—June 25th to July 21st, 1917. Sttii-o loccAjtAC 6 lo>nne OjieAfAil An wac ij* pne -oo T . K A IN , 11 Arran Quay. Seoond Session— July 80th to Sept. 6th, 1917. SeAn Oh 'o v a jia6 mAitieAnn A5 « f tnAistifiA* CAOrfiinAi (Late C. 122, Wandsworth • 1,139 Frongoch). F o r further particulars, apply to— An in^eAn Q? 0150 "oo ^eAftfitt) CAOihAnAC, 14 |voAn Stili- Rev. B. J . CREHAN, C.C., fco n , « a c 6 mAtne. An cArAijt p 6 L OtteAfcnAft, m.xJu, Loose Covers for Furniture, Carpets and Linoleums F itted. Workshops, Rathmines. Hen. General Seoretary, QRANQE, SLIGO. ■'00 p6p 1At). NATIONALITY. Saturday, July 28th, 1917. SINN FEift. ACCURACY. Prepaid Advertisements. last Accuraoy in a watch is of more importance than Frongoch; Vice- Pres. Jas. McVeigh. Treas. Patrick appearance. We do not recommend so-called Dowdall, Secs. T. Murtagh and John Gulshiunan; “ cheap” watches, because accuracy iB often Carrick-on-Suir, Limeaick City (Roger Casement sacrificed to appearance. For really dependable BOOK-KEEPER—Yoi • (Cumann-na-mBan) Club), Pres. Rev. Fr. Carroll. Vice-Pres. Rev. Fr. watches—good in appearance and workmanship, seeks i»osition; si: experience; dismissed Hayes, Chairman Jas. Hennessy, Treas. D. Dundon, and moderate in price— eolne to :: ! "• by city victualler for partaking in the funeral•al of the Secs. T. A. Mclnerney and John Madden; Callan late Airs. McDonagh. Apply C. 7, this Office. (Kilkenny), Chairman Patk. Diggin, Treas. T. Dono- ghue, Sec. W. J. Keane; Manorhamilton, Pres. Jno. g U N DO RAN— Halt at Kelly’s! Kelly. Vice-Pres. P. Gilooly, Treas. P. McTeruan, GANTER BROS., QRAMAPHONE and 20 of your own favourite Irish Secs. J. Kelly and M. McNitfe; Arva (Cavan), Bally - record; magnificent tone. Packed free and moyer (Armagh), Pres Patk. Toner. Treas. H. Cooney, 6 3 Sth. Gt. George’s St., Dublin. carriage paid. Only 7/6 monthly.—Crane’s, 37 Sec. A. McPartland; Logboy (Mayo), Chairman Patk. South 3Iall, Cork. WcNeive, Treas. John Lyons, Sec. M. Cleary, junr. ; MANUFACTURERS OF Lisselton (Kerry), Pres. W. Foran, Vice-Pres. J. Har- gan, Treas. P. j . Walsh, Sec. J. V. Harte; Ard- ALL CHURCH REQUISITES. croney (Tipp.), Legan (Longford), Pres. P. R. F. Irish Porlin Vestments, hand embroidered, fron Joyce, Vice-Pres. T. Kelly, Secs. M. Kelly and T. £3 15s. a 6et. Statuary and Stained Glass by Certi Cowan : Feohanagh (Limerick)—up-hill work, but no 6hirks; Cloughjordan (Tipp.), Pres. E. Gavin, Vice- fied Artists. JAYNE’S HOTEL, 1 Francis Street, Galway, with < Pres. Thos. McCormack, Sec. Jas. Lewis; Dungarvan, Busts modelled from life, by a rising Irish •culpte^ without board. Terms model Pres. E. Dee, Vice-Pres. 31. Brennock, Treas. D. at a reasonable figure. LADY Graduate seeks post, Intermediate Schoolj Fraher, Sec. ffm . Meehan—ta dealbradh air sin, a French, German, Latin, and usual subjects ; fi.eara: Donaghmoyne (Monaghan), Pres. M. Treay- M. C A H IL L &. CO., 9 P4emj8LfffT S1- highest references. Apply C. 9, this Office. nor, R.D.C.; Treas. P. Duffy, Sec. P. Corrigan; Donagh (Fermanagh), Pres. John McElgin, Chair LATEST NOVELTY—Forget-me-not Irish Violet man Lisnaskea Guardians; Sec. James Tierney, Treas. Stationery, Fancy Goods, Perfume Sachet; a charming scent souvenir j Phil Nee son; Enniscorthy, Pres. A. Rafter, Vice- nicely packed in the Irish Tri-colour, green, white and Pres. John Murphy, Treas. D. O’Brien, Sec. M. Haberdashery, orange; price 3d. each, 2/1 doz. (wholesale).