Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-13
ORDER AT BELFAST
PRESERVED UP 10 DATE BY THE TROOPS
AND BAD WEATHER.
An Unsuccessful Search Ahsr Ams-fhe Wounded
A Blast at 0rangsnsn-BOmbs Thrown aa
PNcessiOn-Bnish Newspaper Com
ment On the Cutting Casa

BELFAST, August 12.-The night was
quiet except slight amount Of firing in
the Grosvenor road district, which did not
result in harm to any one. The police
have made several searches for arms, but
without success. The forty wounded per:
sons in the Royal Hospital are making
good progress toward recovery. A heavy
rain is falling, preventing crowds from
gathering 1t is still necessary to retain
troops. Inspector Reed will remain in
command of the Constabulary until after
the Catholic festival on the 18th inst.
DIR. KANE SEVERELY REBUKED.
The Northern Wing, Protestant news
paper, contains an editorial severely re-
buking the Rev. DIR. Kane, the Grand Mas
ter of the Orange Lodge, for his language in
an interview with q reporter, in which Mr..
Kane denounced Mr.. Michael Davitt's
statements in an interview in New York
on the Belfast riots, rs unqualified lies,
and attributes the rioting wholly to tho
Catholics. Mr.. Kane in his interview used
the most vigorous language, denouncing
both the police and Catholics in most scath-
ing terms.
BIAMEs THE RIoTlNG on oRANGEMES.
Rt. Rev. Patrick McAllistcr, Roman
Catholic Bishop of the diocese of Down,
being interviewed on the subject Of the
n, - 4 n.1 .St rtA Aas
due To the incitcmcnt of Orangemen To
acts of violence, 10y the so-callcd lOyalist
press and the incendiary fulminations Of
the lecturers and parsons who call them
selves Loyalists and Use the platform aud
the pulpit for the purpose of convincing
their hearers that Catholicism is disloy-
alty. These uttcanccs have led Ia unpro-
yokcd attacks by Orangcmen upon Cath
olics, which of course the latter have ~
sisted. Cite any case Of rioting I'm
Belfast, and I will show that the
Orangrmcn have been the aggressor, and
that the Catholics have risen against them
only when provoked To violent resistance,
and then only when compelled Ia do ~ IN
defence of their lives and homes. The
Protestants in purely Catholic districts
have never been molested, and being I'm
the minority they, of course, have not
molcstcd the Catholics. The police, too,
have been treated very uniustly. In no
case have they fired upon the crowds un-
less they were compelled to, and in every
case where they have fired upon the mob
Orangcmen have been the sufferers, be-
cause only Orangcmcn were resisting their
authority. The Catholics, when engaged
IN defending themselves against Orange
men, have retired when ordered To do 40
by the police, hut Orangcmcn when sim
ilarly ordered have hurled defiance at the
police and following up this defiance have
boldly attacked the officers of the law and
attempted Ia drive them from their posts
of duty.
DEFENSE or THE POLICE.
"In spite of what has been said against
them. believe the police are absolutely
unbiased, and am satisfied they wonld
fire upon Catholics without hesitation IL IL
should be- necessary To stop rioting. Let
the police manage matters and the rioting
will DC Suppressed in short order, and per
mancntly, too. Let the local magistrates
remain at home, and let justice bc exercised
by the stipendiary magistrates who are re-
sponsiblc 10 the Government, and you will
soon see a cessation of violence and the rcsio-
ration of order. The local magistrates are
martial to Oangcmcn; the stipcndiarics
are partial 10 nobody. IL tho Mayor chose
to do ~, he could induce his own work
men TO refrain from attacking Catholics,
but he closes his eyes to their outragc-. IL
the complaints against the police ARE well
founded, which deny, their truth fur
nishcs no excuse for Wholesale attack
upon Catholics. The priests have used
their influence with their people 10 tho
utmost, and have in this way contributed
large measure Of assistance to the police
in preserving order, but IL has not bccn nj
all times possible for them to restrnin their
focks from ayengng unproyoked iDu-
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