The Ottawa free trader., 1881-10-15
FOREIGN.

The most exciting item of news from abroac
. this week is the arrest IN Dublin on Thursday
; of the great Irish leader Chas. s. Parnell on {
warrant issued by Forster, the secretary fol
Ireland the charge against Parnell being tha
he has been incltlng the people to inumida,t
others from paying their just rents and n,imi
dating tenants from taking the benefit OF the
land act 1t is intimated that the arrest o
Parnell is only preliminary to more vigorou.
action against the land league. 1t is under
stood that John Dillon will succeed Parnell
IN the presidency Of the league. OF course the
act has created the intensest excitement and
the government has strong military force IN
readiness to act in any emergency. Parncll
was at once conveyed to kllmanham prison.
Gladstone made two notable speeches at
Leeds on Friday and Saturday of last week.
He spoke of the Governments policy regard.
ing the affairs in Egypt and the Transvaal,
and OF the maintenance of free trade rs II ma,
tonal certainty, But the plalneSt and most
important words were concerning Irish affairs.
He denounced the Parnellites unsparingly,
speaking of them as that small group who,
for the first time in the history of Chrlsen-
dom, are not ashamed to preach the doctrine
of public plunder.' This he declared to te
the new doctrine of patriotism as eXpouadcd
by Parnell, and added that the nation was
coming to a pass where IL would be question
of law on the one hand and OF lawles5ness on
the other The Government recognized that
the passing of the Land Act imposed upon it
new obligations to enforce law and public
peace in Ireland, and lie remarked signlfi-
can,ly, that if the law purgcd from defect and
the stain of injustice, was still refused, then
the resources of civilization were not exhaust
ed.
Parnell in a speech on Monday at Wexford
replying to Gladstone said he had desired tol
impress the world with good opinion of his |
philanthropy, but he stood to-day the greatest
all oppressors and slanderers Of Ireland. !
Dillon, whom Gladstone had praised at Leeds,
also denounced him as a dishonest politician,
whose whole reputation was based on an un
power to misrepresent facts
Meantime riotlng and disorder are the rule
all over Ireland to an extent unequalled IN
years past Some idea of the state OF the coUn-
try may be formed from the fact that the po-
lice reports for the month of September show
3S7 cases Of rioting, 2S3 of intimidation with
murders, manslaughters, burglaries, &c. The
refinement of cruelty was reached at kanturk
where man named Sullivan was arrested for
putting needles into potatoes which he was
giving to the cattle Of a bOycotted farmer.
At Newmarket on Tuesday the race for the
Czarowltch stakes was won by jim keene's
Foxhall. Keenes winnings by Foxhall in
England are said thus far to foot up half a
million. 1t is said in this single race Foxhall
was backed to the extent of 81, 100000.
The Beers are not at all satisfied with the
conditions of government under the present
convention with England, and the chances
seem about even whether further concessions
will be made by either side, or new war
break out where peace was thought to be es-
tablished.
The Portuguese court went into four days
for President Garfield