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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. 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