Show PlUNKETT DECLARES HOME RULE ROLE BILL INADEQUATE N Noted ted Irishman Recounts Results of His Tour of United States r a DUBLIN March 5 5 Sharp Sharp criticism in inOt of Ot the new Irish home rule bill wa was expressed by Sir Horace Plunkett tt chairman of ot the Dublin convention a at home dinner given In hi his honor here last lut night by b the Irish do dominion dominion dominion do- do minion I league e. e lie He has just r returned turned rpm from the United States and gave pave hi his Impressions ns of tits the American attitude toward Ireland Long ng g before the war war- broke out out te he said said I 1 was convinced the pea peace o othe of t. t the world and th the orderly I progress 1 it not the survival of ot western civilization civilization tion depended more than on any other othe one one thing on mutual understanding between the British commonwealth o ot of free tree nations nations nations-a a term erm I prefer to the th British empire and empire and the great lio of ot the west I It t is a a matter mat mat- matter matter mat mat- ter of ot personal knowledge that from 1911 the Prussian government was wa organizing org a Irish German-Irish alliance ii in American politics with wt a a view t to the the worlds world's freedom free free- c coming attack upon dom ENGLISH ANTI ANTI ENGLISH OPINION have not the least doubt that supposing the Irish trouble had nothIng nothing nothing noth noth- ing to do with the beginning of t. t the war it was an Important factor in delaying Americas America's decisive Intervention tion in the thee struggle To the same sam cause was was' due a a. great deal of ot political cal embarrassment nt to the war adminIstration administration administration admin admin- in Washington In America I found more bitter anti anti- English opinion than In all my forty 3 years rears ears of observation As usual al although although although al- al though due to many other causes i iwas it was tangled up with the Irish trouble and aid was generally expressed in what wha call Irish terms AMERICA AND IRELAND Americans do not both bother r th themselves with details They want Ireland to have as large a measure of self gov as is consistent with the safety of the British empire for which they in calmer moments recognize they are almost 3 aa as much concerned as asare asare asare are are the British In In m my Judgment America does not not ant nant Ireland to be an independent re republic republic republic re- re public but until the British government government govern govern- m ment nt ceases to break its promise to Ireland the sentiment of America willbe will wll be that the Irish people are justified masking f asking anything they like Sir Horace cr criticised the home rule bill because it gave Ulster and a mi mi- minority minority of ot not more than one-fifth one o of the Irish people a a. virtual mandatory over over Ireland Ireland Ireland-a. a mandatory without re responsibility re- re |