Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-15
REV FATHER NEWT.
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 According to the Rev Father David Kent, wlfo addressed a large c0ngre- gation after services at St. Th0mas's last evening. in the interests of St Col mans cathedral, Queenstown, home rule for Ireland is q certainty within two or three years. On this matter of Irish self government Father Kent is the most sanguine clergyman that ever stood before an audience in this city. His subject to the congregation at St Thomas's was ''St Patrick but his subject to Democrat reporter was the prospects of Ireland.
 Father Kent has been in this col,n try two years collecting money to complete the building of the famous cathedral of St Colman, which has been in course of erection for almost forty years. His own parish is Innis- carra, q lovely village situated few miles from famous Blarney, and it may be 'on account of this contiguity of location that makes the smiling young clergyman. so interesting talk CT.
 NOtWllllSiiuulHS Hls IOllS uusVu'O | from home. he is nevertheless ill touch With Irish affairs and the rosy view he | takes of them cannot fail to awaken hope in the bosom of the most de- spCndent patriotic Irishman His hearty handshake and his Gaelic greet | ing sends the blood thrilling through ones veins. Though many years of lis life were passed in England, he is still an Irishman, every inch of him.
 "BalfOur.' said he, twill certainly go down in the next general election. and whatever party is returned will have only a very small majority. This l will give the Irish members the bal ance of power in the commons and Irish home rule will certainly follow. 'I think myself that Chamberlain's policy for a preferential tariff, mod i flied form of what.you call protection in this country. will carry the country. but Mir Chamberlain will have to have the assistance of one of the minor par ties in the house of commons to have his ideas become a law, and what party would he more naturally look to than the nationalists?
 "NOw. the resignation of Sir Charles | Wyndham. chief secretary for Ireland. was by no means loss to the c0un- try. for though. as the Democrat has said, his Irish lineage is almost as old as Ireland itself, the traditions of his family have always been opposed to the interests of Ireland. It is to Sir Anthony Mcdonnell. the under secre tary that we look for the salvation of Ireland. He is q true I..ishman. The king himself. mind you. sent for Sir Anthony, who was in the government of India, to take the undar-secretary- ship for Ireland. The king is home ruler. my dear sir"
 Tt is hard to believe that" inter- 1 jected the interviewer.
 Its q fact nevertheless" said Father Kent. When Sir Anthony ar rived in England from India he called upon Mir Balfour. who told him to see the king. He did so and when the king told him that he wanted to hon. or him with the undar-secretaryship for Ireland. Sir Anthony reminded him of his Irish nationality and his hopes for his country. and the King told him | that was exactly the reason he wished him to accept the office. Sir Anthony | is q great nationalist" said Father Kent. with evident pride and faith in his distinguished cOuntryman. "We expect he will do great deal for us.' Now. Mir Chamberlain will un- dOubtedly be successful in the f1eXt general election and, as I have said he cannot expect to put his policy of | q ,snf nfa,antio1 fap;A house without the assistance of the Irish nationalists. For their help he will assist them to obtain self govern mant for their country. and I will say now that it is not as difficult to obtain | as it was some years ago. All of the ] big landlords of Ireland are in favor of the project. The king himself is in favor of it. He is not alone q fine gen tleman. hut q scholar. and he knows every beat of the public pulse. Then there is the under secretary for Irc- land. ;.il Irishman born. I'm na- | ticnalist and my heart is in Ireland. my country. is what he told the king upon his arrival from India. Sir An thOny has a brother who is one of the most vigorous nationalists in parlia- Inent. Tha country was never riipr for home rule than now. and the pros poet was never better.
 "The first industrial law to bc passed by the Irish parliament will be on the lines of Mir Chamberlain's pre- ferential tariff. There are too many manufactured products entering Ire land now and it could stand q good | deal of what you call protection. on manufacture,l goods .i Why. yGu speak as though you were sure of getting home rule" re- 1 marked the interviewer.
 'Few people on this side of the ,ca- ter have any idea how near We are to it.. replied Father Kent. In two years we will have home rule. for no ] other reason than that everything is propitiOus for it. England Is a tOtter- ing nation. She needs the helping hand of this country, She cannot gel along without it in fact. hut as long IS there is an Irishman in this co,.l- try crying cut for home rule for Ire land if will he hopeless for England ! to expect to make treaty with America. That is one of the things England wishes to have more than | anything else. hut she will not gcr if as lGtig as she continues to govern Ireland with q rod of steel. We all know that only for the Irish in Amer ica. England and America would have heen hound together by treaty long ago. Now. England is well aware os this. The king knows it just as well as his ministers do. and lc has sci his