The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-02
lRELAND,s TROUBLES.
OutraKes Increasing and I'll
League Gaining Strength.

OutraHes Increasing and the
League Gaining Strength.
DUBLIN, May 2S.-The past week
has been one of grave anxiety and
alarm to the authorities in Ireland.
The critical position of affairs in coun-
ty Limerick and the not less danger
GUS proceedings connected with sery-
ing writs aud evictions in other parts
OF the country, notably ROscommen
aud LeitriiD, are calculated TO precip-
itatc the collision which is considered
inevitable. The present state of sas-
pense cannot be longer endured. The
people are resisting the process of law
with recklessness unequalled in the
history of the country. and yet with a
counteracting restraint, which is new
feature in popular Irish agitations, and
which shows thXt the bshests OF the
League leaders 10 throw the onus of
tina fret aggressive step on the militia
ry and police, are net without their
effect. The district in which the land
war has reached its most dangerous
phase is celebrated as tho scene of
many wild tumults. kiltinane, Kill
mallOck aud New Pallas have long ago
obtained an unenyiable nOtOriety.
The junction of the counties Of Tip
perary and Limerick is cradle of fac
ton Sighting. 1t has been the scene
of fsrcer conflicts between the law
and the people than any that ever dis
graced the most rabid Orange quar-
ters OF the North. When the govern
ment sent Mr.. Clifford Lloyd, the res
ident magistrate. who has Obtsined SO
much celebrity in his dealings with
the League, to this district, they rec
ognized the difficulty of the task that
he had to face, and after fortnight of
marching and countermarching, at
tacks and repulses, the representatives
of law and order were bsfliea. if not
defeated by their opponents. The
tenants of Nav Pallas were not driven
from the castle. Not single head of
stock was seized for rent. Not a sim
gle eviction was effected. The baiiitfs
could not truat even to the protecting
powers of body of soldiers and po-
lice numbering half a thousand. and
disappeared in the confusion.
UNIVERSAL BoYCoTTING.
The situation cannot last. This fact
fills the authorities with alarm. The
police are rapidly becoming demorai~
lied. No men can long endure state
OF siege such as the forces of the dis
turbed districts are undergoing. Ev.
cry mans hand is against them. No
publican will supply them with food.
The people stone them at every oppor-
tunity; the women hoot, yell and up
braid. Children threw mud at them
After long and fatiguing march they
find in some country village that the
wells are defi;sd with mud and rub
bish, so that no man can quench HRS
thirst. No patrol can venture forth
except in great force. At night the
country is left in the hands of msrau-
ders, who carry out theirlawless prae-
tices with utter impunity. Under such
circumstances the governing powers
are almost helpless. They are doing
their best by sending down army SER
vice wagons and provisions to supply
the creature comforts of which the
force are deprived. But they cannot
improve the desperate position in
which the military and police are
placed. They are constantly changing
the drafts by sending fresh men to
supply the places of those who are
wearied in body and broken in spirit.
Complaints are loud on all sides
against the resident magistrates, who
are placed in supreme command of the
expeditions. They are accused of want
of decision, of standing idly by for
hours, while they see soldiers and po-
lice suffer CALLING indignities and Oft en-
prostrated by dangerous wounds. Sc
verer measures than COERCION are de-
manded. The commanding officers of
the line regiments in the South and
West do not conceal the fact that they
cannot be responsible for their men
when placed in the humiliating and
exasperating positions already de-
scribed.
GUARDsMEN AS BAILIFFS.
1t is this fact which compels the au-
thOrities to turn to the more reliable
and steadier troops at their command
in the shape OF two regiments of
Guards NOW in Dublin. Scarcely a
day passes that does not find . body
of these superb troops speeding TO
some country districts to discharge
the ignoble duty of protecting an un-
sayory bailiff in the dirty work Of