The Irish standard., 1912-10-26
0RAT0RICAL SON
OF IRISH LEADER
W. A. Redmond, M. P, East Tyrone
Tells Constituents of his Trip
to Australasia.
He and his Two Young Colleagues
Cordially Received in Land of
Southern Cross.
After Eighteen Months Returned to
Ireland With $150,000 to Swell
the National Purse.

w. A. Redmond, NJ. F., son of ]. Il.
Redmond, leader of the Irish party,
recently addressed his constituents Of
East Tyrone and received a hearty
welcome home from the Australian
colonies where he spent year and
a half collecting funds for the Home
Rule cause. In the course of his ad-
dress, Mr.. Redmond said:
Though he had been absent in AUS
tralia-absent, If they wished, from
his constituency and his Parliamentary
duties-for the past eighteen months,
he did not intend to insult them by
offering anything in the nature of an
apology (applause). He might, 1t was
true, in the House of Commons. by
his humble services or votes have
done little, at any rate, to further
the cause of Ireland; but he knew
East Tyrone too well not to be GER
tain that when, with the great assist
ance and the noble and self-sacrific-
ing efforts of his two colleagues, Mr..
Hazleton and Mr.. Donovan, he helped
to further the cause of Ireland, and
when they gathered Australia's noble
tribute to the Irish National exche-
quer, he was then following the wish
res OF East Tyrone (cheers). Continu-
ing, he said that throughout the
course of his tour he addressed over
three hundred meetings throughout
the length and breadth of the vast
island continent; and everywhere the
delegates went they were received
with open arms (applause). Not only
did they succeed in rallying those
grand old Irish veterans, bound as
they We're by ties of blood and affec-
tion to the land of their birth, and
who would support Ireland to the
crack of doom If necessary, but they
had also obtained both the moral and
material assistance of all creeds,
classes and denominations (cheers).
From Mr.. Fisher, the Labour Prem
ier of that great Commonwealth, Mr..
Deacon, the Liberal Leader of the Op-
position, down to the humblest repre-
sentative of any Of the State Legis-
latures, they had received nothing
but the most candid and outspoken
expressions of sympathy and sup
port (cheers). 1t was indeed an en-
| couraging and a truly inspiring mes
sage that he and his colleagues were
able to proudly bring back (!lcar,
hear). They had succeeded not only
in gaining the moral, but also the
! material and practical assistance of
! every true, level-headed and really
Imperial citizen OF that land beneath
| the Southern Cross (applause). I'VE
have had," said he. "the great honor
| Of bringing home no less than 100000
| to swell the Irish National purse
; (cheers). And. mark you, very little
is heard OF the Dollar Dictator
(cheers). They were not dollars that
We brought back with us; they were
good pure British yellow Australian
gold sovereigns" (cheers). That was,
in his opinion, the final tour, and, in
addition, the most triumphant ever
made to Australia (hear hear). What
was the conclusion to be drawn from
| it? Il tell you," declared Mr. Red
mond, that, coming straight trom
Australia, and knowing / have the
authority Of the Australian people for
saying so, if Australia or New Zeal
and had the power to give Ireland
Home Rule, we should have it in the
morning (cheers). And now, this be-
ing the first occasion I have had since
my arrival back of speaking at a pub
lie meeting, l challenge those would
be Imperial statesmen in the Tory
party to have plebiscite or refer
endum tomorrow throughout the
length and breadth of the British En-
pire on the Irish question, and they
will find that we would win by an
overwhelming majority (cheers)
Continuing. he asked, why was this
so? In the first place, the Austral-
ians above all things were a gener-
| ous fair-ninded and truly democratic
people. They had reaped Of the bless
ings and the privileges and benefi
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