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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1934-03-23, Page 3wit d n ' t --- e [,- rt t .1, tir,,,re -F7 ,tt eetshe „ sete see Seer 44tex04,9-,actputinted tIviit6' the, fradi- 100440,$.011**i al te*eram* tlef the ItriSE-peofvle, and.her fjqr .eat iint*mud Itelandt. that 'May esimuldebessatiefied with nething, -efeabeolute Biome uie 'The deo, V* e a 1918 anti 1932e1n eiMrn- t1 of the PoPtilationnat De ,Valera iat the head bf a itelhd)101d/r fidsrdrenTe latent, was surely ejdeeenqhjr ihew -What tile politicati—annratieie eef the Irish people Malls/ were.', eraelhile there is no doOts tat aal *bout the rood faith and sinterit4-of the signatories -of the -thigh• Treaty, Collins, Griffith arid the otherii who signed it, it is just as certain that they and the great Majolity .of the Irish people accepted the Treaty un- der duress, and because the - only other alternative was war. They therefore accepted it as a necessary compromise - at the time and as a tstep towards their ultimate goal, - -which eviesatotal-dadeperedeneeen....-- „„ In the tmJeantime, In December 1921, the Parhiament of Great Britain Pass - •ed t that historic piece of legislation known as the,Statute of, Westminster. _Wheaten. Chainhill, a familiar and powerful rgure-iii 'Par- liament, said with reference to this act that, "It would he open to the Irish Parliament at any time to re- pudiate legally and with full sanc- tion of. law, all provisions of the Irt fish Treaty," And the London! Spec- tator had this to :say: '"If the Irish Free State .one 'day should make up her mind to withdraw fromsthe Brit- . ish Conerionntealthe.there is nothing , in the Statute of 'Westminster to ;stop ter". INows it es only ;those Who are arnilier with .the history of Irelan& for the last 400 years, who can fully appraise the treinendous inipertance and hi -tori e significance of. this. ,re - ,cent pieee of British legislation in, so far as it' concerns Ireland. After four seenturies of bloody war and' rebellion, penal -laws and„pereecution eenfisca- tion and endless agitation,during ----which time every damtnalble means of coercion were used in ah attempt to crueh the national life and Seoul out of a race of •people whose only crime was.AtIsat they „laved their country -with a passionate, undying love, and -who stubbornly refused to be either crushed or conquered, we of this gen- leratiorn are .privileged to witness this peaceful, bloodless relvolution of 1931, this just, gracious and generous ges- 'ture' of the King and Parliament of Great Britain, wiping out with the stroke of thepen, the wrongs and oppression of four centuries of time. ' The pen is; indeed mightier than the sword. George V` thus- graciously re- pairs the wrongs. of George I, Ir and III. ' Ramsay MacDonald, moved Per- haps -by the memories of his ancient Scottish kinsmen of Edward and Robert Bruce,, who were once the riends and allies of Ireland, Mac- Donald and his government tliue just - Sy and generously -concedes to the Ir- ish People their -severely' eight as a -free people, to work out' their own -national destiny as they themselves . see fit, thereby righting the wrongs and erasing the odious memories of eenturies of oppression. 'Why, then, is there still trouble and disagreement between the'.• two countries? What. does Ireland "Want that she hasn't got and that she hasn't a Godgiven right to possess? In spite of the explicit terms of the Statute of Westminster, England,.or at least 'her Dominion Secretary, 'Mr. Thomas, like Pharoah of old, is loth to free Ireland frami(British bondage. Ap- parently, there was a mental reserva- tion in the Statute of Westminster. Because now, that Ireland has chosen to take advantage of its terms, she finds herself confronted with two formidable obstacles to her freedom, the Oath of Allegiance and the Land ' IOW *Al !t104004 'Oletehd)ditiii,dg.,the elettilegeaneat ifor, Iralar4,Air 401,10rered nst- the* will am t4eip politjaaf consleienCe 904!