IN IRELAND.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 June 1918, Page 1

IN IRELAND.

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.} IMPOTENT GOVERNMENT NEW YORK, June 23. The “World" says the British Government practically confesses that the Irish question is a hopeless muddle. Government no longer has any Irish policy. Ireland might possible have been conciliated tif Government had shelved conscription, and established Home Rule along the lines suggested by the Irish Convention, but Government had displayed all the faults of indecision and impotence in this crisis.

should not die in vain, nor should their ranks lack comrades while a single soul remains in (Erin.

The voices of the living and those of the dead implore us to keep faith with those war worn remnants of the Irish Brigades, which arc to-day reeling beneath the blows of a tyranny that would quench the lamp of the freedom of Europe.

“This island is hut tlio eradc of that Greater Ireland that lies beyond the seas. That Greater Ireland reaching from Adelaide to Brisbane, from San Francisco to New York, is heart and soul behind the men in Flanders Our countrymen the world over stand against an attitude of inaction. Their friendship is growing colei. This is no hour for truckling or bargaining. “Whatever bitterness may be felt over the record of opportunities lost and of promises not: kept, we are confident that, the answer to our appeal must come from the heart of a nation conscious of her nationality, a nation that lias never sold herself to wrong or asked the price for doing right. “We believe that response to duty's voice will always prove the truest wisdom and the most far-sighted statesmanship never doubting the power of justice and right to move Irishmen's hearts. We appeal to all to join in this work of patriotism. If all lovers of Liberty, Truth, and Honour range themselves on our side, then our Irish heroes, with now strength and hope will rplleklv restore, the name of Ireland to its honoured place amongst the nations of the world.”