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Show C-- ""W11"G irresistibly -with a V. l"" I forco that can neither be J calculated nor stopped, . , ther'o runs through the Irish i In America a current of J Is bull-dog determination, a never-glve-up spirit, that J Irishmen, wherever thoy 3 aro, must never forgot the land of their birth, I and that a true son of Erin will never rest and I never cease his efforts until tho hnnd of tho I foreigner Is removed from Ireland and she Is a a free republic with sovereign power equal to that i ' of ony other nation In tho world. H ( - That spirit fills, and, In . fact, overflows tho I j Iruo Irish heart. Its tenacity Is Inspiring; Its u ! lofty patriotism Is a rovcluatlon of lovo for y ', fatherland. In America, whore a man may not j i only think as he chooses, but may say and act I ?',ew'-vfigr 'th'Sflgfi't's;" tho' natives of tho Emornl'd Islo I J and descendants of those born there havo moro i than anywhere elso given vent to tho feeling of I :l passionate devotion to country. It has been In P 1 America whoro tho Irish, as well as all the 3 races of tho world havo found relief from tho I' ;' oppressor. Quito fitting It Is then that America "j bo tho scene of the greatest demonstration of A the forco of Irish patriotism. S Year3 of hopeless defeats by an aggrossor stronger In arms and money have not served to quench the bitter fires of Irish hopefulness. In-j In-j . stead, Irish character has been retlned and purged by the repeated failures of their valiant '' efforts to make of themselves a nation. Irish ' spirit has been tempered and hardened until, j llko a Damascus blade, it may be bent but never j broken and will oventually pierce tho tough ' curtain of tho aggressor's superior forces. ! For centuries Ireland has been under tho i hnnd of England. Never onco havo Its people submitted to tho rule of thoso whom they held ? to bo Interlopers and Invaders. .Rebellion has followed rebellion, but the result has ever been j Iho samo. Tho English Empire has suppressed the rovolts. Irish history Is the history of a ' peoplo struggling against lnsupcrablo odds. And i throughout' all tho failures, throughout all tho spilling of hearts' blood and all tho agony, Irish :'; spirit has remained unbroken. i "Revived by Defeat. jj jD now, more than over, with the few mad f A days of last April still fresh in tho Irish mind, with tho executions and tho suffering of y tho Dublin outbreak still a current topic, tho i spirit has gathered greater volume and Irish determination Js firmer than ever. Wo see it moro particularly in America, for it Is part of I our lives and cooxlsts with our own emotions- Such n spirit seems to feed on defeats and i1 thrlvo on tho successful efforts of tho dom- : incorlng hand of tho exotic race como to rule. And through It all, tho spirit emerges trlumph- ant, at least In that It Is stronger even though Its ends bo not attained. ) A charactcrlotio of tho Celtic race, to bo In- domltablo always, they aro never beaten when defeated Instead, out of each sot-back rises tho eamo old tenacity equipped with the talons of a now memory to cling tho dearer to tho Ideals that aro held abovo everything elso. In America, whoro resolutions and relief funds aro about tho only possible moans of showing fidelity to a natlvo heath, tho spirit of tho old country Is kept nllve by many organizations. Of thoso, tho most Important and all-embracing Is 1 tho Anclont Order of Hibernians. And It Is from this society that tho mo3t potont recent illustration illus-tration of tho race's greatest trait comes. Tho grcgarlousnoss of man turns him to eo-clal eo-clal Hfo and enjoymont as a means of recreation recrea-tion after the hard tolls of tho year. Naturally, almost Inevitably, social groups evolvo a leader, ono who la the fairest and wittiest, and most fitting for tho others to honor. Division No. 3 of the SL Louis center of the Ancient Order of Hibernians has annually con-ducted con-ducted a boat excursion on tho Mississippi. At ovcxy boat excursion it was tho custom to elect ' a queen, who was to preside over tho social destinies of tho division for tho succeeding year. Only tho most attractive, both in personality V and appearance, was so honored. And the dla- I tinctlon was limited to young women who wero j members of tho Ladles Auxiliary of tho order. ' Dear to the heart of tho winsome lassies, swcot the fragrance of Ireland'B verdure, was tho ' nonor. To bo queen that was. Indeed, tho cul- mlnatlon of happiness. 1. t Last Queen to Be Crowned, j i -pHIS year tho boat trip will take place Dut ! 