THE IRISH PARTY.
London, September 1. TllK Liberal press complain that at the Irish Convention there is no scheme of united notion, and that the proceedings are a discouraging spectacle. The newspapers assort that the JintiLiberal attitude of the Irish priests is painfully evident. Mr Tim Healy in the course of a .speech admitted that neither Mr Dillon nor himself wen-lit for the position of leader of this p'irty, as both re pre sented a certain faction.
September i>. The manifesto of the Colonial Delegates has convinced the Convention that the colonies earnestly desire the unity of the party on the basis that the majority shall ride. Mr Dillon states that if unity is accomplished, Irish opposition to Imperial questions wiU render tli3 government of Ireland impossible.
The Irish National League of Great Britain lias rejected all its officers who were Ilealy's supporters, including Ti.n Sullivan, Knox, and Crilly.MP.'s, and oou'irmed the expulsion of Tim lloaly himself.
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Waikato Argus, Volume I, Issue 26, 8 September 1896, Page 2
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