The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-23
JOHN REDMoxD,s susPENsroN.
A H~ish-Handea Suppression OF Free speech in
PnrltAment.

n HiHh-Hnuuen bupproasion OF Fro0 bpeccn In
Parliament.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sfr: AS many
OF your readers may have boon interested In
seeing tho account Of tho recent suspension of
Mr.. John Redmond and three OF his supporters
from the British House of Commons, It has 90
CURED to me, in view Of the necessary brovity
OF cabled reports, that O moro detailed state
ment OF what took place, and Of some OF tho
causes leading thereto, by an American student
Of Irish affairs. might be Of interest.
Sometime ago n commission. consisting mainly
of E~nglishmen, was appointed by the English
Government TO inquire into alleged grievances
concerning the financial trcatmento OF ireland by
Great Britain. Their report, rocontly submitted,
showed that a grave injustice had been dono
ireland for years. There can be no question as
to that. Irish Unionists and Nationalist wore
united upon the question. The greatest English
experts on finance had boen examined before tho
committee, and had agreed, yot the demand for
redress had boon refused by an overwhelming
majority In Parliament.
A short tlmo after this refusal OF redress Mr..
John Redmond presided ut n meeting, held In
the Rotunda In Dublin, for the purpose Of
launching the now organization known ss the
Irish Independent League.
OF the purpose Of that organization, or Of the
causes that led to It's inception, / shall not
speak here. 1t 10 enough to say that at that
meeting Mr.. Redmond stated ss n part Of his
platform the necessity Of forcing upon Great
Britain the claim for redress made by Ireland
Al o means TO this end he. proposed to contest
S what is v ssile q co %Snay S 81 Supply Sy E,f for anS pu In
poses not Irish. on the ground that Ireland was
paying too large Il share of the money granted
On Friday, May %, the House Of Commons
Was engaged In committee az It. Z called
Of Committees presidingh The question bo-
fore the House was the voting Of some thou
houses, q which ireland would have to pay an
alleged disproportionate share.
meeting in Dublin, in fact q few days before this
Proposed vote, NJ r.. BSalfour, as leader Of the
mons, in general terms, a proposed measure OF
relief for Ireland, consisting of some. form Of
I Gee r sSys1 rIanS IT, And lIdos Il ltes,'%e s 1s,s q &c certain a I
culture given 70 English landlords during the
i Ss.n 'e wsionma Th hs D pr i~9:s rs of Mr.; BsIfosr ., had
and hero the matter dropped SO far as Pariia-
The Government. organs. and in fact the large
majority OF English papers. seemed TO look on
redress, and the final burial OF Home Rule. The
ac9uiescence OF the several Irish leaders was
P pot Tefus 20 ss ps9 o ' th stf d SsGS ~ fd the x, had bad
was at an end.
Imay say here that that scheme of local gov.
claim made BY the English commission, but was
to Irish landlords : to S''V Withhold ifs ID I tSei iro oppesition
to any form Of local government TO Ireland, how.
be- It was not, I repeat. an answer to the there re.
port Of the Financial Commission; the answer
s sG lnss ah in r Piieo1Gnsi rs G report s and in ~ iS, isa SG ON
the appointment of a new commission to 60 over
!as H,e ss ssGg1 week sEf thst q pa @ssde ief e sf heavier yeSs burr.
den on the shoulders Of overtaxed and impover-
II was pnder tbese c;rcurstan,., that nm tb.
Chairman submitting to the House the vote of
s24,o37 for harbors and lighthouses, Mr..
man inseSTuptod | him aas' to % :sv tSes he t oSui Sna not
mond. as leader Of the Parneliite party, rose and
respectfully submitted thai, It was in order on
SSpiinT fsq% MD he 70 report saTe given iVs rf 81 The LONDON ION
1tmes1 The Chairman then said that on this
. assf in 1sG = hsir ]ssis'lSn 9 81 Great Sof Bfit n3s and go into frs'
land. Mr.. Redmond again rose and said
that that he! he ss;a,,, no iI,sntiCn e going
that. he felt eS'ai It his duty 10 o'Sii insist, 0a as
s sn Irish q; the %eg% 6xsinm shss t ais 1 recent m.I prone fSs
SnssSt, that Of ,S sss fRsnelai EBT .e. be Of %, ire aaniI
lhn'e. eoala no os t disoS Uaa't tRaf s %SS sa'd t ar.
Redmond insisted on his right to DO so, when
ss.Ssss T. d? Mr. ane els s n Mr. sTo " S%!.'i RsanS Ma.
% n%% III then sas, sevs era fSii Snd It .. some Ms; i isasth Hi IN:
sisted on their right to raise the question Of nm
Just taxation in opposing taxation, each dis
tinctly declaring his. intention not to go into
details. Each was in turn driven from the
chamber. and SO the British House OF Commons
were freed from the infection of Irish members
presenting 1reland's reasons for not joining in q
grant OF about l2O,OO0
OF couree there has been the familiar chorus
IN English papers OF Irish members playing to
the gallery, &c.-a stale echo OF the cries
familiar enough years ago when Parnell and
Btggar used, or misused as Englishmen said, the
rules Of the House upon every opportunity TO
force the clnims OF Ireland on the unwilling at
tention of English members.
From this simple statement Of facts your read
cs will see that, Notwithstanding the unani-
nous approval bestowed by the Irish mem
bers OF p 'rliament on Mr.. Balfour's statement
In the House OF Commons q vague suggestion Of
remedial legislation, however much II may have
tended to bridge the differences between the Irish
people and the English Government, cannot by
any stretch of the imagination be taken as estab-
fishing the terms on which the homo rule aSita-
tion will be finally settled; nor as oven tenn
porarily preventing Irish members from press
Ing every Just claim of ireland for redress pend
Ing such settlement.
LEWIS STUYvEsANT CHAMBER.
pITTrEIRv Eanf luna y 1907