New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-27
READY FOR MARTYRDOM.
SOCIAL DEMOCRATS TO FIGHT FOR YRI1
SPEECH.
WHAT TuE oovERHMENT PROSECUTION xnAxB-s
CIVIL VAR AMONG TIE caovrsss-sRasoue
CHARoxs AoAISsr THE WAR DEPARTMENT.

WHAT Iu8 0OVE00a8HI EEOSBCUILON 0BAlDO
CIVIL VAR Axoxo TIE cRovrsas-sRaioue
CHARoEs AoAINsr THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
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LONDON, July 26.-nr. Hyndnan, who protests b
sThs Pail Nall Gssstts" to-day against police intss.
farsncs With ths eeoial Denocratic msseiueA makes
the following specific statement Of wAat hs regards ~
Mr. ChlderJs motives for revving .st tAis tins ~
question Of permitting frss speech n The pabl;s
streetss
The police attack upon the ssciG Dsnocrslis meet.
ises in Ball-sk u part Of IN ersanissd nossnsas
against Socialist g4therinGs In Ill parts ct Loadsa
which Sir Charles Warren began directly b was In
stalled IN Office. Il Il not "a Isolated ease Even -
Dodst. Itusbouse where we were lsh undisturbed By
Conservative Administration Last yeer. the now
Cormssionsr Of Police has given orders for our moles
tstios. A. to tAs Trsssury prosecution, have very
littlsdoubt that II pressed forward ct this time
BY Mr.. Chdsn for the express Durpose OF
Ing his SUCCESSOR IN o0os In any Il y most useful
70 ~ for the Radicals who would not move agssnse
Gladstone and bic hscka viii readily help % 70 get up
au agitation against the Tories for party purposss
The Social Democrats cannot possibly give way on
this question either to the police the Home Oce.
II they did al open-sr meetings would ~ once b
suppressed Throughout London. Il u to bring this
consummstion about that We are now prosecuted.
What We complain OF b that wheSsas all the resioas
critics. the temperance orstors tho Salvaonists and
the seculsr arc allowed to bold thoassnds Of meet-
inRs In tho streets without interference Social
Democrats, who are orderly and less noisy than
any Of thsm are aone summoned, arrested, hned and
committed for trial. Whichever party may bsn power.
We intend to 6aht this issue out TO the bitter end Nc
matter how many Of m may haveto 70 TO prisonSoo-
tore we get public opinion our ude With the n.
cent exposures Of what high life mesns It 10, in ny
opinion very safe for the upper and middle classes
to suppress free speech BY the champions Of the
people,"
There 10 something very Like civil war In Three, an
sland owned BY tho Duke OF Argyll and Inhabited by
crotter population OF about 900 all told. gen.
era strike against led to the Issue Of ws and the
dispatch of . police foroe which has literally been
driven of the isAnd BY the hostile demonstrstous OF
the people. detachment Of marines was yesterdsy
ordered to the Of disturbance and the presence
Of their bayonets may have the quieng influence
that they had in Skye this time last year. That they
likely enough. The Duke Of Argyll is not generous
landlord, and ns consolidation of the holdings nas
been bitterly resented by the croters The population
poor land like that OF Tree are eontened and the ex
PLANTATION Is probably to be found in the difference OF
treatment"
Lieutenant-C Colonel Hope has lately uttered some
crtcisms against the War Department anu nas
in high places To this the War Department replied
that the charges too vague to an nves-
CATION whereupon to-day Colonel Hope says befors
tribunal having power to compel the attendance Of
un willing civilian wtnesses will undertake TO proves
6rst that heavy guns are in their present depor.
able condition owing to an initial conspiracy
certain high officials to subsequent corruption, and ID
continuous corrupt favoritsm second, that our bad
cartridges due to mal' CREATION and corrupt favor.
itism third that largo number OF bad 6syonets were
MADE from an inferior quality Of steel in way fitted
for the purpose and oorrupy passed into the servos
on certain occasion fourth, that tho bad swords OF
some OF them, were also corrupty passed INTO tne
ser, ice" ,, I'M
There "a certainly nothing vague about thia and
tho officials concerned have regard for their OWE
honor they will be the first to press for inquiry.