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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1116, 2 May 1911, Page 2

THE IRISH ENVOYS. » $ ot HOME RULE, as w; MISSION TO NEW ZEALAND." fo in cc Three of fho Irish members of the in British. Parliament, Mes.-rs. AY. A. Red- P« niond, J. T. Donovan, and li. liazleton, £ who aro visiting the colonies to gather Js money to aid tlit llomo Rule cause, ar- A riv«d in Wellington yesterday by the Roto- )< rua from London. They were welcomed by Mr. Martin Kennedy, who has ar-. li ranged the New Zealand tour, Dr. C'ahill (president of the Reception Committee), j. and other members of the committee. £ A Dominion reporter had a brief con- n versation with them on board the stea- I nier, and subssquently obtained an in- e terview with them at the Grand Hotel, li whore-they will stay while ill Wellington, n All three envoys are young men and t unmarried. 111'. Redmond, stout, fresh- o complexioned, clean-shaven, except for a v light moustache, and young—he is only b 25—is the innigo of his father who, when o ho first visited New Zealand, was younger than his son now is. Mr. Donovan, who has a pleasant Irish manner, was here on a similar mission some four years ago,< so he is already known to many New Zealanders. Mr. Ilazleton is the youngest member of the. party, . and perhaps the ( clovercst. He is certainly very earnest. , A_ number of people had os=emblcd to ] witness their landing, and these cheered j tho three delegates as they set fcot upon q New Zealand soil. t Mr. Redmond, when interviewed subso- , quently, said the delegates were looking forward to a successful tour through New Zealand, and hoped to got a considerable sum of money. They needed funds, be- t cause the last two elections within the • spaco of one year had cost IH Irish party '.£2s,ooo,'und now the Unionist l ; had raised a fund of .£IOO,OOO to fight Homo Rule. The party was, he said, delighted with the result of the last general election. The Liberals were returned with a majority, tho Irish party had a larger majority than it had in' the former Parliament, and the coalition against the Lords was a very strong one. "Wales is solid for Home Rule," he remarked, "and there is only one Scotch member against it, , apart from Universities. To say you are j in favour of Home Rule means you are in favour of Home Rule for Tr-elano, unit to say you believe in Home Rule for Ire- I land moans you believe in Home Rule all ' round. " 1 Homo Rule and the Lords, j "At the last election," ho continued, 1 "Home Rule was made an issiie by the < Liberal Ministry, and their present ! majority of 130 stands pledged to carry a llomo Rule Bill. If tho Parliament ' Bill is passed this year, the Homo Rule j Bill will 1)0 introduced next January. : There is j. pledge to that effect." ' 'i Will not the Unionists make a great effort to liavo Home Rule excluded from I tho operation of tho Parliament Bill ? ! "They have already tried and failed. Lord Lonsdale's amendment was defeated. Clause 2 of tho Parliament Bill provides that if any Bill is passed by the Commons and sent up to the Lords in three consecutive sessions, it will then becorno law without requiring the sanction of tho Lords. If (he House of Lords throws out the Parliament Bill, they will mako an even bigger blunder than they made in rejecting the 1909 Budget, 1 for Mr. Asquith has as good as said that lie has in his pocket guarantees from the King that, if necessary, enough new peers will bo created to pass the Parliament Bill. That would mean' a permanently Liberal House of Lords, and that is something which tho present Ilouso of Lords does not want to bring about." Ulster's Attitude. And when you get Homo Rule, what will the Ulster peo'plo .ilo"? "Why, they will lie Homo Rulers too. Tho -Ulster faction has opposed every successive Land Bill, and every concession and reform, until such have been ■! obtained against their efforts by the - Irish people; and (hen they have been the first to take, advantage of theso very measures. It will.he just tho samo with. ; Home Rule. Once wo have a Parliament, i in Ireland, there will he no anti-Home Rulers in the country. "Already," continued Mr. Redmond, • | "Ulster