O,BRIEN IN SYDNEY.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 298, 24 December 1901, Page 2

O,BRIEN IN SYDNEY.

A FIERY aPEE 'll. I A DOCTOR TRIES TO TE AR DOWN j IRISH EEAG. j VEHEMENT DENUNCIATIONS. By Telegraph—Press Assoc' . on—Copyright 1 :ic\. Dee. 28. [ A huge gathering o' sh ■■ esidents en- ! tertained Mr OTirier a banquet at a | pleasure resort on ti. . arrunatta river. | Speeches deuunc ;or\ of the British , j Government were icliver.il. | The keynote of the proceedings was | ! struck by a well known doctor attempting I 1 to tear down the Irish riug with the Union j Jack in the corner. j Mr O'Brien, replying to a toast, said j ' j that Ireland was now united. The union ■ 1 ! would stand the test of time, and such | ’ 1 dissension as hud occurred in the past j would never again in their generation ; 1 1 darken Ireland. The Irish party to-day I r j was the one dreaded party in the English ;

Parliament. The great Liberal party was j u i divided. j " i He referred to Lord Rosebery as a half- jt! ! caste Imperialist. ! " i They had, said Mr O'Brien, heard of a| A : proposal to curtail Irish representation, | c ' but they cared nothing for the threat, j ! That was the reason why the Government j t ! did not carry out the threat. Thank God, j ( j he said, they had plenty of work elsewhere | c I without declaring war on Ireland. They : ( ; would rind her a united, disciplined right- j ing power. They must put a stop to tho | . cursed system of landlordism. 1 * | The present administration, ho declared, j i ; was going to its doom. It was, lie added, 1 ’ I most cowardly, weak, and blood guilty, ] ; and had made the mime of England do- j j testable.