— A. J. Moran; Dungourney (Cork), Gowel (Cork), Roesgreen Byrne, 37 Wexford St., Dublin. (Tipp.), Pres. D. Davin, Vice- Pres. E. O’Neill, Religious Goods and Books. pE A R L TIE PINS, enamelled green, orange and Treas. John Maher, Sec. A. Moloney; Maghera white (the neatest yet). Wholesale, 9d. doz.; (Cavan), Chairman Patrick O’Reilly, Vice-Chairman laiger 2d. size, 1/4 doz. Brooches in the colours, Lee. Lynch, Sec. P. Smyth; Pallasgreen (Limerick), 3d. each, 2/1 doz. Expanding rings, colours en Chairman T. Hickey, Vice-Chairman T. Toole, Treas. amelled on heart, fit any finger, 3d. each, 2/1 per P. Donegan, Secs. M. Quirke and J. Treaty; Rooskey John Kivlehan, doz. Id. button-hole flags, silk faced, 9d. dozen. (Sligo), Pres. Patrick Phillips, Vice-Pres. M. McDer Full range of samples sent on receipt of 1/1 mott, Treas. P. Hunt, Secs. John Robinson and Wm. P.O.—A. J. Byrne, 37 Wexford St., Dublin. Tonna; Carniska (Roscommon), Pres. T. .Madden, 2 O’Connell Street, Vice-Pres. Jas. Tiernan, Treas. T. Gunn, Secs. M. pA PE R TRADE—Smart young man with some ex Croghan and M. Lannon • Larah (Cavan), Derrygon- perience at above required as town representative. nelly (Fermanagh), O’Rauilly Club (Beiturbet), Bag- Small salary to commence with. Good references nalstowa, Chairman S. O’Leary, Vioe-Chairman P. Smokar*— Fill your Pipe with Irish ftrswa Tseeses. essential. Apply C. 10, this Office. Burke, Sec. S. O Coilea in ; Kilglass South, Pres. Jno. MILD, MEDIUM, or PULL. 31- Quarter lb., post free PIANOFORTE—Iron frame, full trichord, check Daly, Vice-Pres. J. Colligan, Treas. M. Caul, Sec. T. W. J. CLOVER St CO., action. Write for particulars of tne new Donohoe; Knockbride (Cavan;, J. Brady, R .D .C.; ROYAL AVENUE AND NORTH IT., lELFAliT. “ National” model, 17/6 monthly; written guaran Treas. M. Cardan, Sec. E. Carroll; Ballymacelligott tee.— Crane's, 37 South Mall, Cork. (Kerry), Ballyconnell (Cavan), Pres. J. Drum, Vice- !RISK-MADE GOODS. gPIR IT TRADE—Assistants are warned against ac Pres. T. Murphy, Treas. J. Baxter, Secs. B. Rudden cepting situations in Belfast before communicating and H. O’Neill : Cashelnadrea (Fermanagh), Caltra For M EN 'S S H IR TS , HOSIERY, CAPS, &a. (Galway), P. H. Pearse Club (Belfast), Pres. P. J. with Secretary, Vintners’ and Grocers’ Assistants’ Doran, Vice-Pres. W. Duggan, Treas. N. Gribbon, Union, 15 Rosemary St., Belfast. Sec. M. 3IcCarron; Kilnamartyra (Cork), Bailenagall Pat>}iai5 o ’hALtmufiAin YO UR Name, in Irish or English, made on Mother of (Ciarruidhe), Cloone (Leitrim), Upper Annagh Pearl with rolled gold wire, enamelled green, (Cavan), Pres. B. Gilsenan, Treas. 