New-York tribune., 1886-08-11

very unfortunate He is fixture long 1t Is
but when his rent even withon, being raised, becomes
e1oroiiat let us say from succession OF incloment
TO pay it any longer, then he 90 without pity
and without mercy. And then to appearances, II
10 them, nothing needed than 10 raise
the cry that the rents In Ireland not paid, and so
rsinn " o'e.tip az 10 IIestoni, Vi p"uny 9o
fiction few words of alarming sound. like commun-
ism and some reerences to red flags and bloody
spectras do the rest The public opinion OF England Is
thus stiIr,d up against people the unfortunate
tenant who has All but starved himself and his "reicIed
wife and cailden In the der struggle TO pay the
rent matter what other debts no may have Ia TO
leave unpaid. is held up TO public scorn and
villain dead 10 every of Justice and morality
Mr. Gi-Bnt this sort OF thing cannot 90 on forever
must reach It's end when those exorOitan rents can 10
Tie ArchDishop-No doubt of it, and In my opinion
practie iiy reached its crd now You remember what
said o you at the beginning OF our conversation re-
marked what fools Irish landlords have proved them.
selves. Twenty years purchase OF Their net rental
offered TO tom-tha is, t, any OF them that might deem
II To their advantage to accept the oerby Glad'tones
Land bin, how many years purchase do you tnnk VIII
be named a, normal rate o purchase IN tho neft Lna
statesman Mr.. Chamberlain, whose name was 40
loudly cneered at the recent Orange meeting IN Dublin
will have something TO say ,n that point Meantime
landlords have to look FOR thc rents P?r their own
sakcs should wish To be able 10 feel confident that they
have even now learned something ike wisdom ana
that they viii now be satisfied with demanding what Is
England Unhappiiy | can feel such confidence,
and on this account that regard the outlook as 50
gloomy.
Mr. Gill-Your Grace made an observation about tue
Importance of col leciing and publishing information as
TO the contrast between tne dealings OF landlords In
Eng and and Oi landioris III ireland.
| Ine ArchDlshor-Yes aud 10y speaking of il now you
remind OF point that wisi ell specially to lrn-
tOn to yod Ii may perhaps have escaped our attention
1t the case OF Lord Fitzwiiiam lie is, asyou may
aware English Landlord and an Irish landlord too
What to refer TO Is his dealings witn MS
tenantry III tue two countries You know, OF course
m tpfia Is of risu
tink OF naming forty or even thirty Ter cent as iar
figure OF reduction last year III now would lneNHdH
De regarded by champions of so-caci law aud order
criminals. and lave the.r eltdph "lltten III Tue
ana mos' opprobrous terms t. be ioand In ths
dictionary. But what the action OF Lord fih-
william, who was not only an IRISH landlord bat an rh.
lsh landlord as we'll and who had English we'll
Irish tenants TO deal with Mr. Parnell brought
the effectively in one of ais speeches ~ tle
House of Commons last session. Lord Ft1 silliams
rlsn estates IN the County or Wicklow ana there 10
the Consideration OF local landordisn, he male q
reIuclion oi no less tnaI fty per cen. III rcntA !
know there has been good deal confusion about u 6
case, for there naturally good deal oi
Indignation on tue subject among the gentry hnd iand
lords oi the neishn0rug districts Thcy had ony irish
tenants ioaesl witn, and taey ana nor see why com,
mun,tlc principles "a they wodid term tnem snoii
be encouraged aud propagated LORD flthwlna,n III >
facts OF the case so that they might bear soinrwhst
different complexion. Bat one who ~ 1t happen'. l.
