The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-03
IRELAND.

Some recent signs are protested to
be interpreted by the British gov
eminent as indicating a more favor
able. turn in Irish affairs for them.
says the Cleveland Plain .Deafer
Shaws @indictmehs' of ParnelI and
his following is cited as n of
these. Shaw charges that the Irish
Parliamentary party by their action
have forced the ,goyernment TO bring
in the worst coercion bill ever intro
duced; second that they have endan-
gered the prospects of a good land
bill. Parnelrs utilization with Ger
tain elements in Paris whom 'loyal
Catholics" abhor is especially charg-
ed in order to weaken his hold.
Another sign is the alleged return of
many tenants to rent paying. Lord
Digby's tenants, we are told, to the
number of 700, after holding out in
the most determined manner for
Grifith's valuation, have paid their
rents in full, less the landlords
abatement of ten per cent. "People
who have reason to fear that the
vengeance of the government will
fall on them are quietly leaving the
country The authorities of Dub
lin Castle are said to be quietly
awaiting the passing of the coercion
bill to carry out. their part of the
programme. The lists of those to
be imprisoned are already prepared,
and the proclamations to be issued
by the Lord Lieutenant are printed.
The London correspondents of the
New York Herald writes, under
date of the 10th:
The country will be surprised, not
at the extent to which the powers of
the authorities will be exercised, but
at the lenieney with which the bill
will be put in force. The ordinary
law is beginning to assert itself
throughout the country with a vigor
which it was not supposed to pos
sess, and there is a growing disposi-
ton not to interfere with. this salts
factory movement. This is as. re-
CARDS the Land League. With the
Fenians, Molly Maguires and Rib
bonmen the case is very different.
They will be dealt with in the most
rigorous manner. Their leaders will
be seized if they remain in this
country, which few seem inclined to
do. Their arms will be taken; their
illegal drillings and meetings, of
which the authorities declare they
have the fullest information, will be
peremptorily stopped. The author
tiles are at present more concerned
about the north of England than Ire
land. They find the Fenian move
ment there more formidable than in
Ireland. Irish sJ mpathy there is
strong. A socialistic agitation is in
progress which causes much uneasi-
ness, and with which it is impossible
to deal. The men who are leaving
Ireland at present find congeuial
companionship and welcome among
the golfers and operatives of Ian
cashire and the iron worker of Tyne
side; AID upon their movements.
rather than those who are now left
under suspicion. in this country, the
authorities are concentrating all
their attention.
This may be O true statment of
the situation. No n doubts Eng
lands ability to "put down" Ireland
by force of arms. AT least this is
the government side. of the story
and we should have all sides. But
it were better for England if she did
not depend entirely on might in or
der to retain her hold of Ireland
The grievances Of the latter are sc
sore and real, that the civilized world
would be glad to see her emerge sue.
cessfully from an armed strike fol
independence. British oppression
in Ireland is n of the great scan
dals ofthe age. If she cannot wipe
out the disgrace now, when her goy
eminent is in the hands of an excep.
tionally humane and enlightened
party presumably so) Ireland's flu
ture will be indeed dark.