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SUNDAY. JUNE 22
Stones,o§QZ "iM
' Q , ? *- Trank Baum q
A EMPEROR.
Tip awoke soon after dawn, hut the
Scarecrow had already risen and plucked,
with hie clumsy fingers, h double-hand
ful of ripe berries from some bushes near
hy These the hoy at* greedily, find
ing them an ample hreakfaMt, and after
ward the llttl* party resumed its jour
ney
After »*n hour’s ride they reached the
summit of u hill from whence they espied
the City of the Winkle* and noted the
tall dome* of the Emperor's palace rising
from the cluster* of more modest
dwelling*.
The Scarecrow became greatly animat
ed at lhi* Might, and exipuimed:
'"How delighted I shall he to see my
old friend tin Tin Woodman again! I
hope thHt he rule* hi« people more suc
cessfully than I have ruled mine!”
“l.v the Tin Woodman th* Emperor of
the Wink I* * ' asked the hors**
"VeH, indeed. They invited him to rule
over them conn after th« Wicked Witch
«M d*stroked, and a* N’lck Chopper ha*
ih# h»>tt heart In all th- world | am sure
he ha* proved an excellent ami able em
”l thought that 'Emperor' was the title
of ip person who rules an empire.” said
Tip, "and the fount.!*? of tin Winkle*
I* only a Kingdom
"J»-*n't m>ntion that to the Tin Wood
man:" exclaimed the Sea roerow • urnestly.
"You would hurt hi* feelings terribly, lie
)* .. proud man * b«u «veryjtMOß
to g lid l! pi m t»> bcp.rrned
Krnp ror rath* i than King."
■ I’m Mtiie It inakt-H no difference to me,"
replied ihe TVoy.
The Saw-Horse now nmhled forward
at n p«< - t*/> fast that H* rld* r* had hard
work to Nti» k upon its hack, so there wan
little further Conversation tintll they
drew up beside the lUtlape *t<q>s.
Ati rtKid Winkle, oresaed In a uniform
o t nilver doth, canw forward to assist
th**rn to alight. Ha Id the Scarecrow to
this parsonage:
"Show us at once to your muster, the
Knuu rur "
The man looked from one to another
of the party In an embarrassed way, and
finally answered:
"I fe’nr I must ask you to wait for a
time. Tin- Emperor la not receiving this
morning."
"How in that?" Inquired the Scarecrow,
nnxiotifth. "I hope nothin;; has happened
to him,*
"Oh. no; nothing action*," returned the 1
man "Hut thla In hit* Majesty's day for
being pollMlo.fi, and Just now his nugiiat.
presence la thickly ame a red with put**
pomade."
"Oh. I aec!" cried the Hcitrecrow, great
ly reassured '.My friend waa ever in
clined to he a dandy, and I auppoHe he la
now more proud than ever of hla per
gonal apparent** "
"Ho la, Indeed ” paid tin- man, with a
polite how "< Mir mighty Km per or ha*
lat'-ly caused himself to t*. nickel-plated
"Of >od Gracious!" tin Hear*crow ex
claimed at hearing thla "If hi* wit hentH
tin aarne polish, how sparkling It must
he' Hut show ua In I'm min the Km
paror will receive na. even in h!a present
state"
"Tfli* Emperor's atate la always may
nlflc.nl,” hi.ii| the mini Mitii 1 will
venture to Icll him of your urilml, mul
will receive liln eumiiiHlutH eoncernlnif
you.*'
Ho the port, follow eH (he nervnnt *lnlo
« npleiidld .liile roo/D. and the H.iw
Horne umhled awkwnrdly ufler them,
liavlnf no knowlediie iliat n home mliihi
he expeeied to remain outehh-
The tntvelerH were Ml firm nnmewhiit
awed hy their nunoumlluKK, mid even
the Hcnreiruw Mc'in.-.l iniiiri-Mfl.fl u« he
examined the rich heiialnire of Hllvrr
•'loth cmight up Into knoie ami f«»tcn..,l
with liny nlKcr iv i t I puu a hund
eonie ccnterlehlc mood » |»r K e ellv.-r oil
cen. richly engravi <1 will, it from
the |>hhi iid v ■hi ui 11. of the Tin Wood
man, linr/dhy, ih I'uwaidl\ end the
Hcmeerow, the llnee of iiKmvlnc he
ln« traced upon the alive, 1,, yellow Kohl
1 , ~ "'■f ll ' hl, "« leiveriil porlrulta,
that of tin* scarcccrow seeming to I*** the
moat prominent and carefully .xeeuted
while U large painting of the famous Wl«-
TO V . ‘‘el of preee.itinr- the
Tin \% ooanmti with a heart covered »l
moMt uno entire end of the room
While the vleltore to.*, ,t at ih. ee ihlnye
In alleiit a,lmitation they midd.ulv h.nrd
* . u-’ ""* l rfM ” n ' velHim
Well! well! well' What a great eur-
GEORGE CREEL ON
THE IRISH QUESTION
THE "ULSTER PROBLEM”—ANALYSIS OF THE CLAIM
THAT "PROTESTANT ULSTER” STANDS LIKE IRON
AGAINST HOME RULE
ißy QEORGE CREEL.)
