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Show URGE IRISH WOMEN TO1 SLIGHT THEIR OH Nationalists Endeavor to Persuade Then Not to Sign Welcome Address to Mary. BY ROBERT EMMETT. Special Cable to The Tribune. DUBLIN. June 10. The Irish Nationalists Nation-alists have been doing their utmost to prevent women from signing the address of welcome to the queen. They report that much progress has been made since the last meeting and the committee has effected the removal of the address to Queen Mary from many business houses. The committee has received the following fol-lowing letter from the archbishop of Dublin in reply to the -request that he should use his Influence to prevent patients pa-tients -in the Mater hospital Jrom signing the address: "It would be quite impossible for me to do anything in the matter about which you have written to me. I have no authority au-thority whatever to Interfere with It. "It Is always more "pleasant to be in a position to comply with any reasonable request than to be unable to do so. But, as r have stated, this Is a case of absolute abso-lute Impossibility. "WELLLAM WALSH. "Archbishop." Five thousand women living in Derry sigrfed the address of welcome to be presented pre-sented to the queen by the women of Ireland on the occasion of her forthcoming forthcom-ing visit. Lady Aberdeen has charge of the affair. The lace court train, which is to be the coronation gift of the women of 3elfast and district to the queen, is now being worked at the Lace school in connection with the convent at Youghal. Specimens of Irish lace were collected from all parts of Ireland and submitted to the queen, who selected a flounce of fine Irish needlepoint as the specimen she preferred for the design, finish of work, and shade. Standard Bearer Not Irish. The appointed coronation bearer of the Standard of Ireland, the O'Conor Don. is not a representative Irishman. The ancestors of the family in Elizabeth's time fought on the English side in the Tyrone rebellion. Lord Plunkett. the Irish bearer of the New Zealand Standard, belongs to the I most lately ennobled branch of the Plun- j kett family. He is the nephew of Lords ; Rathmore. Iveagh and Ardilaun. and has J been living at the family residence in Ireland since his term of office as governor gov-ernor of New Zealand came to and end last year. The Duke of Wellington, bearer of the Union Standard. Js. of course. Irish by descent from the Colley or Cowley family, fam-ily, whose founder was an Irish solicitor i general, and maternally from the Wes-Jeys Wes-Jeys or Wellesleys of Dangan castle, Meath. Lord Lansdowne Is also of Irish descent. de-scent. So Ireland has Its full share of standard bearing at the coronation, but the people are not enthusiastic over the I facL j The nation's hemorrhage which Ih i called emigration continues. A marked 1 Increase In the emigration is recorded in the registrar general's return for April The total number of emigrants was 7345' in April. JS10. the number was 5ES5. The increase of -S5S must be added to an increase in-crease of 250 in March and of 29 in January, Jan-uary, so that the total for the first four months of 1911 as compared with the corresponding period last year, discloses a net increase of 6St persons. Of the 7S46 persons who left this country, 2171 went from Ulster, 2311 from Connaught, 20S3 from Munster. and 775 from Leix-sterv Leix-sterv Nearly 2000 had their passages paid for in America, and 937 were bound for Canada. |