Redmond
JOHN E., an Irish statesman and leader of the Irish Nationalist party in the House of Commons. Born 1851, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was early elected to Parliament, and after the passing of Parnell JOHN E. REDMOND became in 1900 the leader of the Irish party in Parliament. He believed it possible to obtain Home Rule for Ireland by propaganda in England and by wise Parliamentary leadership. For a time in 1913 his efforts seemed likely to be crowned by success when, after great difficulties, the Home Rule bill became a law. The World War, which broke out in 1914, caused Parliament to suspend the operation of the act until after the peace. In the interval came the Sinn RED OCHER Fein movement, which rejected Home Rule and Redmond's leadership. He died in 1918, when, in spite of all his efforts, the relations between Ireland and England were more bitter than ever.