New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-19
PHASES OF IRISH DISTRESS.

BRIGHTER PROSPECTS FOR THE PEoPLE-AID STILL
NFrDED-RvICTIONs on THE INCREASE.
FRoa TIE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRI3UNEJ
DUBLIN July 9.-Since, a week ego, the swift
steamer Wisconsin landed me in Ireland again.
have been reading, night and day, letters from the
distressed districts of the West, or holding inter
views with gentlemen whose duties have made them
familiar with the present state of Ireland. This
month. in the annals of Irish tamines. has always
been known as Hungry July" The guillotine, in
the most tigersh days of the French Reign of Ter
ror, was "gentle shepherd of the plain" when
contrasted with the devourlng ogre of the Irish
Famine of 1s47. Many parishes show. by their
records that they then lost q thousand souls. A
similar history would have been written to-day of
this month of July If the heart of " un-Engsh civ
ilizatonp had not flung itself between the starving
peasantry OF ireland and English conservatism.
am rgh, happy to say that the worst appears to be
over: ard that the deaths by starvation in Ireland
IN 1880 will be counted by units, or,at the worst, by
scores instead of thousands and hundreds of thou
sands as in 1917. The permissve grant Of f200 900
that has been secured by Mr. ParnelPs importantly
in Parliament even if ungraciously and meagrey
administered, will make it unnecessary for any
further aid to be sent from America. excepting for
the support of e,icted tenants Their needs will be
administered oby the National Land League which
has set apart $50 600 for that special object.
There is still great distress i'll tie West, although
the area of destituton has been contracted. There
are sti some hundreds of parishes in which deaths
by hunger would rapidly ensue if the benefactons
of foreigners were withdrawn. But although funds
of the Castle the Mansion, and the Land League
now quite low, it is believed that the balance in
their hands. and In the hands of The Herald Com
mittee and of the Protestant and Catholic
Uarachv will enable the Dublin disburscrs Of
charity to keep actual famine from the doors Of the
peasantry until tho Government funds can be per-
colated through the thick layers of red tape on
which it will be solemnly deposited. Yet, Ameri-
cans who hare Irish Famine funds in hand, should
transmit them al once. through the Mayor of Bos-
ton in order that they may be transferred by cable
and dsbursed during the dangerous interval
of official delay. For while it is known that
the Hierarchy-especially the Catholic Bish-
ops-have received large sums from time to
time and although il is known that they wisely re-
solved az much as possible to hold their funds In re-
serve for hungry July and tho dreaded days Of Au-
gust. vet 1t is not positively known whether the
rapid of the funds of the Dublin Committees
NAV not already have largely drained them of their
reserves know, for example, that the Bishop Of
Kerry has expended his money! whereas. on the
other hand. about two weeks ago. the venerable
John of Tuam sent $40 900 to the Mansion House
Fund. In tho famine Of 1S47 thousands perished
of hunger. even after relief money had been voted,
owing To the evil genius Of offlcial redtapeism--
III. noron snsaint of the British Civil Service For
these reasons | urge American Committees who
have moneys in hand to forward them forthwith.
rnE ANNUAL MIGRATION TO ENGLAND.
The exodus of the lrish agricultural AbOrers to