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New Zealand Tablet, 27 December 1906, Page 22

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Mr. Devlin, M.P. . Human feelings, like the current, commonly give., but a poor response to .movements , at thej-oth^r end of the earth. But l-the orator's voice-. Is -a

mighty power.' And* the" softr magic dl" Mr. Devlin's eloquence has, "all . along,. , the -tropic ; qf> . his.. trijuJHjfaal progress through NNcrw r J^jsUaud, for Home-Jtule the sympathy even of the "indifferent* or the critical or the hostile- that have came "within ' the sound of 'his voice. The newspaper press has treated him with-con-spicuous generosity in the matter of -space, andvaißong them sympathy ""is general, and frequently very .pronounced, in favor of the "cause which he advocates with such, compelling eloquence and argument. The -'Southland Times ' (Invercargill), though not definitely

committing itself to .Mr. Devlin's Home Rule' proposals, wiote very sympathetically on the L ' niisgovemment of the Isle of the- West. And editorial articles in favor of Home Rule have appeared*,*' among.^otiher .papers, in the Dunedin ' Evening Star ' and 1 the - ',Lyttelton Times'' (both of which were very pronounced), the ' Otago Daily Times,' the 'Witness,' the ' Temuka JLeaider,' and, the Timaru 'Herald.' The moral Jorpe of such pronouncements is not" easily over-estimated. It majr safely 'be taken as •an indication . that the. " bulk _*..of fthe population of New , Zealand are desirous of extending v to the- one distressed, discontented, and decaying part of the Eimpire those principles of self-rule which haive produced such beneficial results in these young and prosperous lands. . _ _ . .