The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-06
WILLIAM O'BR|EN
 IS COMING OVER To Explain Situation to the
 Irish Americans CAREW MAKES DENIAL Of Charge That He Reflected on the Industry And Other Virtues of
 People in the South of
 Ireland
CAREW MAKES DENIAL

Dublin, February 26.-(Special.) )-While William OfBrien, leader of the independ- ent nationalists and arch enemy of John Redmond and T. P. O'Connor denies the report that he intends to go to Amer ica as soon as his parliamentary duties permit, it is generally believed that he soon will make the trip for the purpose O. explaining to Irish-Americans his reas- ons for fighting Redmond and incident ally cutting down if not cutting off en- tirely the American source of supply for the nationalist war chest.
 The O'Brienites, of whom 12 were re- turned, were elected largely by unionist voters in constituencies when the union ists themselves had no chance On being charged with this MT. O'Brien recently said: Tt is, I rejoice to say, perfectly true that everywhere throughout the south my friends and myself have en- joyed the cordial good will (and doubt less, their support at the polls for what ever it was worth) of our Protestant fel- low-countrymen. The statesmen of the
 Molly Mcguire lodges will, doubtless, be mortified to hear that we regard the fact as one of the happiest achievements in all lreland's history of distracted. creeds and classes. The Protestant minority voted with US for the very substantial reason that they and we have now an indlssoluble common interest in complet- ing the abolition of andlordism, and sav- ing Ireland from further. oyertaxation. If 1t would not be fair to construe their sup port as an open adhesion to home rule as well, it is absolutely certain that the struggle we have. made, in the teeth of Impossible odds, for generous treatment Tor them, material and moral, has com pletely disarmed the suspicious of the Protestants of the south as to their future ir self-governed Ireland, and that as soon as the Protestants of Ulster have been similarly reassured, home rule will be mere question of friendly settlement between Protestant and Catholic Irish men after the model of the historic land conference of 1905"
 The budget Is the cause of the split in the nationalist party The O'Brienites be- lieve Ireland is unfairly treated in the budget and will fight it tooth and nail On the question of the lords veto, I un- derstand they will act with the liberals.
 During the campaign the charge was made that General Sir Reginald Pole Carew had during his election campaign referred to the people of the south of Ireland as "a lazy, idle. dirty, ignorant, seditious lot of people," General Pole Carew indignantly denies he made any such statement. It was first contained in an anonymous letter published in Ply mouth newspaper, and would have been treated with silent contempt by Gen. Pole Carew if 1t had not been reproduced in the Irish newspapers, and made the sub ject of resolutions by the Tipperary county council and other public bodies.
 The generals indignation is felt even more intensely by his beautiful wife, trice urh ct that she is proud to regard herself as one of the Southern Irish" and who, with other members of the Ormonde family. is most popular amongst rich and poor in Kilkenny.
 At the recent meeting of the national ist party John Dillon moved and Joseph Dillon seconded a resolution, which was unanimously adopted, which declared: That this first meeting after the gem eral election of the Irish national party desires to place on record it's deep sense of obligation to the friends and sup porters of the national cause in America for their splendid contribution to the fund of the party. which has enabled it to meet and repel the attacks made upon it during the recent elections. and we specially record our admiration for and appreciation of the brilliant gifts and invaluable services of Mir Michael J. Ryan of Philadelphia, president of the United Irish League of America; and we tender our warmest thanks to the other national officers of the American organi- zation.''
 Acting on suggestion contained in a letter written by the Rev. Dean Kelly. D. D., of St. Pe- ters Athlone, the Westmeath county council have decided to preserve the old home of Oliver Goldsmith at Lissoy from further decay Opposite it's gate," writes Dean Kelly, "is the ancient fort of Liss, of which Goldsmith wrote to his brother-in-law, Daniel Hodson, I had rather be placed in the little mount be- fore Lissoy gate and there take in to me the most pleasing horizon in nature The capacious fireplace, around which sat the groups depicted in the Vicar of Wake field and the Deserted Village, is ,,one. The ruin Is now q mere shell and a zinc roofed shed has been erected within it.
 new Irish temperance movement, known as the Catch My Pal campaign, has-t was stated al a Belfast meet over Ulster more like great religious revival than any previous tenn perance crusade.
 Lord Londonderry advocated at a Bel fast meeting recently the advertising of Irish goods not only abroad, but in Ire land. He regretted that there had been q decrease in the Ulster flax area.
 The Earl of Dunraven, who Is we'll known in America for his attempt to lift the American cup is laid up with an at tack of gout, and will be unable to full fil any engagements for the present.
 A case for the consideration of the con- gested districts board is furnished by the plight Of the inhabitants of Cruit Island, off the coast of Donegal. There is now no bridge connecting the island with the and for many Sundays past the islanders, in order to attend mass had to wade waist-deep through icy wa fer Tine law prevents the council from