The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-28
THOUSANDS GREET
IRISH LEADERS
Crowd of 2oo,ooo.People Give Red
mond and Devlin Royal Recep-
ton in8Glaseow.
Carson and His Travelling Circus"
Jeered and Hooted. Take to
sorryFFlieht.
Liberal Leaders INDICATED and
Marconi Scandal Brought
an to End.


The tour of Redmond. Devun, o'con-
nor and their COLLEAGUES through
England and Scotland last week was
triumphal march in which thousands
of people swarmea to the meetings to
hear and greet the men who are fight
ing for the self-gpvernment of Ire
land, while CarsoM's Orange tour, de-
signed to arouse: s$enmity toward the
movement, was aasad failure. termin-
ating in near riot at Norwich where
10000 disgusted people hooted him and
his followers into silence and ulti-
mately compelled them to move on.
Added to this came the complete vim
with implication in the Marconi scan
dal, making the week one remarkable
in the annals Of the supporters Of
Home Rule for the shower of sudden
victories. ,a -
Oransemen Routed.
Commenting on the termination Of
the Marconi scandal, the routing of
Carson and his gang. and the ovation
paid to the Irish leaders. T. P. O'Con-
nor in a special cable to the Chicago
Tribune of June ~, says:
Home Rule had, even, bigger tri-
! ,umph. carson's tour through
Scotland and england was a miser-
able failure, winding up in an ap-
proach to riot in Norwich, where
10000 people hooted and insulted him,
men to utter one word and ultimately
compelled the whole travelling circus
to take to flight.
This tragic failure was made more
conspicuous by the astounding sue
cess of the counter tour Of Redmond
and his colleagues. Two hundred
thousand people gave Redmond and
Devlin royal reception through the
streets of Glasgow. The reception in
! Leeds was equally good and l send
this cable from Edinburgh, where, ac-
companied by several liberal members
of parliament we have addressed a
meeting in the largest hall in the city
and also an overflow gathering Of sew
eral thousands who were unable to
gain admission to the principal meet
ing.
Thus this great week has seen tri-
umphant vindication Of Chancellor
Lloyd George and Sir Rufus Isaacs,
the practical end Of the Marconi scan
dal, the further advance Of the Welsh
bill and the long delayed but newt
able uprising Of the English and
Scotch democracy against Carson's
! campaign of religious bigotry and
threats Of civil war.
Confession Of Error.
| This escape from our chief trouble
was due in the first place to the clear
proof, admitted in even the bitter tory
report, of Lord Robert Cecil, that nei-
; ther Chancellor Lloyd George nor Sir
Rufus Isaacs had been guilty even of
an approach to corruption, but also
1 largely due to the consummate tact
with which both ministers met their
opponents.
It was evident for several days pre-
ceding the debate that unless Sir Ru-
fus Isaacs and Chancellor Lloyd
George made a handsome confession
of a grave error Of judgment in en-
tering these transactions, many lib
erals and also many labor men would
find themselves unable to support
them, and the keenest anxiety was felt
lest Lloyd Georges proud spirit might
refuse to make any such apology. But
both Sir Rufus and Lloyd George rose
: to the demands nf the occasion a1G
disarmed even their opponents by the
frankness of their confessions of er.
rors of Judgment. Sir Rufus speech
calm, transparency candid, now ant
then deeply moving; surpassed ever
!! his greatest effort as an advocate. Bu
Lloyd Georges speech was ever
i greater Though rising pale and. worn
with dishevelled hair grown painfully
white, he soon reused the liberals ant
the Irish to enthusiasm and at the ent
all the liberals and Irish rose to thei
feet waved hats and handkerchief
and the whole fight seemed over.