Word: irelander
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...question in the world today is more complicated and difficult to solve on a sound and permanent basis than that of Ireland. It is undeniable that the English have blundered in their treatment of the Irish in the past and will in all likelihood be compelled to give Erin a large measure of autonomy before there can be the slightest hope for peace. But as to the details of an arrangement that will be equable to both sides, it is not for us, but for the Irish and the English, to say. One thing is certain, that for American Congressman...
...this country, and not without reason. But there is no need for our representatives to allow their emotions, either sympathetic or political, to lead them to such extremes as this. From the practical standpoint, the Mason bill would be of no advantage either to this country or to Ireland. The cause of Irish freedom, with which so many of us sympathize, would suffer more harm than good from the presence of American diplomatic and consular officials. If the gentlemen in Washington desire to help the Irish, we strongly recommend them to think a second time. If, however, they merely wish...
Even though many of our citizens not unnaturally desire freedom for Ireland, it is not within the province of the Senate to demand it. The Executive alone is charged with the recognition of new States. In the Senate, such action can only be considered as a piece of ill-timed meddling, which most nations would be quicker than Great Britain to resent...
...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 grant of power is nibbled down to nothingness. There can be no objection to allowing...
...problem of two apparently irreconcilable groups in the same dominion. A grant of autonomy under separate legislatures solved the difficulty, in the last century, of the French Canadians in Quebec and the English inhabitants of the other Canadian provinces. The case of Ulster and the rest of Ireland is similar. If the Prime Minister's plan were extended, allowing Ireland a much wider degree of responsibility until the two Parliaments agree to unite, and granting complete autonomy after this Union is achieved, we believe the Irish question would speedily be solved,-or better still would solve itself...