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The Irish standard., 1888-01-21
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21. 1888.
THE SPECTATOR BOYCOTT.

The attempt of the Minneapolis
Spectator to justify its course in deal
ing with it's employees is ridiculous in
the extreme. 1t begins by insinuating
that the members of the Typographical
onion have probably nothing, and
therefore imagine that they can with
impunity break up q long established
business OF great usefulness to the
community Printers are poor as a
general rule, although we know a dozen
or SO in this city who have each got
credit to the amount OF S. 900 OF $1e,-
600, but in justice to the Spectator we
will add that they did not amass this
wealth by working For S6 per week in
the establishment which has been OF
such great usefulness to the commun'
itv.'' 1t was by working for union
publications that some, who were free
to do so, invested the small margin
saved each week from a salary ct $l6.OO
for fiftv-,line hours work in Minneap-
obs real estate, and are thus now we'll
to.do. After demonstrating the Tact
that the printers ''have no property
the editor modestly remarks that the
s,pectator annual "with it's 81 900 worth
OF new cuts will be WORTH more to Min
neapoiis than all the Cflicers'of the Min
1eapolis Typographical Union Presl-
dent Hoover, do you bear that ? In
auother column the Spectator says that
it land other weekly newspapers could
nos pay the Union scale without going
into bankruptcy. Why not dispense
with the luxury of $1,000 worth of new
cuts and pay the scale :? The rest OF
the Spectator argument is about the
same as the foregoing.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

MR, HOOPER was sent to jail for two
months in manner which deprived
him of his right to appeal against the
sentence. This was managed by the
device of cumulative evidence. This
device is wholly illegal in England.
When q cumulative sentence was in
f1icted by an English magistrate the
Home Secretary OF MIR. Balfour's Gov
ernment promptly reversed the de-
cision. Mr.. Balfour's magistrates IN
Ireland have begun this illegal prac-
tice, not only with the knowledge of
Mr.. Balfour himself. but at his instiga-
tion. 1t is notewerty fact that the
p rson against whom this atrocious
trick has first been pe1petrated is a
newspaper editor whose crime is pub
fishing the news of the day in his
paper.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

POPE LEO XIII. derives his revenue
from three sources. One is the inter
est of the vast SUM left by Plus TX. i'll
the Pontitical treasury, invested chiefly
in English consols. This interest
amounts to about $625, 900 year. An
other source is the Peters Pence con-
tribution, which in spite of the very
great reduction in late years, averages
about $4l50O0 annually. The third
source is the Apostolic Chancery, the
receipts of which include sums received
for titles aud decorations, privileges Of
the altar, private chapols, ETC., and ag-
gregate about $500, 900 a year. The en-
tire annual income of Leo KILL, there
fore, is about ST, ,560,0u0.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

ia its wisdom refuses to allow the bill,
and tbereupon the inference is sent out
that Mr.. Lennon is trying to procure
that which he has no legal right to re-
ceive. I was glad to ascertain these
facts, for I do not believe that Mr..
Lennon is man who would cheat the
country out Of dollar, and | believe
he is entirely honest in the claim made
for this bill of expense"
We submit the above as a true state
ment of the circumstances in connec--
tion with the bitter attack on County
Commissioner Lennon made by the
Minneapolis Tribune, and it's alleged
retraction. Without elaboration the
case stands thus:
l. The Tribune attacked County Com
missioner Lennon edltorally.
2. Mr.. Lennon demanded a retrac-
tion.
8. A writer in the Tribune under the
the nom de plume Of Truthful James,
apologies for everything said by the
Daily Press of Minneapolis against Mr..
Lennon.
Under the circumstances il is not at
all to be wondered at that Mr.. Lennon
feels this retraction insufficient, The
charge was made editorially and edi-
torially it should be retracted. In so
far as Mr.. Lennon is concerned The
babbling idiot who calls himself
Truthful James" is an unknown
quantity-he is not recognized as being
responsible for the utterances of the
Tribune editor. The retraction should
come from the source where the libel
originated.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

THERE is now reason to hope that the
hard lot of the Catholics who live under
Russian rule will be somewhat assu-
aged. For the Czar, in his jubilee con-
gratu}ations to the Pope. gives as*ur-
ance Of good will towards his Catholic
su jects. He closes his message in
these words: II doubt not that the high
wisdom of which your Holiness gives so
many proofs will enable me to harmon
Russia with the Fundamental principle
Of my empire"
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

