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Show IRELAND AND KING EDWARD. Archbishop Walsh of Dublin, the Catholic authorities and municipal bedies geenrally, have given public expression of condolence at the death of King ndward VII. The Dublin corporation cor-poration passed a resolution of sympathy sym-pathy by 32 to 7, the dissenting councillors coun-cillors making it clear they recognized the late king's friendliness to Ireland, but opposed on national grounds. For the first time a Nationalist lord mayor of Dublin was present at the obsequies obse-quies of an English king. The general gen-eral mourning in Ireland was in recognition rec-ognition of the king's sympathy with the national and religious feelings of the people. Mr. William Redmond's letter to the prime minister oh the coronation oath is as follows: '"You may remember that upon the second reading of the Catholic disabilities dis-abilities bill moved by me last year, you spoke very strongly in favor of removing from the royal accession oath of office the words which are so very offensive to Catholics. The view of yours so well expressed met with, I beliove, favor from all quarters of the house, with some few exceptions. Indeed, most of those who did not favor fa-vor my bill as a whole expressed themselves in favor of removing the j words in the . royal declaration of which complaint Is so justly made by Catholics throughout the empire and the world. Under, the present sad circumstances this . matter becomes immediataly pressing, and I venturo to ask you to take such steps as may be necessary to relieve the new kin? frcm the obligation (if such really exists) of using language at the commencement com-mencement of his reign which must deeply wound the feelings and outrage the faith of so many people everywhere." every-where." In the Gaelic language and musical ltstlval held during last week in Dublin, Dub-lin, there were 2,000 entries in a great variety of competions, dramatic, elocutionary, elo-cutionary, story-telling, essays, operas vecal and instrumental performances In various combinations. There were plays and public concerts and orator'.-cal'dlsplays. orator'.-cal'dlsplays. in which only the Gaelic language was used. America. |