The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-20
JOHN REDMOND IS I LEADER IF MEN 1 v ] And It Is Said He Looks the Part We'll HE IS A QUIET MAN f<eaHer of Irish Mathematics Declares
 That Ireland Is the Most Costly Government In the World.
 Ho h Hopeful

a puf,iiu. February 1s.-(Spscial John I 4sdmond. leader of the Irish nationalists l and perhaps the man in all the United 4 Kingdom who looms largest in the puDiic 1 oye just now, is as like the popular con 1 osption of an Irishman as could well pc l imagined. There is nothing of the reck- I loss. merry. devil-may-care fellow about i him. Heavily built, square-jawed, keen i eyed, he looks the leader of men he is l One of Parnelrs most valued lieutenants, hs has been a notable figure in parliament for almost a generation and he knows fhe game from soup to nuts.
 I saw MT. Redmond shortly before he. left for London to take up the struggle which means so much for Ireland He is not . talkative man, but when he said; .-There is only one question for Irishmen, home rule, and every other question wil,. 70 far as the nationalists are concerned be subordinated to that he looked as though he meant just that.
 Continuing. Mr. Redmond said
 s.rhe government of Ireland is the most costly government in the world It costs HroportJonately double to maintain it as Inc guvernments of England, Scotland, wales or any other country of Europe costs. For more than century Ireland has been drained to maintain a. system of government unsuited to the country The English rule of Ireland Is exuava-. rant and inefficient, system that must be extravasant, inefficient and costly be- cause 1t does not command the confidence of the people who are governed NOW what we are asking for-what we de- mand--is that in government purely Irish affairs should be ruled by the senti- rnent of the Irish people. There are 2S different portions of the empire at this moment which have home rule Tn that sense. where there are local legislatures governing local affairs. That Is all we ask.
 I've want to manage Irish affairs here In Ireland in our own way and we VII.
 MT. Redmond when asked as to the position of the Irish Protestants in case home rule is secured, said: we Irish Catholics would, indeed, be unworthy of the name if we did not remember ana give credit to the heroism and patriotism of the Protestant national leaders The Protestants would form strong and Highly respected minority. There are very few who believe that minorities Tn politics or religion would be badly treated We would have party of moderate opin7 ions and another party of extreme opln- ions with both represented in our. pariia- ment, This would tend, ino, the natural course of events. to better Irish eondi- . tons generally.p 4----s@ -s :
 MT. Redmond Is confident MT Asauith will do his best to carry out his pledge for home rule. If there is any shirking new election is more than probable very soon.
 Cable dispatches from America threw much mystery around an incident that marked the departure of the Duke and Duchess of Manchester from Queenstown to New York few days ago. Gossip rave all sorts of character to the paper served on the Duke by man who ar rived in haste from London, just in time to board the Cunard steamer Mauretania as she was starting with the ducal pair on board There were visions of family row and wiseacres could see the Duke and Duchess already shunted off from the years tour they are scheduled to make with her grace's millionaire father. Mr. Eugene Zimmerman of Cincinnati. It falls to my lot to deprive the gossips of the choice morsel of scandal for which they have been wetting their lips. am in a position to state with authority that the mysterious paper served on the Duke did not point even remotely In the ui- ! rection of a family skeleton.
 The incident Is interesting, chiefly as an instance of the Dukes cleverness in dodging the service of writs. He had lodged this one. so learn. for period that was annoying to the Dunloys Pneu- natic Tyre company, limited, which has pending in the Kings bench division No. 9 an action to recover the price of,motor tires for which his grace is indebted to that company. Several attempts had been made to serve the writ of summons at his usual residence, Kylemore Castle, Galway. The chase extended tosH Tan teragee castle without result and as the papers served on board the Mature tania did not stop the Duke the vii is 10 he served by substitution upon MT stirl- ing. his agent In this country, and lpopies will also be sent to the Dukes two castles. s s{
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