Mr. J. E. REDMOND, M.P.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XI, Issue 2, 4 May 1883, Page 13

Mr. J. E. REDMOND, M.P.

Mb Redmond has addressed the following letter to the Irishmen of Queensland :— Fellow-countrymen, — Itis to me a matter of very great regret that I cannot visit all portions of Queensland. This regret is intensified by my knowledge of the sterling patriotism and past exertions of this portion of Australia. Nothing but the absolute necessity which exists for a speedy return to my labours in the House of Commons prevents me from visiting you, I venture to appeal to you, to form as far as you can, in every town, branches of the National League. In the name of Mr. Parnell and his colleagues, I ask my fellow-countrymen to open subscription lists at once, and to forward all accounts to Father Breen of the Australian Office in Brisbane. These funds will be devoted to a double purpose ; first, to alleviate the sufferings of.the famine-stricken people in the West and North of Ireland, and, secondly, to assist in destroying the cause from which famine has spiunp in the past — to root the people as owners on the soil, and to obtain for Ireland the restoration of her undoubted rights of self-government. In this matter time is of paramount importance. I ask you to set to work at once, and I feel convinced that the result of this appeal will be to prove to Ireland and the world, that the Irishmen of Queensland are still true to the cause for which they have so successfully and generously worked in the past. — I remain, your faithful servant. J. E. Redmond.