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New Zealand Tablet, 29 April 1920, Page 28

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How England treats Ireland. Here's a bit of evidence (sneers the Daily Mail). Lord Dunraven is chairman of a committee formed in London to establish a permanent memorial to officers and men of Irish regiments killed in the war. As most of them were Roman (!) Catholics, the memorial will take the form of a chapel in Westminster Cathedral. In this chapel each regiment will have its own marble tablet and "Libre Yitae" containing the names of the fallen, irrespective of creed. A sum of £IO,OOO is required for carrying out tho scheme. , 'Orrible, brutal, barbaric England! r Just so (comments the Catholic Advocate, Queensland). They loved Joan of Arc so mucliHhat they burned her alive; and English officers placed a wreath on her grave to win French sympathy during the war. , They would have hanged Washington had he been caught, but showed their burning love for America by burning the town of Washington. But when America pulled the "chestnuts but of the fire, Washington was deified by England and his country was hailed as the land of the free and the home of the brave. The trouble with England is that she doesn't appreciate a patriot until he, „ or she,... is dead., ...But. Eamon still lives and reigns and, living, has a big chance of being hailed as hero and patriot in England, »which, *. according to the Bishop of London, will . have ■ Ha| Labor | Government within ten years. In the meantime we want ; "a fair go" for the live compatriots of dead Irish heroes.!?