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GIVEN LITTLE SUPPORT
ONLY 66 M. Prs VOTED FOR THE
PRO-BOER DECLARATION.
Irish Amendment to the Address i'm
Reply to the Queens Speech Re-
jected by the Commons.

LONDON, Feb. John Redmond. chair
man of the United Irish party. was loudly
cheered by all sections of the Irish men,
bers when he rose in the House OF Com
mons to-day to move an amendment to
the address in reply to the speech from the
throne, representing the time had arrived
to bring the war to a conclusion on the
basis of recognizing the independence of
the Transvaal and the Orange Free State.
He said the Irish party abhorred this war
and intended, so far as possible to main
tain the independence of the republics,
which have been defended with such
heroism.
Mr.. Redmond admitted that the empire
was involved in complications. A feeling
Of hope and satisfaction stirred the ma
jority of the Irish at home and abroad.
But, he continued, the sympathies Of the
Irish would still have been pro-Boer, even
If England had not been concerned and
another power had attempted to ''act the
bully and oppressor in South Africa"
England to-day" added Mr.. Redmond.
stood not in splendid, but dsgraceful
isolation, Turkey alone lending her counte-
nance"
While admitting that official expression
of hostility had not been heard in the
United States chiefly because America,
being engaged in the Philippine war, has
not felt herself in position TO rebuke Eng
land, as she would otherwise have done"
Mr.. Redmond declared that the overwhelm-
ing opinion of leading American statesmen
was hostile to Great Britain in this war,
and said the unanimous disapproval of
the world demonstrated that the war was
unjust and it ought therefore to be
stopped. AS to whether the prospects of
home rule were adversely affected by the
attitude of the Irish, Mr.. Redmond said
he thought Ireland had nothing to lose,
and everything to gain, by raising her
voice on the side of justice and liberty.
Timothy Healy, Irish Nationalist, during
the course of a speech, dwelling on British
defeats, said: Heretofore the Beers have
only had two feast days in their calendar
-Dingan's day and Majuba day. But Eng
land has given them Buffers day, Whites
day. Gatacre's day, Methuen's day, Yule's
day and Symons's day" Loud and con-
tinued cries of "Shame! greeted the refer
ence to the dead general and Mr.. Healy
fastened to declare that he had the great
est respect for the late General Symons
Mr.. Healy. continuing, said the most pa
thetic incident of the war was the CORE
spondence between General Symons and
General Joubert, before Symons's death,
and the only unworthy feature was that
tie English turned their back on their dy-
ing general.
home rule, member for the south division
of Tyrone replying to Mr. Healy on be-
half of the government. said there was one
day the Beers would never celebrate, and
that was the day on which the Boer Par
lament should surrender under such igno-
BILE conditions as in 1881
Mr.. Patrick Joseph Power, member for
re East division of Waterford county
seconded Mr.. Redmond's amendment, but
ii was rejected by a vote of 36S to &C.
The House then ADJOURNED.