New-York tribune., 1880-10-31
PHASES OF THE IRISH QUESTION,

PHASES OF THE IRISH QUESTION
WHAT'S THOUGHT IN LONDON OF TIE coNNoIloN
N mFLAND-How MINISTERS FFEL ON TIE
srrJrcr-rxGI1sH I>DIGNAUoN INCREASING.
lBY CABLE TO THe TRIBUNE
LONDON. saturday, Oct so 1850
Tr,o gravity Of the situation IN ireland occupies
rrr,,sh attention almost TO the exclusion OF the
f.-a.-, and Colonial d ficultes. The reports dur
,r, tine week from Dublin conflict alike respecting
t,4 prosecutions o.. the Land Leagne leaders ana
the nacv of the IRISH Executive touching the whole
Question. The latest accounts say the Government
intends TO ind CT only SIX of the leading aGlt4toTS'
NJ. Tarreu included
THE LANDLORDS RESTLESS.
C;rowireimpa.icnce is manifested Uyth Irish land
lords IN regard to vh4, they cousiderto be hesitation
on the part Of the Government. This impotence Is
shared by the English public who begin to perceive
thar the agitation Is directed not against bad land
l..,. merely bnt. so far as It is agraran and not
political against the principle Of ownership IN Iand'
exceot by actual occupiers who cultivate the soIi'
Threatening. letters multiply daily. Nc one Of them
has affected public opinion more tuan that wlich /
Las compelled Lord Cloncurry to abandon his es-
+ote although be- was engaged in no quarrel with |
ms tenants or Iaborers nor had be raised rents OF
ev;c,ed occupiers. he was even popular personally
and considcrate toward everybody. His sole sup /
posed offence IS that he attempted to farm lands |
when the leases fell in and no tenants could be
obtaiDed The authoriues finally warned him that
It was impossible for them TO guarantee his safety
AGENTS AND LANDLORDS N PERIL.
An impression no less deep has been produced by |
+lc letters of the special commissioner Of The Daily
Arrs in Mayo. His accounts, equally picturesque !
ana impartial, reveal that an immense majority OF /
tbe population are banded together TO ruin every |
obnoxious landlord or agent No case has produced |
q greater sensation than that Of Mr. Boycott, Lord
Fne's IanL-agent His offence consisted IN serving
processes on defaulung tenants. The penalty at
tempted was the ruin of Boycott who IS himself a !
large farmer All his laborers have been compelled !
10 leave him. and the domestics have been driven |
from his house His crops rotlng on the ground,
and his cattle are starving. Tradesmen refuse to |
snnplv bread or meat to his family. Mr.. Boycott !
and hi, wife are doing shepherds duty under con-
sta5ularv escort HIS whole fortune and life are !
alike Impenlled because he refuses to betray or
deser, Lord Erne. Under similar threats Mr. Simp-
son. Scotch farmer heretofore leasing 100
acres from Lord Lucau, has been driven from the
country and nobody has been allowed 10 take his
farm. Lord Lucaus own life has been menaccd
because he undertakes to cultivate LIS own land
This Old man Of eighty wears exists only under
police protection, and rides about his farm accom-
panied by a brace Of constabes. The Marquis OF
ssro. who owns the adjoining estate has been
driven abroad. and his agent has been shot at 1t
Is reported that Lord Ardilan, who returned to
Ireland. intending to reside his property IN the
saue county. finds that he cannot remain there,
though be is spending thousands of pounds for the
relief Of his tenantry. Nj. Burke, his agent, IS IN
ablo TO STIR abroad without police protection
THE ATTITUDE OF IHg LAND LEAGUE
The Land League leaders continue to deny their
responsibility for violence, alleging, perhaps truly,
that II il not themselves but the Ribbon lodges
winch commit murders. This sinister name has
ante suddenly reappeared. Whether Ribbolmen or
rot. the whole population of tho disturbed counties
nrs armed TO the teeth. The Land League meetings
are mostly pesceable; the peasantry conceang their
arms under advice from the leaders. and the Gov
crnment concealng It's police from fear Of precpat-
iag a collision These incidents gathered from
various sources az typical, but might multiply ex
amples indefinitely. very small part of the intel
Irence reaching the Government at Dublin is al
lowed to be made public; still less is known respect
of ,o n 1ut
tbsv have. Mr. Forster, though profoundly I'M
pressed with the danger of the situation, IS ham
pered By bis pledge not 10 propose measures Of
coercion without submitting measures Of concllia-
ton for tie relief of the tenants simultaneously.
Mr. Chamberlain speaking al Birmln CHAM on Tues
day. reiterated the assurance taat the Government
would not be deferred from reforming the Land
laws by the League OutraSes. Apologsts for
the Ministry have hitherto said, privately,
that the League prosecutlons-though not
expected 70 result in conUctions-would
supply a basis for future appeal to Parliament to
SUSPEND the babeas corDus or renew the Coercion
act recent conversation with Cabinet Minister,
however indicates no such purpose on the part of
the Government. The Ministers exhausted their
vIsor in resolving on these prosecutions ana De-
yond them they have no ulteror purpose. no def
mite policy for insuring protection TO life or property
Il Is impossible TO say what they may be driven 10
attempt but hitherto individual Ministers have
manifested an nvIncbe repugnance to any meas
ure Of efficient repression. Hence no Cabinet
meeting is held or summoned. and no heed Is paid
10 the swiftly augmenting anger of the English
people.