IRELAND may be the Achilles heel of the British Empire but is also a disturbing force in American politics, The Irish in America are a solid phalanx; they keep step in their political ranks and whether in civic, state or federal affairs they cast an undivided vote, They are said to constitute one tenth of the population of the United States and because of the perfection of their political organization and their unquestioning obedience to the orders of the central directorate they exercise a greater influence in the state in proportion to their numbers than any other section of the American people. The influence of the Irish vote on Anglo-American relations is too patent to need recapitulation and in the present deplorable condition of Ireland it militates powerfully against that cordial relation - between America and Great Britain which the majority of thinkers on both sides of the Atlantic agree is the surest guarantee of world peace.
Many Americans regard the domination of the Irish in American politics with unooncealed-vexation, They believe that if Britain were to settle the Trish question satisfactorily the Trish element in their midst would cease from troubling and their elections would henceforth
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