Word: fein
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Prime Minister's scheme hardly goes far enough. Sinn Fein agitators claim-and with a fair degree of reason-that this last bill is only a sham. It is certain enough that under its provisions neither the two divided legislatures, nor the single united one, are entrusted with anything like a sufficient degree of responsibility. Of the total amount of the Irish revenues, Ireland has control of less than one tenth. The police, always such a fertile source of grievance, remains in English hands. These are but two instances of how what might appear at first to be a real...
...already, this new one is clearly forcing itself upon us more and more every day--what shall be our relation with Great Britain? Mr. Hearst could probably answer in a few brief, pointed, not altogether nice remarks. His opinion would be vociferously seconded by many ardent supporters of Sinn Fein.--We ought not to declare war right off, perhaps; but we should certainly make ready for war. And when we do open hostilities against the rest of the English-speaking world--My! What a licking we will give them...