The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-05
THE DYNAMITE FRAUD.


gentleman had the side of his face and an
other wrist cut. These are the only serious
casualties reported"
Such is the summary of Casualties" of the
last Fenian outrage in London Of truth,
the whole business of Glowing up London
is farce Of proportions and of magnitude
barely large enough to become burlesque on
anything like serious and business-like un-
Ireland. One would be inclined to ascribe
these explosions to almost anything than an
organization whose object is to compel re-
dress for national wrongs for years put on a
long-suffering people, and with little hope OF
deliverance. Some such explanation-that
a crank or madman had caused the
explosions - would undoubtedly obtain
but for the fact that they will be
traded on by unscrupulous demagogues os-
tensibly engaged in warfare against the enc
mics of Ireland. Were there no O'Donovan
Rossas in America or elsewhere to roll up
their eyes and exclaim 81 told you sop after
each abortive puff in London, nobody would
imagine that any serious or concerted attempt
was being made against the tranquility of the
English people. The man or men engaged in
this business, if they be self-appointed aveng-
ers Of Ireland's wrongs or the agents Of any
society having that in view, have every reason
to be ashamed of their oowardice and the
puerile results Of their operations
just think of it for moment. London has
a population of over 1900, 900; the streets in
the central portions of the metropolis are lit
orally swarming with humanity, and one can
not in any portion of the city escape the
jostling thousands. Now there is at least one
society or organization whose sole purpose is
to wreak vengeance upon the British govern
ment and people, to which end hundreds of
thousands of dollars have been subscribed
during the past score years and standing ap-
peals are made for fresh contributions to the
dynamite fund" The subscribers may be
excused for calling for bill of account.
What has become Of all the money asked for
and received9 TO whom and for what did it
go9 In all the operations during the
past few years, since. hostile attention has
been specially directed against London, not
one life has been taken, not even limb bro
ken AS a result of the last explosion, three
noses are slightly cuta showing that any
ing more than his bare fists. If nobody is to
be hurt, and no harm is to be done, what
use of a dynamite fund at allf Why not
arm Donnybrook boy with blackthorn
twig, and turn him loose on the Strand, or
make his way into Westminster Palacef The
two explosions in the underground railways,
those at London bridge, at Victoria station
and at Scotland Yard have caused perhaps
ST, 900 worth of damages, and not human
being has suffered physical harm What kind
of return is this for the tens and hundreds of
thousands of dollars subscribed in America, and
put into the hands of such worthless scoun-
drels as O'Donovan RossaY
One of two things should be done: the cow
ardly scamps now having the matter in
charge should be sent about their own affairs,
and new and moro determined men substi-
tuted, or the whole disreputable scheme
ahandoned-the latter being the wiser and
more manly of the two. If Ireland is to be
freed, it will not be accomplished by the burn
ing of little gunpowder in Lon1on with no
more result than few skinned noses and
some squares of window-glass shattered One
might be excused for believing the story lately
circulated7-that the explosions that have oc-
CURED have been brought about not by the
enemies of England bent on destruction, but
by the connivance, il not actual partcipanee,
of the police. The Irishman who cannot
do no more harm with dynamite in
one week than has been done in London in
ten years is no man at all, and has less wish
to serve Ireland than to save his own worth
less uGCh. io lElcIluN OA AIblduQ living IN
America should refuse to give penny TO aid
the lazy medicants who are living at their ex
pense on the plea Of what they intend doing
TO annihilate the British government. 1t is
amazing that they have been tolerated
thus long, and they should be taught that
they can no longer practice their infamous
confidence games. Every dollar given them
is dollar worse than thrown away. It is a
salary to incompetency, reward for conf
dence schemes that have no other object than
to live like lords at the expense of the credu-
lous friends of very unhappy people.
Mr.. MOODY viii encounter great difficulty
In en- v;no enuls M Richmond NOT that Rich.