The Daily News, a persistent critic of the conduct of the war, condemned the policy of “Oriental repression” in Ireland. Newspapers around the world were full of news from Ireland, he pointed out, in which the British were portrayed as the cruel persecutors of a people deserving of freedom. To many British politicians, the situation in Ireland was on a par with the postwar nationalist revolts they faced in Egypt and India. In the same issue he wrote that black Americans were uniquely placed to understand the news from Ireland. “All this contains no word of argument against the ultimate freedom of Ireland – which God speedily grant!

Source: The Guardian February 28, 2021 10:07 UTC