Proud Record Made by Irish Soldiers m the World War It the heart of Ireland was mtailng from the greut conflict, her fists were sure there and did double duty. It has been suld and resuld that you can't keep an Irishman out of a fight, and we know that ln all the wars that have taken place since Irelund bus been on the map her sons have taken a tig part and have often been the blgtfest scrappers ln the scrap. But during the past few years during the fighting of the biggest fight of all It has been said by many that the Irish I were doing nothing. And a few went so far as to say that Ireland was pro-German pro-German and was helping the central powers. But ln going behind the scenes and getting at the true facts, we Bud that, although the heart of Ireland was nilssln from the great conflict, her csts were sure there and did double duty, Mrs. Katherlne Edelnian asserts. and Wales at the outbreak of the war and who enlisted in Knglish regiments. And look at the colonies. They sent a South African Irish regiment; Canada sent the (Jiiebec Irish, and the Vancouver Van-couver Irlsti Fusiliers, and in the Aus-1 trullitn regiments It is said that nearly near-ly one-half the men were o' the Irish race. And we all know of the thousands thou-sands of O'Briens, Murphys, Muloneys and Muhoneys, who swelled the ranks of our own glorious army. When the war begun Ireland sent 15 regiments into the fighting zone. In addition to these, there wns the London Lon-don Irish, the Liverpool Irish, and several other regiments composed mostly of Irishmen who had enlisted i In Kngland, Wales and Scotliind. There was not a part of the fighting line held by the English from which Ireland's sons were missing. We all know the story of the Dardanelles and Oallipoll, that cost England so many of her bravest officers and men, and here It wag that thousands of Irish lads laid down their lives for the cause. The Dublin and Munster Fusiliers were almost wiped out as they daringly tried to make a landing on that mined beach, where the pitiless piti-less shells from the enemy guns fell fast. Brave young lads, going to almost al-most certain death but never a .faltering .fal-tering among them all. Ask anyone who saw those heroes If the Irish were pro-Germnn? a as In the Philadelphia Press. From a careful pursuance of English, Irish and American newspapers from the statements made by many allied officers offi-cers and men returned from the front ; from statistics compiled by many of the leading societies -In Ireland, and from England's own list of regiments and men In the war also from the writer's own personal knowledge (being (be-ing In Ireland at the outbreuk of the war and seeing thousands of Irish soldiers sol-diers marching away to join the conflict) con-flict) we find the following facts to be about the true situation: At the outbreak of the war with Germany there were thousands of Irishmen soldiers In the British army, and the thin red line of British heroes that won such glory at the beginning of the war and most of whom are now lying under the soil of Belgium and France, numbered among them thousands thou-sands of Irishmen. In saying this, we are not trying to take one bit of glory from those noble British heroes. Their bravery was superb, but not greater than that of their Irish comrades. Ask any English Tommy and he will tell you what the Irish Guards, the Boyal Irish, the Dublin and Munster Fusiliers, Fusi-liers, the Coniiuught Bangers and other Irish regiments did In the war. The Irish Guards (composed of men of splendid physique) showed exceptional bravery. In the first years of the war the regiments mentioned above were almost wined out. lint at th slu-nlnir of the armistice nearly every regiment had more mun-power than at the beginning be-ginning of hostilities. And every man that Joined was a volunteer. Think of thatl In Dublin alone, since the outbreak of the war, between 40,000 and 60,000 Irishmen enlisted, and that Is only one city In Ireland. And there have been some who said "Ireland was pro-Germnn." If she were pro-German, do you think that over 50 per cent (the official figures are BS.l per cent) of her man-power would have enlisted since the outbreak of the war, and thnt does not take Into consideration considera-tion the thousands of Irishmen who were working In England, Scotland