UNITED IRELAND: Is it possible,
we wonder. to touch a lower depth than
the vindictiye prosecutions of news
agents and newsdealer.? An area
sneak would be ashamed Of It's shah
biness. Our issue comes out openly
from week to week under the nose Of
Mr.. Balfour, and he dare not stop it.
He is laughed at in our cartoons,
laughed at in thousand shop windws
in Dublin, and he can find no redress.
His notable revenge IS to hurry away
to some provincial town and try and
ruin some shopkeeper for selling our
paper. Even that poor revenge is de-
MED him. The shopkeepers go to Jail
of course (while there is a removable
and premovable" left Mr.. Balfour can
send anyone he like to Jail for any term
he ikes) but the paper with those OBJ
noxious cartoons multiplies It's circula-
ton. The prosecution of Mr.. Macna-
mara at Ennis is an apt illustration.
MIR. Mcnamara was sent to jail for a
fortnight for selling Uaited Ireland.
He proceeded to sell it again the mo-
ment he got out. A second prosecution
was attempted, and broke down. Then
a search warrant was fraudulently OBJ
tained on the false pretence that there
was ar in his house, and the authori-
ties seized no arms, for there were none
there, but we forget how many dozen
copies of United Ireland. Mr.. Macna-
mara promptly telegraphed for still
larger supply: We offer our most
grateful thanks to Mr.. Macnamara, Mr.
% Rourke, and our other friends who
have stood SO gallantly by us. But We
must plead guilty to base ingratitude.
to Mr.. Balfour whose method Of gu p.
preston Is doubling our circulation So
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

This is the way Mr.. Gladstone
speaks of the Coercion Act that the To-
ries are enforcing in the interest Of
landlordism "That unhappy and dis
graceful ACT, known as the Coercion
Act, which now prevails in Ireland,
and which differed from all other Acts
brought forward under that unhappy
title in this respect-it was not di-
rected against crime. 1t had for it's
aim and purpose-and it was now
working out that aim and purpose-the
narrowing and abridging and taking
away the civil rights Of che Irish peo-
ple.' The Irish World truthfully re-
marks that q moro damning Indictment
could be scarcely drawn up against any
Government.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

LATE accouots indicate that the tele-
graph account of the Hoang-Ho over
flow was not overdrawn. There were
about sixty.Hve million people dwelling
in that province, which is IS Ot)0 square
miles in area, and eight to ten thousand
square miles were completely inun-
dated. Beside the hundreds Of thous-
ands who were drowned. there was a
still greater number left in utter desti-
tuition, with 40 resources for protection
from the elements; the old, the feeble,
the sick, the children all q perfectly
helpless mass without food or shelter.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21
SIR WILFRID BLUNTs CHARGES.

The charges preferred by Sir Wilfrid
Blunt against Balfoul are serious and
demand an immediate investigation.
Sir yVilfrid charges Balfour with the
intention of imprisoning Irish leaders
who are in poor health, and having
them so treated that they will die in
prison. The events Of the past couple
of months, if nothing el>e. will corrob-
crate the allegation of Sir WIlfrid. He
is not the man to make a charge that
cannot be substantiated, nor yet is
Balfour the man to hesitate at putting
such a demoniacal scheme in force if
be thought he could carry out his
scheme to deprive the Irish people Of
heir rights. Further comment IS un
necessary, but undoubtedly the charges
can and will be sustained, and then the
workingmen Of England will more
fully realize the murderous policy of
the Tory Government.
A dispatch, dated Jan nuary II, says: :
"Mr. Michael Davitt!s confirmation of
the story told by Wilfrid Blunt, alleg-
ging that Mr.. Balfour had expressed
his determination to imprisoD num-
ber of Home Rule leaders who were
physically unable to survive their in.
generation, has had the effect to con-
vert large number of people to the be
lief in ihe truth OF Mr.. Blunt's state
nnnnt and ,s at disSinatinp dOnht in
the minds of others. The Daily News
declaration, which was made previous
to Mr.. Davitt's statement, that the
ugly story ought to be told to every
Englishman with the utmost circum-
stantiality of detail and at the earliest
possible moment laid before Parl1a-
ment, has also moved a numb OF
members to efforts to have the Irish
secretary arraigned before the House
of Commons, and it is likely that Mr.
Balfour will be confronted at the out
set of the coming session with Il pre-
sentiment of the case against which a
general denial will be Of no avail. "A
great many Tories have already put
themselves upon record as having con-
demned Mr.. Balfour's indiscretion, not
to characterize his utterances in
stronger terms, and without the sup
port Of these gentlemen it is dlHcult to
see how the chief secretary is to clear
himself of gratuitous vindictiveness )"
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21
THE IRISH STANDARD is the only Home Rule

