New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-04
pARNELL'S BILL ENFORCED.
IRISH HAVE WHAT PARLIAMENT DENIED.
LANDLORDS PUZZLED BY THE OPINION OF THE At
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CANNOT AZ
Feet THE RENT sTRuGGLE-wiLL
CHURCHILL ABANDON
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DrntIN. Dec 3.-1hc publication OF the A''or
ney-General's opinion as to the nsanV oi vi.
Nationalist plan of campaign and the ihapih'y VI
the Government to interfere WIN IL,
has caused. as I anticipated, the most pioiou'iu
sensation not only in Ireland but IN Ehgiaiu
Yesterday there were such rage and CONSERVATION
IN Dublin Castle at United Irelands mysterious
discovery of the document that it was con-
femplated at time TO make rald on tiau
journals office in the hope of finding some cew
as to the manner in which that enterprisng and
aggressive newspaper becomes possessed OF The
most secret minutes of the Government oflces'
nut TO the discontinue Of the Castle au
ahorities, limited Ireland became appriscd Oh
their intention and barrcadng its doors got reaoy
10 give MS much trouble to an invading force Us
Saunders of "Saunders's Fort or lin" Hurley
of the Min gave its myrmidons on recent occa
sions The siege was not attempted and IL Is mol
vet certain whether the Government have aban-
doned the prosecution of Mr.. O'Brien or are 1org-
ing some srecially vindictive weapon against HIM
The subjoincd interview is peculiarly interest
ING because of Mr. OBrien's position as the leading
advocate of the plan, together with Mr.. Dillon,
and because of the remarkable forecast at the
close, which have reason TO know is regarded as
not improbable by many who arc IN the commence
Of the Churchill section of the Cabinet:
"You believe said to Mr.. OBrien, that
the merits of the plan Of campaign have been
vindicated since it has been subjected to public
criticism and to some extent tested by actua
practice?'
"ihe plan of campaign is now firmly estab-
lshcd a legal instrument, he answered. "as MI
Gladstone's Land act, and unless the landlords
xryicho
largely availed Of In all former conflicts between
landlord and tenant the Governments sword was
thrown into the landlords side of the scale
Now, however. that the Government Is forced TO
stand aside and let the best man win. 1t is as
plain as daylight that within the limits OF ordi-
nary human justice the tenant can have what he
wants for the asking"
"How a~e the tenants adopting the plan? p
sour principal difficulty at this moment is to
restrain the movement within manageable bounds.
Letters and kilograms are pouring in daily from
every part Of the country begging MIR. Dillon, or
myself, to attend the meeting of tenants and to
receive their rents The thing has been perfect
furore Tenants come literally pouring in upon
lis at the rent offices and in many cases, to my own
knowledge, have made the most extraordinary
exertions TO borrow the amount OF their deficit
Then you expect the movement to attain much
larger proportions?' %
"Whcn and where it is to stop the landlords
alone can now decide Whenever they are not
prepared to offer ample abatements the abatements
will beyond all doubt be wrung from them. Well
to-do tenants who had paid their rents before the
plan came into operation are now green with
envy, and when the next half gales become payable
viii certainly avail themselves Of plan which
offers them all the advantages of judicial re
vision without any uncertainty as to costs. For
the present all our exertons are directed to giving
the plan full AMI complete trial upon limited
number of raclI-rcnted estates. We have taken
care that no demand shall be put forward which
is not perfectly dcfensbc in the eyes of reasonable
and fusticelOvlng men
What effect do you think the plan will have
upon the Irish land question in general? 7?
There seems no reason why the plan should
not settle the land question much moIe efiec,
tually than any English act of Parliament. AT
all events. if the legislation proposed by MI
Gladstone and Mr. Parnell and rejected by Parlia
ment is TO come to the rescue Of the landlords.
It is the landlords themselves who will agitatc for
it,"
What about coercion 2?
Coercion is one of those matters which do not
signify pin one way or the other. The more the
Govenm cocrce the wider will be the of
the landlords trouble If the Government let us
alone the plan will be worked with moderation
in cases where landlords eXactions are gross and
intolerabc If the Government strike down those
who arc controlling the movement they viii not
in the least obstruct its working but will probab
cause its adoption heltcr skelter right through
the country
"Our friends in America will like to know how
this plan for settling the and question will affect
the greater question Of Home Rule"
"You may tell them that the grand recon-
Of tlno nanfi &c hat
as directly toward the settlement Of the national
question as it does to the settlement of the Ian
question The En- lish Parliament rejected Glad
stones Home Rule bin and Mr.. Parncll's Land
bill When the English Parliament meets again
1t will find that the Irish people have already
helped themselves to the principle of Mr. Parnells
bill and that. if the country is to be governed at
all. it win have TO be governed on the principle
of Mr. Gladstone's bill The wisdom Of Mr.
Gladstonc's policy win have teen entirely vind
Gated the hclpleisness of the Tory Government
will have been proved and either of two things
Will have happened Either Lord Randolph
Chur, hill and the more intelligent section of the
Tory democracy will boldly recognize the situation
and make terms with the Irish people, Lord
Randolph Churchill will be swept off his legs by
the dense bigotry of the old Tory teritoriasts
in In gland and the Irish Orangemen in Ireland
In the latter event the breakup Of the coalition
would be inevitable, general election would be
neccssitatcd and Gladstone would sweep theboard
with the not altogether improbable contingency
of Lord Randolph Churchill an ally, or as "a
brother Cabinet Minister L. Z. GILL
NATIONALIST MEETINGS TO BE SUPPRESSED.
LONDON, Dec 3.-It is believed that the Government
decided TO suppress ntnidating meetings In Ireland
and to enforce rights the landlords meeting
Of ofNaonalists TO be held at Balynote, Sligo, Sunday