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THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.'
ALL IRELAND STIRRED UP BY THE
NEWS FROM ROME.

The Dynamiters in London-The EN- peror
A Fatal Duel-ColIision of Boulang-
lists and S~tudents-A Steamer Sinks OF
the Isle of Wight.
LONDON, April 30.-The text of the
papal decree says: On several occasions
the Apostolic See has given to the people
of Ireland, whom it has always regarded
with special b~enevolence, admonitions
and advices when the circumstances have
required, as to how they might defend
their rights without injury to justice or
the public peace. Our holy father, Leo
XIII, fearing lest the species of warfare
that have been introduced among
the Irish interests between land
lords and tenants, and which is
commonly called the ''plan of campaign
and the kind of social interdict called
'sboycotting," arising from the same con
tests, the true sense of Justice and char
ity might be prevented, he's ordered the
supreme congregation of the inquisition
to subject the matter to serious and care
full examination. Thence the. following
was proposed to their eminences, the
cardinals of that congregation: Is it
permissible in disputes between land
lords and tenants in -Irelan3 to use the
means known as s'the plan of cam
paign' and the ''boycotting?o After
long and mature deiiberation
their eminences unanimously answered
in the negative, and their decision was
confirmed by the holy father Wednesday,
the 18th day Of the present month. The
Justice OF this decision will be readily
seen by any one who applies himself to
consider that a rent agreed upon by
mutual consent cannot, without violation
of a contract, be diminished at the mere
will of the tenant, especially when there
are tribunals appointed for the purpose
of settling such controversies and reduc-
ing unjust rents within the bounds
of equity, after taking into ac-
count the causes which diminish
the value of land. Neither can
it be considered permissible that rents
should be extorted from tenants and de-
posted in the hands of unknown persons
to the detriment of land wners. Finally,
it is contrary to Justice and charity to
prosecute by q social interdict those
who are satisfied to pay the rents they
agreed to pay, or those who in the exer-
else of their rights take vacant farms.
1t will, therefore, be your lordship's
duty, prudently but effectually to advise
and eahortt the clergy and iiaity, not to
t~ransgress h bounds of Christian char
ity and justice, whilst they are striving
for a remedy for their distressed con-
dition.
DUBLIN, April 80.-Mr. John Dillon
and Lord Mayor Sexton decline to ex-
press any opinions concerning the pope's
decree against the ''plan of campaign"
until they shall see the document.
Commoner Lane, in a speech at Yong
hall, declared the pope's action, il he
had really issued the decree, to be en-
tirely unwarranted and untenable.
Commoners Clancy, Redmond, and
Kenny, addressing meetings advised their
hearers to await the text of the decree
before taking action.
Father O'Reilly, addressing his flock
at Inchicore, urged them to pay no atten-
ton to the reports in circulation con-
corning the decree. When Archbishop
Walsh returned from Rome, he said, he
would make their consciences easy.