Letter from Richard Hazleton to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 14 March 1918 Letters 1916-1923 Richard Hazleton

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In this letter Richard Hazleton discusses Joseph Cyrillus Walsh's relation to a man named Moloney (possibly William J. Maloney), as well as his views of the Irish political party Sinn Féin.

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 Congress Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. 14th March, 1918. My dear J.C: I have just received your letter of yesterdayand can only send you a short note in answer to it as Ihave to leave town in a few minutes for an outside en-gagement. I am glad you wrote me so fully and frankly.I was with you enough in New York to get to understandyour point of view, which so closely approximates to myown in many respects as regards the situation in Irelandthat I would like to be able to give you my views onthe issues you raise in your letter. First, as to Moloney, I beg of you to hold hishand if you can. I do not know him well enoughx to judgehim, but I have great respect for your judgement, and Iknow that you regard him as valuable. The impression Igot was one of great ability, with an exaggerated self-importance and a taste for intrigue. Forgive this if itis wrong. M., I think, loves to dabble in High Politics.So would I if I had the time, but I am too busy in thehumbler details of politics. But I would like to see youhold his hand because I believe that the developments inthe Irish situation will be very rapid now, and it wont belong before it will be possible for all of us to come toa much clearer perception of where we stand. The trouble with M. is that he does not seethat T.P. and I are only in a very minor way at themoment dealing with policy. We are here to get moneywithout which we need'nt trouble to discuss policy, for ifwe fail there will be only the one policy --- that of ouropponents. If Moloney thinks that desirable then he has aperfect right to go out and attack us, but if not,hemust really make some allowance for the needs of thesituation so long as we are doing the effective thing toget the money and so long as we dont go wrong onfundamentals. 2. I gather that M. considers it entirely wrongto attack Sinn Fein. But does he confine that limitationto this country? Does he think we ought not to confinefight them in Ireland? The reason I am not a Sinn Feineris that so long as there is a chance of saving theConstitutional movement I believe it is worth saving. Butto do that I must fight Sinn Fein. Such support as wehave been able to get in this country has been as a resultof the war policy of the Constitutional movement, and I amwholly with T.P. in the attitude that it would be fatalto do or say anything which would lead people to think thatour attitude on that point had undergone any change. Ithink there is room for accomodation as to whether thepoint of accentuation in this country ought to be xxthe attack on Sinn Fein or not. I would be perfectly xxxprepared to discuss the wisdom of putting the soft pedalon that here, while I see that there can be on relaxationof the battle in Ireland. Also I think that Dillon'sleadership will show a sound way to put the British Gov-ernment in the wrong in case of the failure of the Con-vention and their failure to take hold of the situationin the right way. I am confident he will give us all arallying cry in that event, which can be taken up herewithout conflict with our fundamental position on thewar. I have the utmost confidence in his soundness ofjudgement, and in the prospect of a bold and de-termined lead from him. His arm has been paralised fora long time back, but in his new position he will beable to give effect to his ideas, particularly as he hasDevlin with him and the element in tne Party that countsfor anything. Therefore, in spite of the apparent black-ness of the position at the moment, I am fully of hope,and feel perfectly certain that this is the very lastmoment that ought to be chosen by any friend of oursto make break. I am sure T.P. would agree with all thatI have said. He has emphasised one side of the position,probably to your displeasure as well as Moloney's, butI am sure you will agree that he has done it with the soleobject of furthering the purpose we share in common. Iexpect him back to-morrow, and do not yet know if Iwill accompany him to the West, but I want to keep intouch with you. Yours always sincerely, Richard Hazleton Reprocessing Ireland Richard Hazleton Letter from Richard Hazleton to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 14 March 1918 Joseph Cyrillus Walsh Letter from Arthur Griffith to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 24 May 1919Letter from George Gavin Duffy to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 6 July 1920 Letter from Joseph Cyrillus Walsh to John N. Milholland, 13 June 1921Letter from Richard Hazleton to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 14 March 1918Letter from George Gavan Duffy to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 6 July 1920Letter from H. J. Kavanagh to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 23 February 1920Letter from Francis Fletcher-Vane to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 23 June 1917Letter from Michael Harkin to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 5 February 1920Letter from Michael Harkin to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 3 February 1921Letter from M. 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