ICopyrlght. 1H1». bv l'li.' MiClur. New»
paper Syndicate )
'' 111 «" Knulufur, , 0 |»
•*« uh« for lit* repudiation of t(m Home
iiui.' uh ivvMinit. Plater at slid* today an
JUtgJuii.la oi»'* avowad M-junm for r« fiiMiiitc
to a&rMitf Ireland any uu-Mtdire ol
go\ t rument V\ tilt tin British government
aa an IllU-rprcUng voU-r. thv world hua
, f ft van | lit* lmr>r< aaton tluu Ulster i»
at lt-Nn( * half of irtlaiid, that It in **t
ll*«l aimoHi aolldly l» .Scotch Pr<*hytw
un*. that It la a unit u Kali tat llontr ituio
Ivvon lilt’ average American. aytni»-uh« He
Ml!' 1 In** the feeling tnai
l latft |>i«’ht nta u "very serious problem".
What thin, are tin facts?
I lat»-r in pn«* of the fotir province* of
Ireland am! rbntitina mm> countlt * Th*
ollur three provlnriM Lcinatct Munster,
and i ejiuu light ha\e twenty-three * nun
ti«M Th* population of Ulster in 1t.61X.
Ihnl of hiiaiid aa a tholi* la 4.3?..,!»&$ tt
ia admittedly tlu* caa*, therefore ttiat th*
»** are blocking tlu- will of the many, it
in this nmmUuui of a minority that Kora
out to tin- world a* ovLitutce of Irtrdi m
ability to aglet \(H'i-pUitU'4 of atiN muoli
doctrine mouM havo inyyj-HLd the fatma
lion of the t toted HlnirK of A tiler* a. it
accepted u»di%\ there will b* no Useeho-
Sluvjihiji. iu» Poland, no Jugo-Slavic, un<|
Al**vlain tithe mutt be broken into
Kr»n« h piece* and German bit* for in
ail an blttci minorities of no attnall nir.c
Non* of thos< moat pi turn non t in the
"Platei rebellion h.»n any real connection
ait h i later bv birth or residence Sir
Ldword Uar*«>n did not even represent mi
Plater constituency until put up for a
1 leifaat neat m Inn-ember 15111 Sir Fred
aric)v K Smith the ’Galloper of Ulster,"
la an English lawver Ihuiar Uw la a
bcotch t ana-ban di-m-nil Richardson and
Orttu iul NVdeon uho organist d Hint drilled
the Plater rebeia ate Kngliahttu-b Wal
ter Puna ha* no Plater connection and
Mr l.4uHour, laud Cecil, lard I'uiron
Lor i Mibicr and or. »of other "Pinter
leader* , arc Lnghah through and
Uii outh.
In ftentnibet. isi», M n English general
election nun held. Mini Whlh the Union
iata in Irelatu! banked a solid from in
support of unchanged and unchanging
British rule the «>p|Ht»iiion api It into two
cm mi-a The Na lionaliat a .uni before the
people With their uaual and traditional
demand tor 1 Inter Hole, the Sinn Hem
declared that forty >eara of futile beg
glng showed the folly of pallia mem ary
met ho t» announced that their cam!!
dates If elected, would anaetnble In |>ub
in. not London, and aaked votea on the
bold platform of an Irish Republic
HOW THE COUNTIES FELL.
launatfr. Munater and Ponnautht went
aimnet aa a unit fur*H»nn Kein The Na
tional iat a were annihilated and tha
L'muniat* frankly CHmfeaaing an over
whelming majority that made conteat*
farm a! did not put up a amgU i-andulate
In iwrntv two countlea In Pubiin r'oun
ty out of four aeata they canturad oin*
in h carefully gerrytiianderetl dlatrict, the
onh Pmoniat fight and the onl> I'ntontat
\t*ioi> in the t*«nty-three countlea out
aiiu of Plater
A atud) of the Plater vole rviwila that
th* \ nioniiM* did not oonteiat in
the Sinn Kiln taking both aeata Without
a Wire tale
In IHinegal with four aeata the Pnion
lata cent ruled oni) one buniig handily to
n Nationaltat The t ntomat \ate.far tlu*
ooum > theicford «m 4 T#T ngirlnat a Ulnn*
Fein Vntnoudiet of 11.041
In Nb>ragh<>n with two a«-4ia. tha
vWimlrta a iempied oar cvwitcdl oalf,
iaainK badlv and Sinn FHn awrot the
Ciiilltrv. The i-i»i votr Pniental. 4 41".
b>n> Fetr> Nattoialiat, T 1 4?!»
