National Republican., 1886-08-11
Satan Let Loose in l,olrast.

Satan Let Loose in Belfast.
For more than three weeks the riots In
Belfast have continued without intermls
sion, and the passions Of infurlated Chris
tians, who don't happen to worship in the
same church building, and who, therefore,
hate each other for the love of God, have
already reached the high.water mark Of
sheer brutality. The New York Hcrdld's
correspondent stated in yesterdays paper
that "during the last thirty hours there
have been forty.one gun and stone wounds
treated here" (the Royal hospltal), "and
since Friday three hundred to four hun.
dred have been treated in the external
departments" From the same reliable
source we learn that painful feature Of
the riots is the number OF children wounded
On Sunday boy was shot while returning
from Sunday school. On Monday little
girl was shot on the streets, and, It is
thought, fatally wounded. Again, Mrs
Mcllwaine on Saturday harangued a small
crowd of neighbors in regard to the
riots and roundly abused the police
for firing upon the people. She aft yrward
expressed a fear that she would lose her
life on account Of her speech. Therefore,
In order to avoid recognition, she put on
black dress on Sunday, instead Of the white
one which she wore on Saturday. This did
not save her, On Sunday, during the
progress of the riot she ran TO her door to
gather in some straying children. A bullet
struck her in the head, and she fell lifeless
in the doorway.
There are now $500 extra military and
police quartered in Belfast, and more have
been sent for.
Who are responsible for this paudemo.
mum? 1t is worth while to compare Lon.
don newspapers on the subject. The
Mor6ng Post (society and tory organ) says
at is a striking commentary on the bane-
ful policy Of Gladstone and Morley that It
has left Sir Michael Hicks-Beach his first
serious trouble to confront in the heart OF
Protestant prosperous Ulster"
The Chronicle (unionist), "fears that Mr.
Morley must be held largely responsible for
what has occurred. II was under his ad-
ministration that constables were drafted
from the purely Catholic districts Of Ire
land into districts where what is called
Orangeism is the dominating force" Any
one at all acquainted with the Irish police
organization knows that one Of its funda-
mental rules is that constables have their
duties invariably assigned to them in dis.
tricts as far removed as possible from the
places Of their nativity and family associa-
tlons. Further, more than three-fourths Of
the Irish police are Roman Catholics, and
II is difficult to see how Mr. Morley, under
such circumstances, could have selected
Protestants to suppress the first appearance
Of riot in Belfast.
The Times "deplores the Gladstone idea
that under home rule government the
Protestant minority and Catholic majority
could live together in peace" This sort Of
logic and unutterable rubbish is only
equaled by Matthew Arnold's recent lucu-
brations about the weighing, instead Of
counting, American opinion upon Irish
questions.
There is no necessity for argument in re-.
ply to the Times. We will simply repeat
| the fact stated by Mr.. Parnell during the
discussion Of Mr.. Gladstone's measure,
that If Ireland had her own government
good care should be taken to preserve law
and order IN Ulster as well as in Munster,
without respect to creeds, classes, or poiti-
cal parties. The old Roman maxim,
Dirde Ct hnpcrd, has for centuries had
free play on Irish soil. Sou disscnsions
among your enemies and you can dlUdys
command them is the English policy in Ire.
land, and the prevailing blood thirstiness
Of Belfast is only one OF the inevitable and
| Aa hn
Telegrdph-which for once condescends tc
tell the truth-says: "These riots afford
the best and most striking evidence
Of how complete has been the failure OF
governing ireland by party methods" But
the Daily NetrS, in reference to self.gov
erning communities, gets at the heart of th,
question: "This Belfast disturbance) Il
peculiarly hard on the tory government, To-
their whole contention is that resolut
government is sufficient peacemaker, 81
that it must prepare to keep the peace be
tween the two sets Of savages. In tn
United States this impudent claim to dlstur
the repose Of the whole country in the nam
Of sectarian difference would have beel
rudely and very mercilessly dismissed
There might have been one days rioting, o
even two; there certainly would not hay
been three. The disgusting orgy Of blood AM
destruction would have lasted until tn
military could have been called out, an
not a moment later"
The New York Herald notices redeem
ing feature: "One oddity OF the riots
that the mob confines itself to attacks o,
life. There is no arson, very few window
have been broken, and there has been al
most no robbery, except where the Catho
lie liquor sellers in the Protestant quarter
! had their shops looted"
History has fully dealt with the remot
causes Of the Belfast riots, but the proxi
mate cause of the present fury is non
other than that Randolph Churchill, who
for party advantage, went over to Irelan
last spring with the sole and maliclou
purpose of calling back to lifO all tn
slumbering hatred OF centuries. Churchill
has let satan loose, just as a totterln
child might unmuzzle a mad dog, and tn
very noble lord is now probably laughin
in his sleeve at the consequences Of hi
mallgnity.