New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-02
AIEGAL PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
TUE TORY GOVERNMENT OUTDONE BY THE
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
no CONCERN OF THEIRS TO PROTECT LANpLon"'
AGAINST THE No-RENr CRUsADE-ANoihI"
npni,N cAsIIv SECRET BROUGHT TO LIGHT.
IBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.l
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IoxpoN. Dec. 1.-To-morrow "United Ireland
will publish a document which totally echIses III
<n,or,ance so far as its bearing on the Immediate
crisis is concerned, all previous documents which
the mysterious secret agencies OF that louiai i"''
managed TO get hold Of and which nave pecn
privilcgcd to transmit to you before thelr puoh'-
tion. II is nothing less than the admission Oh ,he
t;ove,nnent o. er the signature Of their cher law
oc;cor the Attorney General that the Nationalist
plan OF campaign is absolutely legal. Tins pan
which is being carried out with great e'sei"'''
nv the tenants throughout the country mas ocen
tbc great crux of the Government Ihey p'o''-
cuted John Dillon for advocating IT, ana 'hey "eie
about prosecuting William O'Bricn' Since 'he
nrom,lration of this decision, however, their
whole policy has changed. They have practlcaly
dropped the Dillon prosecution and nave re'''o"
TO know that the proceedings against MT obaeh'
which were to have been of formidable NATURE
and for which the warrants were all prepared Will
be dropred also. This decision OF the Atoorhe9
General. moreover which the world will know OF
omorrow and which the Government learned Only
this week, may be taken as IN son'e
measure accounting for the sudden appointment
Of General Butler to Sir Robert llamiltons pace
in the Castle The following is the history OF the
document in question:
While Mr.. Lane, NJ. T., WAS putting the plan OF
rampaign into force ON the PonSonby estate last
week at Youghal and receiving the cnts "hi0n
tbe agent refused. the Cork landlords urgently
appea,ed TO Captain Plunkctt to strike crushh'
blow at the movement by capturing MI Lahc
while actually engaged in receiving rcnts' In b
Captain Piunlxctt declined to do on his own re-
tponsbilty, but submitted the case to the Govern
ment for the Attorney Generals opinion 1hS Is
the Attorney Generals reply obtained by United
Iyelanl1 from it's pigcon-hole in Dublin Caste:
"lhere is mode by which the landlord might
ret hold of the money. which, of course. is not a
matter for the Government. l do not see now
any action can be taken by the executive.
In other words ii is no concern of the Govern
mcnt TO protect anilords against the ran OF cam
nai n. the fact being that the Government Is
nowcrcss in the matter The effect Of this an
nouncemcnt when it is made tomorrow VIII De
incalculable The tenants every estate In Ire
land who were hanging back will now fau INTO
line once they are sure of being sale within lhelr
lepal rights What the Government VIII 90 IL
would be hard TO say, for they do not Kho"
tbcmscl.c cs Buffers apo ntnent proDapV means
that they will try to compete with the National
League in the hope of dshing it, since they have
failed 10 fl hit it, To this the League can nave
no objection for it would mean competition
70 destroy ian ilorls who ale doomed in any case
The bad landlords. however are desperate seu'
and | still fail TO how. when they oeSn 70
kick and the tenants begin to KICK pacK' oao
work ending in coercion is to be avoided Acii
bishop Walsh gives his approval 10 'he p", VI
caml aiCn to-day. l. l. O'L'' -"' =