Uncommon Sense

What kind of an Irishman was that, and him a Sinn Feiner, always a lep ahead of the murdering Black & Tans in the days of "The Trouble?" What kind was it but himself. General Richard Mulcahy, 57, president of the opposition Fine Gael (United Ireland) Party in the Dail Eireann. And what did he say, the brave boyo? To his party convention in Dublin Mulcahy said:

"Everything we have seen in this war should convince us that our security can be planned only in combination with some powerful ally or combination of allies competent to shield us with their power and to guarantee [equipment] to our manpower in time of war. . . . The security of Great Britain and Ireland are completely interdependent. . . ."

Eire dependent on the Sassenach? Isn't that the fine talk to be coming out of the mouth of an Irishman? And did his party delegates rise like one man and cry: "Take off your shoes, Mulcahy, and show us the true webbed feet of a bogtrotter--or bad cess to you!"?

Indeed, they did no such thing. Instead, they went into secret session, unanimously approved General Mulcahy's security plan and his leadership, announced they would fight enough seats next election to form a government if they won. Cried the Dublin Irish Times, which does not like Eire's gloomy Prime Minister Eamon de Valera: "General Mulcahy's speech comes like a draught of fresh air into the fetid atmosphere of Irish make-believe."

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