The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-18
sERIN'S TRUE FRIEND.
A SPICY INTERVIEW WITH PARNeLL
The Terrible Condition Of the Irish Ttaaatry-Th.
y Promised Relief that was SIppsd by the Dub.
I, LA AssasaiuatIoa--LA,sat from The "0ld
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NEW loRk, May li.-Ihe New York
Herald correspondent had % llong filter.
view with Nj. ParnelL in London, yester.
day, relative to tho situation in Ireland
and tho true lpolicy,to be pursued. Mr..
Parnell said: IA
For some time before my release from
Kilmainlam, Of parole, to attend the
funeral Of my nephew in Paris, 1, In com.
mon with all my fellow prisoners, had
been very much impressed with the grave
situation which appeared imminent for
the Irish people. We saw evictions, daily
increasing in number, Of poor tenants
utterly nnable.t to pay rents, 1000 persons
having been evicted during the first quarter
Of this year without being readmitted as
tenants. iNt IsGipu ..r,JI IIts.,a"lItitr y.
We had every reason 10 fear that during
each ensuing quarter the number would
increase In arithmetical progression; for
instance, in the second quarter OF last year
the number OF evictions was three times us
many rs In tho preceding quarter. Thus
making the proportion OF increase Of last
year rs a guide for this year, there would
be q 900 persons evicted for tho current
quarter, aud possibly many more, us We
know that the greater proportion Of smaller
tenants in the counties Of Sligo, Donegal,
Lcitrim, Mayo, Galway, Kerryand parts OF
Roscommon, where tile famine reached
such ' an ., extent in :, 1S70-SO,, had
merely settled temporarily with
their landlords by paying them six and
twelve months rent OH account. they we're
still liable Tor arrears to the extent OF from
three to five, and in many cases seven and
eight yeaH, and in some instances fifteen
years; and that, as time went on, il no
settlement OF the arrears question took
place, they would be literally turned out
in thousands during the coming winter, |
may. mention, that the Land yLeugue had
done its best 10 relieve these poor evicted
tenants at vast expense during the winter,
but that We found it absolutely impossible
10 do anything for more than a 1.-THE OF
them. the remainder being left on the
roadside or having to 60 into the, work.
House. That was the position OF the ten.
antry. afs i}1r- tf1HFTG. ~
On the other hand outrages were daily
increasing in number and gravity, we
were threatened with this Coercion bill,
which has been introduced in the House.
The situation summed up then was
wholesale and daily increasing eyictions,
stringent and even rscvere; coercion with
savage retaliations., ] expressed these views
while passing through London TO my friend
Captain OShea, member for Glare, and
stated to him generally the measures that
considered necessary in order to tighten
and disentangle the situation. On nv re.
turn to kilmainham, L received letter
from Captain b O'shea saying that he was
coming toYsee me on the subject Of my
conversation iiS!s,55f - III
In order tojsave him trouble l put my
views on paper in the letter which was
read in the House: Captain O'shea, how.
ever, did not receive that letter in time to
prevent my coming to Kilnainham. lie
visited me in prison and obtained nv pcr.
mission TO show the letter to one person,
but it was not to quit his hand and was
otherwise to be regarded us strictly private
and confidential.
Had the policy indicated lin my letter
been carried out the changes in the situa.
tion in Ireland would have been this Eyic.
tons would have been stopped smaller
tenants would have been saved By wipiny
Off their arrears, all tenants would have
had their rents made lower than Grif1ith's
valuation, and in the meantime by the pro.
prietaryl clauses suggested BY me jthcy
would after little time have been enabled
TO purchase their holdings BY IN annual
payment something like twenty per cent.
less than Griflith's valuation spread over
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