Mr. Redmond, addressing a meeting of Irish Volunteers and others
at Wexford on Saturday last, insisted on the need of securing proper and authoritative control of that organization. He added that he had in his pocket a letter from Mr. Asquith respecting the pledge that an Irish Brigade was about to be formed, composed solely of and officered solely by Irishmen, and that every man who individually felt it his duty to go to the front would go as a member of an Irish Army. "For my part," continued Mr. Redmond, " I trust and believe that the manhood of Ireland will not be content only to remain at home waiting and watching while other men are risking their lives to defend their liberties, but in addition to defending the shores of Ireland, will insist on maintaining bright and untarnished on battlefields of Europe the reputation of our soldiery." Mr. Dillon, speaking at Ballaghadereen on Sunday, said that from many parts of the country he had received information that agents of the Sinn Feiners and pro-Germans bad been around among the people spreading the most malignant lies, and apparently supplied with unlimited funds. When he saw violent and scurrilous attacks being made on every man who was a soldier in the British Army, he felt bound to protest against the doctrine that a soldier in the British Army could not be a good Irishman.
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