THE IRISH PARTY SPLIT

Evening Star, Issue 13014, 8 January 1907, Page 5

THE IRISH PARTY SPLIT

* A HOME RULER INTERVIEWED.

[Special to the Stab.]

* INVERCARGILL, January 8. Mr Donovan, tho Irish delegate, arrived at the Bluff to-day, where ho was met by Father O’Malley, and on his \arrivaJ at Invercargill ho* was greeted by Father Burko and Irish residents. Ho is leaving immediately by tho express for Dunedin, where he speaks to-night. Referring to Mr Crean’a remarks, he said that Mr Sheehan had by eighty-four of' bis colleagues in tho Nationalist party been expelled as an undesirable. His expulsion did not- represent anything in the nature of a split among Nationalists, but rather emphasised tho consolidation of tho party. Mr Crcan had joined Mr O'Brien in tho .support of what was known as the devolution theory, which was a halfway house to Homo Rule. Tho Irish party would never accept anything less 'than a Parliament elected by and responsible to the people. They were not prepared to accept a compromise, but required a Parliament elected on democratic principles, similar to that of New Zealand, and their hopes would bo realised within the next year or two. Regarding tho allegation that be and Mr Devlin were preaebing Mr O’Brien’s policy, they had never preached any other doctrine than conciliation and toleration, and by this means would secure the unification of all creeds and classes, while Mr O’Brien only wanted to conciliate a small group of landlords.