The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-03-02
EUROPE.
Mitchell Henry Denounces Parnell
and the Land League.
THE ARMS BILL PASSES ITS FIRST
READING.

LONDON. Mar. Mitchell Henry, Home
Rule member of Parliament for Galway coun-
ty, writing to gentleman who accused him
at public meeting of deserving the Land
League says: 81 never belonged to the league
The stupid and irrational policy of the past
few months has crippled the Irish vote in
Parliament forever. The money extracted
from the poor people in America and at home
is removed to a foreign soil, and no accounts
published. The leader flies at the very crisis
of the fight which he protested to fight in Par
lament" ms ~
The Telegraph says: Mr.. Shaw, who has
just returned from Ireland, after a weeks stay
in County Cork, says he finds that district rap
idly settling down to business, and the excite
ment generally subsiding. s#sk 6Asss
AT meeting of the Irish members after
Hartinguon's statement in the Commons last
night regarding the position of public business
it was agreed that Parnell's place is rather at
Westminster than in Paris, and telegram
inviting him to return was despatched
The World says the leaders of the Consery-'
make desperate attempt to defeat the Irish
land bill by a coalition with the Home Rulers
and disaffected Radicals.
The Home Rulers have telegraphed to their
colleagues to return Immediately in conse-
quence of the Governments intention to pro-
coed at once with the Arms BILL Parnell and
Kelly will return from London at once
In the Commons Sir William Harcourt said
he had received threatening kilograms signed
John Dewey" but did not intend to make re-
presentations in regard to the circumstance to
the American government AS long as Dewey
and his confederates, the leaders of the Land
League, are content to remain on the other
side OF the Atlantic we will not interfere with
them. If they come over here we might have
to pay them some attention.
Mr.. Harrington said the government means
to 90 on with the arms bill daily, but on
Thursday the Secretary of War will move
committee OF supply at Up, m. and make
statement regarding the army organization
This is because he was prevented by obstruc-
ton from the statement yesterday. Urgency
was voted for the arms bill, 800 to 81. No
Conservatives voted in the minority
Mr.. Harcourt, the Home Secretary, intro
duced the arms bill. 1t prohibits the possession
or carrying of arms except by licenses, permits
the search of houses from sunrise to sunset and
empowers the authorities to prohibit and re-
gulate importation and sale of arms, dynamite
and nitro-glycerine.
The maximum penalty on SUNNI ary con-
viction is three months Imprisonment without
hard labor. The bill is to remain in force five
years.
In the Lords tonight Earl Spencer. Lord
President of the Council, moving second
reading of the protection bill pointed ont that
outrages, though greatly diminished in num-
Der, were still committed in Ireland He did
not wish their lordships to think that the
rebellion in Ireland was imminent, but when
such hostile feeling existed and when the
American papers were melting Irishmen to
rebellion, outrage and ASSASSINATION there
would be great danger if prompt and
effectual measures were not taken for MAIN
tenance of law and order IU ~
Beaconsfeld reluctantly supported the bill
because he thought it absolutely necessary
The agitation in Ireland was fostered bv an
organized conspiracy of foreigners 1t was ab-
solntely necessary that the government should
fhn to dnfo H.
foreign conspirators who were passing to and
fro between another country and Ireland.
Granville declared that coercion was nec-
essary.
Bill was then read second time and the
committee stage have been negatived the third
reading was fixed for tomorrow
The arms bills passed its first reading in the
Commons tonight.