Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-17
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furnishes with food lin addition to the
usual prison rations) and reading matter
some fifty suspects" who are impris-
oned here. The chief complaint made
by the prisoners is that they have not
sufficient facilities for daily exercise,
and i'll health to many is the result. The
present coercion oct, under which these
men are confined, will still be in force
for over year, but il is anticipated that
Her Majesty's Parliament
VIII Release the Prisoners
before the expiration OF that time.
have found in Ireland thus far: A
bewildered executive, an excited people,
paralyzed trade, isolated violent dis
turbances, and grave apprehensions for
the future. AS traversed the streets
OF Dublin to-day, actually saw more
troops marching about with bayonets
fixed than came across in England in
three months. The place reminds one
ofthe descriptions Of st. Petersburg in
a state OF siege moro than the capital
of so-called free country. In
place OF the Cossack there is the
Scots Grey, instead Of the cavalry of the
Imperial Guard, the Royal Dragon.
The Besrskin of the Scots Guard arsets
Mo --..H~-- ssaas-.
as pass up one street; meet squads
Of the S0th and the 47th, and other regi-
ments, as 90 down another. II | 90
into shop l hear that trade never was
worse, and that the shopkeepers are al.
most ruined. II peer into the gin pal.
aces find that they alone, of all the
magazines, are doing roaring business.
II drive along the Phoenix Park, en-.
gineers are signalling from the top OF
one hill to another, and in the depot Of
the Royal Irish Copstabulary hundreds
OF recruits for that force are learning
their drill. This does not appear
to me as the proper CON-
bination CT sights for Dublin.
l suppose it is all needed. 1t is only
right to give the authorities credit for
knowing
How Many Troops They Require
to keep what looks like, and what should
be, q most peaceful town in good order;
but the everlasting bayonet oppresses
one accustomed to England, the home
OF order and quiet.
1t is expected by a majority OF the
English people that the Irish Land Bill,
at present before Parliament, will, after
its passage, be greatly beneficial to the
welfare and prosperity of the tenantfy
class OF Ireland. Irish agriculture is
certainly in deploraple condition.
The state of English agriculture and
the present attitude OF the farmers all
over the kingdom have frightened the |
landlords of Her Majecty's Imperial
Parliament, and they are now passing
land bill which year or two ago would |
have been
Secuted as Revolutionary.
The English land question and the |
Farpers' Alliance are rapidly coming TO |
the fore. The position is iraught with |
danger, for the British farmer is a sturdy |
animal when aroused, and the news from |
the midland counties is ominous. Four |
bad seasons in succession and made
Quate concessions On the part OF the |
landlords, joined to American competi-
ton, have swamped agriculture. The |
farmers are, have heard it frequently |
said, in bankrupt condition. The
landlords are by no means shut
ting their eyes to the state |
of affairs.
Demands for Protection are Being Heard
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Shaw Leievre, a member OF the proovu,
Government, attacks primogeniture and
entail in no measured terms. The Cob
den Club have also issued book, at Mr..
Gladstone's express request, entitled
"Systems OF Land Tenure in Various
Countries" All these point one way
to q serious agitation OF the English
land system, which the Irish question
has greatly assisted along. While in
London l had several interviews with
Mr.. Justin Mccarthy, d. p, celebra-
ted writer and at present the polit-
ical editor OF the Daily Ne,cs
the recognized Government organ.
Upon one occasion he told me that the
Irish and Radicals were slowly etfecting
junction and forming democratic
party, which threatens before long to
swallow Up the Whig Section Of the
Liberal Party.
Englsnd will then possess for the first
time democratic party. But to resolve
all these incongruous elements OF the
lower strata of English society into a
homogeneous mass requires q powerful
organization and motive which appeals
to all classes OF liberals. The coming
English land question, he continued,
supplies such motive, and the ventila.
ton OF Irish grievances which the gov
ernment permitted and encouraged-so
far as furnishing the orators with fresh
material went-for the last five months
or more have kindled flame through
agricultural England that will in time
require something more than a land act
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