Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-06
FROM ALL QUARTERS. POOR UNHAPPY IRELAND. Coercion And Dynamite
 Again To Reign. Y SIGNS OF WAR IN EUROPE. Open Heresy In A London
 Pulpit. THE OPENING OF CONGRESS. The Worst Storm Of The
 Season.
IRELAND A WORKING VOLCANO.

The Policy of Coercion to be Inaug- 1 urated i'm its Strongest Form and Re- prisals Promised from |: the Irish In l the shape of Dynamite Bombs.
 l LONDON Dec. 5.-It is believed in Dublin, | on excellent grounds, that Lord Ashbourn 1 and Beach took back with them the resolu- | tion to use the sternest oppressive means, and | an assurance of the Cabinets support of any
 plan whereof they might approve for the fur | therance of 8 coercive policy. The first measures will doubtless be the arbitrary SUD- pression of public meetin gs on the ground of their being intended as means of intimi- l dation; and more especially the suppression of United Ireland. The latter is the sorest of all thorns in the governments side. It keeps ranking more and more energetically, nor will it be easy one to pull out as the opinions and sentiments it expresses are how. The suppression campaign signalled in my last letter has been growing. So has the influence of the men whom it was meant to suppress. The peasants, who only know that they are hungry and wronged, cheered by the example of their political leaders and the universal support of the clergy crowd to deposit rents with the leaders in support of the new plan of campaign. That the government is prepared to go beyond the law for machinery to execute their Irish pol icy is evident. Nor is it doubtful that they will ask Parliament in January to greatly in
 crease their power of arbitrary action. Mean
 while Ireland is in a state of excitement which those at distance unable to ap- preciate. Public feeling sharpened by dis tress is apt to break out at any time into violent form. It is shown that Mir. Gladstone still hopes to effect the welfare of Ireland
 peacefully, but his hopes are weakened by the present action of the Tories. It is not
 thought that Ireland can work out her saliva ton by her own exertions, but Tory oppres
 sion can drive the Irish to reprisals which will alienate all the sympathy of England possible continue indefinitely at warfare so hurtful to both countries. That, Mir. Glad stone's friends say, is his fear. Wise English men, although they may not care @ rap for abstract justice in Ireland are looking forward with dread to the revival of an active Irish warfare and the intermingling of dyn amite bombs with every day life. They are anx- ious to have what is right done. That they will live to be much more anxioue than they are now seems highly probable. On the oth- CT hand there comes the amalgamation of the two British home rule associations into. one and Lord Aberdeen has accepted its presi
 dency. Leading Gladstonians like Earl Spencer and Lord Ripon are dsigs joining the new league: It will be formally inaugurated by a great public meeting in London on Thursday, at which 1I.ord Aberdeen will probably deliver an address. A series of such meetings throughout the winter is be- ing arranged.
 DUBLIN, Dec. 5.-The executive depart ment of the Viceroy's government at Dublin castle has addressed private circular to the ding the police to indicate to the bailiffs the houses and farms from which tenants are to be evicted or to otherwise assist in the en- forcement of evictions. The circular instructs the police to confine their action in connec- tion with evictions solely to protecting bai liffs in case they are assaulted while perform ing their duties. Otherwise bailiffs must take care of themselves.