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Letter from Roger Casement (The Savoy, Denham) to [Robert] Donovan, discussing redistribution and Ireland; Ulster Unionist representation; the optimism of Redmond and Dillon; Irish representatives and the English Education Act; and the Liberals.
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(the friend & admirer of Rosebury Asquith & Co.) says, as he said the other day that the overrepresentation by Ireland must cease.
Cannot "Freeman" quote Mr Samuel's reference, noting the terms by Mr Asquith's approving [?] preface - and so help to pin the Liberal party to their published "convictions"?
I gather that a move will be made - I tell you this in confidence - to
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induce "CB" to approach Redmond to obtain from latter some public statement to show that the Nationalists will accept an increase of Ulster Unionist representation at the Expense of Nationalist seats. If Redmond makes some such pronouncement and would help "CB" - who is honest, I believe, in his wish to return to Ireland.
But I fear Redmond & Dillon are impossible - their optimist speeches spell disaster.
It seems to