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Show WELCOME FOR IRISH LEADER. .Redmond Speaks to a Magnificent Gathering In New York. New York, Nov. 3. Irish-Americans to the number of 3,000 or 4,000 from this city and vicinity gathered tonight at a reception given at Carnegie hall in honor of John E. Redmond, M. P., leader of the Irish nationalist party in the British parliament. The reception recep-tion was given under the auspices of the Amalgamated Irish Societies in New York, the Irish National club and the Irish league. The boxes of the upper and lower tier were occupied by the delegatus df the various Irish societies so-cieties in this city. Mr. Redmond was accompanied by Patrick McHugh and Thomas O'Don-" nell, his fellow delegates from the National Na-tional league. William' McAdoo, former assistant secretary of the navy, was chairman of the evening, and introduced Mr. Redmond, who said in part: "When I last spoke here Ireland was torn by dissensions. She was divided, di-vided, distracted and weak. The great leader who had banded the Irish race together all over the world and had brought the cause of Ireland to the vprv tVirAchnM nf vietnrv hnH Hisnn- peared: the gieat movement which his genius had created had been wrecked; the hopes of the Irish race had been dashed to the ground and the enemies of Ireland were-exultant and triumphant. triumph-ant. "Tonight, thank God, the situation is changed. It is true, unfortunately, that the grave cannot give up its d2ad: it Is true that there is no great po itical genius today presiding over the councils of the Irish nation, but the Irish people themselves have come together again. "My object in coming here is. in the first place, to proclaim the unity of the Irish people at home; secondly, to explain the policy which these people at home have unanimously adopted, and finally to say to the Irish race in America that if they approve of that r-oScy thjy ought to support it; but that, whether they support it or not whether the Irish people at home tiPe left in this crisis of their country's history to carry on this struggle against England without the aid of, their brethren throughout the world, or not, we at home are disciplined enougn and strong enough and earnest enough to carry on this movement ourselves, our-selves, and at any cost we shall do so." Mr. Redmond said that' the policy of. the United Iiish league movement was. to advance the National cause of Irishmen Irish-men by making the government of Ireland l y England in every department, depart-ment, both in parliament and out of parliament, difficult and dangerous, and finally Impossible. He said it was proposed to accomplish this by means of the United Irish league organization, organiza-tion, the lineal successor of the Land league. Mr. McHugh and Mr. O'Donnell followed fol-lowed Mr. Redmond in speaking, and resolutions were adopted indorsing the rolicy of the league and pledging the support of the meeting to its policy. |