The IRISH STANDARD is the only Home hule
organ in the Northwest.
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In every instance correspondents will please
be RS brief as possible.
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Subscribers will please be careTullu giving US
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In changing your place OF residence, notify us
immediately Of the fact. and forward your full
name, giving number and name of street to
which you have removed, also your former
address.
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STANDARD, AZ Third Street South, Room 2a, -
will receive immediate attention.
Matter Of an official nature, such as calls for
regular or special meetings Of societies, memo
rial resolutions, etc, will be charged for by the
line. .r
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

BUFFALO Union and Times In pro-
claiming the meetings in the North of
Ireland which MIR. Herbert Gladstone
was to address. the Tories have made a
pitiable confession of weakness. Are
they afraid that the light Of truth and
justice will at last dissipate the dark
ness of prejudice and hate from the
black North? We suppose that not
even the great Gladstone himself would
be allowed a hearing in Ireland
When shall Ireland be rid of Tory ty-
ranny and Orange ruff s,4ism?
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21
PARNELL'S PROGRAMME.

MIR. Parne}l was interviewed by a
representative of the Dublin Freeman's
.]ourral the other day, and outlined
policy which the Nationalists would
probably pursue when the House of
Commons convened for the transaction
of business. He is particularly en-
phatic on one point-thAt the Home
Rulers should facilitate Government
business and thus avoid the charge Of
obstruction.
This is new line CT policy. for tine
Nationalists, and the wisdom of the in
novation may be Questioned by ardent
syapathizers with the Irish cause but
ON this point as in everything else af-
fecting the advancement of the Irish
struggle for legislative independence
Mr.. Parnell should be the best judge.
We fully realize the TACT shat there are
many lrishmen, both at home and in
America, who believe that the peace
aud constitutional policy of the brave
Irish leader has not been a great sue
cess, and that to now adopt non-ob-
structlon policy would only lead the
Tories believe that the Irish agita-
ton had at last been smothered. A
careful analysis OF the means by which
Mr.. Parnell has built up the party to
it's present dimensions should be sutfi-
cient to stamp out such an erroneous i'm
preston. The dispatches from London
saw that the comments Of the Tory
press and the Conservative members of
the House OF Commons upon the pew
parliamentary tactics of Mr.. Parnell in
dicate that the Irish leaders announce
ment of his programme has caused his
political enemies considerable annoy
ance. not unmixed with fear. 1t is ad-
mitted that the Irish programme Of re-
training from obstructive methods has
removed the chief peg upon which To-
ssries hoped to hang their arguments
favoring the various Irish bills to be
introduced in the early part Of next
session. Without Irish obstruction the
interest Of many Tory members in Irish
legislation will die out, if indeed it will
awe awaken ] and the chances Of plain sail
IND .iinlq for the Government will be very.
liii,c nniiilc lessened Sp This being undoubt-
aaI;ily che case, we contend that now
oa more att. any time, Nj, Parnlell 'lll
shso,uld allowed So pursue unhasm- q
M Y t'z le deems best cay
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

BOSTON Pilot: Rev. Burchard fllaty
contradicts the statement that Mr..
Blaine did not hear the famous Rum,
Romanism, and Rebellion" speech,
and says; II have not seen that state
but I don't we'll see how Mr.. Blaine
can make it. held his hand in mine
while was speaking, and I addressed
myself directly to him. The room was
perfectly quiet, and I spoke i'll an ordin-
ary tone of voice." We cannot take
exception to Mr.. Burchard's further
declaration that the Lord used HIM as
au humble instrument to effect the
election of MIR. Cleveland. Very hum
BILE instruments are sometimes used, as
Balaam found out, for example.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

THE Pope, in the presence Of q large
number OF Cardinals, Archbishops,
etc., in St. Peters Church,
last Sunday, canoniZed the founders of
the order of Servants OF st. Mary and
three members of the Society of Jesus.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