•1 eta do not 'mean what!they Say; WM° 'them to be 101)4enites and roek jueers and therefore .it tshould' aboliahed. ' order tti•ande*Stand 'tliet Mean- t1e "Welt' Liatir which the !British Oftvierneaent hen* claiming from the 4eish Free. State; it„de neceerettre tertura back the pages of history a few centuries to get a •proper.' apgrechatien of this whole transaetion which 'is now a matter of bitter controversy and economic war ° between,. the two countries. During the long centuries of occur paten of Ireland by the Sas- senach, the ordinary method a- dopted by 'England of reward- ing "adventueere" who h e 1p e d in-tho_seoele of Ictoriquet was' that Of giving them large grants of Taaa, con- fiscated from the conquered Irieh. By or: 4iitr. i1itai , I al) .4444r hatim been: using POO' Ki44 ney.Vills., for twenty ears,7..wrItes Ws. 4)..."1Nreaa, a.1011, u1& and re- opected'alealfient of this, laee; '44A•t that time1. was gale in 7beL wWi, epee baek and oneef Dodd's' Almanac: s Paiie through -the mail-antl-I read -it stoesee.--einanyompl elseellade cup* pr4*nt 4i got ay husband to get me a il)topetf Doddls Kidney rills a,nd,said I would' try thee& I was glad I did. Retort r get through the. first hoetl,I was able to sit up. -Before it was aganyeto turn around in bed.' kept eight en taking Dodd's Kidney Pills until %' was eompletely we1. We all use them and always have a bee in the honse. I cannot write enough praise about Didn't Kidney -Pills, for when II alin tired or ran down Itake my Dedd'e Kidney Pills and am soon, myself again' • --Profit,:dsy-tite-experience-oldot take Dodd's Kidney Pills today. thesend of ethe 17th century, nearly the whole of Ireland was owned by English landlords, These gents heed APP.Q:11144 I*Sittelit ag- eits to manage their estates in Ire- land. They let the lend out to the farmers at such exorbitant rent rates that ifwas impossible fee the ten- ants, to pay rent and support them- selves afid their families. Any int- proventents made as a result of the thrift and labors of the farmer, were accompanied by a corresponding in- crease in the amount of rent demand- ed the landloeds, knew, was no inducement therefore, for' the, tenant farmer to improve his home oe his condition Ai the..bulk of the wealth derived from the soil Went to England and was spent there by the "absentee" landlords, a gradual inipoverishment of the country set in, especially after the Legislative Unioil in' 1800: • I doubt if history can produce from its darkest pages a more wretched ereatirre than the Irish peasant at the beginning, of the iiiteerith century. Stephen Gwynne, in hisdbook on Ire - land, gimes a vivid picture of the ap- palling conditions under Which the Ir- ish peasant then lived,' Idere is an. inventory of the total possessions of 'a •parish of 9,000. souls: "One cart and no other wheeled vehicle, 1 plow, 16 harrows, 20 shovels, no pigs; 27 gees, 3 turkeys, no clock, 3 Watchee, no fruit trees, no vegetables but potatoes and cabbage, 2 feather beds, 8 chaff heds, people slept on straw, green or dried rushes, and all of, them in the bare buff. Men and cattle were hous- ed together, .the cattle at one end of the kitchen:" And this was. before the famine of 1848 and 49. This unhappar state of affairs na- turally led to agitation and unrest, and in thelatter part of the nine- teenth century, developed into almost open warfare. The British Governs ment felt that something had to be done to quiet the complaints of the Irish people, because the situation was becoming desperate and se be- tween 1891 and 1906they passed a series, of Land Acts, which hhd -for their object the buying outof the English landlords in Ireland and vest- ing the ownership of the land • with the Irish farmers. Having bought out the landlord, the •British ,pro- cpeded to sel] the land to the tenants., who, in -:turn, were to settle for the land by means of annual Payments, to be spread over a period of 68 years. These yearly payments are what are now so well known as the Irish Land Annuities. The annuities were- paid directly. to the Irish Land, Commissioners until the creation of the Free State in •1922.. Thereafter the money was collected by the Free State officials and heeded elver to the United' Kingdom by the Free State government. These are the payments 'isbteh Mr. De .Valera withheld after Nittary -afthe'• polls in 1932e • On what legal 'ea nioral grounds clods De Valera justify hiserefusal to continuepayment of these aramities? • Is not this .a' flat repudiation of a just debt, and a Vagrant of. the Treaty of 19211 Let us review the facts of the eaSe. Of 'the 181tartiales. that go •to make up the Treaty between .England ad Souther Ireland in 1921,' only two articles, 5 and 10, dealt .with financial' matters, Artiele 5 specifyino what monies 'Ireland had to pay to Eng- land. Annuities were 'not mentio'ned' at all. , • Moreover, in the year 1925, follow- ing a conference between the Brit- ish and Free State 'governments on the, question of the boundary between • Northern • and Southern Ireland, et• formial agreement was entered into and ratified ,by the parliaments of !both conntries, which provided that "The tIrish Free State is • herehy re - leered 'from the obligation under Art - tele 5 of the saidnArticlee of Agree- mentto assume the liability therein mentiond." Or, in other words. the Irish 'Free State was released in 1/25 front all financial obligations of the Treaty of 1921, including, -implicitly if not obviously, the Land Annuities. . (Whit explanation is there foe this sudden, u-nexpected act or generosity on the part of . the British Gaverne ment? - Perhaps it was the rather tardy fulfils -leant of the tfindings and recommendations of a Royal Com- mission, appointed Sey the British Government in 1894, which reported, that for many years, Ireland had been orvertaxed by about twelve mil- lion diallers a year. In the face of these facts. on What ground does England no lay claim to these Annuities? Not on the Ir- ish Treaty, because this Treaty made no mention of annuities. And, more- over, the subsequent agreement of 1925 -liquidated all financial oblige- tons towards England', as included in e Article 6 •of the Treaty. Art present the relations between the two countries are in a • state of deadlok. Both countries are -willing to ehave the matter settled ley arbi, teatime But England ,,insists on 1 choosing the arbitrators from :with- in the British Commonivealth while Ireland demands an international tri- bunal, such as the Hague, because she fears that a Court composed en- tirely of British members might piss- sibly be biased in favor of England. there the matter reste at the present time. In the meantime, both Northern and 'Southern Ireland re - thin the annuities, while England, in retaliation against the Free State, has raised prohibitive tariffs OIL Irish ime f;:tutitOiSthuWi anuf1e He !444een4iv?!as'4041/4' op legal ect?tude by e preset :4,4.1.024. ...IfesneStatirat. -eatered01).#elpedn __,tkes fntS. .Firstly, English landOwnerelgreat arrtoe::itit*, °MY ?letting a Prelletle :Wrong; :eon, endly,• teatime,' to the taxable ',eitpede -ity.of thFreefiSWei •thithatelOit debt is ten tini as .!heavy 'a harden. • ashGreat...BasitaleVe :War debt to the United States. • The Prete State's leg- it ease is 'briefly et fellows: When the excheqfiers of the two countries Were separated in, 1921„ the Free State, by..Article S.' thd Treaty, agreed to assume for. -the service of the • publicdelit- of the United Kingdom. ,Subsequently that lillenstieeresdat'ecitircelledebyealause-2 of the Ulster Boundary Treaty of 1925. Are the Irish land annuities: part of the public delft Of the United Kingdom!? That is the flindamental question, and on it there is no legal agreement, which is the sante as say- 111g," hidrree State has a real legal Case. • -• • ....Ireland ie suing John. Bull for div- orce -et the grounds. of incompatabil- ity. „Moreover, she seeks an annul 7 merit of this unhappy union for the reason that she was forced into it against her Will,' and like all such -Marital unions,t-is null and . void from the beginning.. John dislikes the idea of separation from his Ir- ish colleen, and lie thinks --that _be should at least be° given alimony to the 'amount of the mere 15' million a And there is the problem as , to who will have custody of that • lusty lad of the North-,U1ster. • Ireland claims him because he is part of -her. flesh and leloOd, her legitimete son. England claims that he is hers by 'right of legal adoption, prescription and "plantation." I still look forward hopefully to the union of the North and the South into a single Irish 'nation. It would be. to theiremnitueleaddrantager in the prornotion of peace arid prosperity. And we must always, bear this in mind in considering the problem of North and South,' that the derision between .Northrn and Southern Ire - end is political as well as religions. Ulster is one-third Ceathalic. rest of Ireland' sevn-eighthe'Catholic The Battle of the Bone assuredly did aecentuate the cleatvage between North and Souh, but that rivalry and jealousy west there since the d:ays of ' the Niels and Eugenians. When Ireland was not united in its, fight against the Danes, the Noe - mane and the Saxons, they - were fightiuz amongst themselves, espec- filly the North against the ,pouth. Fiehrting Seems to have been their national pastime: Oh, no! the Battle of the Boyne was not primarily or wholly a re- ieious fight. It was not a' religious ras& or a holy war won by another sepanto. It wasn't