Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-10-21
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A Letter from Archbishop Croke

a Letter from Archbishop Croke
LoxDoS, October 2o-Two hundred
tenants Of the large estate of Neuagh,
County Tipperary, paid their rents to-
day. EEW
IL is stated that q proclamation sup.
pressing the Land League is impending.
The Thirty-frst regiment left Dover
for Ireland to-day. 1t was loudly
eheered.
Archbishop Croke, in letter protest.
ing against the manifesto Of the Land
League, says: 81 have read the mani.
iesto with the utmost pain, indeed, with
absolute dismay. iAgainst the committal
OF the people Of Ireland, even under
still more. exciting circumstances,
TO such doctrine. I enter a solemn
protest. have been q steadfast and
uncompromisipg supporter OF the
public policy of the League. believing
il to be constitutional and calculated to
effect great national results, but / have
sssys s Iaf anfaaEs apshs saiy a sstsd tsst stand
agricuIturists on the soil. The absolute
Reputation Of rent would meet with no
sympathy from me. There is no more
reason now for advancing the
original platform Of the League
ihm there was when Dsvitt
was sent to Portland and Dillon
was first imprisoned. It's original policy
was righteous, and tested by exper-
ience the results welded clergy and lay
meI, in one loving brotherhood. l be
lieys the new rolicy can lead to moth.
ing 1ut disintergration and defeat"
Itis now stated that the business Of
the League will be transferred to
Boulogne, France, when it is no longer
possible to conduct it in Dublin.
A dispatch from Dublin says the Land
League has been proclaimed as an lille
gal aud criminal organization, and all
it's meetings will be dispersed by force.
Opening of the Land Court.
DUBLIN, October 20.-The Land court
opened to-day with crowded attend
ance. Justice O'Hagan said the court
had decided on extremely simple rules
OF procedure, free from alltechnicalities I.
uc leo tOI cIltCIlue lllC IOuil bS
onl y shilling, 30 nobody conld have an
excuse for not having the advantage OF
the Land act. There would be similar
fee on giving notice OF an appeal. Many
tenants had already applied to have
their rents fixed, but no decision could
be given before the expiration Of ten
DAYS. For the present the commission
ers would do their best to make the act
SUCCESS. The Judges statement was
received with applause.
VIM. Davis, who has been in charge
OF the Land League office since the ar
rest OF the sexton, was arrested this
morning and conveyed to Dundalk.
The people who complained OF vio-
lence on the part OF the police on Mon
day last, are now calling for more eff
cient police protection.
Edward F. Litton and Lord Vernon
sit with Justice O'Hagan in the land
court which opens to-day. 1t is stated
that majority of the litigants belongto
the northern counties. O..
The Erening Mail asks Parnell if he
intimated TO the tenantry OF Wicklow
county that they should not pay rents.
A meeting OF ten thousand land leag
uers at Bally Shanop, County Donegal,
yesterday, denounced the government.
LONDON, October 20.-The Irish Par
lianentary held meeting to-day to ar
range the details of the Hyde Park
meeting on Sunday. The party de.
nounced the British government and
pledged Irishmen in England to carry
out the Land League principles with
increased yipOr