The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-18
Ireland's Industries Can Best Be Regenerated
by individuals. and Not by Money Taken
from the English E~xchequer.
A Mixture of Coercion and Constitution
alism Denounced as an ImpOssibility.
Rumors of Impending War Between Guatema'
la and Salvador, with Mexico as InstigatOr
How o London Postman Was Robbed.
PARNELL ON IRISH AFFAIRS.
Home Rule Alone Can degenerate The De
cayed Industries of the Country.

Home Rule Alone Can degenerate the De-
caysd Industries of the Country.
LONDON, Dec. 17.-Mr. Parnell, who re-
Gently announced his intention to speak in
reply to the speech recently made by Lord
Salisbury at the Conservative conference
at Nottingham, arrived in that city to-day.
There was a great crowd at the railway
station when he arrived, and he was greeted
with mingled groans and cheers. Mr.. Par
neil addressed a large meeting this after
noon. lie declared hat there never had
been a movement of such magnitude to the
country. which was so comparatively free
from crime as the Land League movement.
The object of the hOme-rule movement. he
said. was to regenerate Ireland and especi-
ally with regard to her industrial cOndi-
ton.
Continuing, Mr.. Parnell said that mann
factories might be developed to such an ex-
tent as to take the strain Off the land and
enable the people to look to other means
than farming for gaining q living. but the
idea was not tenable; that Ireland could be
governed by England promoting her indus
tries. Irishmen themselves must promote
Irish industries by building harbors. clear
ing out the channels of the rivers. and re-
claiming waste lands-not at the expense of
the English exchequer, but of the Irish ex-
chequer. or, best of all, through the efforts
of local and individual enterprise and with
private capital. Mr.. Balfour's plan of
making railways through impoverished
districts was a vain expenditure of money.
Home rule aimed at national regeneration,
and this implied the regeneration
of the industries and the in
dustrial and commercial spirit of the
people. If home rule were granted it
would not discourage the rich people of
England from promoting industrial de-
velopments. but the money would be judi
ciously and advantageously employed in
stead of being wasted, as now, to maintain
in power a government of fraud and trick
cry. Expenditure of that sort would en-
able Ireland to get and Ike head above
water, and SO exercise an develop the
qualities of her people thai she would be
no longer an exhibition for the wonder and
scorn of the nations of the world. tCheers.
Briefly referring to the Parnell commission,
the speaker said that he believed the
judges report woul not discredit the ma
tiOnal movement.
Mr.. Parnell devoted the speech he made
tonight to the Tenants League. He said
this was by far the greatest and most pow
erful peaceable movement ever organized
in Ireland or any other country. Although
She did not submit. On the contrary. the
peoples dislike of the government was ten
fold more intense for the experiences of
these years of coercion. But the conn
try, though it did not yield. was tranquil
because of the faith it had in the assurances
of Mr.. Gladstone that n triumphant Liberal
party would soon give 1T its legitimate
freedom. Mr.. Parnell would not say that
it would be impossible to govern Ireland
by mere coercion. but BalfOurs mixture of
succeed. Mr.. Balfour had made several
mistakes: among these was that he had
neglected to provide for arrears of rent and
for the restitution of evicted tenants. This
led to the formation of a new agrarian
movement which would sweep Balfour and
his props away. as chatf is swept before the
whirlwind.
If the government had nothing to he
hamed of in it's connection with the
Times. doubtless it would crafty curiosity
by making known the truth about that
matter. The country wanted to know how
far the government had gone in a course so
mean and so thoroughly contrary to the
English spirit as to attack men from am
bush and 10y the use of such ~disreputable
instruments. He knew the letters were
forgerirs, but he would rather have died
than have accepted the vindication the
government offered him. The Parnell
commission. instead of trying the personal
Indictment. had tried the Irish nation and
the movements of the Irish party.
Mr.. Parnell. upon the conclusion of his
engagements at Nottingham, will visit Mr..
Gladstone, at Hawarden.
Mr.. Parnell declares that all the talk
about a Protestant minority being animated
by a spirit of hostility to an Irish Parlia-
ment and opposing it. or Catholics oppos-
ing Prostestants, is fallacious. He further
declares that the modified home rule, as
proposed by Mr.. Gladstone. is preferable to
elements of friction.