Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
JOHN REDMOND,
IRISH LEADER.
DIES IN LONDON
Underwent Operation for fntes-
tinal Trouble on Friday and Sue
cumbed TO Heart Attack.
HAD BEEN DOING WELL
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ny Associated Prose- to Every rxening
LoEpor, March G.
John Il. Redmond, the frish Nationalist
leader. died this morning
MIR Redmond, who underwent an
operation in London last Friday, passed
n fair day yesterday and apparently WAS
maintaining the progress shown Monday.
The Irish convention, which had been
supported by MIR Redmond, yesterday
adopted a message Of sympathy IN which
an earnest wish was expressed for his
early and complete recovery
MIR. Redmond passed away peacefully
at IL ocIock this morning Death was
due to heart failure. following the recent
operation. which was for an intestinal ob
Hiruction This was horned courageously
and it relieved the patient, blt heart
failure intcrvpned Tuesday night
The physicians attending MIR Red
mnnd issued the following statement
we regret tn announce that John Red
nond died at Z ~ this morning Owing
to several serious attacks Of illness 2 severe
operation was faced with great courage
II had heroine imperatively necessary
owing tp an intestinal obstruction This
vase relieved by the operation. and for
Some days satisfactory progress was main
tanned After a fairly comfortable dav
Tuesday heart failure supervencd during
the night and after few hours MIR Rcd
mond passed peacefully away
For more than Is years John f. Rcd
mnnd fought for home rule IN Ireland and
Tor majority nf that time he was tho
recognited leader of freland's struggle
for liberty Aa chairman ~ the Irish
Parliamentary Party tho natlonalists
he exerted powerful influence IN bringing
about the creation If the Irish convention
oyganized IN july 1917. to devise a system
of government for the island
When David Lloyd George, The british
Premier. In that year offered two methods
of settling The vexed Irish question, Il vas
Richmond who. ~ spokesman for the
nationalists. rejected the proposition for
partition of ireland and instead ar-
oeptad Lloyd Georges alternative plan for
the ConvoCstIou of the Irish Convention ta
which Irlshinen of nearly all parties and
creetiE raight meet IA tho effort 70 compose
their differences and draft constitution
that would afford Justice tn all
Redmond was one Of the delegates tn the
convention which sat at various times at
Dublin, belfast and Cork ~ 1917 and 1918
Rorn IN 1851. son If " A. Redmond
member of the British Parliament from
Wexford, ireland, John r.. Redmond had
sat almost continuously IN the British
House of Commons since 1891 There htR
parliament fights for homo rule earned FOR
hiIn the aobrlT,let of the stormy petrol
of the House
Educated IN Clongowes Woods College.
Kildare. and Trinity College. Dublin, Rcd
rnond was called To the London bar n 1886
and the irish bar the following year. but
he never practlced Law He devoted HIM
self almost wholly 70 ms parliamentary
and political duties
prior to his first election 10 Parliament
from New Ross. Ireland, Redmond was
for some time a clerk IN the Vote Office Of
the House Of Commons From 1885 to
1891 he represented North Wexford. hut
IN ls9l he was elected from Waterford and
had been returned from that district SINCE
generally without opposition.
Redmond 5 eloQiencc and his grasp Of
parliamentary procedure won hls early
rrcroenitlon in Parliament, and when ia
1891 the Irish party was disrupted, con
sequent on the Psrnel scandals he be
came the accredited leader of the Par
nellltes In 1000 he succeeded IN bringing
about an amalgauatlOn OF the two leading
nationalist parties and made hls position
as Nationalist Leader secure.
Redmond MAS we'll known IN the ;nted
States. which he visited in zoos and 1910,
and Australia, where IN 1885 he not only
performed great service for his party in
directing the collection OF fund of more
than $4,000. tut found a wife in the
person u johanna Dalton, New South
Wales heiress and beauty
The news Of the death Of the Nationalist
leader brought messages Of sorrow and
regret from all sections OF the community.
King Georgewas shocked deeplyand express
dprofound regret Premier Lloyd George
similarly was moved He will move an
appropriate resolution in the House OF
Commons
THIS will enable the premier and for
mer premier Asquith who have been life
long supporters of home rule, and other
leaders. 10 pay tribute to the memory
of Mr. Redmond, who had himself dur
ing his long parliamentary career spoken
on similar occasions most eloquently
of departed political colleagues
1t is expected the funeral will take place
IN Dublin. with burial at Cilasnevin
cemetery. simultaneously a solemn re-
qulem mass will be celebrated in West
Il