The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-10-06
PROPOSES TO CRIPPLE ENG.
LAND IN EAST,
And Prevent n French War or Revenge on Ger
: many-The Election OF the British from Egypt
part OF the PIan-ParneIrs Friends Aroused
by Irish Eyicuons.
special cable Dspateh :, tho ". y. s,ar.

by Irish Ericdons.
Special Cable Dispatch - the n. Y. S,ar.
LONDON, September 2S.-Mr. Parnell's
letter to Mr.. Fitzgerald. President Of the
league in America, is holly aSsailcd b.
some of the leading government organs.
The main Tory argument is that cvictions
are not general and are diminishing. The
Parncllites are charged with trumping up
imaginary cases of eviction and represent.
Ing a state of affairs that has no foundation
in fact. The landlords. on the other hand.
are held up TO public admiration as lenicnt
and forbcaring under circumstance of rX-
trcme provocation. They are described
us reduced to the verge Of ruin by the re.
fuSal OF their tenants to pay the rents Justly
due. Finally, the statement that cvictionS.
instead Of being general. are rapidly dimin.
ishing, is capped by the bold assertion that
it would be next TO Impossible for Mr.. Par.
nell to point out in these days a really
harsh eviction.
A singular illustration Of the value of
these declarations is furnished in the col.
umns of the St0nd0rd itself. the most in.
ilucntial Tory daily in the kingdom. Here
we find a matter Of fact report of a case of
eviction, which for cold Jloodcd cruelty i;
would be difficult to beat. In the instance
referred to, one of the members of the
family TO be cvictCd was a diving woman.
The knowledge that she was at the roint
OF death had no weight with the c~victQrS.
The scene that cnsucd caused keen distress
among the OnlOOkCrS. who were pOwerlc>S
to interfere without bringing on themselves
serious consequences. There bave been
many well authenticated cases Of eviction
of persons whose removal was almost GER
tain death: bat the Tory papers ignore
them in their attacks on the case made out
by the Parncllitcs. \. reference to the
latest published returns of the Irish land
commission falls to bear out the assertions
of the champions Of eviction. and fully suS-
tains the allegations of the Parnclii,cs. \
reduction of the number of cvictionS is
shown in certain localities. but over the
whole country the number is Increased.
The Tories appear to have taken the soil.
tary cases of reduction and applied them
to the country at large. The Liberal press
generally, except the extreme Unionis;
press, favOrably notice Mr.. Parnclls letter.
Reports current tonight at the clubs
point to an extraordinary attempt on the
part Of Bismarck to cripple British intiu.
cnCc in the present crisis in European al
fairs, and the center of interest again shifts
from Bulgaria to Egypt. Bismarck, with
the view of inducing France to enter into Il
friendly understanding With Germany, and
abandon her schemes of a war Of revenge"
has undertaken, according to the reports
mentioned, TO direct the attention of French
statesmen to a scheme of foreign conquest
the main object Of which is the election of
the British from Egypt, and the anncXa,
ton of that country to the French empire.
BiSmarck's JouTndi d. Iisdce openly adj
viscs the French 90 prepare for a campaign
to drive the English out of Egypt and seize
the short cut to India. An cmiSsary sent
by Bismarck to Paris has been preaching
the same doctrine TO NJ. dc Freycinct. with
whom he had three interviews before lie
returned to Germany. The DENTS frankly
adopts the suggestion, and judging from
French susceptibility on the Egyptian
question, the seed is sown in fruitful soil.
In the meantime, Sir Dvummond Wolf,
working hard against French and Turkish
i%ntrigucs, has unqucstionably improved the
English position at Cairo. Russia is also
suspected of playing into the hands Of
France, in order to divert English attention
from Bulgaria.
Matters in the Balkans are unchanged.
y sharp contest is going on between the
Knmbars party and the regency. and in
spite of reports Of seeming weakening of
the Alexander party the latter, backed by
England, have not yet yielded on any ma.
terial point to the Russian representative.
THOMAS POWER O'CoNNoR, NJ. p.