All for Ireland: "Hands across the Sea."

New Zealand Tablet, 8 December 1921, Page 22

All for Ireland: "Hands across the Sea."

We have been requested to publish the following letter addressed to the Otago Provincial Council of The SelfDetermination for Ireland- League of New Zealand, despatched from Washington, D.C., under date September 12, and the reply from the president of the Otago Council. A cam i; . . . . The report we have received from Miss Hughes of the active support given to Ireland’s cause by your province has given extreme pleasure to Ireland’s exiled sons -here. It will rouse at home our people’s gratitude for your support to-day, and keen memories of your past devotion. Please convey to every member of your Council and the various committees and to every one of the individual! members in your area our thanks and appreciation. The lull day is not hero yet, but the thought of your unswerving devotion to her in her demands, for freedom will give renewed hope to our mother Ireland. Lc meas mar, wise, do cava , , . Joseph Begley, Sec. A C rd e ! \our letter has deeply touched us all. You encourage us and invisible comrades walk with us and we with them. No seas are barrier and no circumstance. We send greetings as brothers of one Mother. We pray for you who bear the standards. 0 nhhur cairdibh ar an taoihh theas. R. D. Ua Maolagain. IRISH RACE CONFERENCE ‘ The National Executive of the Self-Determination for Ireland League of "New Zealand-has received the following cable message from Miss Katherine Hughes, at present in Paiis, in collection with the coming Irish Race Conference; ‘Thomas Hughes Kelly, of New York, honorary secretary, requests you convey Hierarchy and Executive* officers all existing Irish organisations, besides Leagues officials, invitation World Congress as visitors, not delegates. Announce in press, all Irish visitors welcomed. “Hughes.”