Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
CURRENT EVENTS ABROAD.

The Opinione of Rome says it is not prob able that the Pope seriously intends to inter- vene in the settlement of the Irish question in the interest of the present British Govern ment. If the Duke of Norfolk really has-a official mission there is nothing to justify the hope that it will be successful. The Pope, it says, cannot go beyond advising the Irish Bishops to follow a policy of prudence and moderation, the Irish question being an eco. homie and national one and not of religious nature. The Opinione extols Mir. Gladstone's policy as the most likely to pacify Ireland.
 Mir. William O'Brien, member of Parlia- ment and editor of United Ireland, who has been confined in prison since Oct. 31, was re- leased from Tullamore Jail. He proceeded to the priests house in Tullamore, followed by 8 large crowd, which cheered him re- pestedly. There was no disorder. Mir. O'Byjen's looks denote that his constitution Is should go to the South of France for the bene- fit of his health. The people of Tullamore have presented Mir. O'Brien with an address in which they say that they are indifferent to the coercion law, but that MT. Balfour's execution of the law is brutal and disgrace to the Gov ernment.,
 It is officially reported that Queen Victoria will go to Florence in the spring. She has not taken house at San Reno.
 The Mayor of Cork isto be prosecuted for assaulting a police sergeant and rescuing a prisoner.
 Admiral Sir George Tryon will succeed Lord Charles Beresford as Junior Lord of the Admiralty.
 MT. Gladstone's trip has proved verybene. ficial. His health and spirits are better than they have been for years.
 Count Miljapolski has been making tour of Gallicia endeavoring to promote rising of Poles, but met with no success.
 -Areporter of the Freen,an's Journal has had an interview with Mir. Parnell. Mir. Parnell be- lieves there is no doubt that grave dissensions exists among the members of the Cabinet, and that Government party crisis may occur at any time next session over some English ques- tion He urges the Parnellites and Radicals to facilitate Government business and thus avoid the charge of obstruction. He says the Liberal -Unionists are certain to separate on English matters. Mir. Parnell says that the recent reductions of rent made by the Land Commission are not half what the tenants of Ireland are entitled to, and urges the party to take such action as will oblige the sub -Commis- sioners to examine the whole question. He expresses the belief that the Nationalists will gain three members in Ulster at the next par liamentary election. The followers of Parnell in Parliament are greatly dissatisfied with his advice to abandon obstruction methods in the House of Commons.
 Gen. Dresser Prefect of St. Petersburgh, on the night of Jan. 12 arrested ST persons charged with Nihilism.
 The students of Milan are arranging to present Mir. Gladstone with a colossal album containing the names of thousands of students throughout Italy.
 The news from Poland is still of the arrival of fresh troops, tho building of new temporary barracks, and the gathering of sup plies and munitions of war; The Vienna pa pers all receive the Czar's Moscow message hoping for peace with sneers. With one ac- cord they point out that Russia has most obvi. ous reasons for desiring to paint things rose. colored until she has succeeded in raising loan somewhere. It is said that every big bank ing house in Paris has refused to listen to propositions for negotiating a Russian loan, giving the war rumorS reason.
 Father Matthew Ryan, the priest who was imprisoned at Limerick for month for melt ing the people to illegal acts in connection with the plan of campaign, was released. Ten thousand persons were collected around the prison, and when he emerged he was received with prolonged cheers. The Mayor of the town, the sheriffs, the municipal council, and many members of the clergy crowded around him and congratulated him upon his release. A carriage was in waiting, and the priest was driven to a hotel. The police and force ot military were on duty to prevent disorder The crowd escorted Father Ryan IA miles to his parish at HerbeItstown. The police fol lowed the whole distance, but were delayed when half way to Herbertstown by car which had been drawn across the road. Father Ryar ras thus enabled on his arrival home to ad dress the people without interference. He advised the tenants to adopt the plan of cam paign, which, he said, was moral and just, not withstanding everything that lords, bott spiritual and temporal, said to the contrary.