"A Begging Mission."

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 September 1911, Page 4

"A Begging Mission."

The Northern AYhig—published! at Belfast, Ireland—maJces the following .references to the recent visit of the Irish delegates to New Zealand One- of the standing features of tho Irish Na tlonalist party is tho begging mission. Were it not for tine contributions which arc got from .abroad the part,' would soon go to pieca.; Irish iNatioualists care so little about Home Rule that they will not pay for the support of the Nationalist party. It is not that they are unable to pay. Id| Parnell's day tiie County of Cork sup'ilied more to the funds of the party thian the whole of Ireland does at the present time. The Irish people aro much better able to pay now than they were twenty-five years ago. jt\ great change has come over the scene in the interval. All the farmers have got their rents reduced by almost fifty per cent., and at least onc-Jualf of them have got further .reductions by purchasing their holdings under the Land Acts passed by successive Unionist Governments. It was the land they, wanted and not Home Rule, and. having got what they wanted, they refuse to oav for the upkeep of a party which has within the last two years saddled ill en n with extra taxes. -Mr Dillon dolefully admitted that the Irislh party could not subsist for six months on the Irish subscriptions. New Zealand is the latest sphere of action of the Nationalist beggars, and i f the reports of the mission contained in the Ota go Witness iaro correct the tales which these political beggars tell abroad aro very far removed From the truth. Mr W. A. .Redmond Is represented as Bfalying that Wales is solid for Home Rule. As a matter of fact there ire three Unionists representing Welsh constituencies, .and if one were to go on flit. v votes polled aime.st ball' the pe'ople of Wales voted against Home Rule A more remarkable statement is that *' there is only one Scotcl member against it apart Iroin the university members." Scetlan:li has returned eleven Unionist members to this Parliament-, and -only two. of them represent, universities Tl' the votes were equally divided the Scottish Unionists would he represented by thirty instead of bv eleven members. Ami, apnrt front this fact, it is well known that the vast majority of the Liberal members never once mentioned Home Rule during the election campaign. Mr- Redmond: omits to say that the yreat bulk of the Liberal candidates never referred to Home Rule at the last election. The .is-ue on which they fomrht was tho House, of Lords. Mr As(|uith hiimclf fought shy of the question until he was cornered by a. heckler. -Mr Redmond has also assured the people of Nvw Zealand that a large proportion of those who voted for him in East Tyrone were Independents, Orangemen, and; Presbyterians. This statement is -absolutely -baseless, as an analysis of the. poll showed that loss t-lra.ii half a dozen Protectants in East, Tyrone voted against the Unionist cindKit*. No d.aiht these fairy talcs help to bring in money in New Zealand, where the people are naturally ignorant of the true condition of affairs. Irish Protestants are almost to a man opposed to Homo Rule. If the pmnle of New Zealand knew the Irish Nationalists as well as we do they would send them home without any nionov.