Caught the Scarecrow In a Close and Loving Embrace.
And then th<* door burnt ojx n and Nick
Chopper rushed Into their midst and
caught the S* are* row in a close and lov
ing smbniee that creased him Into many
folds and wrinkle*
"Mv dear old friend! My noble com
rade!" «.Tled the Tin Woodman, Joyfully;
"how delighted I am to meet you once
again!"
And then he released the Scarecrow
and held him at arms' length while lie
surveyed the he loved, painted features^
But, ala*! the fa< «• of the Scarecrow
and many portion* of his body bore great
blotch#** of puntz pomade, for th Tin
Woodman, In hi* eugerrie** to welcome
Mm friend, had quite forgotten th** con
dition of 111* toilet and had robbed the
thick routine of paste from his own body
to that of hi* comrade
"Dear me!" said th** Scarecrow dole
fully. "What a mess I'm In'”
"Never mind, my friend." returned the#
Tin Woodman, "I'll send vou to my Im
perial Laundry, and you'll come out ns
good a* new."
"Won’t I he mangled?" asked the
ten recrow.
"No. Indeed'" was the reply. "Bui tel!
m*-. how dime your Majesty here” and
who are your companion*?"
The Sear. crow, with great politeness.
Introduced Tip and Jack lhimpklnh**ad.
and the lattei personage scent'd to in
terest the Tin Woodman greatly.
"You are not very substantial, I must
admit," »al*l th* Emperor; "hut vou are
certainly unusual, and therefor** worthy
to M-rorne a member of our select so
ciety”
"I tfiank your Majesty," said Jack,
humbly.
"I hope you urc enjoying good health?"
continued tlie Woodman
"At present, yes;" replied the Ptimn
klnhead, with a sigh; '•but I sitt In con-’'
stunt terror of th* day when ! shall
spoil."
"Nonsense!" sub! th** Emperor hut In
klndlv. sympathetic tone. "Do not. I beg
«»f yon, dampen today's sun with the
rm» •howiii* ,„„i ,i lPrn never
V! !, , utl !" | "'"“I' for forty
;•*? not •■} » v J ,, ' VI Monnghan an.l Done
; V' ".' ’ l *! ,,r only ms
.UUMTMM to 1)0 COilMillt-red
I iL'i T N ’«tlon»ll»t« rniitiirr.l
i..iNt l.> II.UI iiKaliiMt tism In \\.-»t Ty.
roil". Mnn .• ••In won In ItMtL’ iikhliihl
J.t.:.# nn.l In South. Iho Vnlonl.t “on "v
!. *' l *' •‘(t.'lnnt a ronilMiicil Sinn Knln amt
Na Ot.ahat ,v„t" Of *.o3*. Two a.ata out
I r . f " r i* on ’ r »'»l an lriah vote
of ."I."*!, ayamat ;’4,a:i.i r-nlonlst votea
. r jr*""4 h w, ' n ' flHy-nrty. ITn.onlata
.11"! .sinn hem <nrh laiittirliiK one 12.*""
I” (*>r the I’nio.iiaik k..»t hnt
it" i.. i tul .'. !-*•» amlnat
for the l niontata
P\ the lnw of trmiotKlcn Tyrone and
•••na.. ,: h nit nlao. lifted out of a< ral>e|
\i 1,1 » 1 °V K " ,lh iN.n-nnl and
Monaghan, leaving only four cotintrtca io
be con*ldere«|
| In Antrim the Pniofliata esv. pt afl he
ll??' fv,,r s,>4,f ** with total
suit- of i* Hoy Againat 1.541 f«.r Sinn K.-in.
I PnioinatH gained four aeata
>iiW7u»jr?**" * ** om% ,hi * toui b « |n «
Itt Armagh the Pnioniata captured two
j w ™ • 4»»lal vote of 11,170 againat
I , . A,i *° \ n two aeata going to the
vote* agafnat U. 357
I, “ * 'Jy °* Perry, however, a I way* a
I nn ’ l lh * "Frdtaatant
». ..rt of J rutesiant l later, wo won hv
i ,V‘ V,' « the vot« being 7 4S& to 7,020.
in ITaai the Pniomat* won eight
the Natlotialiata one. the
I I ne i ity of IVrry. however, always again
Pnlonlat vote bring 75.577 against »?5H7
for the opiauntion.
[ So much for the claim of the "solid
v.2*°V. , ;5, \ lmirr which Parson and
Ml Ualfobr passionately datmuidett a
[ clean out aepaiatlon Three counties
I overwhelmingly anti-Union Ist and two
counties giving? substantial maiorituw
agatnat Idtigliah rule, lkasing four coun>
l.» onl> tm th* fntunt.t* »u,l , v ,. n
r.eavv apimaition votea In them.
j t»« following official religious census
iIV ! direct bearing upon the claim
hat t leter U aoiiiUy Protestant and that
bv | role*taut i« meaii* Scotch Preahy
|tertan; in the nine s'ounti*** of Plater
then* are «*o l!tt s'atholic*. 3CtLI7I ' Pro
tcsiant* <2l W- Preabytertan*. 4n 4iH*
Metliodiats.