31. O’Reilly and sn^it) LiAtn 10, Unmtie^^. white and orange. Post free, 1/1. Initial Tie Pins, J. Rudden, Sec. S. Mac Gabhann; Kilshanny (Clare), same design, 6d. Plain gold wire brooches, 8d. Curreeny (Tipp.;, Ballintogher (Sligo), Moydow (Long Brooches of every design made to order. Initial Tie ford), Knockbride East (Bailieboro’), Skehana (E. Loughlin s Leading Lines. Pins, plain, 4d.— Edward Healy, manufacturer of gold Galway). Pres. P. Burke, Vioe-Pres. f. Gavin, Treas. LOUCHLIN’S IRISH TIES FROM 1/-, wire brooches, 128 and 129 Francis St., Dublin. J. Dolly, Sec. T. Lally; Newtowncashel (Longford), R A N T E D —The “ Spark” for 23rd April, 1910* Sarsfield’ s Rock (Limerick), Pres. R. O Gorman, Vice- IRISH SHIRTS FROM 2/11. IRISH VESTS Pres. T. Dundon. Treas. D. Grace, Secs. P. Coffey AND PANTS FROM 2 11 EACH. IRISH and J. A. English; Ahadillane (Cork), Caheragh K N IT SOCKS FROM 1/-. IR IS H BR ACES THANKSGIVING. (Cork). Bruskey (Cavan), Muinntir Connacht (Mon FROM 1/-. IR IS H C LO V E S , BOOTS, 'J'HANKS to the Little Flower and Our Ladj- of aghan). Causeway (Kerry), Ballymote, Pres. A. Good Success for favours received.—M.P.S. McCabe, Treas. B. Healy, Sec. J. A. Farry; Tubber- IR IS H -F IN IS H E D H A T S , CAPS, etc., etc. inmine (Cork), Pres. 1. Walsh, Treas. J. O’ Shea, Sec. T. O’Manla; Killvgordon (Donegal;, Pies. B. T. J. LOUGHLIN, W E Buy, Sell, Rent, and Repair all makes of Devine, Vice- Pres. Wm. O’Doherty, Ireas. J. Max IRISH OUTFITTING HEADQUARTER8. well, Sec. J. Corrv; Knockerra (Clare), Pres. Rev. M. TYPEWRITERS. Madden. Trea-,. B*. Crowley, C.C., and R. Behan, Sec. R. Behan; Butlersbridge (Cavan), Pres. J. Brady, 19 Parliament S t r e e t Right prices. All supplies stocked. Treas. M. Foynes, Sec. T. Foynes; Feenagh (Limer DUBL2H. ick), Drogheda. The suspended Hibernians of Clonleigh have joined MISS E. MaeHUGK, Agents fer Standard Typewriter. up at Strabane. Breaffv Club has selected Wm. Divney as.President, 03 TALBOT STREET, DUBLIN. D. Lavelle Vice-President, J. Cannon Treasurer, 31. Rlsysh<, Repairs, Ae^eatoruw, Pr*ms, GrMiopheMi, Gannon Secretary. F. Loughnan & Co., The following officers have been elected at Armagh LIMITED, Club:—Pres. E. Donnelly, Vice-Pres. James Reilly, Treas. 31. Short, Secs. F. Short and J. O’Reilly. “The Irishman” 15 Eustace St.,-DUBLIN, and 14 Howard St., The present rate of progress of Sinn Fein must i>e Edited hy H ER B ER T MOORE PIM. very depressing to English statesmen fresh from a BELFAST. perusal of the Mesopotamia debacle. Orange (Sligo) Every Wednes^?y. Price One Penny. Club has appointed a Committee consisting oi Messrs. Vie Fit and Suit you with Suits that Fit you. J. Hennigan, Co. C., Pres.: J. Kerins V ice-I res.. I. Dublin Officet 48 Lover Garchnar St. 31cCann Troa-.. P?Connolly Sec. Meenatinney (LetU-r- Beifttt Offices 170 North St. kennv) has elected S. M^Menamin, R.D.C., Pres.; H. McArdle and O’CarroH, McMonagh V.-Prea., D. Coll Treas., and J. P. McMon- agh Sec., as a Provisional Committee. Tho O’Rah illy Pits-U Optical Shop. Cht< STAFFORD AND FRONGOCH TAILORS, Club (Darragh, Limerick), 31. Drake Pres., J. B. 13S UPPE3 D0R8ET STREET, DUBLIN. Rea Vice-Pres., J. Hennessy, Treasurer, and J. S. E. J. KEARNEY, Hennessy Secretary. County dare Committee /Laic Manager o f Cahill'i J, report that ten branches have already formed in Sight testing Expert end Spectacle Specialist the county, whilst a number of others are in course Oculist Prescription*, lien airs, dec. