The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-28

ants on the estates owned by the Irish So
ciety, which represents some of the Lon
don guilds; and it is believed that the court
VIII make sweeping reduction in the
rents and strip the agents Of the estates OF
the powers they have assumed In framing
"off1ce rules" for the cultivation of the
property. The hierarchy have now taken
determined stand against the League. In
the Dublin archdiocese one priest has been
silenced and Others warned by Archbishop
McCabe for joining the League and advo-
eating its doctrines. Rev. Mr.. CantweI, of
Thurles, County Tipperary, who has been
a conspicuous member of the League ex7
ecutiye. has been informed by Arch
bishop Croke, of Cashell, that he
must keep silent on the anti rent
manifesto. In the West it is said
that the venerable Archbishop McHale
viii shortly issue pastoral warning the
clergy against eountenancing the no-rent
movement. The professional patriots
(notably Mr., Egan, the League Treasurer,
who from the safe shelter of his Paris ho-
tel sends crazy orders to the Irish people, D
are inclined to run counter to the clergy,
but the people no longer pay attention to
their advice. Many tenants who obeyed
the league and who now find themselves
ruined and outside the land act, curse the
cowardice of the professional agitators in
fleeing the country at the first sign of
danger and leaving their dupes at the
mercy of the landlord The League of
ficials say that they have ESQ, 900 in hand
and that they expect large increase in
the contributions from the United States,
but if they had million they could not
use it, and Irish Americans will do well to
take note of the fact that subscribing now
means giving money without guarantee
to the ringleaders of an organization that
no longer exists. ey
CORRUPTION IN THE LEAGUE.
The Englishpress on both sides approves
of the Governments intrepid action. The
Irish In England were greatly excited by
Mr.. Parnells arrest, but the fight of his
ieutenants under cover of fusillade of
bombastic proclamations has satisfied all
but the hot headed faction that, leaving
out Mr.. Parnell, Mr.. Dillon and others,
many of the loudestmouthed agitators
were not honest. Singular revelations are
coming to light regarding sincerity of some
of the principal patriots. Father Cantwell,
for example, was urging the Government
toyappoint his brother to paltry office in
the Land Court, and other stirring stump
speakers were negotiating for Government
jobs as the price of their silence. Alto
gether the inquest that is being held on the
remains of the League shows that, with
the exceptions above mentioned, it was as
rotten body as any of the Fenian associa
tions of 1855 or 1867. The castle authori
ties appear to have had complete record
of the proceedings of the executive from
the inception of the League down to its
last meeting; and am told that the sched-
uled informations attached to the warrants
on which many minor Leaguers have been
arrested show that the Chief Secretary was
kept informed of the secret operations of
the leading branches outside of Dublin.
The informer, as usual, seems to have
driven a thriving trade.
THE ALLEGED FENIAN PLOT.
The correspondent of the Press Associa-
ton in Dublin says he has interviewed the
chief of Detectives, who confirmed the re-
port that there was a plot to assassinate
Mr. Foster, and added that he knew the
names of two men told off to commit the
crime. The chief denied that there was
any plot against Mr. Gladstone or Sir Will
liam Harcourt.
No Importance in attached to the revel-
ations concerning the Fenians. Their only
serious object is thought to be to raise SUBJ
scriptions for the Skirmishing Fund in
America The Dublin Freeasan's journal
says the statements are monstrous, absurd
and wicked Not his fiercest enemy, it
says, would believe that any Irishman
would stoop to the crime of assassinating
Gladstone or Foster The Irish Times
considers the revelations insane.