The Portland daily press., 1881-09-16
FOREIGN.
The Dublin Land League Conven-
ton.
nEFIANr spEECH BY PARNELL.
Opening Of the Geographical Congress.
Russian and Germany.

NEW YORK, Sept. l5,--At Une interview De-
tween the Gar and Emperor William, an at
taohe of the Car was present says the
Gar addressed to the Emperor the following
exact words: 81 have come to tell you that
have inherited all the sentiments my father
ever cherished toward you would hold to
them all my life. am happy, most happy, to
have an opportunity of saying this to your
Majesty"
To show that there was no wish to make
mystery of it, this speech was repeated to
Prince Bismarck. Nothing was signed at the
meeting of the Emperors, put solemn engage
ments have been contracted. The Gar has
promised that if Germany finds herself dragged
into a war Russia will maintain the same
attitude as she did in 1870. Alter the EN-
peror William had replied to MS imperial vlsi-
TORS greeting the conversation fell on the
Nihilists The Emperor William advised his
granddaughter to have recourse to the same
means of combating the evil as himself had
adopted since NobliDg's attempts, that Is, war
to the knife. "Ia the year which followed
the adoption of this policy" said he, "the Ger
man law courts passed sentence on 5000
Socialists. Now, however, the cases OF
socialism are much less Frequent
The Irish Land League Convention.
DUBLIN. Sept 15-About one thousand de-
legates attended the opening proceedings of
the National convention to-day.
Parnell in his opening speech recapetuiated
the resolutions and said the question
of self government was the most i'm
portant He always considered it could never
be settled so long as the questions In regard to
rent remain in dispute The land act left the
rent question as a continual source OF discon-
tent and strife between the different classes in
Ireland.
Previous to opening the convention Mr.. Sex
ton stated that the convention would adjourn
the consideratioaof questions affecting laborers
until tomorrow for the purpose of enabling
labor delegates confer with Parnell and the
executive of the Land League. Twenty-one
members of Parliament were present Parneil
amidst the greatest enthusiasm took the CT an
Mr. Sexton read number of kilograms parti-
cularly from the American branch of the
League, exhortiDg the delegates never TO rest
until landlordism is abolished; not to pay rent,
to hold back their harvests, etc.
He had no doubt this was designedly so ar
ranged by the British government. He warn
ed farmers not TO trust to tue Land Act. IL
was, he said, designed to break the League.
Nobody should appeal to The land courts until
the test cases to be prepared by the League
had been submitted They should press for
ward to the abolition of landlordism and to
legislative independence, He advised farmers
to borrow many under the Land act so as to
give work to laborers. and invited the latter to
join branches of the League. He pledged
himself to head a laborers' movement If the
farmers did not give them fair play.
The reading of congratulatory kilograms oc-
cupied an hour. Among the most notable
were threats to stop American subscriptions in
the event of the agitation sackening Mr..
Sexton and Mr. T. P. O'Connor were elected
secretaries of the convention. There was
very large attendance of priests.
Immediately after the convention series Of
monster land meetings will be commenced.
The first will be held at Irishtown, on Sunday
on the very spot where Mr.. Michael Davitt IN
augurated the Land League movement ia 1879.
MIR. Parnell will preside.
The Dublin correspondent ofthe Times
writes as follows regarding the National
League convention which meets there to-day:
Apart from the political significance claimed
for the convention as an expression of the ma
tional will upon crisis, it is especially inter
esting as the first organized assembly of the
kind since the repeal of the convention acts.
Its importance, however, as regards the par
ticuar object for which the delegates were
summoned, cannot be over estimated. 1t is to
pronounce in the name of the Irish people,
not only their own verdict upon the land act,
but their programme for future action in re-
gard to the whole question which the League
agitation has raised"
A Growl From the British Lion.
The Times, discussing the National League
convention says: 1.-THE note which Land
Leaguers uniformly breathe is the note of con-
tinued agitation There is no sign from the
first to last of any intention on the part OF
men who live by agitation to accept the Land
act as a settlement of the Irish question. Once
and for all, ireland must understand that this
kingdom is and will continue to be POLITICAL
" united kingdom. Great Britain will no
more tolerate secession than the United States
tolerated it in 1860"
Opening the Geographical Congress.
VENICE, Sept 10 The King and Queen OF
Italy formally opened the Geographical Con-
gress today DeLesseps delivered the lnau-
gural speech.