Tue Inst Case Berore Tur Court or Pvattc Ortxtox, By P. Whitwell on Special Correspondent of the "London Daily News." F. H. Revell Ca. New York, 1920. Pp. 160.
This volume is in reality a political penekie by the. well known author of several books who is now living in the U. 8. It'was written at the urgent request of numerous American Citizens who had listened to his addresses on Ireland, and who wanted facts, but did not know where to get them.
At the opening it is jointed out that the grievances of reland fall into four categories: Religious; Agrarian; Financial; and Parliamentary. ' It is confidently affirmed that all but the last have been fully redressed, and that were it not for the current political insanity which refuses any and every remedy for its remaining wrongs. Ireland would be one of the most prosperous countries in Europe. A chapter is devoted to the Irish propaganda in America, in which by the use of courteous language the inherent viciousness of the double nationality of the Irish-American is pointedly displayed, A leading article from the New York "Sun" (March 31, 1920) is reprinted, entitled—"Self-Determination in Ireland, Alaska, and Elsewhere," in which by a forcible analogy the absurdity of the Irish American position is shown, the irrefutable chapter Argument on Secession" Premier George's historical parallel of the fight through the American Civi! War to prevent the withdrawal of the Slave States is cited in full.
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