The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-08-21
FOREIGN
o'connor Charges That churchiIl's
Speeches Were the Cause OF
the Belfast Riots.
Negotiations for the Settlement of
the Fisheries Disputes.
A British Steamer and All of the
Crew Lost.

LONDON. Aug. 20-All Parnellites sup
ported Mr. Bradlaughs motion in the House
of Commons last night that the sesslonal
order relating to the interference OF peers IN
the election of commOners be not renewed.
Charles Russell (LiberaD gave notlce tnat
he would introduce bill to enable the lease
holders and tenant farmers who were IN
cluded in the Gladstone bill to claim the
benefits of the land acts.
The Irish Conservative members OF tne
House held meeting last night, at which it
was decided to ask leave to introduce Dllls
relating to leases held on farms.
Thomas Power O'Conn0r maintained that
Lord Randolph Churchill,s speeches were
the original cause of the Belfast, riots.
(Cheers.) Every man who had lost his life
in the riots was a dupe and victim OF
Churchill Continuing, Mr.. O'Connor said
commission ought to be appointed TO IN
uuire into the actions of the Primrose
League, which he said was guilty at the last
election of boycOtting and Intimidation 70
an unheard of extent. He said that vast
majority of Liberals supported Gladstone,s
scheme, which, although it had been tenn
porarily checked, would inevitably meet
with success. The Conservatives were too
sanguine if they thought the electoral de.
cisi0n upon the policy supported by three OF
the four countries was final ana lrreVOcaDle:
He further said the policy OF the government
of inquiring into judicial rents was an lllogl-
cal and impracticabie scheme, because the
commission could not complete its report
before spring, while the evil existed now
and the crisis would come in November.
Many men and women In Ireland would be
beyond relief before spring Regarding the
governments plan of aiding public works
in Ireland, he said it would cost more than
Gladstones much abused scheme. O'Connor
objected to the disguised aims policy OF
the government. He said it was declara-
tion of war against the twice repeated ver--
dict of the Irish people. 1t was decree OF
starvation for hundreds of thousands of
tenants. 1t would lead to jobbery, de-
moralization and a squanderlng OF pniblhc nc
money, and the British tas taxpayers woulo oe
the ultimate losers. (Cbeers.)
Sir William Vernon Harcourt said boy
cotting was one of the greatest social crimes.
Lord Salisbury in his speech at Newport had
said that ordinary law was inadequate TO
suppress boycotting. How then did the
government propose to suppress it without
coercion? The only way was by removing
the cause The people must be in sympathy
and harmony with the government. Inc
Irish national sentiment must be gratihed:
The root of the evil would not be reached
until the source of social disorder was re-
moved. Ireland must be treated like Can
ada. The people knew what they wanted.
The late government, however faulty III was
in other respects, never encouraged eylctlon.
The Tory government seemed to. have only
one panacea. namely, royal commissions: 1t
was impossible any longer to bribe Ireland
with gold to abandon her nations demands:
He Harcourt) believed that the principle OF
| equal local self-government for the three
Kingdoms was false principle. he quoted
the opinions of Disraeli and Salisbury to the
effect that the system of governing Ireland
| should be the reverse of that OF governing
England. He Harcourt) contended that
Ireland did not want such local self-govern-
| ment as was proposed.
The Pope's Narrow Escape.
ROME, Aug. 2O.-Last night Italian police
| men at Rome observed man hiding in the
| balcony of st. Peters, in which the Pope is
accustomed to bless the people. They
warned the papal gendarmes, who promptly
| arrested the man. The prisoner said his
name was Storti On examination he showed
| that he was a maniac. The Pope has ex-
pressed his gratitude and admiration for the