tenant OF Lord Pizwiians was anIe IN tic iolse OF
Commons state fact that the reduction OF MY Ier
tnus been made to himself as oLe pi ms "inshll, 5
necessity just IN Ireland in Enfani; that Is, II
rents are to be paid at all In many parts OF The coenry
n,nd i. concerned and thew act accorngly Ir"
landlords -many OF hem-prcfer rather t. cntrench
themselves bel md barrier OF clas, prejudice Which
they try TO elorry with the of law aud order"
Tue result, fear, VIII not 90 satisfactory 10 the 80
tar AS collection of tnelr rents il concerned They
cannot have to regret their folly in NOT
coming forward III sustsinincnt OF Mr Giads,ones
Mr. Gili-Inis view OF the does not seem AZ ali
have nome TO the mind Of representatives, Of the
interests of Irish l,ndlor iisn
Tne Archbishop-No. to say it has not. Only
fc y days ago | read IN NE D"Jffn Lre","g haH "A
al the folly oi The Government III sehdlhs an
armed force - island OF sc 'tla to cotco Payment
of croters rents. THIS Is, the writer said, year
when, even IN the south OF tnstn The faIner cannot
make his rent but OF course no such principles are 10
airy TO ireland with our fCor people ro're or
must he insisted upon. and II lney are not pa 9ut the
10 write about rents In Connenata or DONEGAL a.
the London correspondent OF Ih' D"O'W Ertnbg Mot
vociiorously tho cry OF communism would be raised.
Mr. Gill-Communism seems to bs term OF Rather
The ArchbisuOp-i,s significance IS definite enough
and i signifies system OF manifest AMI un9uaiincd
applied by political partlsans in their dnderOus assaults
| upon tue character of the lri-h leo9le, Know 40
as yoa pfo6aoly know. by wollknown Journalist
philosophical mind to plain 1t. He hai heard sioat
many dehutons OF 1t, all or them out QUO yery IN
gwen by "a quaint writer nave'y that IT was tin
kettle. very convenient TO be tied TO the tal OF any
unfortunate animal whch 1t was desirable to uht to
death" Communism. Indeed, Is torn OF very definite
ssnincance, but in this, its true sense, II Is utt ~
napplirabo demands OF the Irs tenants go iar
I have ever known them Il he pIt forward We must
do our keep these demands stu within the uis
o. right and Justice. but task ha, not been made
| easier by the rejection OF Mr.. Gladstone's bills.
Mr. Gil Yet the Landlord party seems 10 rejoice at
that rcjuctionf
seem to show desire shiik their Of the
spou usibuy OF having thus brought about Increased
dibcuty OF getting in their rents which now awaits
them. IL is, OF course, quite manifest tna one main
cause Mr.. Ga1stOnes defeat at the polls was tue
uuwIilinguess OF Engllshinen whether workingncn "r
CAPITALISTS the risk they REGARDED IT, buying
ou the Irish landlords Naturally they were Influenced
by the unprcudlrei statement made lew months ago
by The lanes newspaper the high Authority OF
lanes Card, that OF Gb0OO holdings III ireland the
rental OF 53S00 practically irrrco scrabc by Anybody
whether LANDLORD, Eugish Government or lIsh Govern
ment. II may be pleasant thing fOI the landIOrds 10
gloat That MI. ella lstOne has been FOR a tne
his projects OF Ish legislation. but they
no! long Keep their shut TO the fact that he has been
mainly because hc tried to stand between them
ami nLancal ruin They have made thcr choce 50 far
tney do not to regret II. II remains 10 he scon
| what Mr.. Chamberlain and his new allies are pared
to 10 them. one thing at all events II clear that
he Irish people Will again consent To iedge Them
selves OF Land purchase blll 50 lavOrale
10 landlords Mr.. Oadstoue's bill which has now
been shelvcd. We podgc: u the filnlvcnt Of
terms imposed upon by ;hat bill. eau have 40
doubt that tho national pledge thus gwen would have
been fulfilled al AIRY cost No sIcb pledge kely 10
b. given III Ia" future. Indeed. II PLAIN that 40 Eng
u,l, Minister venture make generous
OF or to indlOrds of Ireland No such lcgs thcn
Will again be asked for.