Mr. William Redmond, at the fortnightly meeting of the National
League, held on Tuesday, made a speech which was fierce even for him. He declared they would prove in the Law Courts in Dublin the methods by which the Parnellite can- didates were defeated. Since the General Election, there had been a revulsion of feeling throughout Ireland in favour of the Parnellite Party. As to the evicted tenants, if Mr. Parnell had been alive, would the only message to them have been to settle with the landlords, or to wait for six months till the Members had had their holidays ? He and the tens of thousands of young men on their side would not allow them- selves to be insulted by Mr. O'Brien. "He had never had the advantage of dining with Mr. Gladstone, nor of hobnobbing with English swells, but still he revered and respected the teachings and writings of John Mitchell with regard to British rule in Ireland. He would never ask Lord Salisbury to let him off from costs, nor would he black Lord Spencer's boots." It is clear that the split is not going to be cured.
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