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Mannix's address, the immense aud
ience rose and, waving hats and
i handkerchiefs, cheered the popular
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there to support the policy which the '; K.v., --Fwmiei- of
Irish people adopted deliberately and ; Queensana( Mr. T. J. Ryan, to take
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general election. For them to at
tempt to revise that policy or to sug
gest an alternative would be an -Impertinence
at any time, but especially
now, when self-determdnation which
was really Sinn Felnism was on
everybody's lips. Ireland claimed the
right to live her own life and shape
her own destiny without interference
from outside. She stood apart in
blood and race, soul ana-ideals. Ire-
vociferously cheered on doing so. we
made a very eloquent speech,. punc
tuated from time to time, by loud
cheers and concluded by calling upon
Archbishop Redwood, of Wellington,
New Zealand, to move the first res
olution. Archbishop Redwood was accorded
a most enthusiastic reception. He said
that although he was an Englishman
he was, on the Irish question, by con-
land's right to walk her own way ' j ntlmen as as the
unfettered did not come from Presi- 7? Viv w knew the
dent Wilson of the "Big Four", and - Tvelanrt.a wrnn!
it could not be taken from her either
in Paris or in Washington. Ireland
under English rule never had any in
ducement to part with her nation
hood. Ker faith was banned, her
trade was stifled, her people impov
erished, buried in pauper's graves, or
driven as exiles to the ends of the
earth. She was ruled with a rod of
iron in the interests of a petted
minority, alien In blood and faith and
sympathy. Was it any wonder
in these circumstances every gener
ation in Ireland had'tts own armed
uprising, in which. Ireland fell back,
bled and exhausted, yet not subdued
or repentant, but sullen and expec
tant of another opportunity and a
better day. At the present moment
they were told that the King's writ
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spacious Auditorium in Collins street j Irish people we're no rnore reoonclled
was m-ocured for the purpose. 