The anti-British campaign in America which uses the Irish question
as its weapon still flourishes. Probably if the move- ment were traced to its source it would be found that Irish. Americansby direct action or indirect instigation were responsible for nine-tenths of it. We called attention lately to the scheme of the New York Nation for holding a Commission of Inquiry into alleged atrocities in Ireland. The American Weekly Review tells us that the majority of the members of this Com- mission are well known for their anti-British views and were conspicuous for their pro-German sympathies during the war. If this be so we cannot be in much doubt as to what sort of Report the Commission will issue. In such circumstances as these it is useful to remember that America once had a rebellion of her own and that Lbw& suppressed it and would not rest until he had done so. The Morning Post of Friday recalls an incident of that war which is interesting in view of the Irish- American criticisms of reprisals in Ireland. The Morning Post, voting from Annals of our Time, August 30th, 1864, reproduces the Proclamation of the Federal General Paine, Who commanded in Western Kentucky.
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