MGR. PERsIco left Cork last Tuesday
for Bristol, where he will remain a few
days. He purposes spending the re-
mainder Of the winter at Torquay.
His mission. he SAYS, is unfinished and
he will return to Ireland In April to
complete it. J5hn Morley is sojourn-
ing in Torquay, and will meet Mgr.
Persic0 there.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

a PARTY of Orangemen attacked an
Irish league meeting at Everton, q
suburb of Liverpool, and wrecked the
hall where the meeting was held.
Councillor Bryan was severely injured
during the affray, and is in a precarieus
condition.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

SIR MICHAEL HICKs-BEACH, in a
speech at Bristol Tuesday evening, ad-
vised the extension of local govern
ment to Ireland after ''order mad been
re-esta blished.'
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

PRESIDENT CLEvELAND's jubilee
present to the Pope has been handed to
the rector Of the American college at
Rome, who will present it to His Holi-
ness on the occasion of his reception to
the American bishops, which will
shortly take place.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21
A LETTER FROM MICHAEL DAyIrT.

The foil wing letter from Mr.. Mi
chael Davitt to the editor of the Bos-
ton Pilot explains itself:
EDITOR OF THE PILoT,-The man
aging director of our Company, Mr..
Peter White, will start upon another
business journey to Amer ca IN afew
days. from now. He will visit more
cities and cover more ground during
this visit than he was able to doom She
last occasion. as he will be in q apositlon
to accept larger am cunt Of ord ders oW-
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

The prison board has declined to al
low W,lfred Blunt's solicitor to inter-
view the prisoner ia reference to, his
charge against Mr. Balfour.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21
EDITORIAL BREWTIES,

THE first issue of the new Home
Rule paper, the London Evening Star,
numbered $4,000.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

A SCENE of wild excitement was oc-
casioned by the release of Father-Ryyan
at Limerick last Wednesday.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21
THE IRISH STANDARD: SATURDAY, JANUARY 2l, 1883

BLOODY BALFObR was hooted when
he appeared on the streets of Dublin
last Thursday.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

LORDS HAwARDEN and Orkney have
granted their Irish tenants reductions
in rent hitherto refused.
, 1888-08-29

compared with the deeper questions
growing out Of the perennial conflict
between France and Italy for infIn-
ence in the Mediterranean, which, for
good or i'll, now includes the Red Sea
as a sort of annex. That rivalry was
inevitable from the moment when
Italy became one Kingdom and the
paltry dispute about the municipal
taxes in Massowah is only n of the
forms taken by a permanent quarrel
which was first visible in an acute
form when the KrOumirs were invent
ed and Tunis was conquered. In
that very province, acquired by war,
France despite the Capitulations, ex-
ercIses the very rights low denied to
Italy. Il is that contest-and the
semi-oficial imputations of designs
upon Tripoli by the Italians shows
how deep it goes-which has to be
taken into account in all calculations
bearing on the maintenance of peace.
Signor Crispi has formally communi-
Gated his dispatches to all the Powers,
am indication that he means busin ess
and does not mean to submit to the
French claims and the strong Ian
guage of The semi-oficial Berlin Press
plainly intimates that in case of need
he will not want effective hackers. Il
is, of course, an accident that this
trouble should have cropped up sim
~ultaueouSly with the return of The
German Emperor from bis. Baltic
progress, and his visit to the Chancel-
l0r al FrtedrIchsruh. But the c0inci-
drnce is at least noteworthy.
, 1888-08-29

