The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02
IRISH NEWS.
A Temporary Lhll in Political MT
terS.

New YORK, March 29.-A SPECIAL cable
dispatch To IisdptdhS Weekly dated Lon
don, March 90, SAYS: With the Easter
recess there has come ii temporary lull in
politics i'll Ireland. The chief topic of
interest is Il pastoral letter from the west
ern bishops denounciEg tue action of
Earl Spencer in the strongest terms.
This is the seyerest blow which has yet
been struck against the policy of the au-
thorities. The accounts of the Sufferings
of the people in the distressed districts
continue to he most moving. Mrs. Pow
er Tailor. who is feeding 5000 children,
draws fearful picture of little ones dy-
ing in their mothers arms and fainting
from want of food at school. She de-
clares the people to be industrious and
TOO PROUD TO BEG.
In drive of twenty three miles on St
Patrick's day she did not see IA single
person drunk. Cole ,tions in aid of ii G
sufferers are now being made i'll the Cath
ollc churches in England. and meetings
are now being organized in several local
tiles No help is being received from
Englishmcn. An extremely bitter feel
ing prevails among them on account of
the Westminster explosion, and in some
towns Irish men are menaced with dismis
sal from their employment, aud ev' n
worse.
A remarkable case of eviction is repor-
ted from the County Clare The expell-
ed tenant was a leaseholder, and At the
time of the eviction his wife, the mother
of eleven children. was seven months pre-
gnant and suffering from bronchitis.
The farm was under an exOrbitant rent,
but as the tenant had lease he could
not apply TO the courts, though the other
tenants on the same estate obtained
reduction of 40 per cent. from the CON-
missoners.
There is strong movement in Ireland
among all political sections against the
transfer of the mail service between Ire
land and England from the City of
Dublin company TO lie London and
Northwestern company. The Conserva-
tive party support the agitation and the
government will probably have to aban-
don the shameful job.
PREVIOUS IMPOsTUREs
of Lady Florence Dixie are being exposed
in the PAPERS and il is now known that
when acting as newspaper correspond
ent in Zuluand she forged letter pur-
porting to be written by King Cetawayo.
Many complaints are being made with
respect To the government system of
emigration. Young, strong men and
women are refused to help but evicted
tenants are willingly assisted to em1grate,
the authorities thus deliberately playing
the landlords game.
Mr. Parnells visit tu Paris was u com
pletc success, the LegiIimist competing
with the Radical journals in publishing
his opinions The Cidrfon, a leading
Legitimst organ, prints long interview,
in the course of which Mr.. Parnell said
''Wearc oppC Csed to violence. for violence
leads To no good, but rather plays the
the game OF the landlord party. The
knife that killed Lord Frederick Caven-
dish came near killing the Land league
with the same blow"
The Parnel testimonial now amounts
to E560 consisting altogether of Indiyi
dual subscriptions
Preparations are being made fol
organizing and systCmatizing the move
ment. return just issued by the land
commission shows that there were 60,0Ot
applications To fix fair rents undisposeC
of on the 1st OF February, while new
cases are coming in at the rate of 1 400 a
usorfth. The Dublin F'reenaGn's JOurnd
calculates that two years and half will be
required to ease the block