HOME RULE FOR IRELAND.
l'O THE EDITOB. - Sir, — A letter signed "Antrim" has appeared in The Evening Post of 30th March. I wish to state that 1 fully agree with the whole substance of that letter. It is quite true that most of ( the leaders of the Nationalist Party in Ireland in the past ha\e been Protestants, and many have given up their lives for the cause. The present leader is a Catholic, but many of his best lieutenants are Protestants. The Irish people pathetically revere the martyrs of their fatherland. No enquiry is made as to what religion they belonged to. In the cottage of the humble Catholic peasant as well as in that of' the rich the picture of Emrnec of immortal memory is hun^ up besides that of the Catholic O'Connell. This, o£ course, is as it should be. Re "Antrim's" reminder to the reception committee as to denominational monopoly, there is no need to mention it. The reception is open to all regardless of committee, sex, - religion, lace, or nationality. All lovers of freedom, all in sympathy, who wish Ireland to have the management of her own affairs as we possess here ares requested to become active supporters get on the committee. — Yours, etc., J.O.S. ■Wellington, 4th April, 1911.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 83, 8 April 1911, Page 9
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213HOME RULE FOR IRELAND. Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 83, 8 April 1911, Page 9
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