The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-29
FOREIGN NEWS.

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news of the week is that which refers to the
+ an,lrent commotion in Ireland. Although
the government has vcnturcd to menace Ire
land with the strong hand and gone so far a,
arrest a few of tina ringeadcrs Of the agitation
there is an evident anxiety to concliate, and il
i stateChupon pretty good authority that liber
al loans on the part Of the government will be
offered to Irish land holders to enable them to
be easy with theirtenants IN the matter Of rents
Yet it is evident it is not temporary eXpcdi.
ents that Ireland wants. Her whole land sys
TEN is vicious ana needs reforming. There
can and ought to be no permanent peace in
ireland until the uller of the SOIL is also It's
owner.
The three agiaors who were arrested last
week-Davltt, DAILY and Killen-wcre brought
up on Monday for examination at Sligo AZ
Ter two days, DAILY was held for trial and re.
leased on bail Then Davitt was called up,
and after another two days examination, the
| like disposition was made Of him. KiIlcn' S
case is still IN hearing, but will doubtless share
the same disposition. The three say they have
no fear AS to- the final result If tried at Sligo,
but If their trial is transferred to Dublin, a
years Imprisonment is the least they look for.
Monster meetings are of daily occurrence
not only all over Ireland, but at Liverpool,
Manchester, Tyne, &c, throughout England,
and great meeting Is advertised to take place
in Hyde Park, London, on Sunday evening
all To express sympathy with the suffering
Irish renters and to demand land reform in
the island. The resolutions of these meetings
have all about the same tone-protcstng
against the attempts Of the government to stitle
the voice of constitutional agitation and drive
people into acts of violence; and calling upon
the people of Ireland to maintain the attitude
Of selfcontrol, which has hitherto character
lied the movement and to carefully abstain
from giving the government any excuse for,
naugurating the policy of coercion, which the
meetings ieel convinced they have in contem-
pation.
Edinburgh had sensation on Tuesday in a
visit and speech from Gladstone, the ex Eng
llsh premier, who tarred there on his route to
his constituency in a Scottish borough that
had chosen him to represent 1t in parliament.
His Edinburgh speech was vigorous indict-
ment of the tory government, and especially |
Of Beaconsfeld, its head, to whom he applied
literally such epthets as "flrework diplomat. |
ist," veteran huckster," political posturer," {
ambitious and reckless minister" &c. His |
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ward was made the occasion for ovations at all
stations on the route.
A decided Improvement in the linen trade
atBelast Is noticed
The beet sugar crop Of France falls 50 per
celt, below an average, and is short in Ger
many.
The Empress Eugene, widow of Louis Ma
poion, passed through France by special per
mission last week to Spain to visit her dying
moher-the Countess Montijo, whose bedside
she Nnls "chod Ia ,i,nU ~ 500 h"- "so- -l~--I
in death. The funeral took place on Wednes-
day.
The entente c0rdials is said to be restored be
tween England and Turkey on the latter faith
tlldt sitic ohali NV uiih''-
essary delay in he introduction of the reforms
demanded by Eagland, and Lord Salisbury,
the British foreign secretary, has given assur
ance that his government fully understand the
financial and other difficulties of the porte,
and does not wish to compllcate the situation
by menace" This, Of course, is only the pc
lite way Of saying that England has sue
ceeded by her late buster in so undermining
Russian influence at the porte as to feel no
further uncasiness on that point