IRELAND WITHOUT THE OLD GRIEVANCE.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 June 1924, Page 4

IRELAND WITHOUT THE OLD GRIEVANCE.

<V \ 11n 1 irishman m "Daily .Mail.") (>M I r<' l :>ii< I Inis I11m• l hi' 11 « • v\ Mexico. I ’here are going in In' revolut i<>ti~ t very t imu- iII-111i ■"i• <I (hivernii,cm -ci vmii wants in air ;i grievance. I • 1 1111' i like tin- I lew Ireland :i n_v mi in* ill. I I like Ill'll nine. ;i lieu pipe, nr lieu heels. ‘i 1 1< -e n| ii . v. Im knew i>nl• 1 111 iii the days I, elute tlie l''n'e Sliiie (nine into being Ii Ml | n vast iliil'eiellee lielwcell th' glorious iII i<| II i t ies ul so-called op--1 n t".- iini mid the minor ii rit.'ii ions nf i." ! ;i'li'.ieiiee. During tile lasi In yen i'- before "elii;mci|lali(in" Dnlilin was tlie nil ties!. liveliest, happiest nf cities. It nils the hist si rongkold nf helienilalii'lll. Duhlili tlnw is the sllhitrli nl a New England tuun. and only ghost- Ilil fretfully 111 rn 11 _t 11 those (teorglau houses where uni -o long ae () nil and laughter iln red the (lark Ilnurs end sometimes ehaiieueed tlaiili. Irislimeii have heeu deprived nl their heritage nf hate. Eor many gellerutiniis tlm Irish have lieeii Messed tiitli a ready-made enemy, and they acquit' id a linhii nf lititi l . Smitten hy the on..- hi'aiieli of peace, the Iri'li made the ; silling discovery llitil they were rnieht.il under oppression than they are in i e'(loin. Ireland w:in the cluimpinii i. n re.'sed country. And in the days nl t!.."r oppression the Irish were a wotidrlul people, a lovable pcoj)le. On the dim i I British misunderstanding they sittick smirks of hrilliailce. Now Ireland in Ire.-; and Irelund free is Ireland fretful, liritain -litis (eiised to stir t In' political Drew and fri'li faults are coniine to tlm surface. Ihe Croat men tire none and unite stand in their shoes. The Irish are no longer oppressed : they are henpecked.

I'or tile years Ireland worshipped .'it the muzzle of a revolver, ami frehtnd i- now payilie the penalty. The young men stopped going 11 > America, hut America canr? to Ireland: ami old Ireland Inis heroine a new .Mexho.