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Show yjj JOHN REDMOND MAKES APPEAL London, Nov. 23. "So far as the western front is concerned, Germany Is beaten," said John Redmond, leader of the Irish Nationalist party, just returned from a visit to the army In France, addressing a recruiting meeting meet-ing today. "Every day, every hour, she is getting get-ting weaker. For every shell she throws at us. wo throw five. "There are no pessimists among our fighting men there. From tho commander in chief down, through all tho ranks of the army, there is a feeling of absolute confidence as to the resul.t of tho iwar." Mr. Redmond visited the Belgian lines and saw King Albert "I told him," said the Irish leader, "that Ireland was determined to stand by the independence of Belgium at any cost. Come weal or woe, Ireland Ire-land would have no peaco that does not bring about the rehabilitation of Belgium." Mr Redmond concluded with a message from the Irish troops at the front to their fellow countrymen. "They ask me to say they feel that every man of them in this war is fighting not merely for liberty and right, but for the prosperity of their beloved Ireland as well. They ask Ireland to stand by them. "I say to the Irish people that they will be disgraced forever in history if they fail to send out reserves to replenish the gaps that may arise in the Irish ranks." oo |