Show SAYS IRISH WIll FIGHT TO FINISH J Irish Trish Leader Declares Dublin Dub Duh lin Cannot Break Spirit in Ireland I t New S mee Dublin May 16 Ireland nd t. t 1 done flona tore forever r. r with subservient lent bargaining and will patiently until she ahe Is 18 recognized by Great Britain and the world orld aa u a a. tree free and ond equal nation among nations Arthur Griffith Vice vloe president of ot the Sinn Fein republic I told a a. of ot the ter Guardian 1 I We Wo fought the last general election elec elect I tion on perfectly constitutional fines linea the answer to It has haa been an of unconstitutional persecution lion tion by the English ever eyer since Tho The result Is that Irishmen have hive lost all care car for tor their own lives and property This This means meana mun that they are steeled for tor every sacrifice Dublin castle Thus on one hand cannot break us on the other hand the tha politicians cannot trick us Irishmen have no hostility to Englishmen Englishmen Eng Eng- as such such lot let tho British army of ot occupation be bo removed and wo we can bo ho the tho best of friends With regard to crime when a great national movement Is driven violently underground there thero Is s bound to be some use of ot but It Is not noton noton noton on force torce but on tho the Justice of our historic his his- tone cause reco recognized by tho the conscience of mankind Irish Bent Dent Pence Peace Treaty Mr Griffith expressed the opinion that It was tho the Irish who beat the Ver- Ver peace treaty treaty In tho the United States French opinion he said Is swinging swing swing- InS InS' around In Irelands Ireland's favor and In time England Englan will m see sea the folly tolly of ot givIng giving giving ing the world such an excellent stick to beat her with for tor the English policy policy polley pol pol- icy ley has hu been to drive the Irish youth all over the world 0 rl dIt d. d If It the English refuse to grant Ireland Ireland Ire Ire- land independence th they y will have to extirpate tho the Irish nation and the they will have to do their extirpation In the face rue of ot the world Sinn Fein has made the question an International one and Intends to keep It so We are determined determined determined deter deter- mined to put President Wilsons Wilson's principle principle principle prin prin- ciple of ot self determination to tho the test c cand and accept nothing less than our rights Are Patient People Mr Griffith pointed out that tho the Irish were the most patient people In the world had stood Dublin castle castlo misrule for tor generations and would stand It If It need bo be for generations It 11 1 moro Ho no 0 said aiu IU that LU in IU n Tipperary j-iy j ici ji 1 alone J houses had been raided and that deportation of ot Irishmen trial had stiffened Irish opposition and patience patience patience pa pa- tience all calculation Every month of persecution that en ensues ensues ensues en- en sues makes the Impossibility of a a. settlement more than obvious he de de- de Sinn reI rely upon themselves themselves themselves them them- selves to win out through patience The name Sinn Fein properly translated translated trans trans- means self reliance Then too too we we have a strong mong asset In the tho growth of ot foreign detestation of ot British Im lm- Xo No Ulster Problem Mr Griffith was emphatic In stating there thera was no Ulster question but that there was a Belfast question which has b been en sedulously promoted from two sources First he said there was the tha Unionist UnionIst Unionist Union Union- politicians in London fanning tanning every very every flame lamo ot of nationalist anti feelIng feelIng feelIng feel- feel Ing in Ireland and second secondly there were the linen lords and ship lords In Belfast who worked up political emotions emotions emo emo- lions to kill economic ones Sinn F Fein Fetn ln does not wish to bully or coerce Ulster Griffith stated As convinced nationalists we could not allow Ulster UlMer to contract out of ot Ireland Ireland Ire Ire- land alto altogether ether and wo do not believe that Ulster mater would want to Inside tho the limits of ot national Integrity Intes Ulster can have whatever safeguards s she wishes Because e Ireland can cnn be a self con and self supporting self nation and would therefore embrace a protective tariff rather than free tree trade upon which En England land thrives British merchants merchants merchants mer mer- chants and manufacturers are aro opposed to aU allowing Ireland to determine her future either politically or economically economical economical- 1 ly Griffith said |