Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-18
VIEWS OF IRISH LEADERS
Redmond, 0'Brien and Lord Dunraven
Greet Countrymen.
ST. PATRICK's DAY CELEBRATED
Speakers Tel Of Achievements of the
Year at Banquet in London
Member from Cork
Urges Unity.

NNNA
Urges Unity.
LONDON. March lin honor Of st. Pat,
| rick's day and the near approach OF home
rule for Ireland several OF the Irish lead
ers tonight issued formal statements and
! greetings on the occasion OF the national
! anniversary. These included John f. Red
mond. chairman Of the Irish parliamentary
| party and chairman OF the United Irish
/ league Of Great Britain. William O'Brien
member OF Parliament for Cork and leader
! OF the independent nationalists and Lord
Dunraven. president OF the irish Reform
association.
| II. IT. Asquith, prime minister and A. J.
Balfour. former premier and leader Of the
I opposition I'm the House of Commons, de-
clined 70 make any comment on the prob
ability OF home rule. refusing to break the
! ironclad tradition against cabinet members
giving an interview.
In a speech at the St Patricks banquet
tonight Mr.. Redmond referred to how,
among a long list Of valuable Irish re-
forms achieved by hard labor during the
last twelve years, they had met each year
at this festival almost despairing of achev-
ing the great goal of their aspirations.
Redmond Optimistic.
the light Of victory shining on our country
and our cause. The struggle between Eng
land and Ireland is ended England and
| ireland have Joined hands against the
! common foe Of both in defense of the peo-
| pies liberties and rights. All bitterness has
| left our souls. We want peace with Eng
land. We want friendship with the Eng
! lish people. We want our proper place in
the British empire and to bury fathoms
| deep in the ocean of oblivion and memory
| the wrongs, the miseres and the oppres-
| sons OF the past"
T. P. O'Connor, speaking at the st, Pat
ricks banquet at Liverpool said:
This is the brightest and happlest ST.
Patrck's day any of us has ever seen. Ire
| lands deliverance is close at hand. The
first step towards the realization Of Sir
Edward Grey's arbitration proposals must
be reconciliation with the Irish people
| through self government"
Following are the statements issued by
| leaders:
"St. Patrick's day. The home rule bill
will be introduced for Ireland next year
and after that great reforms demanded by
the democracies of England, Scotland and
Wales. We are proud that st. Patrick's
day, 1911, finds Ireland full OF hope and
eager expectation. We all believe that the
Parliament bill will be passed into law in
few weeks and that thus the last obstacle
| to home rule will be removed The break
down of the House of Lords as a barrier
has been due to ireland. One of our most
powerful aids has been and is today the
| sympathy of the American people.
JOHN REDMOND"
Statement by O'Brien.
Cordial greetings to our faithful kindred
| in America on the occasion of our national
anniversary! All sections of the nationalist
party are ready for cooperation in testing
to the uttermost Mr. Asquith's home rule
pledges. Mr.. Redmond and the members of
the all for Ireland party are entirely as
one on supporting the bill
1--WE believe that by involving Ireland in
British party quarrels we shall be making
It impossible to carry home rule against
the solid unionist opposition and an Irish
| Protestant minority, while II Irelands
strength was wisely employed nothing
would be easier than to bring about a set
Element Of both the lords and the home
rule problems by general consent in the
better spirit which is now beginning to
show itself in the unionist party and among
our Protestant countrymen.
1.-THE next six months will show which
is the more far-seeing policy. In the mean
time let US alone, hope for the best, but do
not hope for too much
WILLIAM O'BRIEN."
DunrRven's Prediction Gloomy.
81 wish I could honestly say that to-
morrow's sun will rise on bright prospects
for Ireland, but cannot. Home rule will
not, in my opinion, be constructed out of
the wreck of the British constitution, and
II 1t were It could not be worked subject
to socialistic single chamber Parliament
at Westminster. Judging by their action
in killing the land purchase act, 1 have
| little faith in a home rule bill satisfactory
| to finance emanating from the radical
party and l dread lest Ireland should he
cozened in the acceptance of a measure
doomed to failure and home rule be lost
forever.
ireland has made enormous sacrifices
1t has paid heavily In advance, for what
| Nobody knows and in making them II has
been Unanswered into an absolutely false
| financial position. In view of the fact that
seventeen years have elapsed since a home
rule bill came up to the House of Lords
and that much water has since flowed
under London bridge, the theory that the
lords veto is the sole obstacle is mani
| ANSAAg dbbuAA.
ireland is to drag the chestnuts out
Of the fire, IL it can for the radicals to
eat and II will get burned. That home rule
will come is as certain as that the sun
will rise tomorrow, but it will come think
as measure consonRnt with strong. well
balanced imperial parliament and framed
along federal lines and generally acquiesced
in though not necessarily universally APP
proved.
Il do not believe that 1t can be achieved
by the policy and tactics at present en-
ployed. That is my honest opinion and
can give no other. II events prove megtc
be entirely wrong, no one Will be better
pleased than 1 shall be.
"DUNRAVEN.'
Ten Thousand from America.
BOSTON, Mass, March IA cheering
St. Patrick's day message was sent today
to John E. Redmond and his colleagues
in the British House Of Commons in the
form OF a $4,000 remittance from the United
Irish League OF America.
This is the ninth contribution Of 5000
, sent TO the Irish party since Mr. Redmond