Paasing to the assertion that Plater has
all the wealth and enterprise.* and
!in ere fore objects to the domination of
i overt) and hllem aa the anawerw to thla
are matters of official record *>n the
lat e of the Ux returns Puhlln's gross an
nual value of property exceeds eleven
million VNittnd*. white that of ltelfaat la
leas than si* million four hundred thou
sand pounds Pubiin pays an income tat
of three hundred and sixty thousand
pounds shove thsi of Helfast.
The governmental ratable value of Pla
ter a only seventy two shillings that of
L-mater I* ninety eight shilling* The
lister rate while in truth a pound higher
than that of Ponnaught. is only a fraction
Ibat of Munster So Plater, instead
Of being the richest provln.'e is In real
j '', * i**»r mcond with Munater iwily a
breath behind. ,
Hie claim that Plater out »»f ancient
1 * ... |,Jh * ,in< * will tUfht rafner than
| •uomu to aroaratton from the prosperity
•nd fustic, that have been (tart ami par
o.i of UHttsh rule, appear* to be mote j
j oratorical than actual more in evidence
lon the hustings than in she emigration ,
i statistics Th* population of Plater has
[ fader, over one-third to th# | n « t fifty
>*are and even as late aa I*l4 rnhre pro-
I !**• •migrated from Plater than any other
j lriah province between IMI and lMfl
"ioval aubjecta' to the number of 107.14?
!,bower* of tomorrow. For before your
head has time to spoil you can have It
canned, and In that way Jt. may be pre
served Indefinitely."
Tip, during this conversation, was
looking at the Woodman with undisguised
amazement, and noticed that the celebrat
ed Emperor of the Winkles was compos
ed entirely of pieces *>f tin, neatly solder
ed and riveted together Into a form of a
man He rattled and clanked a llttl** as
he moved, lint in the main he seemed
to be most cleverly constructed, and his
appearance was only marred by th** thick
coating of polishing- paste that cover'd
him from head to foot.
Th* 1 toy's Intent gaze caused the T»fn
Woodman to remember that he was not
In the most presentable condition, so he
begged his friends to excuse him while
lie retired to his private apartment and
allowed his servants to i>oli*h him. This
was accomplished in a short time, and
when the Emperor returned his nickel
plated body shone so magnificently that
the Scarecrow' heartily congratulated him
on his Improved appearance
"That nickel-plate was, I confess, a
happy thought." said Nick; "and it was
the more necessary because I had be
come somewhat scratched during my ad
venturous experiences. You will observe
(his engraved star upon my left breast.
It not only indicates where my excel
lent heart lies, hut covers very neatly
the patch made by the Wonderful Wiz
ard when he placed that valued organ
in my breast with his own skillful hands "
"Is your heart, then, a hand organ?"
asked the Bumpkinhead, curiously.
"By no means," responded the Emper
or. with dignity. "It is, f am convinced.
;» strictly orthodox heart, although some
what larger and warmer than most people
possess.’* v
Then he turned to the Scarecrow and
asked
"Are your subjects happy and content-
U. my dear friend?"
• 1 cannot say." was the reply; "for the
conquerod their passion for English rule
suffU-iantly to enable them to leave Plater
lor homea in other countries, the nmjor-
Ity coming to democratic America,
The most auspicious feature of the de
votion. however, is ita newness ami the
act that it has no historical background
More than any other province in Ireland,
lster has hated Knglish sovereignty, ana
revolted against it. until there ia not an
inch of Ita soil that is not red with the
blood of rebels Godfrey O'Donnell. Lord
of TyrconnelV led his saffron ahirted
kern* against the warriors of
Maurice Fltrgerahl the Nih.ian. Shane
u Neill, king of Plater, beat hack every
Lnglish force from 1551 to hW deafh in
1557. Hugh O’Neill, Karl of Tyronne, and
Hugh O Donnell, Lord of Tvrconnell
«-am« near U 1 expelling the English be
tween 1u5.» and I#*o3; Owen Koe O’Neill
nephew Of the great Hugh, led Plater to
rebellion again In 1«41. and for seven
years succ.-ssfully pitted his genius and
the courage of the Irish against English
might. ICven after the two ruthless set
tlements by James 1. -and Cromwell, the
Irish being killed, sold Into slavery or
driven Into hiding, and their land given
to Scotch and English colonists, the ”K«-d
Hand of Plater" lifted time and again in
stark re ballon.
