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Show oo ' IRELAND HAS A f REBELLION. J Ireland in rebellion! The uprising reported by Secretary Birrell in the House of Commons evidently was timed to occur simultaneously with the landing of tho Casement expo-I expo-I ditlon from Germany. I IIow extonslve the revolt Is has not I been made public, but It must be of I a serious nature, as part of Dublin I is in possession of tho battling Irish-I Irish-I men. I This disturbance had its origin In I the home rule disappointments of the R Irish. An element of the Irish had I looked forward to home rule and J when It was denied them at the op-j op-j oning of tho war, and when Carson and Law were elevated to high positions po-sitions in tho British government, the home rulers had their grievances multiplied. mul-tiplied. With careful nursing by the German emissaries, this discontent has developed until it has broken nil bounds and has manifested itBelf in open warfare. Notwithstanding this outburst, we believe a very large part of tho Irish ' will bo found loyal to the cause of i Great Britain, following the leader- : ship of John Redmond. ' One phase of this uprising must not ( be overlooked. The Irish and their j descendants make up a considerable percentage of the population of tho ' United States and, if they were to throw their influonco on the side of r the Gorman cause, the combined i Irish and German sentiment in this j country would he a very strong Influ- euce, which, if carried in to our poll- , tics, might involve us in endless In- ternal discord. c .... . It may do sentiment lor or against Germany has so thoroughly crystallized crystal-lized that the Irish in America could not he unduly swayed by happenings in Ireland. Some of the strongest supporters of tho allies are to bo found among the Irish in this country, although a number of tho conspirators conspira-tors involved in the Von Igel plots are known to be men of Irish extraction. ex-traction. In this most peculiar way, the war in Europe is being carried to this country. no |