exclusively a war between •Cathhlic •and Protestant. It was prineinally a scrap between 'Dutch William of Oranze and Eng- ish James II for the theone.of Ire end, -There were good Papists in he army of William and good. Pro- estants in the Jacobite army, wiehin nd without the walls of Derry, on oth banks of the'river Boyne. Some of the most illustrious cham- pions of Irish self-government were natriotie Irish Protestants, such as Flood, Wolfe To-ne, Swift, Grattan, Burke, Sheridan. Emmet. Parnell. Gladstone and Griffith. and I ani sorry o say that some of the most oclibus raitors of the race were Catholics, such as tlieMerrogh who sold his. country to the Normans in 1167. This division of North and South is older than St. Patrick. It is geographical, Politica], traditional. But let us con- tinue, tohope and pray that this un- natural national schism of the Irish people will soon be happily healed. If I had 'lived in the past, in the days of my Irish ancestors, I would have fought side by side with Brian Boru at Clontarf, with Red CFlugh O'Neil in Tyrone, with Sarsfield at Limerick or with Saxe and his Irish brigade at Fontenoy. But I have the geed fortune to Hee in the twentieth century, under a eavereign whomT not only •reverence and respect be- cause he is my kite-, but one whom I love with a 'genuile personal affec- tion as a man, and. a gentleman, as I did his father before hirni. And I would like to think that such were the sentiments of every Irishman throughout"' the empire, especially since he has attached his royal sig- nature le- a documemt which corn- p,letely emancipates the Itieh people and makes it possible for them to. sever the imperial ti 6 if they so choose. And while insisting on free- doni of choice for Ireland as a mis- time as far, however. as Trish -'Can- adians are concerned, t feel sure that this gracious disposition on the part of our beloved King will have the effect of binding Irishmen throughout the empire more closely to the throne. Such is the peculiar psychology' of the Irish chareeter. Kindness and generosity are more effective than penal laws end persecution. IT think it was Mr. Asquith who once said that Trish history was somlething for Irishmen to forget and. Englishmen to reinember. I can as- sure you that I find no pleasure in reviving onpleasant memories. But Irelands ihonor is now being supect- ed and questioned in her refusal to pay these 'annuities to England. In these few remarks of mine air sole purpose is to vindicate Irelands hon- or arid honesty and to . prove that thiels nt lettst a legal doubt as t to herobligatiors. To 'do this it was riecessary to review some of Ireland's t -historyhr order to build a olindatiera for my argument that the annuity question has two Sides and that it le a problem for an impartial count of arbitration to settle. I hope I have • aeciymOlished mst purpose, • . I tf. lar jor DOLLAR PLUS INTEREST • When you deposit your savings, in this bank, you know that you will get your money "back, dollar for dollar plus interest. A savings deposit has proved to be the safest form of investment for hundreds of thousands of thrifty, self-reliant Canadians. It remains at par through good times anctbad. It yields a sure and steady return. It is an inveStment that can be decreased or increased to. suit the individuars fnancial circumstances. BANK OF MONTREAL Established 18t/ TOTAL AgSETS IN EXCESS OF $750,000.000 ainton Branch: H. R. SHARP, Manager Herman preach: W. B. A. 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And the very fact that it is advertised is' its guarantee that it will give you satisfaction after you have bought it, • The' advertisements in this newspaper are a inost valuable guide to wise buying. It pays to read them regularly. THE HURON EXPOSITOR :en Established 1860. McLean Bros., Publishers. PHONE 41 SEAFORTII THE BATTLES OF BA'YFIELD (Continued from Page 1) an' Councillor Misthee giirdock Ross, wid their splindid spharird mates be - in' both prisint. Councillor Misther Samuel Huston an' Trusthee Misther Jahn Cameron, an' bottle houlders Policeman .Misther John Pease an' Policeman Misther George Little wid yer corrishpondint, Misfile? Francis Edwards, as referee to show fair play an' no favors. Av course, the ringside was crowded wid foight- fans an' the bettin' was even-steven Firsht Primo Bailey led aff wid a scratch -it -tare -in resolushun for Sec- retary points right from the shoulder Which Tommy Ross clucked ah' kim back wid a snatch -as -snatch -can - paper from the