The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-10-21

The proclamation against the Land
League, issued from London, yesterday,
warns all persons that the Irish National
Land League, or by what other name it
might be called, is an unlawful and crimi-
nal association, and that all meetings to
carry out or promote its designs or purposes
are unlawful and criminal, and will be pre-
vented and dispersed by force. The pro-
clamation warns the Queens subjects con-
nected with the League to disconnect them
selves from it, and to abstain from giving
any further countenance to it. All the
powers and resources at the govern
ment's command, the proclamation says,
will be employed to protect the Queens
subjects in the free exercise of their lawful
callings and occupations; to enforce the full
fillment of all lawful obligations, and to
save the process of law and the execution
of the Queens writs from hindrance or OBJ
struction. 1t calls upon all loyal subjects
to uphold and maintain the authority of
the law and the supremacy Of the Queen in
Ireland.
The Irish Parliamentary party held a
meeting in London yesterday to arrange
the details of the Hyde Park meeting on
Sunday. The party denounced the British
government, and pledged Irishmen in Eng
land to carry out the Land League plans
WllI luCItuStu NlHOI. WI. AElHuI W NouHtl
has left Holyhead for London. 1t is stated
that nothing has been decided upon regard
ing the moving of the officers of the League.
Many farmers in the Counties of West
meath and Roscommon have lodged claims
for the readjustment of their rents.
The city of Derry and the town Of Drog-
heda have been proclaimed. When the
news reached the Land Leagues Dublin of.
flee of the governments proclamation q
hurried council was held The books and
documents were secured and letters from
the country were destroyed. Many books and
papers were carted to q place of safety,
The lights were extinguished and the doors
were locked, The executive officers de-
camped, fearing arrest, leaving only stock
of note-paper and envelopes. A largely at
tended conference of tenant farmers, held
in the town hall in Ballymoney, County
Antrim, passed resolutions recording their
gratitude to Mr.. Gladstone and the Liberals
for their services in connection with Irish
land legislation. The conference regarded
the land act as just and practical, and recon-
mend farmers to give it fair trial.
Patrick A. Collins, president of the Irish
| National Land League ofthe United States,
has issued an address to the members of the
League and friends of the cause, which be-
gins as follows: For Ireland the supreme
moment has come. The actlon of the gov
eminent and the answer of the League rev
olutionizes the situation. The concluding
paragraph Of the manifesto of the Irish ex'
ecutive committee is then quoted, and the
address contains the following:
"This trumpet.call to duty and to sacri
flee will be obeyed in Ireland. The gov
eminent and the nation, landlordism and
the people, stand face to face, prepared fol
a death grapple. Let us show them how
well their hope in us is founded. BY every
act of head and heart and pocket let us re
spond to the appeal. Hold meetings every
where and cable to the Freemdn's Journal
Dublin, your response republication.