The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-25
LIVELY TIMES In EUROPE.

LIVELY TIMES IN EUROPE.
4 oROWIN0 FEELING OF ByTTERN EsS
IN ENGLAND TOWARD IRELAND.
rre Discharge 81 Irish Servant Girls and
Lnborers-rhe Teries aad the UnsteA
sss,es-Lady FiersNes Dixle Fsrssus Over
the Doubts Cast Upon her stery-Deep
Appreciates In Russia Over the Piots
Of the Nihilists-I.orA Du9erin's Opinssa |
that England has Made y Fearfai Mis-. |
take In Esypt-Gsladstone's Intentiss -
Resire-France's Vigorous Fsressa Peiiey. |
Speeia, Cable DespateA to TAe SUN
LONDON, March 24.-The dynamite excite |
ment has in measure died out in the public |
mind but there Is q marked growth In the gen.
sral feeling OF bitterness toward Ireland. The
Intelligence offices report their inability to pro-
cure situations for Irish servants. numbers Of
whom are being discharged daily and from all
sides thcre are accounts OF large employers dis
missing all their Irish laborers II Is not prob
able that the persons who planned tho West
minister explosion had any idea Of the storm
that would follow 1t. or that tho English public
would take 1t so seriously to heart. The tone
OF the press has changed greatly. and has. in
great part, become one OF uncompromising
hostility. With few more such demonstra-
tons. the political merits Of the Irish question
will be completely lost sight OF. II. indeed. re-
cent events have not already placed 1t beyond
tho power OF the present Government to deal
with 1t at all. What with Carey in Dublin and
dynamite in Westminster. the prospects of
Irish reform are gloomy indeed.
The Tories appear to take IN especial pleas
ure IN including America in all their the
cries and speculations as to the appearance
OF dynamite as an element OF Irish agitation.
They seem unwilling to believe that o Donovan
Rosa and his associates are held In thorough
contempt not merely by Americans but by the
entire mass OF respectable Irish people in the
United States. 1t suits Mr.. Forster's following
to identify them with the Land League. and to
treat the latter as q purely American institu-
ton. and attach to Americans. in one way or
another. q direct responsibility for It. The re-
port OF the attack on Lady Florence Dixie had
at first the effect Of exciting the public mind to
. condition OF absolute fury. but the general
improbability OF the circumstances was not
long In making itself felt and . reaction rapid
ly ensued. The Daily Ne,rs In its earliest &C.
count plainly discredited her ladyship. and
when Mr.. Labouchere asked In the House Of
Commons II the Government intended Offering
areward. he was received with roars OF laugh
ter. The Times 10 deeply hurt on the subject.
having given way unreservedly to It's feeling at
the beginning. The general tone of the press.
the lady. It affects to believe that she really
thought she was attacked and stabbed and at
the same time quotes freely frommedical expe-
rience Of the vagaries Of hysterical per-
sons, recalling pointedly a like case In
which the stabs through the victim 8
clothes would not correspond at all
whom the clothes were upon her person.
Lady Florence'Hm most intimate garments. how
evor. appear to have been perforated with dis
cretion. and the scrutiny made OF them at
Scotland Yard has neither helped nor discour-
aged the police. Her friends believe that an
attack was really made upon her. but only with
the intention OF frightening her. and that her
ladyship's natural disposition led her to make
the most OF it. She is furious over the doubts
cast upon her veracity. and outraged at the
conduct OF tho House OF Commons. People
say that perhaps her Land League figures
are no better than her private assassinations
and unless Lady Florence has her affair sub
stantiated by tho police. she will never agar
command serious attention in England. Mr.
O'Shea. on the reassembling Of Parliament
will ask the Government II 1t Is not In posses
sion OF evidence that she 10 an impostor.
Mr. Parnell's intimacy with Rochefort durin'
his stay in Paris. his free utterances to Frencl
journalists. his expression OF his contempt 70
O'Donovan Rosa. and his statement that tn
Westminster explosion was possibly the wor
Of the free thinkers. have oil been attentivel
discussed in London during the week. Amon
other things he said il the same policy as ha
been pursued toward Ireland be persevered Il
for only a short time longer. then England mus
be prepared for all sorts OF violence.
As the elaborate preparatio ms for the Car
coronation progress. the activity OF tn
Nlhilists increases. Hundreds Of Arrest
are being made. and the deepest appre
hension. both public and Official. prevails
There Is no concealment OF intention. and
appears to be thoroughly understood that moth
ing but superhuman precautions on the pal
Of the police to protect tho Gar and his visitor
will avail against the determination OF tn
consprators. Tho general character and OF
casion Of tho contemplated festivities are eel
tsinly replete with evaporation to all Nihilis'
and all who sympathize with them. Larg
numbers OF the police are endeavoring to evad
duty at Moscow during the period OF the col
onation. and are being discharged In cons
Quence and replaced by new men.
Lord Duffcrin's remarkable despatch fro
Cairo has boon under discussion for q mont
and its true meaning Is enforcing itself upo
an unwilling people. He has begun the r
forms dictated by his Government. He has mac
apractica test OF the political possibilitie
and he writes to convey as gently as possib
bis conviction that England has made a fearf
mistake from the very beginning. The polit
cal and social system OF the country Is o fictio
Tho only hope OF its rehabilitation was In Il
osuccess OF Arab and the nation against Il
Khedive and the bondholders. and the poe
ton assumed BY England is false. untenab
md impossible. Two courses present Their
seves-to withdraw and abandon Egypt. or
formally annex it. He evidently docs not wa
to embarrass the Government. but he feels 1t
DO his duty to reveal the truth. however unw'
come and disappointing II may be. Wereit n
for the obligation to tho bondholders. the II
possibility Of reputation on tho one hand a
the responsibility OF annexation on the 9th
Englands course would DO clear enough.
exiled statesman and misunderstood patr