1 no queen will beam her graclousnoss upon I tha occasion, Miss May Lavln Is the last of tho queens. Until tho Ideal of the Irish race has been attained, at-tained, until tho Irish Ropubllc Is a fact, the Irish girls of St. Louis will forego the honor and the sweet pleasure of social regality: they will sacrifice opportunity dear to tho young feminine fem-inine heart all for their fidelity to the land of their ancestors. Miss Lavln has given up her crown, has ceded her honor to time and tho hlgh-mlndcdness of following an Ideal. "There will bo no moro queens until tho Irish Ropubllc," said Jerry Mulcahy, president of the division. "Tho only aim of any Irish national movemont has been definitely established. No Irishman worthy of tho name of Irishman cares a snap of your finger for home rulo and other tricks to pacify tho people of Ireland. And no Irishman Is going to bo satisfied with such expedients. Only a republic, founded after tho model of tho American ropubllc and conceived upon Its fundamental principles, will appease tho Irish. That Is what wo want, and hero In St, Louis we feel that whatever sacrlflco wo can mako to show our feeling 13 worth while. Tho women thought bo, too, and we arc going to show the depths of our hearts by the course wo havo decided upon. "We brought It up nt our last meeting, a few of the men spoke, and every man agreed to the action," ho continued. But hl3 quiet modesty conveyed far moro than ho thought of the acts ho related. There was fire, the fire of a race impaled upon th! fork of unjust domination, in thoso speeches. The emotions of ages wero let loose by tho few mon who addressed their fellows. And thcro came through it all, through tho speeches, and tho ready acclamation accorded tho measure, that unconquerable Celtic spirit that breathes eternal persevoranco and eternal determination. Miss Lavln, who Is a sweet creature, a little past her 21st year, smiled In the depths of her blue, Irish eyes, and agreed with tho mon that she glvo up her crown and lay It asldo until tho Irish Republic Is a fact. Tho Interval may bo long, but Irish girls arc willing to wait. -9m Independent Despite England. THIS is JuBt a manifestation of tho spirit that has mado England's conturleB of nttompt at government in Ireland such a colossal failure. England, with hor vaunted contribution to civilization civili-zation In the Held of Bolf-govcrnmont has never been ablo to extend her vast governmental faculties fac-ulties to a satisfactory administration of Irish nffalrs. And tho spirit which tho Ancient Order of Hibernians is showing in their movo Is tho samo fplrlt that has kept Ireland Independent, if not In matters of government, certainly In matters of racial distinction. It has been centuries slnco England first en-tored en-tored Ireland as an aggressor to selzo homo and hearth and mako the natives of the soil mere tenants instead of proprietors. England took tho soil but not Its sentiment. Elsewhere, when English Imperialism appeared, tho subject or allied nation absorbod the British schemo of things and ultimately adjusted itaolf to tho Inevitable. In-evitable. Ireland admits no Inevitable. Not only agrarian in extent, English domination domina-tion found its expression also In religious lntol-uratlon. lntol-uratlon. Protestant England como to Catholic Ireland must needs not only Impose English proprietorship, but also Enwllsh religion upon the neighboring people. History contains no greater single cause for conflict than differences In religion. All of Eu-ropo Eu-ropo has been al the sword's handle because men could not agrco to live and lot llvo in matters mat-ters pertaining to their religious belief. Nothing could prevent tho embittering of tho feeling than the attempt to forco upon an Intensely Catholic people a religion not their own, Just oa nothing could prevent a llko result if the opposite- at- F,ELD ' M v, lM 'jSPS ' : ' " '" . tempt had been made. STUHIO J sSI'l "W ' Kv" - !'.'&.'. ' SN j 1 Penal laws wero finally passed by England POKTrtOfT. A, jp& " ' : !'' ZZ1 1 forbidding Catholic worship and all Catholic dc- CjTS S s&y&z 9&'$' -mf ','-5 '" " ' votlons. Tho English had not learned, as many A S ik ffi? ''lTSf''.' . "r ' zZ people have not today learned, that laws do not O' - ' 'ty-'j'i make a religious faith and legislatures a na- " . Mf': "' '''r&- 'U- ' ' ' ' 'WVf ZZ ) tion's morals. It was in 1642 that these lawa S V.'v' ;f- , " .' f, 'VC ".'Pit$C '1 becamo so unbcnrablo that Rory O'More gath- P"'"''' '",''. "XMXt?Xt;'. 'Mi--'''- '- orod a little band together and called them tho ' .'WWWV ,"v- -tS.'. . " 'W-' 1 Defenders. Tho organization grow and gath- .. ' vfflfe&t '? v -''v )K -4 ' i ered strength, until now it is spread over eve. Y . " '' imMdi g I countrj' whoro thcro aro Irish and numbers In this country 360,000 Irish Catholics, for tho membership Is limited to thoso of tho faith. Keeps Spirit Alive. ABOUT tho samo timo that the organization entered this country In Now York City during tho first decado of tho last century, tho namo was changed from tho Defenders to tho Ancient Order of Hibernians. Spreading gradually, gradu-ally, Iho order has grown slowly but surely until un-til It has reached the membership which It now possesses In this country. Every atato in tho Union and every community where thcro are Irishmen, cither by birth or descent, has Its division of the association. It Is such an organization as tho Ancient Order Or-der that has done most through all tho years of reverses to keep alive tho lndomltablo Irish KpIrIL With lies binding them to Erin through tho membership that Includes almost ovory Irishman thero, and with a