Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-04
THE UNITED KINGDOM.
TROUBLOUS TIMES IN IRELAND
A WhitsuntIde Recess - Thrusts
and Counter Thrusts In the Com.
mOns-Mr. O,Kelley suspended
The EVIctiOns at New Pallas.

LONDON, June 3.-The Times, In its lead
ing article this morning, condemns the gov
ernment's inactivity in Ireland, and says
ave see little hope of an immediate i'm
provement If events are allowed to take
their course, If the Land League is per-
mitted to carry on its propaganda in the
spirit revealed By Mr.. Eagan's letters, and
II any attempts to recover rent or enter
upon lands held by defaulting tenants are
to be resisted with open and outrageous
Violence"
The House of Lords has adjourned for
the Whitsuutide holidays until the 18th.
The House of Commons will also adjourn
from the 4th to the 9th inst, and consid-
Grafton of the land bill in committee will be
postponed on tonight until the 18th inst.
The British Electric Light Company has
Obtalned permission to experiment with
lighting the House OF Commons during the
recess.
The Daily Telegraph says: "The govern
ment has received such serious news from
Ireland during the last few days that a
measure calculated to deal with the exeep-
tional state of affairs there is, we believe,
engaging the attention OF the Ministry"
The Chronicle says: "We understand that
the government is considering the question
of the suspension of the Irish jury laws,
and will probably introduce bill for that
purpose in the course of the present SEES
sion of Parliament, without interfering
with the land BILL"
In the House of Commons to- day, during
the time of putting questions to the Minis
tiers, Mr.. Thos. 2. O'Connor was called to
order for using the word 'mendacious
Mr. O'Kelly, Home Rule member for
Roscommon, thereupon applied the epithet
"calumniousn and Hlyingn to several
members of the House, and his suspension
for the remainder of the sitting was moved
by Mr.. Gladstone and carried by vote OF
18S to Ia.
Mr.. O'KellY then withdrew quietly.
MIR. Parnell gave notice that he would
call attention to the circumstances Of the
suspension of Mr.. O'KellY on Friday.
Mr.. Dillon's letter TO the Speaker OF the
House of Commons from Kimainham
jail is officially published. Mr.. Dillon in
quires whether the question of privilege
does not arise on his arrest, and says that
Mr.. Forster, Chief Secretary for Ireland,
read an inaccurate report of his (Mr. Dill
lon's) speech. He declares it did not afford
any justification for his arrest. The Speak
er In repy says that as Mr.. DillOn's letter
did not relate to any matter of privilege he
had not thought it necessary to lay 1t be-
fore the House.
On motion of Mr.. Gladstone, In the
House of Commons to o-day, to take recess
until the 9th inst, the Conservative mem
bers raised heated discussion on the state
of Ireland.
Sir VIM. V. Harcourt, Home Secretary,
replying to the attack by Sir Stafford North
cote, denied the charge of concealment and
lack of information, and accused Sir Stat
ford Northcote of desiring to embarrass the
government by causing alarm and adding
to the difficulties of the grave circumstances
already existing.
Mr. Gladstone said vigorous steps were
adopted by the Irish Executive yesterday
for dealing with resistance to law, including
that at the Castle near New Pallas.
Sir Stafford Northcote said the statement
was not reassuriug. Mr.. Forster's absence
must of itself, he said, cause anxiety.
Mr. Gladstone's motion to take a recess
until the 9th inst. was agreed to.
The statement, which Mr.. L. P. O'Connor
In the House of Commons to-day termed
"mendacious," was one in a question by
Mr.. A. l.. Tottenbam Conservative mem
Der from Leitrim, attributing the murders
in Galway to the action OF the Land
League. The whole proceedings in the
House showed the growing friction between
the government and the Irish members
Mr.. Gladstone IN the course of his reply to
the question defended the threat to evict
tenants on the Kenmare property on
the ground that the worst immoral
doctrines has been preached concerning
rent. Mr.. Parnell defended his advice to
withhold unjust rents, and said that Mr..
Forster, in not resisting the landlords, had
violated the solemn pledge of the govern
ment and thrown its whole weight on the
side Of the landlords. But the tenants, he
declared, would continue to fight the ques
tion of rents. and he believed they would
win even against baYonets and police.
DUBLIN, June 3.-The Irish Bishop.
Croke, of Cashel, has returned to Thurles,
county TipperarY, after delivering a series
of speeches on the land question, which the
opposition journals assert would have led to
his arrest if he had not been
other than a Catholic Bishop. On his
return to Thurles he was met two miles
from the town by q band OF music and three
thousand people with flags and banners
bearing patriotic Irish Inscriptions He was
brought in the procession to the Archepis
copal Palace. The people were with diff
Guilty restrained from taking the horses out
of his carriage and drawing it themselves.
The ViceroV has issued q proclamation,
and posted it in the vicinity of New
Pallas, declaring that any assembly Of per-
sons for the purpose Of obstructing the
execution of writ is an unlawful assem-
blage, and warning all persons at their peril
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they will be dispersed by
force. The flying column of
engineers. artillery, Infantry and cavalry,
which left Dublin yesterday for New Pallas
to assist In the execution Of DEGREES, started
from Limerick junction for the scene of
the eVictions this morning. The first
bridge reached was found to be destroyed,
but the infantry crossed on the parapet of
the bridge. The people assembled 10 great
numbers, groaning and shouting. When
the house of the first tenant to be evicted
was reached their attitude became very
threatening, whereupon two priests inter
posed and entreated the people to abstain
from violence. The priests, interference had
a marked effect. The Sheriff, guarded by
the police, elected the first tenant amid in
describable groans and curses. Another
telegram from New Pallas states that the
Vceroy's proclamation had the effect OF
preventing a disturbance. The force was
SO strong that resistance would have been
useless Other evictions were effel ted in
the course of the afternoon without oppo-
sition.
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