The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-15
American Financial Aid for the Parnellites
Acts as Boomerang and Defeats the
Purpose 1t was Intended to Help.
Four Persons Killed During the Rioting
in Belfast ON Tuesday Night.
Negotiations of a Treaty Between the United
States and England, Under Which Dyna-
miters Are To Be Extradited-Notes.
American Help for Parneli, and the Effect II
Has Had in England.

American Help for Parnell, and the Effect It
Has Had in England.
Special to the Indianapolis journal
WASHINGTON July 14-An Englishman,
whose position at home is such as to entitle him
to great deal of respect wherever he may be,
has been in Washington for some time. and has
been interviewed on several occasions ON the
home-rule question: which has been agitatire
the English people for some time past
care you not surprised at the result of the
elections. which thus far show that Gladstone
has been left very far in the rearG" he was
asked
'Not in the least he replied; II have felt
confident from the start that no other result
could be expected, in spite of the predictions of
correspondents of American newspapers"
''To what do you lay the result?" he was
asked.
SOLELY to American interference was the re-
ply.
On your correspondent expressing surprise at
this statement, the gentleman said:
II have noticed that whenever the free-trade
papers in America have advocated any special
bill looking to revision of your tariff duties,
the protectionist sheets have asserted positively
that British gold has been freely scattered, and
that the Golden Club is hard at work in shaping
legislation. Now, the American people resent
interference on the part Of foreign governments
in matters of purely domestic nature. and the
mere cry that British manufacturers are at
tempting to secure reductions of TIE American
customs charges has been sufi cient in the past
to prevent legislation of this character All
through the troubles between the British home
government and her Irish subjects there has
been evinced disposition on this side of the At
lantic to side in with the Irish people, no matter
how much it might violate the law. or
to what extent they carried their out
RACES do not mean to say that the
murderers have been openly supported by the
American people. but do assert that thero has
been less condemnation than there should have
been. and their crimes have frequently been
winked at by the whole of the United States
Now, when Gladstone is trying to establish
home rule in Ireland, the American people rise
up and pour in thousands upon thousands of
dollars to aid him in this work. This has been
taken up by the Tories, and the result is that
public sentiment has been set against Gladstone
because Of his American allies The English
people, more than any others perhaps on earth,
object to foreign interference in their domes-
tic affairs, and they regard the we'll
meant but indiscreet action of American
citizens generally. as entirely uncalled for and
out Of place. Naturally, they have resented
this interference at the polls. and the result is
that the American subscriptions to the Glad
stone fund have had boomerang effect. and
have done more harm than good to the Grand
Old Mans cause"
"Do you mean to assert, then, that the effect
of American financial aid has been the means of
defeating the object for which it was tenderedp
Perhaps not altogether but I am confident
that American money sent to aid Gladstone has,
in many instances, resulted in aiding the Tories,
and has made home rule for Ireland more re-
mote than it would otherwise have been"