The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-03
rHE,S FUNDS MOI YET EXHAUSTED.

THE, FUNDS Z lEi,ll' EXHAUSTED.
In london thee other day q corresp pon--88
dent lad an interview with CHARLEs
ssssrAwARr r arm E1gr, and cables the exact
lang ge which the Irish leader used to5
iexp press his gratitude for the liberal con
5tribntions of money made BY America i a
TO the funds Of the Parlialnen ntary Party, 7
and tosinaicate the effect on British pub
lie opinion of the practical and N stls-
tanned sympathyof our citizens with the
cause Of Ireland s IL 3s
Il would beg Of you, & said Mr.. PAE-
NELL, sto convey my thanks to the peoo-.
pie OF America for the continued and
large contributions that 50 constantly
reach us from there. sUnquestionably,
ono Of the main reasons why. English
public opinion has at length consented
TO investigate thoroughly the Irish
Question, is the remarkable evidence
which these contributions afford OF the
sympathy and support Of America, to-
wards the Irish movement. The fact
that these ren1ittances come not only
from citizens Of Irish birth, but from all
nakionalities, has also been noted on
this side, and its significance is widely
appreciated. You will recollect that
Iseveral weeks ago, Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN,
who has now openly shown his en1nity
towards the National demand of Ireland,
was credited with the authorship of an
article in the Fortnightiy Review, in
which prominence was given to the ar
gunaent against the msh demand that
our resources would soon be exhausted,
and that Ireland would then be left de-
fenseless against the resources of civil
ization' which Great Britain could
bring against her. This article has now
been falsifed, and it has been shown
that America is able and willing to en-
able us to maintain long ng-continued
struggle in the very doubtful event Of
this being necessary. 6
Ii Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN .is the author Of
the article referred to in the Fortnight
~ Review, he is certainly a little out Of
his reckoning. So long as the Irish
people continue the fight in the same pa
triotic spirit they have in the past there
need be fear but that America will do
her share in supplying the sinews Of
war, and that all is asked in return is the
gratitude Of down-trodden people
whose blood has been sucked by Eng
lish vampires for 50 many long, drears
years. 1t will be a bleak, barren,
malarial day when Irish1nen in America
will forget the mother country. But
the endis fast approaching, and from
present indications it would appear
that before many months elapse the
epitaph Of Ireland's youngest mart
Robert Emmett shall be written.
III. j. Thaddeus, the Irish painter,
has just completed portrait Of the
Pope, said by competent authorities to
be the best likeness of his Holiness ex
tant This picture is to be- presented
10 the city Of Cork, one of the most
PROMINENT Catholic cities in the Holy
See. Thaddeus has also painted Sir;S.
Bragga, the African traveller,
md Cardinal Howard.
4 n 3gi
The Royal Irish Academy Of Music
lolds an annual examination and re-
wards exceptional skill with valuable
,rizes. At the recent examination
wards were made for singing, har-
nony, playing at sight, violin and yio-
oncello playing The wife of the
ord-heutenant presided and delivered
graceful address when presenting the
,rizeS.
At the Mansion house meeting ne
elief of the poor representative men
# all shades Of political and religious
-iews participated, among them the +,
Protestant Archbishop, the Catholic I
Bishop, Lord Mayor Sullivan, Lord
Aberdeen, and many more. 1t is a
most unusual sight to see a nationalist
mayor fanked in public or in private
With viceroy on one side and pro-
estant prelate on the other. The
peeches were all in good taste and a
sum was taken up, while Il
for general cooperation
vas put in motion.
sssg3fslS
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he effect thar many of our subscribers
ire not receiving the STANDARD |
.egularly. While we appreciate with &
Iue weight the fact that mistakes are
liable to occur in this Office consequent
lpon the difficulty in looking after a
-apidIy increasing subscription list,
till we incline to the belief that the
POSTAL service is to q great extent at
ault. However our subscribers can
est assured that as many of them as
10 not receive their paper regularly and
lotify the management Of the STAND |
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