Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-01
Famine and Despair the Only Lot
tho Irish Psasaatry Nay
Expect This Year.
Fearful Pictures Of Little 0sss
Dying 10 Their Mothers
Arms for Want Of Food.
A Pertinent Interview With nr.
ParnsII.. I...EnsIand's Policy Of
Rsprsssloa and Cruelty.

interview with Nf. farnsll We held isse
evening BY an Associated Pres correspon
dent The first question was whether be
thought that the measures OF repression
would become yet more stringent In conss-
quence Of the recent events In London,
which have been attributed to Irish revo-
lutionary sgents.
Mr.. Parnell smiled ironically. and said:
THE severity Of England cannot bs worss
than it is without she has recourse TO .
sanguinary repression. We already live
under veritable state Of SIEGE"
as there still - much want and misery
in Ireland a. was recently reportedr'
There Is much moro sinee the Land
League was dissolved. Tho !,
Deatitutios OF she PeasantPy
has made rapid strides. and my friends
have no more funds at our disposal, aud II
We attempted TO raise any Ne would be
met at every step by the determined OPP
opposition OF the English government
but does not the government itself ex'
tend aid TO the starving psopley
Government aid in Ireland 10 confined
solely to the workhouses, and they are %
nothing but houses OF detention. Rather
than enter them people prefer to die, aud
they do die"
Can you give any reason why Englsnd
should act with systematic cruelty 'o"arH
the Irish"
"Yes. Itisa
Dehnite Policy or Cruelty
deliberately adopted and remorselessiy
practiCed TO force the peasantry 70 emisrats.
Ii would be q good radiance for her. On
the day when the last lrishman shall
abandon his country or die Of starvation
| on the land he no longer can cultivate.
England will triumph"
"Will not some relief follow the gather
ing OF the spring cropsT
Emo, for the reason that there arc no
crops. The spring is here. but thore has
been no seed 10 SOW and nothing. or next
TO nothing has been gown. There Is no
outlook for the Irish peasantry this year
but famine snd despair"
Mr.. Parpell continued: 'ccThe accounts Of
the suiIerings OF the people In the distrsss.
| ed districts continue to be most moving
Mrs. Power Lalor. who n feeding t.o0
children, draws 0 fearful picture Of lituo
Dyiss Their Msshsr's Arms,
and fainiing for want OF food st school.
She declares the people to be industrious
and too proud to beg"
Collections In aid of the sufferers are now
| being made In the Catholic churches In
| England, and meetings are being organised
| In several localities. No help Is being re-
| ceiyed from Englishmen.
| A remarkable case Of eviction IL reported
| from county Clare. The expelled tenant
was Q lease holder and at the time OF bis
| eviction, his wife, the II other OF eleven
| children, was suffering from bronchitis.
The farm was under IN eIorbitaut rent,
but as the tenant had lease he could not
apply to the courts, though the other ten.
ants on the same estate obtained reduc-
ton OF 40 per cent. from the commission-
efs.
Many complaints are being made with 70.
speot To the
Government System 81 EstGsattss.
Young and strong men and women ars
refused help, but evictsd tenants ars
willingly assisted 10 emigrate. the author.
tiles thus deliberately playing the land
lords game.
Parnell will proceed TO America In time
10 attend the meeting OF Irish soclsties In
Philadelphia, notwithstanding the an.
nouucs ment that his journey has bees
| abandoned. II ~ definitely arranged thst
Sexton will not 10 70 America, bat will 70.
main In London TO attend 70 his Parlis-
mentary duties.