Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 23, 11 June 1908, Page 27

Irish News

ANTRIM— The Queen's College A meeting of the lecturers and professors of Queen's College, Belfast, has passed resolutions expressing extreme gratification that an earnest attempt is being made to settle the Irish University question on a permanent basis, and rejoicing that the provisions of the measure insure that the proposed new University in" Belfast shall stand for the same broad, non-sectarian, and purely academic basis on which Queen's College, Belfast, has worked since its establishment. CLARE— Member of a Well-known Family A member of an old and distinguished County Clare family has passed away in the person of Mr. Colman 8. . O'Loghlen, of Eockview, Euan." Deceased was the only son of the late Bryan O'Loghlen, and nephew of the late Sir Michael O'Loghlen, who was master of the Eolls in Ireland, and the first modern Catholic to hold judicial ofiice in the United Kingdom. CORK— The University Bill The Cork Board of Guardians have adopted a resolution thanking Mr. Birrell for his efforts to secure to the Catholic people of Ireland the benefits of a University education, but expressing regret that the Queen's College, Cork, has not been raised to the status of an independent University. The Recordership Sergeant Bourke, Q.C., has been appointed Eecorder of Cork, in room of Sir John C. Neligan, resigned. DERRY— The Guildhall Destroyed The Derry Guildhall was destroyed by fire on Sunday afternoon, April 19. The building was erected about eighteen years ago, at a cost of about £20,000. The damage is estimated at close on £30,000. DUBLIN— The Temperance Pledge The last annual report and statement of accounts of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association is most interesting and encouraging. The persons who took the pledge in the districts in which the Capuchin Fathers preached the crusade against drink numbered hundreds of thousands. KERRY— Killarney Cathedral The project for the completion of Killarney Cathedral according to the original design, including the erection of tower and spire suitable for the chief ecclesiastical edifice cf a renowned and ancient diocese, has been plac-?l in the hands of a Waterford firm. Primary Education The Right Eev. Dr. Mangan, Bishop of Kerry, who presided at the annual congress of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation, held at Killarney, in the course of an address said he regretted to say that where progress was most desirable — that is, in the education of the masses of the country — instead of progress there had been retrogression; instead of building up, there had been pulling down; instead of extending generous support to the education of the country, there had been a process of continued starvation. "If the predominant partner insisted on taking care of them, by all means let them have equal treatment. Did they get equal treatment ? Emphatically no. Taking the basis of population, if they got the same treatment as England, they should get £350,000 for primary education, and if they got the same treatment as Scotland, they should get £500,000. i "What was the reason why they did not get that treatment ? That was a question that he would like to examine their consciences on. Again, on population per head, he found ; that while Scotland got Bs. Bd., and rich England got 7s. 10% d., poor Ireland only got 6s. sd. He thought he might Bay 'God save Ireland' here, at any rate. The Training Colleges were scarcely getting a sufficiency of candidates to j enter their halls, and some of the best and most intellectual of their young teachers, who were being taught at their expense, were going over to England to seek employment there. While the grant for primary education in Scotland had increased by 51 per cent, within the last ten years, theS increase in Ireland had only been 1% per cent.j and the increase for primary education in England was at the rate

