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about the disbursement. The taxpayer has to 

 find all the money, and the ecclesiastic must have 

 all the credit. There is no need to mention a 

 particular parish since the facts apply broadly 

 to most of the parishes in which the Parish 

 Committee Scheme works. 



The prettiest curiosity of all is that we have 

 grave Statesmen pretending to oppose Home Rule 

 after they have shaped, fixed and financed these 

 immoral methods in the " Government " of 

 Ireland, which are continued to-day, on an 

 increasing scale, more immoral and more expensive 

 than ever. How can sane men have respect for 

 law while they see its makers thus corrupting its 

 administration ? Of course, the Irish themselves 

 are to blame, but why must the British always 

 prefer and finance the methods which most 

 degrade Ireland ? As a form of official strategy, 

 it is pertinent, if despicable ; in the name of 

 civilised Government, it is an outrage, and the 

 British are to blame for the outrage. 



