The Irish standard., 1910-04-16
new MOVEMENT OF
WILLIAM O'BRfEN
Started Recently in Cork
With Hearty Approval
of the Tories.
The Erratic Statesman in a
Fiery Speech Attacked
Old Friends.
City of the Lee Already
firing of O'Brien and
His Faction.

The Dundalk Democrat refers as fol-
lows to the meeting held by William
O'Brien in Cork to float his All-for-
Ireland League:
Lord Dunraven, the eminent Devolu-
Zionist, was not present, but sent long
letter approving of Williams latest
venture. A prominent figure was Lord
Castletown. the Grand Secretary of the
Freemasons--but perhaps better known
as the man who made the Boston
speech" some years ago. when the Irish
Unionists We're last playing the Over.
Taxation card, and then apolosized and
ran away from it. Lord Rossmord,
once grand master of the Orangemen
OF Ireland, wrote giving the new
league his blessing and approval. Lady
Fitzgerald Arnott, one of the Unionist
hackers of Mr.. O'Brien's new Cork
daily, was on the platform; and Mr..
Saunders, the notorious Southern land
agent, was another prominent figure
Mr.. T. NJ. Healy had been billed" to
speak, but he was not present, nor was
there any letter from him read to the
meeting: but his brother Maurice. and
his aged father-in-law, Mr.. Il. D.
Sullivan, were amongst the speakers,
Presumably Mr.. Healy, while willing
to "humor" William, has no high opin-
ion of the prospects of "All-for- Ire
land"
Mr.. O'Bricn's speech was worthy Of
the occasion and the company. He told
his audience how Ireland is being
"cruelly deceived by the Irish party;
that his opponents are all place hunt.
ers; that half a dozen politicians have
"strangled the Irish party" that Mr..
Redmond was "strilslng a. deadly blow
against Home Rule" He called tho
Irish party "hypocrites" and cowards:S
described their attitude on the veto
question as "a ridiculous fad,' and
their strategy as "a mixture of braEga.
docio and funk" and denounced their
"shuff1ing and incapacity." Finally aft
er much laudation Of the landlord party
in ireland, he launched into fearful
denunciation Of the Grand Masters Of
the Molly Maguires'-who he said, had
been doubling their subscriptions to the
party fund.
Now 1t Is known to every reader Of
the newspapers that the Irishmen who
have been doubling their subscriptions
to the funds are the Catholic Bishops
of Ireland; but we do not assume that,
even to please the Grand Secretary
of the Freemasons or the ex-Grand
Master of the Orangemen, Mr.. O'Brien
really intended his reference to Grand
Masters Of the Molly Maguires" to ap-
ply to the patriotic bishops Of his own
Church. The "pestilential Molly Ma
guires," said William, amidst applause
stable Cory, and the other All-for-
Irelanders, were "bigots without re-.
ligion, and conspirators without na-
tionality." Finally he called on hid
friends, new and old, to join his brand
new league that "would not burrow
in the dark and would not wallow in
the sink of corruption" Since his fa-
nous speech at Louth in denunciation
of Mr.. Tim Healy, we have not had so
magnificent a series of oratorical adj
jectives from the politician whom Mr.
Healy once described as the MAD Mul-
lah."
The Grand Secretary of the Freemas
sons assured the meeting that If the
Irish people all agreed in demanding
Home Rule the House of Lords would
not refuse to pass it! He did not say
what sort of Home Rule" he himself.
would agree to, nor what would suit
the less advanced patriots of Sandy
Row and Portadown. Lord Castletown
avoided the subject of the "Molly Ma;
guires," but he referred to the Leaders
of Nationalist Ireland as "evil geni;
uses" Assuredly the Irish people woulg
be wise indeed to throw over sucf
guides as Redmond and Dillon, ani
follow the hero of the Boston speech