CELTS ABSORB CONQUERING RACES
Location of the re*aon affords few dif
lieultiea In the lirat place, the asaTniila-
Uve power of the (>|| is without parallel.
• ■» v l n w 4 ?. Danes and Norman* were
Inshed so ware* Knghsn and Scotch at>-
•iorhed. In the second>»lace. the colonist
soon found that England »• oppression*
did not press upon the Irish alone, hut
weighed on all Ireland, alien as well us
■ native The Test Act and the Schism Act
; w .r p * *‘ nforc « K » AH*!nst Presbyterians ami
all other Nontonfornilsls, and in addition,
ii* Green asserts, laws were made 'to
j annihilate Irish commerce and to ruin
; Irish agriculture Staftites pftgsed by the
Jealousy of English landowners forbade
[the export of Irish cattle or sheep to Eng
lish porta The exi»ort of wool was for
l bidden, lest It might interfere with the
| profits of English woplgrowers. Poverty
. "as thus added lo the cuyso of misgov
vrnment ami poverty deepened with the
| rapid growth of the native population,
till famine turned the country into a
hell
Ruined industries, religious persecution
j exorbitant rents, cruel and oppressive
i *U joined (o crush Ulster a* w ell aa
. Munster, la-iuater and Ponnaught and
I Northern Irish, even more than the Path
‘Mica of the Bouth and West, emigrted to
America in search of freedom It was
Ulster that roused enthusiasm for tile
Revolution until IhU openly admitted
that Inland was behind the American
cause to a man. The Volunteers, a great
force that wrung concession after conces
sion from England, was an Ulster move
ment led by the Earl of Pharleniont. an
1 later Protestant. The United Irishmen,
formed bv Wolfe Tone In 1751. was A
"union of Irishmen of every religloim per
suasion. in order lo oltUln a complete
reform of the legislature. founded on
principles of civil, political and religious
liberty ” Tone himself was an Ulster
lYotealant, so were Lord Edward Fita
gi*raid. OOonnof apd the Emineta. the
movement started In Helfast. and ita
membership at tha outset was almost ex
clusively Presbyterian. The revolution of
the United Irishmen in 1755. that cost
;o.Nk> Uvea, had ae|mr*thm from England
aa its obtect. and l later was the heart or
the rebellion
John Mitchell, an Plater IToteatant. by
his advocacy of rebellion and total sci*a
ration from England, brought about the
uprising of 1545 that was put down in
blood John Phllpott Purran was an Ul
ster man. and Isaac Butt, father of the
Home Rule movement, was a descendant
of s Cromwellian aoldier At every point
in history. Plater stand* as the vital
force of lriah rebellion, the most implac
able in its hatred of English rule anti in
Ita demand for separation and lnah inde
pendence
Aa for the claim that English rule alone
saves Protestant Plater from Pathotie
bigotry and oppression this claim carries
with It the obvious implication that all
iTotastanta are against Irish Independ
ent'* and that between the Protestants
and Pathetics of Ireland stretches a fra
-httonal gulf that cannot In- bridged
ICven as the election returns, however,
prove that Plater ia aa much Pathoilc aa
Protestant, and more Nationalistic than
Unionism*, so do facts of record destroy
fHE AUGUSTA HErtALU
girl* of ()z have rl«en in revolt and driven
men out of the Kmerald City "
"Croat Goodness!" cried the Tin Wood
man. "What a calamity! They aurely do
not complain of your wise and gracious
rule?"
"No; but they way Jt in a poor rule that
don't work both ways." .answered the
Scarecrow; "and these females are also
of the opinion that rnen have ruled the
land long enough So they have cap
tured my city, r >bbed the treasury of all
it* jewel*, and are running things to suit
themselve*.
"Dear me! What an extraordinary
idea!" cried the Emperor, wh*> waa both
shocked and surprised.
"And I heard some of them *ay," said
Tip, "that they intend to march here
and capture the castle and city of the
Tin Woodman."
"Ah! we must not give them time to
do that," said the Emp» ror, quickly; "we
will go at once and recapture the Kmer
ald City and place the Scarecrow again
upon hi* throne."
“I was sure you would help me," re
marked the Scarecrow In a pleased voice,
"flow large an army can you assemble?"
"We do not need an army" replied the
Woodman. "We four, with the aid of my
gleaming axe, are enough to strike ter
ror into th* hearts of th" rebels."
“We five," corrected the Humpkinhead.
"Five?" repeated the Tin Woodman.
"Yes; the Saw-Horse is brave and fear
less," answered .Jack, forgetting his re
cent quarrel with the guadruped.
The Tin Woodman looked around him
in a puzzled way, for the Saw-Horse had
until now remained quietly standing in
a corner, where the Emperor had not
notlfced him. Tip immediately called the
odd-looking creature to them, and it ap
proached so awkwardly that it nearly
upset the beautiful center-table and the
engraved oil can.
