The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-13
ANOTHER EXPLANATION
OF THE NUMEROUS AND BLOODY
BELFAST RIOTS.

A Catholic Bishop Gives His Version of
the TroubIe-Dr. Kane Rebuked for
His Uttsrauces- Salisbury's Speech at
the Lord Mayors Hanquet-Eotes from
the Old World.
LONDON, Aug. lS-Rt Rev Patrick Me
AIlister, Roman Catholic Bishop of the do
cese of Down, being interviewed on the sub
iect of the Belfast riots said to cable
news correspondent Wednesday: "The
Belfast riots are due of the Indictment of
the orangemen 10 acts of violence by the
so-called loyaist press and the incendiary
Examinations of the lecturers and persons
who call themselves loyalists and use the
platform and pulpit for the purpose of con
vineing their hearers that Catholicism is
disloyalty. These uiJerances have led to
unprovoked attacks ty 0rangemen upon
Catholics which, of course the latter have
resisted Cite any casa of rioting in Bel
fast and | viii show you that the Orange
men have been the aggressors and that the
Catholics have risen against them only when
provoked to violent resistance and then
only when compelled to do SO in defense of
their lives and homes.
The Protestants in purely Catholic dis
tricts have never been Inolested, and being
in the minority, they of course have not
molested the Catholics The police, too,
have leon treated very unjustly In no
case have they fired upon the crowds unless
they were compelled to, and in every case
where they have fired upon the mob Orange
men have been the Sufferers because only
Orangemen were resisting their authority.
The Catholics when engaged in defending
themselves against orangemen have retired
when ordered to do so by the police but the
Orangemeu when similarly ordered have
hurled defiance at the police and following
up this defiance have boldly attacked the
officers of the law and attempted TO drive
them from their posts of duty
an spite of what has been said against
them, | believe the police are absolutely I'M
biased and | am satisfied they would fire
upon Catholics without hesitation if il
should he necessary Ia stop rioting. Let
the police manage matters and the riotmg
will be suppressed in short order and per-
manently too. ct the local magistrates
remain at home and let iusti'e be exercised
by the stipendiary magistrates who are re-
sponSibla TO the government and you will
soon see a cessation of violence and the re-
storation OF order. The local magistrates
| are partial to Orangemeu; the slipendiaries
are partial 10 nobody. Ii the mayor chose
to do SO he could induce his own worknen
| to refrain from attacking Catholics but he
| closes his eyes to their outrageous conduct
| If the complaints against the police are
| well founded, which deny their truth
| furnishes DO excuse, for "A wholesale attack
! upon Catholics. The priests have used their
| and hav. in this way contributed a large
| measure OF assistance to the police in pre-
| serving order, bat it has not been at all
| times possible for them to restrain their
| hocks from aYengiug unpTovoked injuries
| Attempt to Auaiaitate Procession.
| LoNpuNpFEtsN, Aug iS.-Nhile an
Orange procession was parading the streets
| here Thursday two bottles filled with gun
| powder and to which were attached lighted
| fuses were thrown into its rank. The pro
| cessionists smashed the bottles before the
| fuses burned down to the powder, thereby
preventing an exploslng that would nc
doubt have resulted in the killing and
woundIng of many
| While the orange proce5>Ionists were
making d circuit OF the city walls 4 moi
! poured shower of stones and other missiles
| into their ranks aud injured number oil
| the paraderS, among them Rev. Mr..
| Alphert, the curate OF the cathedral The
excitement is increasing and grave fears OF
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