The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-17

the agitators, and we know that home rule is
not the thing they must expect in so far as it
strengthens their hands for general plumber.
The country is in shocking state; the old terror
is coming back; we have to pay thousands a
year, we and you English tax payers. for the cost
OF police and soldiers to protect Loyalsts in
lonely districts. and the recent Parliamentary
success has worked many poor ignorant fellow
up to the frenzy of revolution. The worst of it is
when the pinch comes these ignorant poor get
punished and the instgators of the revolt go
scot free. The condition of Ireland is strlkingly
illustrated in letter from Mr.. I. Townsend
Trench. of the Kildare street Club Dublin. .At
thus moment" he says, &c takes twenty two
policemen in relays to watch Lord Kenmare's
mansion at Killarney; each policeman by the
time all is told. costs nearly fl00 year. so the
government THAT is, the taxpayers of Great
Britain and Ireland), are at this moment paying
f2, 600 year for the protection of Lord Ken
mares mansion. And there many other
mansions in Kerry on a smaller scale under
police projections; many farmers, too, many
herds many caretakers, all of them with police
men sitting up all night watching that they are
not blown up with dynamite or murdered. 1t
must not for moment be supposed that every
Irish tenant is like the demons that murdered
Curtin or beat Rahilly TO death 1 can
testify that the majority are warm
hearted, kind aud grateful people.
But in every community there are evil
characters in whom the frenzy of revolution is
easily aroused by professional or sincere agita
tors, and we all know that the frenzy of revolu-
ton, if not firmly dealt with, is exceedingly infec
tious" In this County of Kerry alone the gov
eminent is spending E10, 900 year in protecting
landlords, farmers, laborers, houses and cattle.
The cost of this business all over the country
cannot be less than f2O0, 600 a year. not to men
ton the extra expense of military precautions
and to say nothing of the outlay needed to watch
over public buildings in London. OF couse. this
tension must come to an end. have personal
friends on both sides, Loyalists and Home rulers.
English and Irish. and to my mind the chief
danger of the situation lies in the fact that the
opinion of no two men on any side seems to be
alike; lit is all mudde." and one of those
muddles, fear, which have violent endings.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY NOTES.
Sir John Millaiss daughter is to marry Mr.
Stuart Wortley, and all London is busy with
speculations on the bridal display. Sir John is
selecting the bridesmaids from a crowd of girl
beauties, and he will design their dresses The
private view of his pictures crowded this
week by the artistic and social world. 1t is a
superb exhibition, worthy of his artistic fame
ard credtab,e to English art Mr. Forster. the
famous Chief Secretary for ireland l"Buckshot
Forster") is believed to be dying, and several of
the discarded members OF the Gladstone gov
eminent are feeling their way to the heart and
brain of the Bradford constituency They
a tri1e hurried in their advances. Mr.. Forster
may not die after all. If the curses of the Par
nellites are of any avail, however he will not
recover. He is fine, manly fellow, az honest,
outspoken statesman, above party, and when
his life was threatened on all hands in Ireland
| he walked the streets and shores of Dublin
| unarmed and unattended. / have heard Irish
| men who hated him express admiration Of his
courage. Professor Bryce has gone to the south
Of France for quiet, in order that he may finish
| his work upon America in time for the great
| home-rule debate in Parliament. 1t is to define
the limits of the State and federal authority
by way of illustrating the home-rule question of
the day. Mr.. John Dillon has arrived in Lon
don to be ready for the coming fray. He still looks
| very i'll. crossed the Atlantic when he was
voyaging to America for his health. l was
| struck with his pale intellectual face. He looks
| much older than he did then not less intellect
ual, but no better physically. Mr.. Gladstone
and Professor Huxley are splitting straws in
| the Nineteenth Century with regard to the in
| depreciation of the first chapter of Genesis Mr..
| Schultz Wilson and Mr.. Wills are discussing the
! proper dramatic treatment of Goethe's Faust"
in the Times Mr. Schultz Wilson claims that
| Goethe should be presented in his integrity"
and that mo great dramatist should be adapt
ed" He writes trenchantly but with annoy
ance: Mr.. Wills makes temperate reply, point
ing out that it is impossible to do more than to
suggest the spirit and beauty Of Faust upon
the stage, and that, to do this is to do public
service to art and literature. The truth is Mr.
| Schultz Wilson land all who rave about putting
Goethe on the stage sin his integrity') asks for
| the impossible. Irving has given us the possible
OOcLIe, III lutGSrlJf, CduUOt uo upon the
stage. Asking for it. Mr. Schultz Wilson is like
| the naughty boy who cried for the moon. Irving
can do wonderful things. He has introduced a
| very remarkable moon in the Broken scene;
but it is not the real one. 1t is good deal like
| the moon, however, and far better than the real
one for Mr.. Irvings purpose. Similarly the Ly-
ceum Faust" is delightful and impressive
| illustration of Goethes Faust" and far better
| for the purpose of the stage than Goethe
| in his integrity" Mr.. Stead who has nearly
ff11f will 0hah hp
| from Jail before this letter reaches America
The Pail Mall Gazette has almost returned TO it's
old form of enterprise and independence. Most
| of the political articles have been written by Mr..
Stead lin durance vile"
One of the most interesting books Of bographyI
have read for long time is 1.-The Life of Sir Charles
| Napier" by William Napier Bruce. Napier was
great mana hater of shams, like Gordon-a
| foe to red tape. He could write as we'll as he
| could fight. He was often too honest and true
| for English governments and was great and
| powerful in spite of them. ''rhe Great Paint
ers of Christendom," by Forbes Robertson pub
| lished by Cassells). is a book that may well be
| presented as book of reference. You may rot
agree with all the writer says, but his
| facts are indisputable and they are many
and valuable. Mr. Forbes Robertson is the
art critic of the Daily News, and father
of Mr.. Forbes Robertson. ths leading man OF
Miss Mary Anderson's English company in
| America Tuscan Cities" by Mr.. Howells, is
| published here, and the American authors En-
| glish admirers full of praises of his latest
book. The Times mentions it in very comp-
| mentary terms-as for example: There is
originality Of thought. there is exciting variety
| of dramatic descriptions. and there is pleasant
| freshness in the style" The Saturday Review
has written in generous and sympathetic terms
| of the neY book on North Borneo" I regret
to say that Sir Walter Medhurst, who wrote the
tender and sympathetic preface to Frank Hat
| tons posthumous narratives has just died of
! apoplexy at Torquay Sir Walter was brave
travelled man and did good service to England in
| the consular service at Shanghai and elsewhere
| in the Eastern seas. JOSEPH HATToN
Romance and Reality.
She said, observing my embarrassment
Il think know just what you to say;