Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-15
BY CABLE.
RumOrs That Fenians and Amer
: leans are Aiding the BOers.
Funds of the Irish 1 and League.
A French Report on American
Industry.

PARIS, February 15.-The second
portion. of Poyer Quertier's report on
the customs Of tariffs has just been
laid before the senate committee on
agriculture. 1t is entitled Amer
lean Industry" and states that in
America a number of acres cleared
within the last year is equal to halt
Of the areable land in France. During
the last thirty years the total value Of
agricultural products in the United
States has increased 5000, 100000
francs. What, however, constitutes
the greatest danger is the cost of pro-
ductions. The Republique Francaise
points out that, really Russian wheat
only served to save France from exag-
geratedly high prices without, in any
way, injuring home agriculture, and
tho same journal maintains that the
much talked of invasion Of American
wheat will have no other effect.
LONDON, February l5.-The Times
this morning says that at a meeting Of
the executive officers of the land
league in Paris on Sunday last ParnOll
stated that the funding of 100000
of the leagues money had finally been
arranged. He said a manifesto would
be issued explaining everything that
had been done in regard to the funds
Of branches of the league, which will
be published soon after his return to
Ireland. 1t was also intended, he
said, that Immediately after the pas
sage Of the coercion bill the Irish
members of parliament should hold
conference in Dublin. They would
then place themselves at the head Of
the people.
1t is rumorcd in Cork that the
fenians in America and the United
Kingdom are aiding the Beers with
men and money. 1t is said that 800
American adventures have gone to the
seat Of war. Large bodies of Beers
are reported moving south of New
castle, apparently to attack the rein
iorcements of 100 seamen ordered to
the Transvaal from Sheerness to form
a naval brigade.
BERLIN, February 15.-The speech
at tho opening Of the reichstag to-day
will state that the emperor maintains
peaceful and amicable relations with
all foreign power; that his political re-
lations with the great neighboring
empires are especially in consonance
with the friendship which personally
unites the emperor with their rulers,
and that there is among European
powers not only concurrence in the
wish to maintain peace, hut in princi-
pie there is no difference of views
concerning the essential objects of the
pending negotiations.
LONDON, February 15.-The bill
for the protection Of person and prop
erty in Ireland continues to make
very slow progress in the committee Of
the house of commons, but so fal
nearly all the amendments, tending tC
limits Of the scope of The bill, have
been defeated by an Overwhelming
majority. This was the case last
night with the amendment to strike
out the words wherever committed,
the promoters of which pointed out
that as the bill at present stands q
man will bs liable to arrest on suspi
ciCn OF having committed or melted Il
an ofense, even in England, or the
United States, and with the amend
ment providing that person to be ar
rested must be in Ireland, of his owl
free will and not have been brOugh'
there on some other charge.
Forster, chief secretary for Ireland
during the debate, made the dehnit,
statament that the mere advice Il
tenants not to pay rent, or to pay onl,
GrifIith's valuation, would not b.
deemed grounds for an arrest, but in
elements to acts of violence or intimi
datia0 would be so regarded.
There sill remain to be considered
about eighty Omenimspts on motto
paper. The Irish members are Stsad
lily obstructing the progress of the bill
in ihe committee.