"| begin to think,” remarked the Tin
Woodman as he looked earneßtly at the
Saw-Horse, "that wonders will never
ceasel How came this creature alive?"
"I did it with a magic powder," mod
estly asserted the boy; "and the Saw-
Hoise has been very useful to us."
"He enabled us to escape the rebels,"
added the scarecrow.
"Then w»- must surely accept him as a
comrade," declared the Emperor. "A live
Saw-Horse is a distinct novelty, and
should prove an interesting study. Does
he know anything?"
"Well. I cannot claim any great ex
perience in life," the Saw-Horse answer
ed for himself; "but T seem to learn very
quickly, and often it occurs to me that
I know more than any of those around
me."
"Perhaps you do." said the Emperor;
"for experience does not always mean
wisdom. Hut time is precious just now.
so let on quickly make preparations to
start upon our journey."
The Emperor called his Lord High
Chancellor and Instructed him how to
run the kingdom during his absence.
Meanwhile the Scarecrow was taken
apart and the painted sack that served
him for a head was carefully laundered
and restuflYd with the brains originally
given him by the great Wizard. His
clothes wen* also cleaned and pressed by
the Imperial tailors, and his crown pol
ished and again sewed upon his head, for
th** Tin Woodman insisted he should not
renounce this badge of royalty. Th**
Scarecrow now presented a very re
spectable appearance, and although in
no way addicted to vanity he was quite
pleased with hirns' ls and strutted a trifle
as he walked. Y\hile this was being done
Tip mended the wooden limbs of Jack
Pumpkinhend and made them stronger
than before, and the Saw-Horse was also
Inspected to see If he was in good work
ing order.
Then bright and early the next morn-
Ing they s**t out upon the return journey
to the Emerald City, !h- Tin Woodman
hearing upon his shoulder a Kleamln* axe
and lending the way, while the Fompkln
rode upon the Saw-Horse and Tin
.ind the Scarecrow walked upon either
uido to make sure that he didn't fall off
or become damaged.
Njext Story: “Mr. H. w. Wognle-Bug
comes Ini W ,r' h , not °'! ly a m w character
witch ?. h ' story ' bllt , ’ l< ' Mombl, the
end' Jack Vumpk r .n W head he l e.V'howTlS
"rmaul’men?" hy reading
the rjlißioua bunbear. In the first place
the Home Jtule Util that England repudi
«ted. by reason of IToteslant UUteEs
rdtcioUH forebodinKs. contained tl.e
amf l |nrf ePinR l ' rolul,ition against t.i K otrv
f, , l Vi. su,,i « 'he fullest protec
falth! tl “’ t,VC t ' xer ''" ie of every relislou*
T tJE religious situation.
Ibis clause alone sumps Ulster's "re
!*“ )UH torebodlnKS as unadulterated
lrld-.'n | ,b t'' ltl *' Ht ‘cond place, while
inland Is notorious tor its rellslOUß
persecutions and sectarian inlolerances it
Is seldom Indeed tltai a Catholic has been
he persecutor and the bt K ot. From the
J. ol J'* 1 - every I’iotestani ruler
JV , n .*- a,lt * attempted to crush Irish
■ alhollcism as w.-ll as Irish independence
atm not even tlte savab'eries of earlier
kniKs were more brutal than the leitisla
tlve oppressions of "civilized" monarchs.
Io quote Green, "the history of Ireland
durlnp th.' fifty years that followed its
conquest by William the Third is one
which no Englishman can recall without
shame - After the surrender of Limerick
"‘Very Catholic Irishman, and there were
five Irish Catholics to every Irish Prot
estant. was treated as a stranger and a
foreigner in his own country. The House
of Lords. th«- House of Commons, the
majriatracy, all corporate offices in town,
all ranks in th«- army, the bench, the bar.
the whole administration of government
or justice, were closed against Catholics.
I ho very right of voting for their reure
aentatlvea in I’urliument was denied
them. Fed Catholic landowners has be»oi
left by the sweeping confiscations which
nad followed the successive revolts of the
island, and oppressive laws turned the
immense, majority into hewers of wdod
•iiid drawers of water to their Protestant
masters."
Catholic schoolmasters were outlawed
ami Catholic pareois even forbidden to
semi their children to any foreign land
to be educated. land owned by Catholics
was confiscated; no Catholics were per
mitted to possess arms of any kind; par
ish priest* were permitted to remain only
on comlition* of registering and giving
security for good behavior, and all others
—bishops, monks and friars—were ban
ished and forbidden to return under pen
alty of death Reward* were offered for
their capture and Catholics were requir
ed to pay these rewards, family discord
was attempted by a law that the eldest
son of a Catholic, by proclaiming himself
a lh-otestant. could become the owner of
his fathers land.-no Catholic could act as
a guardian, no Catholic was permitted to
purchase land, and If it could be provra
that any Cktholic tenant was making a
profit altove one-third of the rent, a Prot
estant could take iHJhsession.
