The Portland daily press., 1881-10-25
THE IRISH AGITATION.
Mr.. Parnell's View Of the situa-
ton.
ALLEGED FBNIAN PLOT TO AssAs-
sINATE ENGLISH MINISTER'S.

LONDON. Oct. 24.-The Dublin correspondent
Of the Times says:-Accounts from different
parts of the country since the PRONUNCIATION of
the proclamation against the Land League
have been satisfactory. There has been no
disturbance of business and the people are
much relieved.
DUBLIN, Oct 24-The subscription list Of
the emergency committee shows a total of
GI3,0O0 during the past year. The committee
has received e1000 from Englaed as the result
of recent appeals.
NEW YoRK. Oct. PA Dublin special con-
tains an interview with Mr.. PatnelI, in which
he says:-..Taken alone, my arrest would not
have necassitated any change in the policy
laid down by the National Convention, as /
had been able to perfect the machinery for car
rying out that policy, but the subsequent ar
rests of the leading members of the Executive
and of the leaders in the country practically
depriyes us of the powers OF carrying cut the
resolutions of the convention as the details
necessarily would have required the greatest
care and attentiGnsef the dlfferentheads of de-
partments of the central executive. These
gentlemen being now imprisoned it is impossi-
BILE to supply at short notice successors to them
who are capable and experienced enough for
the difficult and complicated task of testing
the land act" When asked i the farmers
woula stand by the s'No Remit manifesto. Mr..
Parnell id:2'Well, the training which the
people have had in the past two years in a
modified form of strike against rent has, /
hope, prepared them for the greater exertion
now required. II the farmers stand firm In
this strike for one short year they must inevi-
tally bring the Government and the landlords
: to their knees"
LONDON, Oct. "a. DIR. Kenny, member of
the Executive Committee of the LandsLeague,
and well known as the medical attendant of
several of the imprisoned suspects was arrested
today and conveyed to Kilmainham jail
Mr.. Patrick j. Smtyh, Home Rule Member
NJ 1ior, ssa.atf nr. upita ~ The
Irish Times agreeing with Archbishop Croke
in his depreeationo of the no renti5. policy.
It is said that it is probable Mr.. &arhelH will
be removed from Kilmainham to Belfast or
Lifford Jail and Messrs. Kettle, Monaghan, Dill
lon, O'Kelley, Brennan, and, II his eyesight
permits, Boynton, will be removed to other
prisons, but it is impossible to remove Messrs
Sexton and o Brien because Of their health.
LONDON. Oct 24-Mr. Wall, editor of the
Roscommon Herald and member OF the Land
League, has been arrested and lodged in Cal
way Jail.
The Press Association publishes an ex-
traordinary story showing the activity OF the
Fenians in Great Britain, Paris ands America
1t says the names and residences OF several
conspirators are known and warrants are al
ready in the hands of the London police for
their arrest. For several months past ana I'M
til few weeks ago what is known as the Fen
ian mail has been conveyed to- London by q
storekeeper on the National Line who for
warded the mail to Liverpool and Dublin.
Important mail was received in this way. just
before the recent attempt to destroy the Liy-
erpool town hall the storekeeper finding him
self watched, Joined another steamer which ar
riyes in Liverpool. The Press says:s We can
state that Parnell and several other leaders of
the Land League. including members of Par
lament, visited Mr.. James Stephens in Paris
The story CONCLUDES with rumor that the
Fenians have plotted the assassination of w.
E. Forster, Sir William Harcourt, Gladstone
and some pembers of the royal family.
DUBLIN Oct 24-At meeting of the cor
poration to-dayin reference. to b. Dryer Gray's
motion to confer the freedom of the city upon
Parnell and Dillon the. Lord Mayor said it
would be INDIGENOUS for him to accede to the
motion as it would be defiance of the gov
eminent