IRISH HOME RULE

Evening Star, Issue 15137, 19 March 1913, Page 6

IRISH HOME RULE

OVERSEAS OPINION. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 18. At the St. Patrick's Day banquet the Nationalist leader, Mr Redmond, who presided, proposed the toast of "Ireland as a Nation." He said opposition to Home Rule was dead. Iroiversal regret was expressed at the ""fact that the Parliament Act delayed the completion of Home. Rule. .

Sir J. G." Ward attributed the remarkable success of Irishmen in the Overseas Dominions to the fact that they were trusted and that the insult to their manhood was never before them. It would be a great thing if Great Britain gained the goodwill of 25,000,000 Irishmen outside of Ireland. The needs of the Empire required that the festering sore near the heart should be healed immediately. It was a thousand pities that the Ulstcrmen differed, but the majority had rights equally with the minority. Many tJlsteTmcn in New Zealand l were living' in amity with other Irishmen, If there were any interference with the liberty or religion of Ulstermen, the British Government, }vho gave self-government, would take it away, and in so doing they would be backed by public opinion over the whole world.

The New South "Wales AttoruevGeneral (Mr Holman) denied that selfgovernment was a big blot on the Englishman's reputation for honesty and fair play. The history of the selfgoverning Dominions had shown that they were ready to support the Empire every time that help was needed. It was wrong that a boon should be ruthlessly withheld in the very heart of the Empire. He concluded by hailing Mr J. E. Redmond as the true leader of selt-government. MR BRYAN AND IRELAND. CHICAGO, March 18. hi the course of his speech at a St Patrick's Day banquet, the Secretary of State (Mr W. J. Brvan) said that victory for Home Pule meant the end or aristocratic rule and victory for the whole world. Ireland's part would be remembered by every people engaged in struggling against aristocracy. The victory of Home Rule would p'robablv not bo acceptable at first to England and Scotland, but in the end they would find it immensely to their benefit. A section 0 f the American Press criticise what they term Mr Bryan's interference with the internal affai'rs of a foreign country.