Parnell Page #3

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there's no hurry.

You sure you won't

come with me?

My dear, Ive listened to men

saying nothing for so many years

That it isn't worth going

into the house of commons

To hear them doing it

for their country.

Where can I find

Mr. Parnell?

He's in the house

at the moment, ma'am.

If you like, you can wait

for him in committee room 15.

It's across the lobby and

up the stairs to your right.

Or, if you'd like

to hear him speak-

No, thank you.

Katie?

Hello, Willie.

Have you...

seen Parnell?

No.

He's in the house.

Yes, I know.

He's going to speak.

Why don't you go up in the

ladies' gallery and hear him?

Aunt Bens waiting

in the carriage.

Well, you're not going

without seeing him.

Willie, I can't run

after him like this.

I've written to him twice,

and he hasn't answered.

I told you he never

reads letters.

Come on, Katie.

He won't talk long.

Very well.

This is my last

effort to reach him.

It is true that there

is unrest in Ireland today.

There always will be,

Until you give the farmer

fair treatment,

Assure fair dealings

between landlord and tenant,

And give Ireland a parliament

that she can call her own.

That's what

we're looking for!

Give us a parliament

of our own!

Ireland

for the Irish!

And the land

for the people!

As much as any Englishman

here present,

I deplore the unrest,

The violence,

and the outrage,

But force

will not cure them.

You have passed

80 coercion acts for Ireland

In the 80 years since you

abolished her parliament.

And what is the result?

3 rebellions,

A million and a half

people dead

From starvation

and sickness,

And 3 million people forced

to leave their land

To find food

and homes elsewhere.

Surely this is

a spectacle that marks

The very height

of tragic suffering.

For years, the British government

has debated on Egypt and India,

Then wept over

the sorrows

Of the Bulgarians

and the Armenians,

Responsibilities far

distant from its door.

And all the while, across that

strip of water called the Irish sea,

So narrow that

its a wonder

Their cries cannot be

heard here in this house,

As I hear them in my ears,

A sister people agonizes...

and unheeded.

Charity should begin at home.

Settle the land question,

Mr. Speaker.

Assure fair dealings between

landlords and tenants,

And you'll have

peace in Ireland.

Send us the military,

And you ravage

the country anew.

Mr. Gladstone.

Mr. Speaker, sir.

Any utterance of the honorable

member whom we have just heard

Must command our respect

and attention.

In the present instance,

He has spoken with

the emotion, the conviction,

And also the impatience which comes

from true sympathy with the cause.

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