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Show JOHNOIMIS LONDON. March 12. John Dillon, member of parliament for East Mayo, was today unanimously elected chairman chair-man of the Nationalist party, succeeding succeed-ing the late John Hedmond. The motion mo-tion to elect Mr. Dillon was made by Joseph Devlin. John Dillon, whose friends sometimes some-times said that ho dictated the policies of .John Redmond, first entered parliament parlia-ment in 1880. from Tipperary, at the age of 29 years. Ho was a physician by training, but abandoned the medical profession for a political career, in which ho was closely associated with Mr. Redmond during the closing years of the latter's life. Retiring from parliament in 1883, ho spent two years in California, returning return-ing In 18S5 to be defeated as member for North Tyrone, but being olected In the same year from East Mayo, which he has since represented. Possessed of height and long limbs to a degree to make him a conspicuous figure, and presenting an air which his associates have described as one of melancholy, Mr. Dillon has often stood forth as a spectacular orator in his activities in the house of commons. Early during the second year of the war he bitterly opposed tho British government's plan to raise an additional addi-tional 1.000,000 troops. He attacked conscription, but finally agreed to conform con-form to the wishes of John Redmond in not further opposing the military service bill. Early in 1916 he denounced denounc-ed the government's methods of dealing deal-ing with- tho Irish revolt and condemned con-demned the executions. Ho made several sev-eral motions in the house of commons, com-mons, urging tho government to disclose dis-close its plans for the administration of Ireland, declaring Ireland would welcome elections on the home rule question. On several occasions Mr. Dillon has publicly criticized the British wax policies, pol-icies, notably In connection with Rumania, Ru-mania, Greece and the censorship. In an address in Dublin last December he condemned the Sinn Felners, declaring declar-ing thoy had alienated sympathy in the United States for the Irish cause. During tho session of parliament last year he was described as one of tho most voluminous talkers. |