universality 0f fellowship fel-lowship through tho divisions all over the world tho organization has sustained tho national spirit of tho raco and kept unsullied tho republican- ideal. Various measures havo been tried by England to appease the hapless peoplo of tho subject iBland. Representation in Parliament has boon accorded tho Irish. Several homo rulo blllB havo been projoctod In an effort to effect a peaceful settlement of the difficulties between r tho two races. Just prior to tho war, tho last homo rule mcasuro was passed by the House of Commons In the English PurlJamcnt, but vetoed by tho House of Lords. Thero Is a constitutional constitu-tional law of England which provides that a bill of Parliament may become a law If passed thrco separate times by tho House of Commons even though the Lords still do not consent to its enactment. Such was tho course of tho latest homo rule bill. Tho Commons passed It tho second tlmo amid rising excitement and growing feeling on both sides. The bill was ugaln rejected by tho Lords. And a third and final tlmo It passed tho House of Commons and was ready to becomo a law. Start of Sevolution. ULSTER, tho district of the Orangeman of tho north, opposed the law and began to arm to resist forcibly the actual execution of the now statute. Tho other counties becamo alarmed, and they, loo, began to arm. With Ulster armed and organized for military activity and tho other parts of Ireland arming, the British decided de-cided it was high tlmo to put a stop to tho business and aolzod all tho visible arms and munitions of the counties to tho south. Tho Inovitablo followed. In Dublin rioting was precipitated, which resulted in bloodshed and tho death of half a dozen of tho civilian ! population when tho Scottish Borderers fired on the mob. ( It was a fresh opening of tho old wound. Ire- i land, craving for a republic, was being offered a half measure, and in tho attempt to Imposo that half mcasuro Irish blood had beon shed again. Tho Irish would not forgot. Irish spirit was too accustomed to such events to glvo in. Then came tho war, ahd tho action of tho homo rulo bill was suspended until tho cessation cessa-tion of hostilities would give Britain more time and desire to solvo the matter of such Intricate colonial policy. The Scottish Borderers woro called to tho front. And tho regiment of tho Connaught Rangers was also ordered to tho battle bat-tle line. On tho blood-soalicd fields of war-rent Flanders Flan-ders the Irish found tholr rovengo for tho Dublin Dub-lin massacre. Flying to chargo the common enemy, en-emy, tho Connaught Rangers wero suddenly brought sldo by sldo with tho Scottish Bor-dorers. Bor-dorers. Tho Imperial foo waa forgotten and tho ravagcra of Ireland only were remembered. "With one breath U10 Rangers fell upon tho Scottish troops and annihilated tho entire band to wipe out tho scoro chalked up against them on tho streets of Dublin. THE sacrifice that tho division of tho Ancjcnt Order of Hibernians Is making Is tho samo spirit that has coursed through Irish affairs for conturlos. Tho spirit which culminated In tho Imposdlblo struggle of tho Dublin rebellion Is tho samo which cannot bo crushed until It finds Its end. Not only the Catholics but many of tho Qrannomen want tho ropubllc And Irish fcel-Inir fcel-Inir has been united In the two parts to attain tho uUlmato Ideal. In this counto where thd f Ancient Ordor Is tho only significant Irish na- J tlonallstlc movement, members aro treasuring jj tH the Irish republican flag and gracing their fos- I tlvitlcs with .tho green, white and orange of ita , ? fl design. ull Tho flag typifies tho united spirit of the race, The green signifies tho older Irish, tho Irish of: I , the south, Catholic Ireland. Tho orango stands I ( for tho republican faction In Protestant Ireland , I (H to the north. And tho white symbol of unity jj binds them together. Each color Is a horizontal 1) bar of equal length, and tho flag's design is n after tho French banner with tho exception, of 8 course, that tho colors aro different. V And so, Irish history is ono magnificent record f j of a spirit, oppressed and ground down to tho extent that few peoplo have ever been before, v, that, despite tho pages of failures, desplto the grim days when hopo scorned gomo forever, has , 'H kept on, now throbbing and now barely existing, fi ,H but all tho whilo gathering a soul that will never ,H Irishmen tho world over nave a slnglo Ideal f jl for tho land of their nativity. A republic is P'l their aim, and until tho rcpubllo Is a fact, no I 'H Irishman, Imbuod with tho true spirit of his - t IH race, will submit to the substitutes that ara being held out. . jj Tho women nro relinquishing a custom en j ji ;H deared to them by tho years of practice and tha jH honor attached to 'the success of tho maiden to , i bo clectod queen. On the field of Flanders tha j jH Irish ' troopers avenged the shedding of theii1 , H countrymen's blood upon tho assassins who fired I Into the unarmed mob. In tho homes of tha i j Irish throughout the world Is tho flag of Rcpub ) ll II can Ireland, the symbol of liberty, jH 1 Ll |