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Show CONSCRIPTION IN IRELAND Editor jHe Olepublican: Wlllfou sjease allow mo to give expression tola few ideas upon tho above subject. Ai.JhSJ)Jj people In this counr try. think- tho. British government Is making a great mlstako In trying to force conscription In Ireland. Do these men stop to think that thero are hundreds of thousands of Americans on their way to the front In France in response to a summons from Washington. We have forty-eight forty-eight states in America, four of these states with more inhabitants" than Ireland. But not one of these states was consulted with reference to the draft, all are represented In Washington. Wash-ington. Just as Ireland has its rep-resentatlves rep-resentatlves In London. Why should Irishmen in Ireland be allowed' to shirk their Just- part in the warvtor liberty and democracy. A Jarge auin-ger auin-ger of Irishmen are flghtlrigvvoi'u.TV-tarlly flghtlrigvvoi'u.TV-tarlly with the British and, American armies. Ireland has alyays. lone '"her part to assist England in the preservation preser-vation of the rights of, civilisation to her everlasting glory. Would to God these men tn Ireland Ire-land who refuse to respond to the call of their government- In .this great world's war, could realise .that if the English, Scotch, Welch, French and Americans with their allies, lose this war there would be no democracy democ-racy or home rule left in the world. Autocracy sund militarism would then rule the world to the everlasting .disgrace .dis-grace of the slackers in Ireland. Ireland may have her wrongs, but Ireland haa her duties to herself and te the world and she cannot tall la them without sacrificing friends ud sympathy everywhere, The Lord Mayor of .Dublin Is ..expected ..ex-pected to come to Washington (pty bur president, Mr. Wilson, as a deputation depu-tation from Ireland to get his Influence Influ-ence against conscription. It our president receives htm as an act 'of courtesy I do hope that he will send him back to Ireland with the Impression Im-pression that it Is his duty to use his influence with the men of Ireland to go forward and give their services serv-ices to win this war for the benefit of democracy' and against, autocracy he would then be giving a great service ser-vice to his country and the world. I do hope that tho president will not give his permission Pr the Lord Mayor to appeal to our patriotic people peo-ple who are giving their cons sa freely free-ly as a sacrifice to win th3 world's war. Thanking you kiud'.y, I am yours, SAM FRAME. |