IRELAND AND THE EMPIRE.
BEARING FULL HONOURABLE SHARE IN THE WAR. KAISER'S PREDICTION COMPLETELY FALSIFIED j .< r • i l l ". -■-..-',l. . (Received 11.15 ajn.)' - - , LONDON, March 15. - Mr. John Redmond, speaking at Manchester, said that the fact that the i meeting was not. composed". only" of Irishmen proved that Englishmen : and Irishmen were now united for a common.purpose. Ireland was admitted by the democracy of England on equal terms into her proper place in the empire iwhich she had assisted to build up as much as England. Ireland bad"already-taken. r her proper place in perfect absolute good faith: Her first immediate duty was to ensure that Ireland bore her full honourable; part of the war. A month ag0'99,704 Irishmen bad enlisted, exclusive of 115,000 Irishmen in Britain. In fighting for lac Empire, Irishmen knew that they were lighting for Ireland. The Kaiser's calculations were completely falsified. He expected to meet a divided Empire, but had found that it was absolutely solid.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 64, 16 March 1915, Page 5
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161IRELAND AND THE EMPIRE. Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 64, 16 March 1915, Page 5
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