The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-06-16
TELEGRAPHIC.
IRISH ILLS.
Forster to Resign
s.World.s > London Letter.

new Orks If WOTtOS L0nOOns j
have reason to believe that Mr.. Forster
will shortly resign the chief secretsryship
IL Ireland. The home-Iule members
have abandoned obstruction against the
land bill, conditionally, it is said, on the
retirement Of Mr.. Forster. The honor
able member for Bradford undertook the
duties of the Office with his usual bump
tiousness, and on returning for re-elec-
ton boosted before his constituents that
he would rule Ireland as il had never
been ruled before Il hsd never set foot
in the country, but that, however, was
not considered q drawback, for, as rule
the Office is bestowed on the most insular
of Englishmen, and he had no experience
qualifying him in any degree fcfthe posi-
ton. Failure was inevitable under such
circumstances, bu. he has achieved an
unpleasant failure. He is the most un-
popular chief secretary Ireland has had
for half a century. The old drinking
toast ofthe peasantry, "Here's to the man
that made the strop, that whetted the
razor that cut the throat of Lord Castle
reagh," has given place to, ''Buckshot
Billee, may he soon meet Castleresgh at
the cross roads," i. e., at the suicides
grave. The commanding officers serV-
ing in Ireland. as well as Inspector-Gen-
.eral Hitler, of the constsbulsry, COM
plain bitterly of his indecision, and his
private circulars to them (Which find their
way almost as soon as Issued to the Free.
mans journal ofice) show that the
charge is only too we'll founded. aa.A
Mr. PArnell and bis followers detest
Mr.. Forster, who is not, indeed, very
popular with his own party. v.. s.
It is probable that he will be succeeded
by Mr.. Charles Russell, @. c., the
member for Dundalk, who is credited
with having drafted the compensation
clause OF the land bill. Russell is an
lrishmsn by birth aud leader of the
northern circuit 10 England. He ie very
popular in Ireland, and the Parnell party
look upon him as "a friend to the cause.o
This will probably close NJ. Forster's
political career. He ia extremely I'M
popular at Brad ford with mill operatives,
who are clamoring for retalistory duties,
and among the large body of Irish
voters, who denounee his administration
at Dublin. i,5 -.
Up to last night, III persons had been
arrested in Ireland under the coercion
act.
Henry O'Mahony, recently arrested
at Bslly dehob, claims American citi-
zenship, but it will not help him much,
as he is charged, among other things.
with attempted arson. asE-t
County Cork is comparatively quiet;
farmers are busy haying; hundreds of
agricultural lAborers have gone to E ng-
land, and the Kensoll fisheries are un-
usually prolific.
There is good ground for saying that
tho letter which will be addressed by the |
Sacred College at Rome. to the Irish |
on the subject of the appear
ance of priests as champions of the Agra
rlan agitation, will be almost q transcript |
OF that issued to Irish bishops on a SINH
lar subject in 1913. Bishops will be in
structed to prohibit their clergy from
taking active part at public meetings of
the Lesgue. and to report upon cases of
Father Sheehy Of Kilmallock and other
priests who have figured prominently in
agitation. Bishops will also be exhorted
% do their utmost 10 put stop to sgra-
Ran outrages.
News Of the contemplated interference
If the Pope has already done much to
restore order in disturbed districts and to
Destroy the influence of the League.
The letters of Mccain and Mr. John
OConnor Power, attacking Mr.. Patrick
Egsn, treasurer, have created feeling of
ilstrust in the management of the fund.
Mr.. Egsn, who fits between London and
Paris, appears to be subject to no control
or audit, and it is charged that large sums
have been paid to hired orders who were
not worthy of their hire, and to hangers
IN 10 London and Dublin who have re-
urned no service whatever