The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-28
The Causes that Inducedthe Conservative Gov
ernment to Adopt Its Lately-Announced
Policy of Coercion and Repression.
Wholesale Eviction of Tenants Found To
Be a Practical Impossibility.
Continued Growth of the Feeling that Pro-
lection Is Needed by Certain Glasses of
English Manufacturers-CableN Notes.
IRELAND AND THE TORIES.
The Tories in No Hurry to Consider Home
Rule-Why Coercion Was Decided Upon.

The Tories in No Hurry to Consider Home
Rule-Why Coercion Was Decided Upon.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LONDON. Nov. 27-The impression among
those who are brought most closely in contact
with the results of the Cabinet councils is that
Parliament will be called together about Jan.
20. All arrangements and preparations are
made with view TO the opening of the session
about that time. The ministry are not prepar-
ing to go the full length with Lord Randolph
Churchill on the closure by a bare majority, aud
the Chancellor of the Excheouer will certainly
have to submit to compromise. It is believed
that Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain will not be salts
fed with anything short of bare majority.
AS to Ireland, many leading Conservatives are
of the opinion that the best policy of the gov
ernment is not to attempt to compete with Mr..
Gladstone. during the coming session, for the
settlement of the home.rule question. The
Tories are really not goaded by the Liberal
Unionists into doing anything. and Lord Sails
bury knows that the best way of preserving that
alliance is to keep it hanging by the eyelds, and
to do nothing. Lord Harrington will not resent
this inaction; he will not support Mr.. Gladstone
in pressing the government for that which they
regard as premature declaration, and he ap-
pears to think that this policy is the most likely
one to lead to an acceptable modification of the
Liberal plans. But as to Ireland, it must be re-
inembered that the government have in their
possession, and have included in the programme,
the draft of the local government bill prepared
last winter by Lord Ashbourne and the Irish
Attorney general.
dat "A An1-o 49,
the estate of the Marquis of Londonderry, Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, for an abatement of 40
per cent, was the principal factor in inducing
the government to adopt the policy of coercion
The tenants of Lord Londonderry are, without
exception, Nationalists They have refused an
offer of compromise of an abatement of % per
cent, and have Informed his Lordship that he
will have to give a reduction of 40 per cent or
fight for the whole Of his rent Up to yesterday
the whole effort of The Tory press and
Tory speakers was to represent every
thing In Ireland Colour de rose. The govern
ment did all they could to make case against
coercion, and the same frantic eageruess was
displayed to underestimate everything that took
place in Ireland as would be shown to exagger-
ate it if the Liberals happened to be in Office
In spite Of all denials, the dispensing power was
exercised in Ireland, not openly, not directly,
not officially but by the exercise of every possi-
BILE kind Of pressure on the landlords to give
abatements to tenants Landlords gave abate-
ments under this pressure, and the authorities
were particularly dilatory in giving assistance to
any landlords who wanted to unfairly evict
Lord Clanricarde, and others equally prominent.
were thus forced to offer reductions in
rent, but their offers, like that of the
Marquis of Londonderry. were only for an abate-
ment of % per cent, when their tenants de-
manded deduction Of 40 per cent. The gov
ernment became disgusted with their concila-
tory + icy when the large body of Orange
tenants the estate of the Tory Lord d-lieutenant
per cent, and refused to accept an abatement Of
rs per cent 1t will be we'll for the next two
months to keep close watch upon Irish affairs.
and not believe all the reports written by Tory
scribes. It is admitted that the process of eyic-
ton has become practical impossibility, snG
that every landlord who holds out for his full
rent might as well whistle for the wind, even
though he had behind him the British army and
cons tabulary.
Messrs. O'Brien, O'Kelly and Macdonald Ma
tionalist members of Parliament, arrived to-day
in Sligo. Great crowds had assembled at the
railway station to greet them. The authorities
would not allow the commoners to address the
people, and the police cleared the streets amidst
much excitement