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. of form 26-27 ESSEX QUAY, D U B L I N . Post free, payablo in advance. M . Mac ______Thre« Mcnihe, ...... 1s. 8d. Presklent, and Secretary, respectively, of Athgarvan ABOUT LAUHORY WORK. Six Months, ... *s- 3tJ- Club. Messrs. Keane, De Loughry, Maher and Gib One Year, ...... 6s. ed. bons have established a Club at Freshford, an ex EVERY 81NGLE ARTW.LE SENT TO THE ample which other well organised cities might follow Cheques and Mor:ey Orders should bo Crossed and with example. NATIONAL LAUNDRY Co., made payablo to the Manager. Stuake (Donoughmore, Cork) has joined up for the RECEIVES INDIVIDUAL ATTEHTIOH. final push—the victory push. 3Ir. J. W. Honohan HaasJ omze— 60 W IL L IA M "ST., D U B L IN . presided at a meeting when 31r. Collins proposed and Ev«/ywhere, Mr. Moynahin, R.D.C., seconded resolutions re Clare, Brsn&he. 13 Jrjoertif-ns, 3h. f;d. per inch. and also drew attention the hypocrisy of the 26 IuHor‘ ior.8, 2s. 9d. per inch. "Government” which, while proclaiming an amnesty, 2s Gd. per inch. keeps in prison Messrs. Barry, Higgins, Keefe, Flem LUKE BURKE 62 lnsertionft, ing and others for actions culpable, except when committed hr an Clster Unionist. WHOLESALE AGENTSs Tnllow is now well under weigh, with local lalxiur 105 Patrick St., CORK solid behind the movement. The only obstacle be Dublin—Messrs, Eason and Son, Gt. Brunswick St^, fore Sinn Fein in the district is Molloy, 31.E.P., but and Belfast. he is so busy attending Red Cross lectures under the Offers the following Special Value:— Messrs. D?.wson and Son, 5 and 6 Molosworth patronage of Lord Rat.hdonnell, who has not given Place, Molosworth Street. up his estates .to the Allies as yet, that we do not The Gaelic Press, 30 Upper Liffey St. anticipate much trouble. Irish-made Shirts, 1/11 euh. Belfast —Messrs. C. Porter and Co., 123 and 125 Old Secretaries will see that nothing but a cursory note Lodge Road. can be given in “ Nationality ” of branch reports. Irish Poplin Ties, Cork—Messrs. He£n O Cnill and Co., 90 Patrick St. This journal cannot be increased in size. Accord Messrs. News Bros., 20 Bowling Green St. ingly, all our supporters . should insist that their TralM—E. O’Connor, 42 Nelsen St. affairs receive prominent notice from local journals. Irish-made Soaks, 1/( pair. We shall be glad to hear of editors who rerose pro Glasgow— William Gribbin, 16/ Saltmai ket. minence to members in districts where the movement P. J. McCRANN, Auctioneer & Valuer Liverpool—Peter Murphy, 13 Scotland Plata.. is strong—that in, everywhere. LA N E 8B 0R 0’, SOUTH LONGFORD. Will Clubs please note that four weeks’ clear notice Printed br P atkiok Mahon, 3 Yarnball St., Dublin, must be given in advance for speakers; ofcherwf A Trial 8olio*tod, and Published by the Proprietors at their Officer, assurance is possible that requests i Telegram*— MoCrann, Lanoaboro'. 8 Harcoiirt Street, Dublin.