New Britain herald., 1918-03-07
TRIBUTES PAID TO
 REDMOND'S MEMORY
Premier Lloyd George and Other
 Leaders Express Sorrow
GAVE LIFE FOR IRELAND
Sir Edward Carson Speaks of Dead parliamentarian'S Efforts Toward Harmony-Irish Convention Ad- journs Out of Respect.

IIarmony-Irish Convention Ad-
 journs Out of Respect,
 ..London, March 7.-The house of commons paid tribute to the memory of John F.. Redmond today when Premier Lloyd George and various party leaders expressed their sense of the loss the house had sustained
 MT. Lloyd George said the house was shocked profoundly by the un- expected news of the death of one of it's oldest, most respected and emi- nent members. MT. Redmond had been a member of the house for ' years and, the premier added, had grown in the esteem, admiration and affection of the members of all par ties.
 The premier said Mir Redmond gave up everything in service for Ire land and it is one of the tragedies of that land that he was struck down before he achieved the great purpose Of his life. Warm tribute, he said, lad been paid to the nationalist leader by his political opponents in the Irish convention who trusted and believed in him. MT. Redmond went to the convention bowed down with sorrow and his friends knew the physical tortures he endured while serving his country in that trying po- sition.
 MT. Redmond's last utterance to the premier when he saw him a few days ago, a broken man, was a, plea for concord between the two races that providence had decided should work together for the common aims of humanity
 Former Premier Asquith added his tribute, saying: we in this hour, even those who differed most acutely and deeply from him, agree without eserve or qualification that he was at once a, great parliamentarian and true patriot. The house of commons, 1 Ireland, Great Britain, the whole en- pire is impoverished by his death." Tribute of Sir Edward Carson. Sir Edward Carson, recalling that i he had known MT. Redmond for 35 1 years, said he could say with abso- ] lute sincerity that during the whole l of that time ''I cannot recoIlect that one bitter or personal word ever ! passed between John Redmond and
 myseIf'' During the conference on 1 the Irish question at Buckingham palace just before the outbreak of the 1 war, he added, MT. Redmond said to 1 him:
 "For the sake of the old days on the Leinster circuit let's have a good 1 handshake."
 After the rebellion of 1916," con- | tinued Sir Edward, 'I had several conversations with John Redmond; indeed, we were not very far apart in our attempts at settlement of the | Irish question. I remember him say~ ing: Unless we can settle this in- 1 terminab1e business you and I will be dead before anything is done to pacify l Ireland. He was a, great Irishman and an honorable opponent, and as such I mourn his loss"
 Death Nearly & Disaster
 The death of John Redmond at the 1 moment when the convention which ! is to settle the future of Ireland is 1 having it's most momentous sessions l is considered in political circles to be
 nearly disaster. During the weeks | which the Irish convention has been | busy trying to find a solution to the | Irish problem, to which he gave his | life, MT. Redmond exercised a great l moderating influence and if, as dis patches from Dublin say, there again l IS d prospect OL dSI6SIItuLs uS < be given a great measure of credit for this state of affairs.
 In fact, since he took over the 1 leadership of the Irish nationalists ! on the retirement of Parneu, MT. i Redmond has been among those l Irishmen who fought for a settlement
 of the home rule question by parla-
 mentary means, and the act granting l self government finally became a law l in 1914 It was a great triumph for l him and received recognition through
 out the world, as was shown by the ! thousands of congratulatory tele-
 grams he received.
 The war prevented the act from i being put into force and while this
 was great disappointment to Mr. l Redmond, he, nevertheless stood by
 the English government, or as he
 would have preferred to say the
 English democracy in which he had
 great confidence and which he always l said would see that Ireland received | justice His speech in the house of 1 commons supporting the gOvernm ent' S | decision to enter the war greatly en- 1 hanced his reputation in England
 where he had always been popular
 and respected, and gained many con-
 yerts for the cause which he cham 1 pioned.
 Declined Seat in Cabinet Mr. Redmond declined a seat in
 the coalition cabinet of 1915 not be-