Mr. Redmond is said to have gained a complete victory
in the matter of the National Volunteers, who, by the way, are said to be increasing at the rate of fifteen thousand members a week. Mr. Redmond's plan for reorganizing the body has been accepted, and all reports agree that for the present he has entirely captured the organization. Neverthe- less, we are still of opinion that he may find, and perhaps before very long, that, while he thinks he has got an obedient servant, he has really got a new master. The National Volunteers will be a very potent factor in Irish affairs, and if the Home Rule Bill comes into force it may well be that some Committee or Junta elected by the Volunteers will contiol the Dublin Parliament. Remember that the National Volunteers will not be the creation of the Dublin Parliament, but will have the claim of seniority, and will be able to boast that they have presided over the birth of the Irish Parliament,
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