IRISH NEWS,

Temuka Leader, Issue 2372, 21 June 1892, Page 4

IRISH NEWS,

London, June 17. Replying to the invitation of the McCarthy section of the Irish party, Mr Edward Dlako, Q.C. leader of the Canadian Liberal party, lias consented to contest an Irish seat in the interest of Home Rule. The Irish National League of Great Britain in a manifesto declares that in the event of Ireland losing Home Rule the blame will bo cast on Mr McCarthy, owing to the latter refusing to assist in healing the breach among the parties. twelve thousand delegates will be present at the Ulster Conference. The guarantee funds amount to £17,000. Two hundred thousand tickets have been issued for the meeting to-morrow, and great enthusiasm is being shown over the whole of Ireland. Mr Redmond is collecting money in New York for the election campaign in Ireland, and so far the donations are flowing in freely. Mr Morley, in a. speech to his constiluteuts, asserted that coercion and protection were the pillars of the Tory policy. Mr Balfour, in a speech at the opening of the election campaign, said that the policy of public works would help Ireland more than one thousand Parliaments.

Mr Redmond, in a political speech, blamed Mr Healey for the split in the Irish party, and the audience threatened Mr Healey with violence. Lord JRoseberry said that the Ulster convention was devised to save the Government not Ulster.

Belfast is crowded with people attracted by the Ulster Convention, and the town is gorgeously decorated. Business is suspended, and the people seem profoundly in earnest. Later.

Belfast is reported to be full of visitors and overflowing. Special steamers and trains are carrying excursionists, and the whole town is decorated with bunting. Over the Convention Hall banners are Hying, bearing the emblems of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, with many patriotic mottoes. The Duke of Abercorn presided, and many members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons were present. Telegrams of sympathy from America and elsewhere were read. The Archbishop of Armagh, and clergymen representing the Presbyterians, Wesleyans and Baptists, addressed the Convention, . ullage nistic to to Home Rule, and moved motions in accordance with their views, i’he immense audience, as each motion was read, rose and shouted, “ We will not have Home Rule.” The Earl of Erne declared that there was no place in a Dublin Parliament for Ulster Loyalists. Other speakers asserted that ns a last resource they were prepared to defend themselves. The audience again standing shouted agreement with the latter sentiment.

More than 100,000 attended the Botanic Garden Convention, where the arrangements were perfect. In a quarter of an hour 10,000 delegates took their seats. The papers are greatly impressed with the proceedings, which were evidently not promoted by Orangemen.

The Times declares that the Convention is without a parallel in this generation. The Daily News, the Liberal organ, confesses that it was a successful spectacle, and there was no doubt regarding its spirit and meaning.