b'SPUibtipiO QbCCllOIlSs 4 B6 Sllb2 vi
the dispatches lies in the sentences
which are outside the contentious
drawn from HE armoury of interna-
tlonal law ; ana it is the flash Of
these-shall we call them ejacula-
tons (which has attracted the public
eye and aroused public attention. The
quarrel is over the right of the Italian
authorities in Massowah to impose
municipal taxes on foreign subjects
without the consent of their Govern
meEts. But in the midst Of the vim
dlcatlOn of that right, France is de-
scrlbcd by Signor Crispi As Choking
with a Jealous eye on the extension of
our influence in the Red Sea-" and as
"seeking by u~nceasing effortstOunder-
mine our authority there" She is
told that the objections did not come
from Turkey, but "from France, to
whom one would Imagine the peace
full progress of the Italian nation APP
pears TO be a lessening of het W
power and authority ;" while the tao
tics Of IIaIy's anniversaries" are styl-
Ell "lhe barren and baScless protesta-
tiOns of one or two Powers" The
tone and style indicate a determina-
ton not to draw back, and the publ
city OF the appeal almost constitutes
it II challenge. Side by side with
these excerpts from am official des-
patch, mny be placed examples of Il
different yet still significant kind of
controversy. 1t was reported i'll Rome
on Sunday, that the Porte feared a
French attack on TripoIi, basing its
approximations on the massing of
troops and the assembly of a fleet
near at hand. No one took much
notice of the story, yet it was answer
ed by the publications OF a semi official
note in Paris, saying that the "abSurd
rumOurs" were looked on there as
intended to mask the designs of Italy,
whose ornaments really have TripoIi
in view. " hen International pole
mics, %Officinl and semi official, reach
this height, they certainly reveal the
NHloCN'SO Vi " oLiOIS anu udIIS0I JUS
tension on both sides, and suggest
that there may be something more in
the wind than the right to collect mu-
nIcipal dues at MassoWah, and the
contradiction of vague beliefs said to
be prOfpssed in ConstantinOpIe, -
something deeper and more nearly
related to what is called the Euro
penn situation. The area covered by
the Triple Alliance, be it remembered,
includes the Mediterranean, If not the
Red Sea.
Whether she can uphold her pure
ly diplomatic case or not, in regard
to taxes on foreign subjects, Italy has
fair ground for complaint against
French policy in the Red Sea. She
has held Massowah for three years,
and has quite as much right to sit
there as the French have to be in
Obock and its neighbourhood. The
truth is, that the French under the
Empire cast longing eyes upon the
port, and some of their publicists,
laying a sort OF claim to the ad-
jacent islands, openly advocated
, 1888-08-29

sovereign Ill us CLdt uCt0t , WdI MAS
been waged, The right of blockade
asserted, a regular civil administra-
ton has been established, the slave
trade has been unspnringIy put down,
and nothing left undone which could
show that the Italians did not intend
TO be passing tenants, but fixed SOW
ereign proprietors. II any one had a
plausible natural right to complain,
it wouldbe the Ab%yssinians, who affect
10 regard Massowah as their port;
but they cannot assert a right which
the other Powers concerned in the
peace of the Red Sea would be *
tremely slow to recognise if it were
asserted. Certainly the French have
no similar basis for any claim they
may put in, and Signor Cr'spis con-
tention that the Italian sovereignty is
indisputabIy established, just as that
of the French in Obock, seems made
out. 1t may be otherwise with re-
gard to the existence " non-PXistence
Of the CapitulationS in Massowah;
but, in any case, it is not digniied,
it is rather mean, to take refuge under
these much abused OapituIations, az
if the Italians were IL kind of Turks.
NominalIy, the French Government
interveues tn protect its subjects and
other persons from the preS>ure-nO
one says it is an unjust preSsure-of
municipal taxes but few will admit
that this can be the prime reason.
The impOsts on real estate and the
Iicence-dues are levied to support the
Government, and maintain the peare
and order by which the traders profit.
There are, it seems, or were, two
Frenchmen and twenty-one others,
chiefly Greeks, who refused to pay,
prompted apparently by the French
Vice Consul, because the Greek Gov
eminent, until latlerly, felt bound to
admit the justice Of the Italian de-
mands. Is it possible to look on this
yexatious proceeding in any other
light than that of one intended to
hamper and annoy the italian Gov
GIIlul9nI AHu Ao W VIC o"oI9 W
the hostility, we quite agree with
Signor Crispl when he says that
"when "a Christian nation administers
a MusSulman country, the Capirula-
tions have no longer amy rGjsOm d'6tre."
To hold the contrary is 10 hold that
Italian or any other European magis-
trates are incapable of administering
Justice where French subjects are
concerned. 1t was only in May and
June that these taxes were imposed !;
and the quickness with which the
French opposition has heen met and
all appeal made to the opinion of
Europe, shows how keenly the pre-
tension is felt and lifts the dispute far
above a mere diplomatic wrangle
into the region where dissension even
on small points may lead to large
consequences. 1t is the very petit
ness Of the ground on which the
French have elected to stand, that
fills honest minds with concern. The
hostility must be profound that can
stoop to find a weapon in the Capitu-
~lations, even if they ever had any in