Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-13
RELIEF FOR IRELAND.
AN IRISH AMENDMENT.

LONDON, Feb. ITO the motion for 6
second reading of the Irish volunteer bill
Mr.. Beggar, home rule member for Cavan
handed the clerk the following amendment
"That in view Of the fact that q government
prosecution is banging over several earnest
and true Irishmen, for advocating in tenn
perate manner an amendment of the iniqui-
ties of the lard laws, it is not desirable to
put such power into the hands of the execu-
tive as is proposed by such bill, and that il
BIO read second time this day ak months. y
IRISH RELIEF.
The Times says: "I'he war vessel which
the United STATES naval department is to be
asked by Congress to dispatch with Ameri-
can contributions viii be received in British
waters as freighted not only with food fol-
Ireland, but with message of goodwill
from the American to the English nation
The Mansion House committee has letters
from Archbishop Gibbons, of Baltimore, ex-
pressing sympathy for the sufferers. The
total of subscriptions to the Mansion House
fund is G55, 800: $4,000 has been received!
from Brisbane, Australia, ard $500 from
Bombay.
PARLIAMENTARY RELIEF.
In the House of Commons, to-day, Nit
chell Henry gave notice that lie would intro
duce O resolution declaring the famine was
due to the undeveloped condition of the re-
sources OF Ireland, which should be deycl-
oped from imperial resources. He also gave
notice that if his resolution WAS adopted, lie
would move that an industrial commission
be appointed and entrusted with f20,000,-
600 as half gift and half loan for public
works.
O'Donnell, this evening. resumed his
speech Gu his amendment, whereupon many
members left the house. The government
benches were especially deserted. ODon-
nell inveis he'd against tho brutal conduct of
the notice during process of serving. lie
repudiated for himself and the rest of home
rulers the idea that they wished to abolish
rent. He condemned the arbitrary arrests
made in Ireland. The amendment was
finally rejected, 17S to ~, and the report on
the address agreed to.
In speech on motion of second reading
of the Irish distress bill, Synan, home rule,
moved an amendment Directing to the use
of the church surplus fund for Irish relief.
He urged that the advances should come
from imperial resources.
Colthurst, homo rule, urged that the gov
ernment instltgte works other than sanitary.
Sir Stafford Northcote concurred in the
opinion that the nature of the works should
not be restricted. Tho government had al
ready appointed three inspectors and had
authorized the appointment of three more
to superintend the works authorized under
the bill. He pointed out that the Irish
church fund belonged to the Irish people,
and the distress only affected the Irish peo-
pie. 1t wasn't proposed to appropriate any
portion of the fluid, but merely to make adj
vances therefrom. No fund could be
better used for the relief
of distress than the church
surplus fund. 1t would, of course, be neces
sary hereafter TO consider what should be
done to meet the recurrence of such an
emergency. After some remarks from sever
al Irish members Mr.. Lawther, chief secre-
tary for Ire land, denied that the government
had any idea of protecting the Consolidated
fund at the expense of the church. He urged
that the government offer grants similar to
that made in 1917. Synan withdrew the
amendment, and the motion for q second
reading of the bill was adopted.