The Irish standard., 1911-09-23
SUCCESSFUL
IN NEW ZEALAND
Greeted by Large, Enthusiastic Audi
ences Wherever They Arrange
to Speak.
Are Making Many Converts to the
Cause as Well as Securing
Financial Support.
A Non-P Party and Sympathetic Inter-
est Manifested by the Con-
servative Papers.

oC1 VdlANC dpC1o.
That the cause of the Irish Nation |
alist party is popular in New Zealand
is evidenced from the accounts APP
pearing in the New Zealand papers.
The New Zealand Tablet comments
on the visit of the Messrs. Hazelton,
Donovan and O'Brien thus:
THAT the mission has been IL mag
niticent success, educationally and
financially, is beyond all question:
the enthusiasm and practical gener-
osity displayed having far eclipsed all
previous records for the Dominion. In
the accomplishment of this result the
personality of the delegates has neces-
sarily been an important factor. Mr..
Donovan is an old and welcome friend.
Messrs. Hazleton and Redmond are
both young in years and in expert
ence, but their very youthfulness en-
listed sympathy and made it's own ap-
peal to the hearts of their hearers.
Mr.. Donovan speaks with an Irish
raciness and a sort Of rapid-tire ora
tory that never fails to carry his aud
ience with him. Mr.. HaZleton is earn
est, eloquent, and persuasive; just the
man to carry conviction to conciliate
objectors and to make converts to the
cause; 4 man OF ability, OF wllom--if
good health is vouchsafed to him
more will certainly be heard. Shakes
peare to the contrary Notwithstanding,
there is, after all. a good deal in a
name; and w. A. Redmond, as the
son of his father, is entitled to, and
everywhere secures an affectionately
cordial and sympathetic hearing"
The Tablet goes on to state that
the general attitude of the pubica-
tions is very fair toward the Irish
delegates. The "Tablet" continues:
AS a specimen of the non-party and
sympathetic spirit in which even Con-
servative papers have addressed
themselves to the considerable of the
Home Rule question, we refer our
readers to the leader in the "Otago
Daily Times:" which, in respect alike
to it's criticism and to it's praise of
the delegates, was a model of fairness.
AS a sample passage, we quote its
concluding sentences:
IT, Lxy
reasonable people that the existing
system of government in Ireland,
which is justly described as govern
ment by bureaucracy, has caused,
and continues to cause, dissatisfac-
ton and murmuring, and we cannot
but feel that the bestowal Of autono-
NOUS powers on the country, though
it may at first produce irritation and
resentment on the part Of minority
of the people, is likely in the end, and
even, we hope, before long, to be
fraught with marked benefit to Ire
land as a whole. Nor is the incidental
gain that will be achieved though the
removal from the sphere of the House
of Commons of the distractions that
are, at the cost Of a great deal of val
liable time which might advantageous
ly be devoted to the discussion Of
Imperial affairs, associated with the
ventilation of Irish domestic griev-
ances altogether to be overlooked.
Subject to the wholly unimpaired
maintenance Of the Imperial suprem-
acy, concerning the acceptance Of
which condition the Nationalist dele
gates offer the most absolute assur-
ances as to the good faith of the Par
ty and the people they represent, the
cause of Home Rule is one that COM
mends itself to the prevalent senti-
ment in the self-Governing Domin-
IONS"
Wherever the envoys have gone they
have been received in the same kindly
way. At Oamaru the following reso-
luton was passed by an audience
which assembled to listen to an ad-
dress by MIR. Hazleton: Resolved,
That this meeting affirm that. In the
cause Of justice, for the sake of the
people of Ireland, and to promote the
welfare of the Empire, it is desirable
that ireland should be granted the
management Of her own internal af-
fairs under the system now proposed"
Nor are the people Of New Zealand