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...sudden death of the Irish Nationalist leader removes from British politics one of its oldest and most prominent figures. A member of Parliament since 1881, Redmond became the leader of the Nationalist party in 1900 after reorganizing its elements which had been scattered by Parnell's downfall ten years earlier. An Irishman, possessed of the peculiar Irish genius for oratory and parliamentary fencing, he compelled and retained for the Nationalist minority the alliance with the great Liberal party which forced the passage of the Home Rule bill a few months before the outbreak of the war. Redmond was deprived...
...need to be Home Rulers to admire this man for the fight he made. By thirty-six years in Parliament of sincere and effective advocacy of Irish autonomy, he wins a place beside O'Connell and Parnell as a hero of the Home Rule movement. By his ultimate loyalty to the endangered empire, without regard to internal issues, he wins an enduring place among the statesmen and patriots of the United Kingdom...
...spite of the fiery criticism levelled at him in press and Parliament, Lloyd George has again been successful in maintaining his position and prestige. He has shown the public that the Government's action in regard to the Versailles conference and General Robertson was fully justified...
That Lloyd George has pursued the right course the English papers and Parliament now admit. Much as the Government valued General Robertson, it had to carry out the plans determined upon at Versailles and agreed to by all the Allies--Plans which promised a more centralized and efficient administration...
Yesterday Sir Andrew Bonar Law announced in Parliament the results of the U-boats' first year of unrestricted warfare as they compared with the amount of tonnage built during the year. Great Britain and America together had launched only a little over two million tons, whereas it is estimated that the U-boats have sunk some six million tons of Allied shipping...