3 JANUARY 1914, Page 11

Soon after Captain White had begun to review the Larkinites

at Croydon Park a manifesto was issued by Mr. John MacNeill, a Gaelic scholar, and Mr. Lawrence Kettle. The appeal was for assistance to defend the rights and liberties common to all the people of Ireland. It was pointed out that it might be necessary to fight the Ulster Unionists, but that, on the other band, co-operation between the Volunteers of the North and the South (was this a reminis- cence of" George Birmingham's" extravaganza, The Red Hand of Wafer 7) might be necessary. We are not surprised that the Redmondites mistrust Mr. MacNeill's vague principles. The Redmondites, for their part, are said to hare at their disposal the services of Colonel Moore, a brother of Mr. George Moore, the novelist.