Evening journal., 1890-10-03
THE THUNDERER SNEERS
American Aid for Ireland Said
to Be a Political Plot.
A BITTER ATTACK BY THE TIMES.

The Existence OF the Potato Famine De-
MED by That Journal--The News Says
ghat While England Gives Coercien 20
Ireland, America Furnishes Bread.
LONDON, Oct. 2-The London Times de-
votes It's chief leader of over column to
the proceedings of the American commit
bee for the relief of the famine in Ireland
Tho writer says. I'VE can assure this com
mittee OF American politicians and jour
nalists that the famine with which they
hope 10 angle for the Irish vote has not
yet been heard Of here outside the columns
Of Mr.. Parnells papers, and those are not
sources usually resorted TO FOR facts by per-
sons familiar with their methods.
England Ignored.
"The appeal Of the American committee
Is couched in the usual turgid magnilo
quence of transatlantic electioneering liter
ature; and, with splendid consistency,
ignores the existence of this country, its
government and rs people, and persists In
treating Ireland as though the fondest
aspirations Of the Clan-na. Gael had been
accomplished, and Dublin was already the
capital Of an independent power, wholly
discovered from Great BMtain and knit by
taes of blood and friendship and political
alliance to the United States
Great Britain Not Indifferent.
"The authors Of this remarkable mani.
festo, in their feyerish haste to anticipate
the coming elections, seem to have forgot
ten that very large number Of persons In
this island. are eager to grant every de.
mand Irishmen can make, and that no
party, creed or section Of people In Great
Britain has ever displayed indifference to
the sufferings Of its fellow subjects.
The transparent truth is that the fran.
ers Of this impudent and mendacious docu-
ment are bent, not on charity, but on cleo
tioneering They know perfectly we'll, as
all the world knows, that in the terrible
Irish famine Of les8, English aid and En-.
glish aims were poured freely into Ireland.
When the partial failure of the potato crop
took place In 1879 1t was the wife of an En-.
glish viceroy who opened the first fund in
aid Of the sufferers"
Praise from Liberal Papers.
The Liberal papers, on the other hand,
are loud In their praises OF the United States
for their spontaneous action, The Star head
ing its article America Shames U.s.
In the current number Of The Paternos-
ter Review Dr. McWeeney, an expert on
the subject, proves eonclusively that the
potato crop OF Ireland this year will not be
more than half as great as usual. His fig
ures, which cannot be controverted, speak
for themselves better than miles of edito-
rial written by men who perhaps have
never been in Ireland or eaten an Irish
potato.
Coercion Instead Of Bread.
The ST James Gazette comments in a
sneering manner upon the movement in
America to establish fund for the reliel
Of famine sufferers in Ireland. 1t says the
movement is simply dodge to secure the
Irish vote.
The Pail Mall Gazette rebukes The
Times for its article denying that the con-
dition of affairs in Ireland is such as TO
warrant apprehensions of a scarcity of
food. The Gazette asks: "Does Jackson's IS
airy scamper, BaIfours placid absence
from Ireland, or the eager scepticism Of
The Times prove that there is no famine
in Irelandr
The Daily News says; Every true En-
glishman honors the liberal hearted men
of America. But every true Englishman
must feel ashamed Of his own govern
ment, which Is only offering Ireland coer-
cion while strangers are offering her
bread"