left an' .that giv the desired openin' for Primo's, right fisht to Tomtmr's chin -jaw thatmea- sured a floor length. Referee Ed- wai d -Sttradr-eves- an' getere....Teesmy the regulashun count out. But this didn't 'fully Slatisfy Primo Who ,thin rushed Tornsy's bottle sholde, Misther George Little; toa riitg-side. window wid a cihrop. Up to that point, •Misther Mickcianerthe foight- battle • was fair enough, but whin Primo tmade the attimp to door -mat the Sayfourth bye, Misther George Little, who learned the harberin' wid the late Misther George Scott in the Broderick block, an' is a rievy av Misthee George Brownlee, it was carryire the war into Africa. Don't ye know, Primo, that ye can't hit a Sayfourth Highlander wid impunity. Why? Because he wears a Scotch thisthlebonnit wid "Nema me impune lacesset" on it an' that means "hand off or 'Pll jag ye." Asan act of vin - gime for the Sayfoll2th affront, Oill reguishin' a Gederich Star gunboat an' land a rear guard army on the Colonel Gold -throne and Docthor Met- calf lake sbeeches an' proceed to re- duce the Bailey forthris. Whin ye see into the true in -waviness av, the eoup de maitre Take battle sthrathegy av moine, IMisther Mickclarre, say, "Mick, ye have, knowin' ways wid whnimied Wen, 'byes, it figures oat loilee this—if ye foight the ladies wid a rale ethraight face-o4ace an' fisht-toefieht battle they'll vrin ivir toime, but if yer cunnin' an cht ye'll circumnavigate thiin wid a . rale finesse rear guard naval action, they'll surrinder to yez, but wid coup d,e'tat provoiso. That's the Syfourth's oul boys way. But in the tinanetohne, IMiether Cousicillor Rose is nmetherird his forces an' the 'Heard Etand is plalin% "We're Comin', rather Mur. dek, a Hundred,- Thousand More,' While the Lindsay musicians are ply - in', oBehold the Conquering Heroine • Bafield's Joan of Arc is Right -Here:" However, methinks there's time be- fore the renewal of hostilities be- twape the gladiathors foe the good angel, 1VIisthres Seeds to Organize a Geneva Peace 'Conference wid Misther Hugh McKay, as enterthainer exthra- ordinary, an' Rivirind Misther Gales as orator -in -chief to proclaim village peace, which will enshure the con- tindin! enemies kisses Mated av Ware. Whin thim kiss are •bein' elislepensed Oi'll be there to receive motile. Now, Tem, turn round yer head an' no lootkin' in the mirror. A schmack an' a hug thrun into the bargain for good hick. 'Success to the Geneva Peace Conference as ethe eontishtints are all good an' thrue citizens havin' the welfare of Bay- field ever uppermost in mtoind. Awaitin' the fire 'Cleefoie. ° So long till nixt toime. This is yer Irish an- nouncr shpakin'. IVIICK KILL1P, Household Code Of Safety 'A1-Wasitiike inafebes away Min you, not towards you.. Always wield a knife away from you. Keep all scissors in sheaths when net in use. Keep kitchen knives in a rack, not a jumble in the table drawer. '• Always pit broken glass in a box or strong paper bag—don't-throw it in a trash basket loose. Is there a gun in the house? Re- inerraber that it is alwasie loaded un- til proven innocent! Put small bells on all poison bot- tles—or shove three or four pins into the cork (heads, up) to warn the groper in the dark. Mop up spilled grease now—not "in minute." 'Keep all pot handles turned away. from the front and edges of the stove. Keep gas cocks extremely tight if you have •small children. Never burn a gas or oil stove in a closed room. Always bane at least one door open. The pan of water on top of the stove wcin't save you froin carbon monoxide. Keep pails, scrub buckets, tutsh-Ad so on, severed. Put deed matches in a tin can. IDon't put pine iii pout mouth. Don't handle electrical fixtures with wet hands. Don't leave a chair in the normal path of travel through a rime Some- lxidy may kill himself on it in the dark. 'Open all doors of the oven -40 ventilate it) before Don't took for a gas leak with a mateh. Soapsuds on the '6u4peted pipe are betters The gas 11111131 iSA;lbtu tb..± 'Yt. Dont use gasoline .in the home for. cleaning: - It cannot be used safely for this purpose. Throw out electric cords when they • ' become fraYed or otherwise defec-• tivo don't try to patch them, up. • Accidents don't happen—they are committed. That is why they can be stopped. • The price is the expendi- tine of a little energy, but the re- -wards are enontrous.—Ladies' Home Journal. The latest milk bottle washing sun - chines have a capacity for $0,00 ottles. 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