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Show SHOULD DE REMODELED. The propensity 'if the Urltlsh Gov-ernment Gov-ernment to get Into tiouble In Ireland ae.ms Irrtslstlbli No sooner Is tho South African wai about to be closed up, than troops by ten bsttallons Bt a time an rushed to lifland, to suppiess what la called the 1'nltid Irish league What blundering stntesmanshp all that is' How long will It be till British statesmen learn the lesson so powerfully power-fully taught In thla country, and laler In Germany, that tho best way to deal with people la to let them lule themselves them-selves In local affairs, reserving for general and national purposes the control con-trol of such matters at pertain to the Interests common to all the peoples of the implre Why not let IrelBnd nlono Juet us Canuda Is let alone, and Auslrallu, and why not let all send representatives to nn Imperial parliament parlia-ment that shall com em Itself only with Imperial affairs' Tho old style of governing gov-erning nil peoples from th London standpoint was so gross a failure In Ametlca, and has been such a thorn In the side of Oreat Britain for centuries, cen-turies, that one would suppose thete would arise a statesmanship that would see what ought to be done, expeclall with the successful exsmples cited lt Is a bad time now. too, to Jump on Ireland Ire-land whose sons have been so conspicuous con-spicuous In fighting the empire's liat-tles liat-tles In South Africa, that special recognition recog-nition of their serv es was considered duo by the late glorious Quei n What the British empire seeds at this time Is a thorough reconsl ruction, that will make Ita forms fit Into the farts of Its piesent conditions It has outgrown the medieval form, vvhlrli lltteil tho "tight little Isle, ' anil needs to shake It off and assume tlin forma required by an empire such as It Is |
