Evening star., 1901-11-18
Special Delegation in That Interest
Visits Washington.
MEMBERS OF BRITISH PARLIAMENT
Proposition to Unite the Race in
Conservative Policy.
SSION OF VIEW S

John E. Redmond, Patrick A. McHugh
and Thomas ODonnell. members Of the
British parliament and special ENJOYS to
the United States and Canada in the in
terest of home rule for Ireland, arrived in
Washington today at noon. Their stay here
will extend over not more than two days
and be of an entirely informal character.
They have already paid their respects to
the President This evening they are to
receive several prominent Washington
Irishmen. Otherwise their time is to be
given to sightseeing. When they leave the
capital city. which will be possibly
Wednesday evening or Thursday morning,
they will proceed to Montreal The three
envoys with Mrs. Redmond and relative
Miss Dalton, are quartered at the New Will
lard.
The three members of parliament who
constitute the delegation have undertaken
this journey to the United States and Can
ada Ior the purpose of uniting the Irish
citizens of the two countries in the cause
Of Irish home rule. They represent the old
GladStone-Parnell wing of the pro-Irish
movement, and are opposed to the attitude
of those agitators who would seize the
present opportunity, while England is in
volved in warfare in South Africa, to re-
volt and attempt to obtain absolute inde-
pendence. In New York, Chicago and Bal
timore they have conducted large meetings.
All three cities have entertained them
freely.
Meeting In Baltimore.
In Baltimore, where a meeting was held
last Saturday night, the ENJOYS addressed
over 5000 persons, including the mayor and
Judge Charles Burke On the stage with
them were Representative Wachter and
about thirty representatives Of Baltimore
Irish organizations. The three ENJOYS spoke
and were enthusiastic ally applauded. Reso-
lutionS were adopted unanimously to the
following effect: Congratulating the en-
voys their fight for Irish liberty"
pledging the support Of the IriSh-Americans
of Baltimore, declaring In favor Of the
movement to establish Gaelic as modern
and classic language, protesting against the
Boer war, and announcing the determina-
ton of ''Erin's exiled children never to give
up the struggle until Ireland shall be free
Mr.. Redmond's position on Irish political
and economic questions is sufficiently set
forth in the following extracts from his
Baltimore address:
I'VE are here tonight to ask you for that
sympathy and support which in former
times constituted our chief mainstay against
our English enemy. For ten years Ireland
has sent you no such message as we bring.
Our people have been torn by dissension
and we thought 1t useless The message is
that we have composed our differences and
have buried forever all those personal and
political divisions. Until we were in a posi-
tion to bring you such a message none of us
dared to come. Now, however, we have no
hestancy in coming to appeal for the ma
terial and moral support you gave to Par
nell. We realize that we must show to you
that the national movement Is not surren-
dering jot or little of Ireland's claims. 1t
Is effort to do away with foreign domina-
tion and make the voice Of the Irish su-
preme in all affairs pertaining exclusively
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