The Test Act decreed that no one could
hold office, either civil or military, with
out taking uath that the Catholic religion
was false and receiving the Sacrament on
Sunday according to the rites of the Es
tablished Church. This was followed by
the application to Ireland of the Schism
Act. providing that m> one could team
school unless lic#n\d by a bishop of the
Church of KngWtnd. Even as Catholics
were persecuted so were their persecut
ors favored, for in the Macaulay * bitter
phrase, the government set up "n vast
heirarchy of Protestant archbishops,
bishops and rectors, who did nothing and
who for doing nothing were paid out of
the spoils of a church loved and revered
by the great body of the people."
WHAT ULSTER CONTENDS.
What Ulster ;t*ks the world to believe
Is that Home Rule will witness the In
stant Institution of Catholic reprisals in
revengp for thla record of crime and
shame Aside from the "religious lib
ertj . it th« Homs Rule bill how
ever. there ia ample re-aasurance in the
character of the Irish Catholic. Ispcky.
Protestant and Unionist but an honest
historian, bears this testimony "No feat
ure in the social history of Ireland is
mor< remarkable than the almost abeo
lute-ecuiity which the Protestant clergy,
thinly over wild Catholic dis
trict*. hate usually enjoyed during the
worst periods of organised crime and the
very large measure of respect and popu
larity they have almost invariably com
manded whenever they abstained from
interfering with the religion of their
St least, religious intolerance has not
been a prevailing xlce. and those who
oasty the history gful th«*
character of the Irish people can hardly
fail to he struck w ith the da* j- ■
for sincere religion in every form which
they have commonly evinced."
There was. and is, however, a reason
for this apart from any amiability of
character; always and now the Irish
•Jathoiic realized that his sufferings did
not proceed from the hatred of his Prct
rstant brothers, but came direct from
England a* part of tae English program
.it subjugation. Protestants, too. saw
,hia great truth, and both faiths, without
hatred, stood shoulder to shoulder
through the years in the light for common
independence and common religious liber
ties. Even as every great Irish revolu
tion has had its origin in Clater, so al
most every great leader in the light for
Irish independence has oeen a Protestant!
Moiyneaux, Grattan, Flood, Eucas, Dean
Swift, Hussey Hurgh ; Wolfe Tone, Eari
Charlemont, avan Duffy, Lord Plunkett,
Curran, John Mitchell, Thomas Davis,
Smith O’Brien, John Martin, James Fin
ton
mond standing out as t*«e sole exceptions.
What Macaulay brands as "a series of
barbarous laws against Popery that made
the Statute Book of Ireland a proverb of
infamy throughout ChristendqVn" were
fought almost entirely by Protestants,
for the Catholics were forced to silence
by law, cell and gallows. The Ulster Vol
unteers, at the very outset, won partial
liberty for the Presbyterians by the aboli
tion of tne Sacramental Test, and in 1782
they forced the removal of the last griev
ances of the Protestant Dissenters. Had
they been actuated only by sectarian re
sentments, the movement would have
died straightway, and nothing so proves
the Irish nationalist character of the Vol
unteers as the fact that they did not
pause with the'redress of their own
wrongs, but pressed forward instantly
and indomitably with demands for Cath
olic emancipation.
It is as inspiring as it is illuminating
to contrast the action of the Ulster Vol
unteers in 1914 with the attitude of the
Ulster Volunteers in 1782. in this year,
242 delegates, representing the wealth
and power of Protestant Ulster, assem
bled at Dungannon, and passed this reso
lution, among others; "As men and Irish
men, as Christians and Protestants, we
rejoice in the relaxation of the penal laws
against our Roman Catholic feilow-sun
jects; and we conceive the measure to be
fraught with the happiest consequences
to the. Union and prosperity of the in
habitants of Ireland."
It was because of this purely Protestant
action that those laws were repealed that
forbade Catholic school masters, that out
lawed bishops and that established Cath
olic pales. Catholics now joined the Vol
unteers and it was this unity and this
display of force that caused the English
Parliament to pass the Act of Repehl that
gave Ireland an independent Parliament.
In* 1782 the Catholics of Dublin, daring
to assemble for the first time, addressed
a petition to the king asking for admis
sion tot he rights of the'Constitution. As
th*; committee passed through Belfast,
the Presbyterians unhitched the horses
from the carriage and drew the Catholics
through the city, a Protestant population
cheering to the very echo. The Presby
terian synod of Ulster also took formal
jixtiqn in support of the Catholic request,
urging it as just and necessary. In the
lac*! of this unity, tne penal laws against
the Catholics were abated in some de
gree, but complete civil and religious lib
erty were demied with all the old arro
gance. ~ , .
lx>rd Fitzwilliam was English and a
Protestant, but the Irish Catholics gave
him love and admiration for his justice,
and when Pitt recalled him the whole of
Inland went into mourning. AJI shops
were closed, industry ceased for *he day,
and crone bung on every door to express
a people’s grief.