of 43 per cent, during the same period. The remedy for this state of things, to his mind, was not a question for the teachers of Ireland alone. It was a question for them, but it- did not rest with them. It was a question for the managers of the schools of Ireland, and emphatically a question for them. If they claimed to be managers of the schools, then they should help in this matter— and they were inclined Jo help. They should help to mend \>r, end the rotten system ; and he believed, in the last resort, it would become a question for the people of Ireland. LIMERICK— A Famous Athlete The^death is reported of J)r. J. C. Daly, who passed away at^a private hospital in Dublin, after a lingering illness. Dr. Daly was, in the eighties and early nineties, one of Ireland's most famous athletes. He was born-at Dromin, near Kilmallock, County Limerick, in the late fifties and he was not well out of his teens when he developed into a great weight-thrower and jumper. He was a .man of powerful build, and stood at least 6ft. 6in. in height. Professional Advancement Canadian papers announce the appointment of Mr. J. P. Nolan, 8.L., Calgary, North-western Territory, to a X.C.ship, an<l also his election as the representative of Alberta 'University in the Canadian Senate. Mr. Nolan, who is a Limerick man, was at one time a member of the Munster Bar, and was very popular among his colleagues and a large circle of acquaintances, all of whom will lie delighted to hear of his professional advancement. ._ TIPPERARY— Insufficient Financial Provision The Very Eev. Canon Eyan, V.G., Tipperary, speaking of the University Bill, said: — 'The measure has all the merits of Mr. Birrell and all the faults of the Treasury. Taking it on its merits as an educational measure, it stands a very fair chance of acceptance. One would have thought that with Trinity left to the Protestants and the College in Belfast to the Presbyterians, Catholics would have got a properly financed national University in Dublin, which would have closed the question, but instead they have offered us a University which is bankrupt from the start.- The financial provisions of the Bill are absolutely and ludicrously insufficient. I have been acquainted with a good many American Universities founded by American millionaires, and not one of those Universities founded by individuals has been as poorly financed as this proposed University has been financed by the British Empire.' WICKLOW— A Marriage In the parish church of Kilquaide, County Wicklow, on Easter Monday, a marriage was solemnised between Mr. William McKillop, M.P. for South Armagh, and Miss Eose Dalton, daughter of Mr. James Dalton, K.C.S.G., of Orange, New South Wales, brother-in-law of Mr John Eedmond, M.P., and father of Mrs. William Eedmond. The marriage took place from the residence of Mr. William Eedmond, M.P., Glenbrook, Delgany. "~ GENERAL What Irish Exiles have done Replying to an address from the Queenstown District Council, prior to his departure for New York, Cardinal Logue said he was going to the United States, at the invitation of the Most Eev. Dr. Parley, Archbishop of New York, a native of the archdiocese of Armagh. There was, he said, no country in which the Church had made so much progress as in the UnitM- States at the present day. Much of the flourishing condition of the Church in America was ,due to their exiled fellow-countrymen, and that was evidence of how, Providence could draw good from evil. They .were forced through' misery, mis-government, and oppression -to fly from the shores of Ireland, but God Almighty in His wisdom made those sufferings of theirs the means of -the firm establishment of the Faith in the great Eepublic of the West. It was a country great at present/ and it had a greater future before it, and their countrymen would have much to do with that future. The thing that pleased Irish" Catholics most was that they had a great share in contributing to the success of the Faith in America. Irish Forestry The findings of the Irish Forestry Committee are that Ireland has now the- smallest percentage of land under woods

of any country save one in Europe ; that the State should undertake a comprehensive scheme of forestry ; that a million acres of suitable land are available ; that legislation is not necessary'; that the proceeds of the Irish Quit and Crown Rents must be appropriately utilised for promoting forestry in Ireland ; -and would suffice to finance the national scheme with the exception of a sum of £13,600, which would require to be annually provided by Parliament for five de : cades, and £B,^oo for the sixth decade, after which a surplus would be available. Irish Leader's Views On April 15 Mr. John Redmond and Mr. John Dillon delivered speeches on -.the political situation at the Central Branch of the League. They discussed the ..Ministerial speeches of the recent Home Rule Motion Debate. Mr. Redmond said : 'I think that for us to assist the Government in remaining in office for the next three or four years, after the attitude the/ have taken upon the Home Rule question, would be the utmost folly ; and, in my judgment, our policy —towards the Liberal Government ought to be to force them, as far as we can force them, to as early a dissolution as possible. ' Mr. Dillon said : ' Above all things^ I would appeal — and I wish my words could reach all" my countrymen — I would appeal to them to " let us have, no shamfighting. If you declare war on the British Government, let . them know you' mean what you say, that you are not simply talking for. talking 's sake, and that you will follow up talk with blows.' St. Patrick's Day in South Africa -The Mayor (Mr. James^Lamont), Sir Bisset Berry, the Hon. W. P. Schreiner, the Rev. Martin Brassill, and other prominent men were present at a St. Patrick's Day banquet in Queenstown, Cape Colony. Mr. Schreiner, in the course of an address, paid a compliment to the Irish for the way in which, when they went out there, they struck their roots deep, and became good South Africans. Out there they were drawn nearer together ; the TJlsterman realised the position of the Home Ruler, and the Home Ruler realised the position of the TJlsterman. Might he say that in the old days he had thought that there lay great danger to Imperial solidity if .Home Rule were granted to Ireland, but he now , began to realise that it was not only not going to .do any . harm, but was for the good of the great Empire. He felt that when the day arrived that Ireland, like South Africa, was trusted with its own destiny, instead of severing the bond, it would make it a stronger one. The Home Rule Question Writing on the Irish demand for self-government, the London 'Daily News' says : — 'No party that aspires to govern can evade the Irish question. The Liberal Party has once more solemnly renewed its faith in Home Rule as the. only ultimate solution of the Irish problem. . The actual issue is simply whether this_declaration of faith is meant to be operative or merely academic. When next a Liberal Government faces the country, will it ask for a mandate, boldly, unanimously, and in its official character, or will it leave the future vague and uncertain ? For our pafTwe are clear as to the course which honour and policy alike dictate. We - must ask for a mandate to solve this question once and for all. If that is to be our attitude the consequences are clear. Our opponents have never slackened their propaganda against Home Rule. We must resume ours in its favour. . . . Liberals cannot begin too early to prepare for a final settlement. A party which is in earnest does not wait till the election arrives. Itruses its official machinery j it issues literature ; it offers the hospitality of its platforms to the best - advocates of the Irish case, who are the Irish themselves. '