New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-05

Parnell's position and that OF the Land
League faction, should they be able to
refute Carey. The Phoenix Park murders are no
worse than other Irish murders for which the Land
League is responsible. and Of which the Land
LeaCuers are morally if not legally, guilty l
don't say so now for the first time. Ever since L
have been writing on Irish agitation In Its recent
FORMS | have taken tho same view. without
crimes of violence and outrage the Land League
never could have secured maintained its author
itv m Ireland-that authority will stop to add.
which Mr. Forster of whose failure" Irish advo-
Gates arc agaln talking, overthrow Mr. Trevel-
vans speech at Harwich plainly implies the guilt of
the Land League. Mr.. Arnold Forster, writing to
The Times last Friday-before Carey had stepped
INTO the witness boI-takes up and emphasizes the
same too true tale. "These MURDERS" says Mr.
Forster one and all, were perpetrated, in almost
every instance with one definite object-namely, of
securing obedience to the rules of the Irish National
Land League" Mr.. Trevelyan pointed out that
these crimes were not committed as rule, against
the landlords, whom the League is always denouuc-
ing, but upon the tenants, whose champion the
League professed to be- Mr.. Forster gives the
figures | will take murders only, OF which, from
1880 to 1882 there were, excluding Dublin, fifty
seven of o purely agrarian character. VI the VIC
TINS twenty five were farmers OF sons OF farmers
ten were laborers or herds eleven wero persons OF
various occupations unconnected with the landlord
class, one was a magistrate and murdered rs such
six only were bailiffs' agents or processservers.
while four alone out of the whole fifty-seven were
landlords Mr.. Forster mnces no words: " In
short" he says "it as upon the poorest, most de-
fenceess most thoroughly Irish section of the pop
ulation that the Land League waged unrelenting
war; aud whom it mutilated murdered. robbed and
terrorized in the interests of its miserable unwrlt
ten lawn Outrages were committed by scores and
hundreds and thousands there were 1OO5S from
1850 to 1882 under the direction OF the
local Land Leagues when tho League
u)reme, when its local branches were directed
by central authority when Mr.. Parnell and his
friends were that central authority. That is the
indictment that stands and has long Stood against
tlem a proved charge to which they have no
defence and have attempted none. What does 1t
matter whether they were not priyy to the
murders of Lord Frederick Cavendsh and Mr..
Burke1
Mr. Arnold Forster is nephew of the late Chief
Seer tary. was with him Dublin, acted as his
private secretary. and knows whereof be speaks.
MIR W. L. Forsters appearance in the scenes
described by Carey is of the most startling kind
When the attempts TO assassinate him were men,
toned By Farrell. the London organ OF Mr. Cham
beTain snerred at tho evidence, and at the supposed
danger 10 the ex-AlInistcr. whom Mr.. Chamberlain,
hates. II is seen that from the 3D. of March on
to the 2sth Of April when Nr. Forster quilted Dub
lin, he was moving amid band Of aSsassins con-
stantly on the watch for him, more than once pre-
vented Ivy tie mcrc,t accident from accomplishing
his murder, baited at last IN 81 manner almost
miraculous. Bat n has NOT occurred to his assal-
ant IN the London press TO express his rcgre FOR
the language h. has used. Mr. Forster warmly
chrcrrd on hi first apprarance IN thu HOu,e his
il he Wa II Df
gTatu ions on his escape. badly Mr.. Forster
values quite much the vindication OF his own
tO which every Successive revelation OF the
dark deeds done IN those days adds weight.
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