The Portland daily press., 1881-02-01
EUROPE.
Seditious Placards Posted in Ire
land.
"rHE HOUR FOR REVOLUTION NOT
YET COME"
A protracted Struggle on the Coercion
Bill.

Ds.,,x Ian. at.-The Supreme Council of
the frish Republican Brotherhood. commonly
called the Fsnian Organization, fearlng that
the present agitation may lead 10 premature
ontbreaIS Il, isolated districts, and apprehbn-
S;ua tbat Some wild spirits of the Land League
NAV, when thwarted by the government coer-
cion hill, attempt to precipltate revolution,
have thought it necessary 10 issue stro"g
proclamation to the adherents Vi the NaCioiiai
cause in the following terms. - .,;,
Men of Ireland-The country Is passing
throuo a crisis full of danger so the national
cause The action of the British government
aud its aiders and abettors IS obviously IN
tended to provoke premature lesisIanc6: Cpoif nf
you therefore, rests the responsibility a u
averting defeat and Illumination. You ma '?
cause for revolt, but you are not yet prepared
and a crushing disaster now would leave to
the next generation the task OF beginning
anew the great work already SO lar advanced.
The salvation of our people lies IN the ach1eve-
ment of national independence alone, put the
time to strike has not yet come: beware
then, of being misled by false and foolish out
breaks The man who noSt incites you to at
tempt insurrsction is doing EI'ngland's work
and must be held guilty OF treason to .reiahu;
The most rigid discipline must be enfoi~ Ao
and partial outbreaks prevented. Move only
at the command of your officers. Our present
duty is to prepare, to watch and to wait until
the hour for action comes. Let your attitude
be one of calm and resolute self-sacrfice and
of mistaken confidence in the final triumph
of our cause.
= By order of the Irish National Directory.
This proclamation was drawn only after
grave deliberation and consultation with the
Irish leaders in America, Scotland and Eng
land. 1t was posted all over Ireland Saturday
night at midnight on all the chapels and police
barracks of Ireland and the Irish centres
throughout Scotland and England. In Dublin
the copies were torn down and taken possess
sion of by the police. The appearance of the
document caused the greatest eXcitement. In
Marlborough Street Cathedral and Doi ithin's
Barn Catholic Church the priests at early
mass denounced those who had posted Sedi-
tious pacards on the chapels as being guilty
OF sacrllege. Telegrams from all parts show
that the appearance of the plaeard caused
great uneasiness among the authorities, who
Immediately ordered them to be torn down.
1t is ten years since seditious placards have
been posted simultaneously in Ireland
The Contest in Parliament.
LONDON, Jan. 31.-The News says the
government is prepared to submit definite pro-
posals for the application of the cloture, and
will not shrink from acting on its own respon-
sibility, ii necessary, in the Parliamentary
discussion.
A Ladies' Land League.
Miss Parnell, a sister of the Irish agitator
and Mrs. A. NJ. Sullivan, wife of the member
from Meath, are forming a Ladies' Land
League for the purpose of continuing the
work OF relief, should Parnell and his fol-
lowers be arrested under the provisions Of the
Coercion bill now pending in Parliament
Miss Parnell will be President of the League
and Mrs. Sullivan Vice President.
The Coercion Bill.
In the House of Commons tonight debate on
Forster's bill was resumed.
AT a. m. the House is still in session,
the Irish members having declined to allow a
division on the motion for the introduction of
Eorsters bill. Last night it was arranged the
House should sit continuously until the bill
was read the first time.
The supporters of the bill will be divided
into relays, and the debate be continued until
all the Home Rule members have exhausted
their right to speak.