The Irish standard., 1888-07-14
SATURDAY. JULY Ii, 1898.
BALr0UR's VICTIMS.

BALFOUR's VICTIMS.
S$Mr. Vaudeville, formerly chairman of
Tbs. Mitchelstown board Of guardians,
has succumbed after al illness Of several
months. It will be remembered that
MI. Vaudeville was imprisoned
NTH William C'Brien in Tulla.
taore, and bis death is the result of the
kgivations he suffered during his incar-
eeration. His strong attachment to
ireland and the Irish cause was suf-
ieient justification in the eyes of the
brutal Tory jailers to merit an extra
amount Of harsh treatment, from the
effects OF which he did not long survive.
Mr., Parnell said the other. day that
aninquest would reveal the fact that
Mr.'Mandeyille was terribly ill-treated
while III prison. He was compelled to
pass the night lying On plank bed, and
was deprived even of q blanket. For
days he subsisted on bread and water.
HeSpassed the time in solitary conine-.
ment in a cell unfit for habitation. Mr..
Parnell declared that no prison In Ire
land WAS habitable.
s;afagistrate Murphy writes to the
Freeman's Journal that he visited Mr..
Mandeville during his confinement at
Tullalnore and found him living on q
diet Of bread and water, which the
authorities had ordered because of Mr..
NIandeville's refusal to herd with the
scum in the jail or to perform degrading
Offices. Mr.. Mandeville's death can,
therefore, be traced directly to the
orders issued by Balfour, but the latter.
is not the man to be struck with remorse
OF conscience. He will simply con-
;Qratu1ate himself On the success of his
coercion policy; for success in his opin-
ion depends altogether on the amount
ofiIrish innocent blood sacrificed.
III A cablegram states that owing to the
death. Of Mr.. Vaudeville, the treatment
ot.JohR Dillon has been somewhat inn
proved. Mr.. Balfour will not kill MIR.
Dillon in prison. We give him all the
credit for rhat he deserves. Re dare
not. The pretty little plot for the
settlement Of the Irish difficulty which
he gaily unfolded to Mr.. Blunt in after
dinner talk across the walnuts and the
wine no longer looks as feasible as when
SheS first stated it, The. Irish leaders
0aught in the coercion man-trap were
Stc be treated as ordinary crimlnals-as
sbuH5Rars and garrotters~- their charac-
stsrs degraded, their health ruined, their
lives sacrifned by the hardship and
Humiliation Of heir prison treatment,
and behold th, Irish question was
ssEfEsshtled. He vas a little sorry. for Dill
- 8, ,s'.:1vas the nderhearted Chief Sec
sretary. ssDillon had some good points
about him, . he was kind enough to ex-
S,,lain to Mr.. Blunt. But it could not
sDe helped. Dillon would get his six
months with the rest, and, as he was a
IMAM of very delicate health, he would
never survive it. 1t was a pretty plan
this. 4 very pretty plan, from the point
gloff view: Of, the cold blooded, self-con-
sCeitBd segOtist that rules Ireland, mis-
King cruelty for courage, and priding
himself on his heroic ind ference to the
lal1ferings OF others. It was a,plan that
did equal oredit to his head and heart,
sssbblult ut would not work. The Irish
leaders were honored, not Inundated.
tho prison. They managed in spite
AZ him to live through, with more orless
broken health but entirely unkroken
/ MIN lits and il eeded good dea. more
Balfour constantly calling.
sI1xsm binary criminals to convince the
ss.il6d that they were on the level Of
pockets and burglars, n On the con-
;she has mad the prison the test
d honor and courage q new
s. s;IISa nobilit ~ il Ireland. ss
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