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Title: The Open Secret of Ireland

Author: T. M. Kettle

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THE OPEN SECRET OF IRELAND

By

T. M. KETTLE

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J. E. REDMOND, M.P.

"Also it is a proverbe of olde date, 'The pride of Fraunce, the
treason of Inglande, and the warre of Irelande, shall never have
ende.' Which proverbe, touching the warre of Irelande, is like
alwaie to continue, without God sette in men's breasts to find some
new remedy that never was found before."

_State Papers_, Reign of Henry VIII.

LONDON

W. J. HAM-SMITH

1912

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION BY J. E. REDMOND, M.P. vii
PRELIMINARY. xi

CHAP.
I. AN EXERCISE IN HUMILITY. 1
II. HISTORY _(a) Coloured_. 17
III. HISTORY _(b) Plain_. 31
IV. THE OBVIOUSNESS OF HOME RULE. 47
V. THE RAVAGES OF UNIONISM (1). 65
VI. THE RAVAGES OF UNIONISM (2). 80
VII. THE HALLUCINATION OF "ULSTER". 98
VIII. THE MECHANICS OF HOME RULE. 120
IX. AFTER HOME RULE. 144
X. AN EPILOGUE ON "LOYALTY". 161

INTRODUCTION

The object of Mr Kettle, in writing this book, is, I take it, to reveal
to English readers what he not inaptly terms as "The Open Secret of
Ireland," in order to bring about a better understanding between the two
nations, and to smoothe the way to a just and final settlement of their
old-time differences. Any work undertaken on such lines commends itself
to a ready welcome and a careful study, and I feel sure that both await
Mr Kettle's latest contribution to the literature of the Irish question.
As the son of one of the founders of the Land League, and as, for some
years, one of the most brilliant members of the Irish Party, and, later,
Professor in the School of Econ