| Show APPEAL TO ililSil H PEOPLE Issued by the Parnellite Parliamentary Parlia-mentary Party TH HOME RULE MEASURE Parnellites Assert That the Climax Has Now Come The Statement That the American Puml Was Intended for the Use of Botb Sections Is Denied as Being Untrue Un-true Foreign News ir ONDON June 24 Leaders of the Parnellite section of the Irish parliamentary S liamentary party have issued an ii appeal t the Irish people in America s Amer-ica To enlist sympathy in an endeavor to save from shipwreck a movement on which the future fu-ture of our common country and hope other ot-her children largely depend The appeal ap-peal continues The surrender of Par nell in obedience to English dictation was followed by a warfare in Ireland against everybody refusing to participate in your ranks English influence has asserted its sway and IrishAmercans who formerly prided themselves on their nationality now deem it better to do humble hum-ble duty as an Irish tail to the English partyThey They aro donating funds to help Reactionaries actionaries in Ireland and have endeavored endeav-ored to do them service by spreading calumnies regarding us The statement that the American fund a intended for the use of both sections of Irish representatives repre-sentatives is untrue for funds raised by the National Federation have been em ployed in forcing us to expensive contests con-tests Our attitude on the home rule bill which it was stated we are opposed to has been one of constant vigilance to amend its provisions and extend its scope Our opponents have been silent while restriction after restriction was grafted onto the bill Now the climax has come The prime minister has announced that he intends to withhold from Ireland for six years after the passage of the bill the power of imposing controlling or interfering inter-fering with our own taxes they are to ba regulated by imperial authority Ireland is to be compelled to contribute onethin of her whole revenue toward imperia I charges in addition to a possible war tax I These facts make it clear that i the homi rule bill is to be earned it must be rendered ren-dered worthy of acceptance by the Irish and the fight for nationality both of Ireland Ire-land and parliament must be maintained with vigor We appeal to you that it in your duty to donate your shore of the work in which we are engaged Wo anpealto you in this great crisis that is more dangerous than any that has heretofore threatened the national life of Ireland within our memory The appeal is signed by John E Redmond Timothy Harrington and Joseph E Kenny |
