REDMOND'S CAMPAIGN.
80.000 DOLLASS RAISED. I ■Received ft.2o a.m.) NEW YORK, September 24. Mr. John Redmond, cnairmau of the Irish Parliamentary party, and Mr. •Joseph Deviin.who are visiting the United States. addr--sed a United Irish League . Convention at Boston. * A sum of StI.OOO dollars was raised to ' assist in the Home Rule campaign. Lr,.-t week "'.--■> Sinn Fein ue-igue of, America— .romp"•-■'-1 of iri.-b Nationalist; extremist?, who advocate the control of Irish allairs by purely Irish opinion, without reference to England —appealed t-i to refuse to contribvte to ihe fund :V r r_e augmentation nf which Me.-.-v. C K. Redmond. M.P.. ■ Irish Nationalist lt-.deri and Mr J. Dev-' lin. M.P.. recently started upon an Ameri- | tan campaign. Th." Leaguers ar™ue that the £25.000 whir.! they state is annually i ixpendei upon r'_e upkeep of Nationalist i members iv the House of Commons is 1 ;iscle.-s. an:l only M-rve.. to den_tiona : ise I the Irish people. ' Tiie Times remarked ismi the Ameri. an public show a waning inteiest in the Irish question.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 230, 25 September 1908, Page 5
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