is beginning to como into line. . Ily.'own clectibn in East Tyrone last December is one of the indications. It ; is an Ulster constituency, and I am. a Southerner, and was quite a stranger there before the campaign. Yet I was returned by a majority of HO on a 99 per cent. poll. A largo proportion of those who voted for me must have been Independents, Orangemen, and Presbyterians. Similarly thero was tho election of Mr. Joseph ' Devlin (who visited New Zealand with Mr. Donovan four or five years ago). Ho was returned for West 13elfast. by a majority of nearly 500, and that electorate also is largely composed of independent and Protestant voter.?." The split in the Nationalist ranks being mentioned, Mr. Redmond remarked that in consequence of a' statement made by Mr. O'Brien before the election, it was taken for granted that he would capture 30 seats from the Nationalist party. "Never was a greater shock felt by tho Tories and the anti-Irish politicians in England than when they found that only eight O'Brienites had been elected, and all for constituencies in and (ibout the city . of Cork, whore Mr. O'Brien's personal prestige and inilueiico were supremo." The Coronation. "Would you care to say anything about the attitude of the Nationalists in regard to the Coronation? We have had cable-, grams about it. "We aro not taking part in any ceremony.. We are holding aloof, as wo have always done in the past, from any ceremony of the kind—and as we always shall do, until wo get Homo Rule. When the King visits 'Ireland, he is assured of a most hospitable and hearty welcome, but there' will not be any official welcome. This is a matter of principle, and" tho principle will never be departed from. It is not .a matter of any sentiment against the King, nor against the English people. It is simply, a protest against the constitution as it stands at present." Air. Donovan mentioned thnt when he toured Australasia in 190G with Mr. Joseph Devlin, they collected .£23,0'i9 for the Nationalist cause, including ,£SOOO from New Zealand. New Zealand Arrangements. The visitors were entertained last evening at dinner by Mr. Martin Kennedy. They will lunch to-day with his Grace Archbishop Redwood, and to-night they will be guests of Dr. Cahill at dinner at the Wellington Club. Tho Mayor will rereceive them in his room at the Town Hall this morning. To-morrow they aro to lunch with the rector of St. Patrick's .College (Very Rev. Dr. Kennedy) and tho faculty, and at night they will address i a public mc-eting at the Town Hall. The Mayoral Tocentiou to-morrow will not bo a. public function; only the delegates and members of the local commjtlcc will attend at the Mayor's room. Subsequently, the delegates will call upon the Acting-Pre'jiier, the Hon. Jas. Carroll. Mr. Martin Kennedy last night received a telegram from Auckland stating that at a preliminary meeting there .£l2O had i been subscribed. A telegram from Hokitika states that, an enthusiastic meeting was held there, and it was decided ro invite the delegates to address i\ public meeting. In tho larger centres it is probable that all threo delegates will address ; meetings, but in connection with the meetings at the smaller towns the dele- , gates will separate, Mr. Ilazleton taking j one series of meetings and Messrs. Redmond and Donovan tho other series. j WELCOME AT HOBART. ' SPEECH BY MR. HAZLETON. Australian naners report the reception accorded to the'lrish delegates when Iho j Rotorua called at Hobart. They v.-ro j received by tho Mayor (Aid. Amotl), and ( the Acting-Premier, at the Town Ilall, j when a numerous and representative , gathering congregated to welcome them, j and assure them of tho good wishes of , the people of Hobart. ( Mr. Ilazleton, in his reply, said "lu> 1 especially appreciated, tho welcome, bocauso ho know it was not extended them on personal grounds, but as a tribute to tho cause of liberty, which lie and Messrs. Redmond and Donovan were striving for, which was enjoyed by Australians, who had grown up in the lovo of sucli a inheritance. Ho was glad to have this assurance of tho sympathy and goodwill of the citizens of llobart for the cause; of government for Ireland. No treater proof could be given them of