O'Connell, offered Catholic emancipa
tion as a bribe for his support of the Act
of Union, declared that he "would rather
confide in the justice of my brethren, the
Protestants of Ireland, who have already
liberated me, than lay my country at the
feet of foreigners."
Scores of similar instances can be cited
to show the unity and fraternity that
grew and flourished between Irish Prot
estant and Irish Catholic in the hundred
years that intervened between the Treaty
of Limerick and the formation of the So
ciety of Orangemen in 1795. It was the
organization of this body that marks the
rise of religious factionalism in Ireland,
not as a natural evolution in any degree,
but purely as a product of Pitt’s manu
facture. « _ ..
Leaders of Protestant and Catholic
thought were never deceived or demoral
ized, but the peasantry of both faiths,
brutalized bv ignorance and poverty, gave
themselves over easily enough to Pitt s
abominable plan. Nothing, in the last
analysis, is more Wife than the assertion
that no honest person can study the his
tory of Ireland without coming to the firm
conviction that religious bigotry is not
inherent, but entirely artificial. While in
Ireland, I gave particular study to this
question of religious hatred, and from no
man—Ulster, Nationalist, or Sinn Fein —
did I receive any other answer than
"Buncombe”. The Protestant Archbishop
of Dublin and other Protestant prelates
bore testimony similar to that of Lecky,
and even Ulster rebels privately and grin
ningly confided to me that their "religious
forebodings" were entirely part of the
"political game".
WHAT ARE THE ULSTERMEN.
Another and final point in the Ulster
contention has to do with the racial stock
of the population. The general Impres
sion sought to be conveyed is that the
Ulstermen are Scotch, not Irish. In ear
lier times this was largely true, but under
orders from Elizabeth, Shane O’Neill
drove the Scotch out of Ulster in 1551,
and while Janies the First brought more
*n. these also were exiled in th%ir turn by
William th.* Third when he destroyed the
wool industry of Belfast. The Ulster
Scotch either went to France or America,
and their places were taken hy Presby
terians and Protestants from England, by
Huguenots from France, and by Catholics
from other less fertile parts of Ireland.
This new population, in one hundred
years, has been "Irished" as completely
as were the Danes and the Normans. To
use the contemptuous phrase of Lord
Dunraven, "This conception of the Prot
estants in Ulster being a sort of projec
tion of England, or of Scotland, is not an
Irish idea. It is a purely British inven
tion. It is a sort of British patent that
Is brought out every now and then for
political purposes.”
So much for the open case of Ulster. It
falls flat and false at every point. What,
then, are the -eal reasons for the Ulster
attitude ami English acquiescence? Why
has Ulster changed from a hotbed of re
publicanism to a refrigerating plant of
monarchism? There are two reasons:
one proceeding from politics, the other
from the selfishnesses of commerce. Op
ponition to Irish self-government is the
Tory party's sole remaining stock In
trade, or to put it more plainly, the "re
ligious issue" involved is the Tory flg
leaf. Take it away and the ugly naked
ni*K* of Torv stnndnatUsm would be re
vealed mercilesslv down to the last sor
did detail. As long as Lak. Cecil. Bal
four Milner and Curzon can stand in the
position of "protecting" the "loyal Prot
estants" of Ulster against the "Scarlet
Woman" just so lon- can they draw at
tention awav* from the fact that th** Tory
party's reson d’etre is to fight progress
and to resist every reform that menaces
the privileges of the ruling class
In England. It is to be borne in mind
also that control of Ireland is a rich
source of campaign contributions and
patronage. The Irish government provides
lucrative .If*bs for one hundred thousand
worthy gentlemen, usually Engli*h or
Scotch, and. naturally enough, there is
no burning desire to see these Jobs turned
over to the Irish.
The commercial reason has been set
forth franklv. if not engaginglv. by Aus
ten Chamberlain, the Birmingham mil
lionaire manufacturer, leading Unionist,
and son of the Joseph Chamberlain who
deserted Gladstone and the Liberals in
ISSB after agreeing to vote for Home
Rule In a document addressed to English
readers Vr • r h»mherlHln carefully ex
plained that "Ireland buys 32.n0n.50n
pounds of BHtiah finished products a
venr." and Home Rule, "by interfering
with or destroying this great volume of
trndae. would bring bankruptcy and dis-
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Ireland, under self-government, might
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England.
It may well be asked at this point why*
Ireland has to wait on Home Rule for the
development of her resources. The ans
wer iB very simple. British capital con
trols the banks of Ireland, and while con
cessions are made to Belfast, the rest of
Ireland asks in vain for loans for helpful
co-operation. A special government com-
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mission, reporting in 1910 on these mat
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controlled entirely in the interests of Bri
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